Speaking of self-awareness (aka, lucidity) there might also be another problem with not thinking, even for a few moments:
Since self-awareness is driven by thought, albeit carefully focused thought and not random thought, there is an excellent chance that you will abandon your self-awareness when you clear your mind and think about nothing.
Yes, emptying your head for a moment will likely help ADA, just as Llama says, because simple awareness probably is increased -- something, after all, needs to fill your head, right? But simple awareness -- the natural sense of your surroundings, essentially -- is not self-awareness, and
might not even be helpful for consistent LD'ing. Simple awareness is a fine thing, but it might be the best idea to make it a priority when building your LD'ing skills.
It might be better, Llama, to clear your mind of
random thoughts, and fill the space you've cleared with some clear focus on self-awareness.
Just a thought -- hopefully not a random one!
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