Originally Posted by rynkrt3
How long have you been using this technique? And what kind of results are you seeing?
I have only been using it on and off for a couple weeks. I could use a few people to help develop the technique, since I'm a bit busy at the moment. So far I've had about 5 lucid dreams using the technique in the past, and only one of them recently.
Originally Posted by KindYoshi
Ah, but see this isn't entirely necessary. The waking state and dream state feel very different from one another once your awareness is built up. You will be able to know you are in a dream, simply because you are in a dream. You won't need to see anything obscure or notice something change or anything like that. In my DILDs I become lucid because it just doesn't feel like reality. Your environment can look exactly the same in a dream as waking life, but the feeling of being in a dream will always be present. The primary goal of the technique is to naturally learn to tell the difference between reality and the dream state. I do agree that it can be a bit overwhelming at first to take in every sensory detail. Which is why I suggest everyone practicing ADA to take their time with the technique. Just start out doing a few sessions a day and allow your mind to adjust to ADA.
Yes, I agree that you generally get the feel that you're in a dream as soon as you become aware, thus immediately becoming lucid. Awareness is definitely the key driving factor behind this, and I concede that being aware of your general environment plays little role in becoming lucid via that mechanism.
What my technique focuses on in addition to having constant awareness is to, as I said, pay attention to your environment as a whole, and in doing so, you should become lucid every time you are in an unfamiliar dream environment. It depends on having a sufficient level of awareness, but not necessarily an extremely heightened level of awareness. This operates via a different mechanism, in that you don't only rely on the feel of your reality, but in addition, you also have the opportunity to become lucid via recognizing the unfamiliarity of your environment. It's hard to say whether razor-sharp sensory awareness is more conducive to becoming lucid than simply having sufficient awareness while additionally remaining aware of your general environment, but I am curious which yields better results.
Since you are experienced with your version of the technique, I would love for you to try maintaining awareness of whether or not you are in an unfamiliar dream environment for a week or two and post your progress on my research thread (entitled "Becoming a Natural Lucid Dreamer") if you get the chance to. You're obviously the most experienced person in this regard, so I'm sure you could give some insight and speed up the research process.
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