Help with intent...

[kevinmwhm]

Being inspired to progress through an intent based approach as a growth from my current awareness/technique/RC regimen, I have tried to start looking at things a bit more conscientiously. However, in converting, I seem to have completely lost my ability to “remember” my ultimate goals. For example; in my previous approach, the simple act of stopping and questioning reality became a common and simple task. I still put a lot of emphasis into those moments but they were simple none-the-less. Now, since changing for the past week or so, I feel as if I’ve taken a giant step backwards and have become forgetful of the world around me. I still try to take time and “investigate” the details of the world around me, but I seem to become lost within my daily routines quite often. I’m trying to create intent and attempting to find more meditation time but opportunities seem to fly by. Is this an obstacle I should expect and work on? Any tips on switching this from a divided “chore” to a continuous embrace? I’ve been reading the archives and finding lots of great content elsewhere on the web, so I get the overall picture. I’m just wondering if you had any personal tips that seemed to help you along the way.

[Sensei]

Are you trying to increase intent or just doing ADA? I am a little confused. :/ I use intent tons, but not ADA, so I can't help you if that is what you are doing.

[kevinmwhm]

I'm trying to move away from ADA and move towards intent...

[RavenOfShadow]

May I ask why you want to move away from ADA, which is largely regarded as the best way to attain DILDs?

[kevinmwhm]

Let me rephrase that... I'm not stopping the self questioning I do during the day, nor am I giving up on the skills that I've learned till now. What I'm talking about is more confidence based. It feels like I get mixed up now when I try to include parts of the day that reflect a self intention to lucid dream. I'm trying to split my day into two distinct areas. One in which I question my reality and one in which I state more of a desire. The problem I've run into is that since I've started this, I've broken the monotony of simple hourly awareness checks, but I've struggled to get into a a nice routine that could translate into dream awareness. I feel like this is a good personal direction because I've seen an increase in dream vividness and recall that had been on a slight decline. But I feel as though it could be much better. Maybe I'm on the wrong track? It just feels as though I'm on the edge of really breaking through the "beginner's wall" but I'm having trouble nailing it down.