My Very Effective and Simple Reality Check

**Sivason** · 02-24-2012 09:15 AM

This is the only RC I use anymore, and it is very effective. I will admit that it may be best for people who have already had a couple dozen LDs, but it won't hurt a beginner to try it. I think beginners should not stop doing there current RCs because active ones make you pay attention to the concept.
A problem with RCs is they may be inconvinent or make you look crazy. I say this is maybe for slightly more advanced dreamers, because using magical type powers in a dream, takes a little practice.
I have practiced levitating in my dreams and can always do it anymore if I try. I do not tend to use super human powers by just imagining it. It seems like I feel a certain way when making a power manifest, kind of like energy flowing through me. So, to levitate I kind of bring a feeling up from below me that lifts me up like on an updraft.
Now that I can almost always levitate in my LDs I use it for my RC. Many times a day, any time I think about it or see anything even a little odd, I attempt to levitate. I just picture that feeling of an updraft I feel in the dreams.
Guess what? It never works, even a little, if I am awake. Often, I see something odd, and naturally try to levitate, and wow, sure enough I lift right off the ground! Then, bang, I am lucid and floating 2 feet off the ground in a LD.
The great thing about this RC is I can do it even a dozen times a day, without having to move at all. Even, in a crowd, I just try to float, and no one has a clue.

**Arra** · 02-26-2012 07:03 AM

I'm glad to hear you've found a method that works well for you.

However, not everyone will be able to use it. Personally, I sometimes have trouble flying (and I assume levitating too) even while in a lucid dream.

**Sivason** · 02-26-2012 09:07 AM

Originally Posted by Dianeva

I'm glad to hear you've found a method that works well for you.

However, not everyone will be able to use it. Personally, I sometimes have trouble flying (and I assume levitating too) even while in a lucid dream.

Yes, this one should never take place of someone's current RCs unless they have prefected any one of the super powers. It won't hurt for someone to add it in, but you must be able to always levitate when in an LD, for it to take the place of all other RCs.
It would also work for anyone who has perfected any magic in their LDs. For instance, if they can always create a fire in the palm of their hand, that could be the simple RC. While sitting in English lit, they picture a ball of fire, if it happens, they become lucid.

**Arra** · 02-26-2012 09:17 AM

Ah, yes, I see. I suppose a good RC for anyone would be to test something which would be impossible in real life but which, for them, always tends to happen in their dreams.