Thread: Testing new ways to attain lucidity.Your opinion is valuable

Since I am new to lucid dreaming, I though I would try something different to attain lucidity. I have two ideas in mind, and I am working on both of them. Let me know what you think:

1. Before I fall asleep I keep reminding my self that what ever, and I mean what ever happens next is nothing but a dream, and I should be aware. I mean I convince myself that the next events that take place will be considered a dream no matter what I thought of them.

That way when I start dreaming I will not have to look for a sign. I would just know that it's a dream.

Do you see the difference between it and looking for a sign in the dream?

2. Before I fall asleep I notice that I think of things, events, people. After that I fall asleep. The other night I noticed that the things that I see are becoming unusual. I mean some real events get mixed with unreal ones. Although, I found myself accepting them. It seemed to me that these thoughts where somewhat a stage between the real world and the dream world. As if I was getting my brain ready.

I also noticed that I was beginging to accept these mixtures just as I would in a dream.

So I thought since I can't become lucid because I just turn off the logic chip in my brain, then why not try to keep the chip turned on before falling asleep? I thought this might help keep things turned on even after I sleep.

So I keep reminding myself to think logically when these thoughts are coming to my mind.

What do you think? Have you tried these ideas before?