Dressing for lucid dreaming

Some thoughts on triggering lucidity from the waking body:

Two nights ago I became lucid because I realized I was deaf in my left ear. First reaction: "Damn, I've gone deaf." Moments later, realized I was dreaming. Entertained myself with the idea that my sleeping body must be laying on its side, and its ear was pressed against something to block out sound.

Upon reflecting, wondered if I can stick an earplug in just one ear before bed to trigger lucidity. Maybe in the dream I will notice the deafness, and I will be conditioned to check for lucidity. It's kind of like a constant reality check - "I am deaf in my left ear; last time that happened, I was dreaming; am I dreaming? Yes, I am dreaming." As long as I don't walk around my waking world with an earplug in my ear, then anytime I notice deafness I may be dreaming. I think of this as the poor man's NovaDreamer, in which my ears detect lucidity instead of eyes.

(I don't know if physical ears have anything to do with dream sounds, so this is all speculative until I try an earplug tonight).

But at least it opens up ideas about how to "dress" yourself for lucid dreaming. Maybe a heavy weight on the wrist, so small arm movements may trigger slight awareness. Maybe an electrical timer that turns a lamp on for a minute at 4am. Maybe a strong fragrance can trigger lucidity, if there is a way to trigger the release of a fragrance.

It sounds reasonable. I've never had a lucid dream yet, but it sound like it makes sense. It's definitely something to try one night here soon.

Interesting idea! I know that you do hear everything around you while you are dreaming. How else could your alarm clock wake you up? Let us know if you have any success with this!

Just a note, All of these methods are only useful after you already have quite a bit of awareness, so general practices should probably still be applied.

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As for "triggers" i have the Alarm Clock Plus app on the android market and have alarms set throughout that night with a distinct ringtone that turns itself off after three seconds. If I want to wake up and recall, I have alarms set at specific times with a different ringtone that don't turn themselves off, and for my final alarm of the night I use a third ringtone.

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Originally Posted by jarrhead

I freaking love you.


As for "triggers" i have the Alarm Clock Plus app on the android market and have alarms set throughout that night with a distinct ringtone that turns itself off after three seconds. If I want to wake up and recall, I have alarms set at specific times with a different ringtone that don't turn themselves off, and for my final alarm of the night I use a third ringtone.

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Oh! I had something like that on my iPod, but it was free, so it only had 4. But I liked it, because you could start the timers all at once. Sad thing is, the one time I tried it. . . I slept through the alarms. . .

Said android app is free. :shadewink: