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      Quote Originally Posted by NonConformist View Post
      Damn. And here I thought these people were just lucky. I had my 1st lucid dream after 1 day of ADA practice as well! I'm impressed by the sheer immensity of people that it affects. 10/10 for KingYoshi!
      Awesome ! Glad it worked out for you and I'm sure that was just the first of many to come.

      Quote Originally Posted by zombiemushrooms View Post
      i'm starting to give up on lucid dreaming. when i first read this thread, i had my second lucid, and i haven't gotten close AT ALL since then. i do reality checks every day and i try to be aware as much as possible, but none of it is helping. i don't have any idea what else to even do. my dream recall is a joke. i'll go days with no dream memories and i've been writing in my dream journal every single day. if i remember anything, it's very short. i don't understand what extra steps i can even take. i've even tried WILDing and have made no progress with that. it's been 5 months and i've gotten nowhere. does anyone have any advice? what do i do to be more "aware"? how can i improve my dream recall? it doesn't make sense to me at this point, and it's very frustrating
      Well, I think your main problem is recall. If you aren't able to remember dreams very often, then it is going to be difficult to lucid dream with any technique out there. I would set my number one priority on dream recall. Lucid dreams will come. There are a few ways to go about this. I would suggest performing a mantra each night before going to sleep. Try, "I will remember my dreams, I will remember my dreams." Be persistent with this and try to do it every single night. If you are able to set alarms throughout the night, do so. It is so much easier to recall a dream if you wake up right after it. Waiting until the morning to recall all of your dreams is pretty difficult, especially if your recall is great at the moment. Keep something at your bedside to write down your dreams immediately upon waking up. If you aren't able to set alarms, try to perform this mantra, "I will wake up after my dream, I will wake up after my dream." This will help your mind/body fully wake up during your micro-awakenings (short periods during the night that you wake up, but likely never even realize it).

      You have to stay confident as well. Even if you don't believe it, act as if you are a pro dreamer. Fall asleep expecting to have loads of vivid dreams and don't even worry/think about failure. It is very possible to try TOO hard. Relax and have fun with it. Go ahead and take a week or so off from lucid practice. Give yourself time to completely reset your mind (in terms of dreaming). Then start up with a new found confidence. It is very possible that you just happen to be in a dry spell. It may only take one good dream to kick start your dreaming practice. Just continue to work toward it and do everything you can to keep from getting discouraged. Good luck to you, I know you can do it !

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      Exactly what king yoshi said. Mantras can be very powerful. When I use to have nightmares when i was young, i use to say " i will not have bad dreams tonight." And guess what happened, i never had a nightmare again. I would say that mantra like three times before I fell asleep and it actually worked. So give it a shot.
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      Recently I've been beginning my ADA sessions with the mantra 'I am aware', (just once at the beginning to encourage remaining aware). Would this not be effective as a self-affirmation mantra while falling asleep? Telling your mind to actively notice the differences between dream and reality while you are dreaming, rather than relying on passive awareness?
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      Quote Originally Posted by Ctharlhie View Post
      Recently I've been beginning my ADA sessions with the mantra 'I am aware', (just once at the beginning to encourage remaining aware). Would this not be effective as a self-affirmation mantra while falling asleep? Telling your mind to actively notice the differences between dream and reality while you are dreaming, rather than relying on passive awareness?
      It definitely helps. That's basically MILD But it's hard for your mind to become aware in your dreams when it's not even aware in waking life. That's why the combination ADA-MILD is so strong.

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      After only a few hours a day of doing this, my dream recall has improved 10 fold. My latest DJ entry can confirm that this really does help with recall.

      Thanks Yoshi!

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      I'd like to share this tip that helps me a lot with this. If you own a digital wristwatch, set it to go off maybe once every hour and proceed with your ADA. Once you start getting hte hang of it, set it off at closer intervals, say once every 30 minutes or so and so on

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      Quote Originally Posted by Ctharlhie View Post
      Recently I've been beginning my ADA sessions with the mantra 'I am aware', (just once at the beginning to encourage remaining aware). Would this not be effective as a self-affirmation mantra while falling asleep? Telling your mind to actively notice the differences between dream and reality while you are dreaming, rather than relying on passive awareness?
      Yeah, a mantra before sleep will certainly help increase your chances of obtaining lucidity. It is always good to pair MILD and mantras with ADA practice. Definitely give it a shot.

      Quote Originally Posted by DaTechnoKing View Post
      After only a few hours a day of doing this, my dream recall has improved 10 fold. My latest DJ entry can confirm that this really does help with recall.

      Thanks Yoshi!
      No problem and I am glad you are seeing results. Keep practicing and I am sure you will continue to see improvement.

      Quote Originally Posted by Carzlebub View Post
      I'd like to share this tip that helps me a lot with this. If you own a digital wristwatch, set it to go off maybe once every hour and proceed with your ADA. Once you start getting hte hang of it, set it off at closer intervals, say once every 30 minutes or so and so on
      Yeah, a nice friendly reminder can definitely help you remember to perform your ADA practice. Nice tip !

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      oh nuts i stopped doing this without realizing

      welp, back to square one

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      This has been a great help, all the tutorials so far have worked really well ive found. ive had lucid dreams in the past but this was before i knew anything about it, i just thought they were really cool dreams that i was able to control. when i first looked through the site i didnt think i would be affective at this as i had not remembered a dream in about a month or so but that wasnt unusual for me. after finding and joining DV around 5 days ago i have had a dream every night, deadication is the key and if you are interested in something its not had to apply the training. i think the extra benifit is having one before as it kills off the doubt of possibility. if you are trying for your first ever LD i could understand it takes longer. out of those 5 dreams ive had 2 of them were lucid (check out my DJ for more details)

      just thought i would share my opinion with you
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      I should try this out but I can't concentrate on multiple things at once - I just pay attention random things one after another (colors, light, taste, feel of something etc...)
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      I can't say I've been diligent with ADA because I have a tendency to forget... I think I'm going to try setting alarms like Carzlebub said. But just from trying to be more aware, I've notice my dreams lucid or not have become more vivid. Last night in a dream I was actually able to read several things clearly, and that is odd for me. Usually it's just fuzzy.

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      Void meditation helps with ADA a lot

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      I finally decided to do this properly, instead of dabbling. I set random alarms (using Tasker for Android, in case anyone cares) throughout the day. Whenever they went off, I'd have little bit of an awareness session. Then, in the middle of the day, I sat outside with the intention of being aware for like ten minutes or so. I ended up being there for at least half an hour. It felt fantastic. I noticed everything. I'm about to go and do it some more, then it's off to bed early. I'll let you know how I go.
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      So you just be aware of yourself and your surroundings? Sounds easy enough.

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      What is ADA?

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      Quote Originally Posted by BenTheDream1018 View Post
      What is ADA?
      Here's a link to a useful tutorial for ADA that will answer your question
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      Quote Originally Posted by gameoverlord345 View Post
      oh nuts i stopped doing this without realizing

      welp, back to square one
      Ah, well it isn't like you are starting completely over . Any practice little bit of practice you can get or have gotten will help toward obtaining lucidity.

      Quote Originally Posted by gunsdontwork View Post
      This has been a great help, all the tutorials so far have worked really well ive found. ive had lucid dreams in the past but this was before i knew anything about it, i just thought they were really cool dreams that i was able to control. when i first looked through the site i didnt think i would be affective at this as i had not remembered a dream in about a month or so but that wasnt unusual for me. after finding and joining DV around 5 days ago i have had a dream every night, deadication is the key and if you are interested in something its not had to apply the training. i think the extra benifit is having one before as it kills off the doubt of possibility. if you are trying for your first ever LD i could understand it takes longer. out of those 5 dreams ive had 2 of them were lucid (check out my DJ for more details)

      just thought i would share my opinion with you
      Awesome! Thanks for sharing that with all of us .

      Quote Originally Posted by Laretta View Post
      I should try this out but I can't concentrate on multiple things at once - I just pay attention random things one after another (colors, light, taste, feel of something etc...)
      Yeah, most of us were just like you before we started ADA practice. After some time with the technique, you become aware of many different things all at the same time. You basically just practice and slowly build your awareness up to where you are noticing everything.

      Quote Originally Posted by duke396 View Post
      I can't say I've been diligent with ADA because I have a tendency to forget... I think I'm going to try setting alarms like Carzlebub said. But just from trying to be more aware, I've notice my dreams lucid or not have become more vivid. Last night in a dream I was actually able to read several things clearly, and that is odd for me. Usually it's just fuzzy.
      Nice! Yeah, the alarms can definitely help and you should give them a shot.

      Quote Originally Posted by MBA42 View Post
      So you just be aware of yourself and your surroundings? Sounds easy enough.
      Yeah, it is a pretty simple concept. You are basically just trying to be aware of all of your sense at once. Try to really pick up on the things that are mostly taken for granted.

      Quote Originally Posted by BenTheDream1018 View Post
      What is ADA?
      It stands for "All Day Awareness." The first post in this thread will explain the technique in depth.

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      ahh well i was reading undoing yourself with energized meditation and other devices by christopher hyatt, and i came across a great exercise that is similar to all day awareness by the fact that you are just focusing on a sensation. As a beginner of ADA myself, this exercise is helping me greatly in adapting to ADA.

      "Lie down and do not move. Just breathe normally with your eyes
      closed. Now become aware and describe out loud for 15 minutes
      every sensation and muscle twitch in your body. Become aware that
      tension exists all around and within you."

      I like this exercise because it makes you only focus on 1 of the 5 senses which is perfect for a beginner and literally the simple act of saying aloud what you feel makes your thoughts so much more concrete and lasting. When on the contrary, there are only thoughts of inside of your head, at least for a beginner like me, they immediately dissapear into a sea of other thoughts. You can also adapt this exercise to apply to the other 4 senses, and your thoughts and emotions and breathing
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      Very nice! There are so many different things out there that relate to ADA, especially when it comes to meditation. Its very good to find ways to practice in which you are most comfortable. It seems you have found an excellent technique to assist your ADA. Nice job and keep us updated on how everything continues to work out for you. Good luck !

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      Wow what a great thread, thanks everyone for such an interesting read!

      I've got a question regarding body memory...one of the reasons I'm learning to lucid dream is that I won't have any physical limitations in the dream world, and by that I mean injuries...I get a lot of knee pain and wondered if ADA practice will translate that pain into a dream? If you have any ailments do you find that your mind brings them into your dreams because it is so used to them being there when you're awake?

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      Quote Originally Posted by pringles View Post
      Wow what a great thread, thanks everyone for such an interesting read!

      I've got a question regarding body memory...one of the reasons I'm learning to lucid dream is that I won't have any physical limitations in the dream world, and by that I mean injuries...I get a lot of knee pain and wondered if ADA practice will translate that pain into a dream? If you have any ailments do you find that your mind brings them into your dreams because it is so used to them being there when you're awake?
      Great question. I have chronic lower back pain and I haven't had a lucid since I got it. I also wonder if it would transfer into a lucid from using ADA. I know for a fact that I dont have any pain in my regular dreams.
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      Well, the best way to figure this out is by looking at your normal dreams or any lucid dreams you have had in the passed. If you don't have the pain in those dreams, then it likely will not carry over into your dreams now. If your knee/back goes through a pain spell while you are sleeping then it could carry into the dream. otherwise, you guys should be fine. I have really bad shoulders (my right shoulder has dislocated 60+ times in the passed four years). I have never had any problems with it in a dream though.

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      yes ADA is working for me.....my dreams become more vivid and i went lucid last night i just realised i was dreaming.......thanx yoshi
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      Nice job Francis! I'm glad it is working out well for you !

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      Thanks yoshi, that's reassuring...sorry to hear about the shoulder though! Ouch!

      I'm writing this on my phone looking over a beautiful harbour, feeling and smelling the fresh sea air... time to switch on the ADA

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