Yes, as long as you're thinking about your presence, that means you're not being present anymore. But, it doesn't take much for you to become present again, so I wouldn't worry about it. |
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So, in all of the dreams in which I have become lucid and, it seems to have been due to me noticing something off after experiencing the moment and being present. Lately, I've been trying to consciously and continually be present to the point where I actually focus on being present and think about what's going on in this moment. However, if I'm thinking about my presence, doesn't that mean that I'm not present anymore because I'm in my head and not in the moment? (Even if I'm in my head about being in the moment?) |
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If you were to wake up right now, what would you write in your Dream Journal?
Yes, as long as you're thinking about your presence, that means you're not being present anymore. But, it doesn't take much for you to become present again, so I wouldn't worry about it. |
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It really depends. Thinking doesn't mean "no awareness." Thinking is just an elaboration of awareness. If I recognize I am dreaming, and then think, "This is a dream," I don't suddenly lose awareness. That would be ridiculous. Thought can and should be used as a support to return to awareness, but thought in and of itself does not take awareness away. You are aware of the thoughts, aren't you? How is this possible if thoughts "take awareness away?" The only issue is being lost in thoughts, and believing in thoughts. That's when you get messed up. |
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Stephen LaBerge's tips for MILD: (http://www.dreamviews.com/lucid-expe...ml#post2160952
Thinking with awareness in the here and now is not the same as zoomed out (fainted and sleeping in your bla-bla-bla). I think, that concise, useful and creative ideas, good humor, "coolness" (etc.) can be cultivated out from the "thinking with awareness". Maybe there is just this one important: being in the now. Where your focus is, is a secondary thing. |
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"There is only one knowledge, the remaining is only a patch: Earth is below you, sky is above you, and the ladder is in you."
(Weöres Sándor)
I get that thoughts can help. But, I find that when I am thinking about the present moment, more often then not, My thoughts start wandering and I get lost thinking about useless stuff. (For a long time) |
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If you were to wake up right now, what would you write in your Dream Journal?
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Stephen LaBerge's tips for MILD: (http://www.dreamviews.com/lucid-expe...ml#post2160952
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