The Opposite of Reality Checking

ok, i'm not sure if this has been discussed before, but i've decided to try an alternative to the standard reality checks.
given that you can control things in dreams and conjure people/objects, i've started doing stuff like the following. if i'm about to turn around to go somewhere, i'll go, eg, "there's a G-36 leaning up against the wall by the door" (i like guns, heh). i'll picture that and turn. i'm hoping one day there WILL be, and i'll lucid. you can do all sorts, like going down stairs, think "i'll hop off the bottom step and fly instead of landing".

seem reasonable? i thought the idea of looking around and trying to spot discrepancies was too involved : why not simplify the check by doing something that would prove a dream straight away?

sounds gd to me

Sounds good - but this is just another reality check idea :)

Just make sure that when the G36 does finally materialise that you don't think: 'omg, I've tapped into hidden human potential to summon items in the real world'. This may sound like idiotic advice; however, your dream logic will follow similar reasoning.

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Originally Posted by Wolfie893

ok, i'm not sure if this has been discussed before, but i've decided to try an alternative to the standard reality checks.
given that you can control things in dreams and conjure people/objects, i've started doing stuff like the following. if i'm about to turn around to go somewhere, i'll go, eg, "there's a G-36 leaning up against the wall by the door" (i like guns, heh). i'll picture that and turn. i'm hoping one day there WILL be, and i'll lucid. you can do all sorts, like going down stairs, think "i'll hop off the bottom step and fly instead of landing".

seem reasonable? i thought the idea of looking around and trying to spot discrepancies was too involved : why not simplify the check by doing something that would prove a dream straight away?

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I do this with text reality checks. Text naturally changes in a dream, but I "expect" it to change in a certain way, so it would be easier to identify the change. For example if I read the word "shop", I will look back and expect it to "store" or "supermarket".

In terms of visualizing changes like you do with G36, you are just gimping your real dream control abilities, because you will repeatedly fail to "conjure" the expected result in reality, causing you to expect failure in a dream. I'd say stick to traditional reality checks.

But then again, I do have a G36 replica, so I may not want it as badly as you do :P

Yeah but things don't always happen even in lucids the way you want them to, like some dreams you have less control in than others, some you have less control in than you would want, even though it's all in the mind and your own little "matrix" so to speak you would have to actually beleive a G6 would be on the wall as you turn around for it to happen in the dream, just saying it doesn't always happen.
Nice concept and something you can do subtely and regularly but the standard noseplug is always a winner and simply looks like you have an itchy nose :)

cheers for the feedback and opinions. i guess the best (?) idea would be to mix and match, do some normal reality checks and a few opposites, randomly mixed up to keep things fresh.