Thread: All Day Awareness, A DILD Tutorial by KingYoshi

I can't link to it due to forum rules but there's a full write up of the technique on mortalmist.

I'm addicted to music and everytime listening it . I wonder that if music hamper me to be aware of my surroundings . What should I do . Am I right or failing ? Sorry for bad English .

Music is just another thing to be aware of, and in fact, ADA will drastically increase your enjoyment of music.

Originally Posted by Ctharlhie

Music is just another thing to be aware of, and in fact, ADA will drastically increase your enjoyment of music.

Thanks for answer At the same time I will use ADA technique and RCs . My RCs is checking reality when I go through a door . But sometimes I continously go through a door . Should I do RC everytime I go though a door If I don't what should I do ?

Originally Posted by Ctharlhie

I can't link to it due to forum rules but there's a full write up of the technique on mortalmist.

I've founda it thanks

RCing everytime you walk through a door is meant to be one of the most effective practices, but I believe it to be even more draining than ADA. I would treat walking through doors as a trigger to renew your ADA.

Also, I think it would be safe to see ADA as replacing RCs.

Check out the thread I've just made on approaching ADA from the perspective of meditation: http://www.dreamviews.com/general-lu...roach-ada.html

Originally Posted by Ctharlhie

RCing everytime you walk through a door is meant to be one of the most effective practices, but I believe it to be even more draining than ADA. I would treat walking through doors as a trigger to renew your ADA.

Also, I think it would be safe to see ADA as replacing RCs.

Check out the thread I've just made on approaching ADA from the perspective of meditation: http://www.dreamviews.com/general-lu...roach-ada.html

Yes I will use walking trough the doors as trigger to renew my ADA thus I will have a lot of LDs . Thank you very much Actually all I need is pratical intelligence unfortunatelly I don't have much but you have a lot of

Originally Posted by Ctharlhie

RCing everytime you walk through a door is meant to be one of the most effective practices, but I believe it to be even more draining than ADA. I would treat walking through doors as a trigger to renew your ADA.

Also, I think it would be safe to see ADA as replacing RCs.

Check out the thread I've just made on approaching ADA from the perspective of meditation: http://www.dreamviews.com/general-lu...roach-ada.html

Location transitions are a great time to "perk up" your mindfulness/vigilance/ADA/etc. Dreams jump location all the time (at least mine do). I do not walk through doors very much, though -- location transition is more generally applicable than doors I think.

When I was really heavily into location awareness I got lucid once from realizing I didn't used to be where I was now, and once when the location seemed really bizarre. Many times I was close, spending time in the dream thinking about my location. I think it pays to be mindful of more than just one thing, however. The jury's still out on that IMO, at least for me.

Yeah, location changes are definitely one of the biggest dreamsigns.

I have a problem with the touch sense, i can manage the other 4 pretty well. Any tips on being aware of the touch/feel sense?

Funny, I find touch the easiest, just goes to show individual differences. Focus on the feeling of your feet on the floor, your clothes, the rise and fall of your chest, sensations in the mouth. Just scan your whole body.

I have yet to experience smell/taste in an LD. I have eaten/drank in a couple non-lucids but don't remember any flavor.

I had the best burger of my life in an LD.

Can someone clear this up for me:

KingYoshi says that just noticing everything is good enough. But how does this actually help? Aren't I supposed to be questioning everything? How can just being aware help me, if I'm not really taking the time to ask/question everything?

The idea is that, through attention, you're familiarising yourself with how it feels to be in waking reality, which differs from dreams - after a while of practising ADA you'll start being lucid from the beginning of dreams, because you'll know it's a dream from the feel - so the theory goes.

So I don't know if I can still reply in this thread as the last post was two months ago but I'm going to anyways. So once you start practicing the ADA, does that become your reality check? So I wouldn't have to do any other RC's and I could just do ADA?

Sounds like Vipassana Meditation.

Applied the practice for a while during my meditation and got a string of lucids BEFORE my WBTB. Became lucid without any RC's, and completed the TOTM. Amazing.
All day awarenes for the win

I tried this for 3 years, no effect.
help?

I suggest you look into mindfulness meditation.
In essence, that is the practice of ADA. Also start basic breathing meditation, and incorporate this with RC's.
I'm no lucid veteran but i seem to feel the effects that basic meditation and mindfulness have om my recall and lucidity.

I'm trying this out for a couple of days now, some days I practise more than others. Pretty excited to get a LD again, since I'm on a dry spell for about 3 weeks now

Originally Posted by Kaizen

I suggest you look into mindfulness meditation.
In essence, that is the practice of ADA. Also start basic breathing meditation, and incorporate this with RC's.
I'm no lucid veteran but i seem to feel the effects that basic meditation and mindfulness have om my recall and lucidity.

What is the difference between mindfullness
and ADA?

Basically none.
Follow the link:
http://www.dreamviews.com/general-lu...roach-ada.html

Originally Posted by Kaizen

Basically none.
Follow the link:
http://www.dreamviews.com/general-lu...roach-ada.html

Wait a minute, i thought ADA was trying to notice all the senses of your body
so you can just focus one?
And as i see mindfulness is just with yoga
So i start the meditation, and i just focus 1 sense?
There is no need to focus all of them?

I would suggest you move from one sense to the next.
I usually move from visual,to auditory,to kinesthetic(feeling/bodily sensation-gravity etc),to olfactory(smell),to Gustatory(taste)
If you read and follow the links all the information you need will be there.