Thread: SAT - Sporadic Awareness Technique | A DILD Variation by Puffin

I'm glad you shed some light on awareness.

Good job and good tutorial.

Originally Posted by DreamHacker

Awesome guide you could add writing a word on your hand reality check because in a dream in you happen to look at your hand the text most of the time will be messed up and you may become lucid but your guide is awesome keep up the good work and happy dreaming

Thanks! About the reality check, I think that falls under the same category as the "reading" one.

Originally Posted by XeL

I'm glad you shed some light on awareness.

Good job and good tutorial.

Thank you. (:

First LD in 2 weeks

Originally Posted by Blupaba

First LD in 2 weeks

Congrats! (:

I like the hand one, I do it all the time. When ever I do it I think about 'if this happens, this is the result.' Like if I try to change the number to something else (other than a 9) and its something other than a nine then I'm dreaming.

Wow, that's really fast. I've been trying to have an LD for like 4-5 weeks and I haven't had one yet

Great guide first off. Please correct me if I'm wrong,(newbie to this) but if you do reality checks with one thing, your nose breating, checking your hand, the lights... Won't your subconcious figure it out? Considering it's the other 90% of your brain, it can and will outsmart you. Reasons for saying your subconcious is the other 90% is because, no one can describe what a dream feels like, only what it was about... Sorry off topic. I guess the only RC I can't imagin failing is with a clock. I can look at my hands and plug my nose, however, if I so it enough, my mind will learn. Plz help me lolz,

I R CoNfusED!!! 

You shoulnt think that way. Expectations usually manifest in dreams so if you expect your mind to trick you, it probably will.

Originally Posted by Starflight

Great guide first off. Please correct me if I'm wrong,(newbie to this) but if you do reality checks with one thing, your nose breating, checking your hand, the lights... Won't your subconcious figure it out? Considering it's the other 90% of your brain, it can and will outsmart you. Reasons for saying your subconcious is the other 90% is because, no one can describe what a dream feels like, only what it was about... Sorry off topic. I guess the only RC I can't imagin failing is with a clock. I can look at my hands and plug my nose, however, if I so it enough, my mind will learn. Plz help me lolz,

I R CoNfusED!!! 

Fucking 90%, how do they work?

snopes.com: Ten Percent of our Brains

Also, Puffin got me into DILD'ing. I hope for some LD's :3.

I recently learned about lucid dreaming and I really want to try it. The only thing stopping me, is that I heard about the "Old Hag" syndrome. I heard than coming out of a lucid dream unintentionally will cause it. Please tell me if this is true or not and if it is true, how to stop or better yet, prevent it altogether.

The last time I came out of a lucid dream, I got the exact opposite. When I woke up I was bouncing off the walls, bragging to my family. This "Old Hag Syndrome" sounds like a load of garbage to me.

Originally Posted by TheOneirologist

The last time I came out of a lucid dream, I got the exact opposite. When I woke up I was bouncing off the walls, bragging to my family. This "Old Hag Syndrome" sounds like a load of garbage to me.

I know that Old Hag syndrome is real. I'm just not sure whether a lucid can trigger it. But i'll take your word for it. Id also like to know how hard it is to stabilize dreams, and which is the most reliable method to stabilize.

Originally Posted by Sahadara

I know that Old Hag syndrome is real. I'm just not sure whether a lucid can trigger it. But i'll take your word for it. Id also like to know how hard it is to stabilize dreams, and which is the most reliable method to stabilize.

That's called sleep paralysis. Sometimes if you're extremely tired you can get it, both right before falling asleep and waking up. Some people report hallucinations because your mind is still partly in the dream state, and this is where the old hag comes from. Out of all the times I've experienced SP, I've never once came across it. And no, lucid dreaming (and waking yourself from one) won't cause sleep paralysis.

As for stabilization, you're basically just trying to keep yourself in the dream. Touching objects, looking at your hands (but not for too long), and spinning slowly in a circle make your mind work and fill in missing pieces of the dream. It's not that hard.

Thank you so much for this info. I will definitely try to LD now that I know this.

Welcome. :3

Not too many people stress awareness, even though with it alone you can achieve lucid dreams daily.

In the fall and winter when I attend university, I always schedule my classes to start later in the morning so I can always get enough sleep. During this time, I managed to reach a point where I only had to practice awareness and visualization to be able to have lucid dreams almost every night. At one point I didn't even have to keep a dream journal anymore, but after a while it started to take a toll on my dream recall.

Its nice to see some attention brought to awareness! Just wanted to help reinforce its importance.

Too bad stress hinders the ability to lucid dream. Otherwise I would've became aware a long time ago (sure seems like),

thanks for the tips i will be sure to try them

Yeah, I actually just realized a week ago that dream signs have never, ever worked for me. It's all about awareness.

Originally Posted by Puffin

Yeah, I actually just realized a week ago that dream signs have never, ever worked for me. It's all about awareness.

Dreamsigns work if I'm having a really hazy dream, but most dreams I have I just wake up in the dream and automatically know I'm dreaming. I find theres a difference in how I feel when I'm awake and when I'm dreaming; its quite noticeable for me actually.

Originally Posted by Rathez

Dreamsigns work if I'm having a really hazy dream, but most dreams I have I just wake up in the dream and automatically know I'm dreaming. I find theres a difference in how I feel when I'm awake and when I'm dreaming; its quite noticeable for me actually.

Sounds like you're really good at lucid dreaming. I envy you.

Originally Posted by TheOneirologist

Sounds like you're really good at lucid dreaming. I envy you.

Its not hard to do. Its no secret.

Full nights sleep (8hrs+), WBTB (make sure you know WHEN! WBTB is meant to wake you up out of an REM cycle), dream journal (I write pages daily), and constant awareness practice. This all takes very very little time and makes such a huge difference.

I have tried WBTB and awareness a few times, but I always found myself still awake an hour later. Since you're so experienced, can you give me some tips?

Originally Posted by TheOneirologist

I have tried WBTB and awareness a few times, but I always found myself still awake an hour later. Since you're so experienced, can you give me some tips?

I don't think I follow.

By constant awareness practice I mean randomly throughout the day I will stop and become aware of my surroundings and study how they are. I'll literally look at a clock on the wall and study just how it sits there, how the lighting reflects, the shadows, the people. I'll even move to another position in the room / place to look at everything from multiple angles. I just really try to get a feel for my surroundings.

I'll then proceed to think "if this were a dream, what would I do?". First thing I do is my RC's (nose and finger count), then I'll look around and think about what I would do, and try my best to visualize it. I also imagine what I think would be different if it were a dream. I'll think to myself, if this were a dream, people would be out of place, buildings would be completly random (like a mcdonalds in a class room or something stupid like that), anything that would seem dreamish.

This awareness practice is HUGE. Done enough, it will carry over into your sleep, where you yet again will be very analytical.