Quote Originally Posted by Daredevilpwn View Post
Been awhile since I've been on this forum (internet troubles) but heres my take. Awareness by its self is useless, it simply helps you get more vivid dreams, you must harness this awareness so that you can realize you are dreaming. This is where critical questioning comes into play. Awareness + critical questioning = lucidity. Critical questioning without the awareness to back it up results with you saying "am i dreaming" and not even becoming lucid because you do it like any other "mindless" habit.
I had an experience like that last night, when I had screwed up royally at some kind of job (forgot equipment after driving several miles, lost the car keys on my way back etc) and I actually stood still for a very long time (several minutes) and wished for myself that everything could just be a dream and that I could wake up from all that mess.
And I even lost hope and accepted that it was reality "because it felt so real", and I had to deal with my situation the best I could.

And suddenly I was lying in bed.