Thread: ADA and bad science

Still absorbing your post, Sageous. Just a couple of thoughts on mindfulness/awareness that have been floating around my mind that may or may not be of consequence:

1) I can guarantee a more mindful approach to my activities by making my activities "in flux". That is, I can make subtle changes to the way I do things and can continue to make small - almost negligible - changes to the way I do tasks with the idea being to help retain my awareness. For example, if walking down the street I can choose to take shorter strides. Or I can consciously increase my walking speed to a very slight degree. Also, of course, there is attention. I can choose to direct my attention to any area: the sound the sole of my shoe makes when it touches the ground, or (more specific) the "scuffing" sound I occasionally make.

2) Why not apply these changes to asking, "Am I dreaming?" and doing RCs? So, if I'm regularly asking myself if I'm dreaming I can choose to increase the tone of the internal-voice that asks if I'm dreaming. I can choose to imagine the sound in someone else's voice. I can change the stress. If I regularly do the nose pinch RC I can start doing it with a different hand, or use different fingers to do the pinch, or apply a different degree of pressure, or use both hands etc.

Originally Posted by Bobblehat

2) Why not apply these changes to asking, "Am I dreaming?" and doing RCs? So, if I'm regularly asking myself if I'm dreaming I can choose to increase the tone of the internal-voice that asks if I'm dreaming. I can choose to imagine the sound in someone else's voice. I can change the stress. If I regularly do the nose pinch RC I can start doing it with a different hand, or use different fingers to do the pinch, or apply a different degree of pressure, or use both hands etc.

Sure, why not? As I said above, these activities I think can certainly help amplify your lucidity, which is always a good thing!