Thread: Writing "Am I dreaming?" on a piece of paper 100 times in a row

I don't think that will work to be honest, as you will just write it down without really thinking about it, you might ask the question in a dream and not take it seriously.

I actually did this the first 3 months of being introduced to lucid dreaming, although the phrase I used was: "I'm dreaming, this is a dream." I have literally thousands upon thousands of written lines of this phrase in a bunch of papers. The results that I found after the conclusion of this short experiment, was a greater frequency of thinking about lucidity throughout the day, though the results weren't conclusive enough for me to asses whether this practice managed to induce an increase in a lucid mindset that could make its way to the dream. My conclusion is that the length of the practice should be extended to 4-6 months in order to evaluate the results given in relation to lucid dreaming. My observation is that this is a practice that advances slowly, so bear in mind it could take months for you to see any form of results in your capacity and frequency to lucid dream. Anyway, you can still try it out and see for yourself if you want to.

Whether or not it helps lucid dreaming, it does one other thing: it strengthens willpower (which is a very good thing).

The will is the ability to persevere, with something that one does not want to do. Writing dozens of copies of the same statement gets VERY tiresome, and when the going gets really tough, it requires raw willpower to continue - and continuing will, in return, strengthen this power of the mind.

I recommend it! I used to write "Writing this, strenghtens my willpower" over and over and over ...

It's basically the same thing as going on an unpleasant diet, except you don't loose any weight, and you can't tell your friends and family about it, because they will think that you have lost your marbles.

6 months of writing down 'Am I dreaming' a hundred times everyday would be tiring!

That would be 700 times a week, 2800 times a month, 16800 times in 6 months

What a coincidence!
At the moment I'm doing a little experiment, I write down every day 30 times "In all the dreams I have tonight , I realize that I'm dreaming".
I've just started 3 days ago and I already find myself thinking a lot more often throughout the day of dreams and lucid dreaming. I haven't noticed any difference in my dreams concerning lucidity or more vivid dreams.
But I like the exercise it gives me the feeling I am really doing something and I have no problems with the idea that it will be a slow proces beaucose of this.

I am very curious what effect it has for you in the coming period.

Good luck, keep us posted!

I started doing this but only ended up doing it for about a week or so but didn't note any increase in frequency to my lucid dreaming. Obviously, it was a such a short period that it's reasonable to not get any results.

Interesting thing I did however, was that I'd write with my left hand (I'm right handed), so that it would maybe access the other part of my brain (not sure if it really works like that) but also because I have always wanted to learn how to write with both hands. The short amount did result in a significant improvement in my writing ability with my left hand =)

There is actually a specific thread that talks about this exact technique. Its called something along the lines of "RILD: repetitive induced lucid dream" I think. I read it a while ago and the OP said about how he would write something like what WolfDog said, and for every 60 lines he wrote he would get one lucid dream each night. Of course everyone is different so we wont get the same results. Check out that thread though man, it may answer some of your questions!

Looking back at the time I did the experiment, I noticed that much of my practice consisted of basic reality checks and written affirmations like I've just described. I'll agree this isn't exactly the best combination for training lucidity, and almost all of my focus was directed to the activity of writing down affirmations 100 times a day. What I learned is that this particular activity works best as a complementary exercise to one's primary form of training. It increases the efficiency of the big, standalone practices. It doesn't have the capacity to produce discernible results on its own, but works best as an auxiliary technique.

I've yet to experiment the effects of this activity as a supplementary exercise of one's main form of training. So, Laurelindo, you could definitely work through this approach, see if it brings easier and faster results, as well as providing much more tangible evidence from which we can correctly asses the efficiency of this practice in one's ability to lucid dream.

Originally Posted by Voldmer

Whether or not it helps lucid dreaming, it does one other thing: it strengthens willpower (which is a very good thing).

The will is the ability to persevere, with something that one does not want to do. Writing dozens of copies of the same statement gets VERY tiresome, and when the going gets really tough, it requires raw willpower to continue - and continuing will, in return, strengthen this power of the mind.

I recommend it! I used to write "Writing this, strenghtens my willpower" over and over and over ...

It's basically the same thing as going on an unpleasant diet, except you don't loose any weight, and you can't tell your friends and family about it, because they will think that you have lost your marbles.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

He was obviously severely misunderstood by his wife, he was just trying to induce lucid dreams!

My guess about this practice is that probably 99% of the benefit comes from the initial strong raising the awareness and focusing on dreaming that comes from the first few repetitions. Building willpower to continue training is good but I'd think focusing more on traditional mindfulness would have better results in the long run.....all guesswork, though!

I think it would be better as a statement rather than a question. I am dreaming.

What time of day did you do the writing, Laurelindo?

Anyone else?

Anyone done it during WBTB?

I personally think in order to sustain a healthy life with frequent lucid dreams in it you should seperate your daily life from lucid dream induction. Throughout the day I don't anything for lucid dreaming, I don't even think about it that much unless I had an amazing experience in one but in the end it took me 2 years to get to the stage I'm at now.

Originally Posted by LDman

I personally think in order to sustain a healthy life with frequent lucid dreams in it you should seperate your daily life from lucid dream induction. Throughout the day I don't anything for lucid dreaming, I don't even think about it that much unless I had an amazing experience in one but in the end it took me 2 years to get to the stage I'm at now.

How many LDs do you have?