Lucid Living And Increasing Self Awarness.

[DarkDreamer1020]

Is there anyone who can give me some advice on how to properly do this? I hear it's a good way to help Lucid Dreaming, but sadly I'm not too familar in the details. If someone would give me some help on this, it'll be very much appreciated.

[FryingMan]

I've compiled some links to threads I believe are particularly useful, discussing many aspects of LDing. important-informative-links.html In particular, Ctharlhie's Mindfulness - An Alternative Approach to ADA has a great discussion and lots of references to important and relevant works to read. In very very brief summary, lucid living/mindfulness/etc. is paying attention to yourself, your life, your environment, not moving through the day on auto-pilot like a zombie. When you pay attention, you learn the waking and dreaming patterns of your mind and can increasingly over time notice the difference between the two and get lucid in dreams. "Lucid while awake, lucid in dreams" I like to say. The mind will wander, that is its nature, don't get frustrated and "try harder," just keep on learning to notice when it has wandered and gently bring it back into focus/attention. Again and again. That's it! Much more detail can be found in the literature but that's the short summary.

[JustASimpleGuy]

The mind will wander, that is its nature, don't get frustrated and "try harder," just keep on learning to notice when it has wandered and gently bring it back into focus/attention. Again and again. That's it! Much more detail can be found in the literature but that's the short summary. Agreed, and in truth from a mechanical perspective it's no different than, say, a formal mindfulness of breath meditation practice. The only difference is it can be practiced all day, anywhere and at any time and with any 'object'. By object I mean whatever you happen to be doing at the time. And just like in mindfulness of breath meditation, the growth and progression in skill comes from the mind wandering and then being gently shifted back to attending the object/task at hand.