Thread: Can't Realize I'm In a Dream

Think of dreaming as a habit. If you're self aware enough to catch yourself in the midst of any habit, then you're self aware enough to catch yourself in the midst of dreaming.

That's a good way to look at it...

Originally Posted by dolphin

Think of dreaming as a habit. If you're self aware enough to catch yourself in the midst of any habit, then you're self aware enough to catch yourself in the midst of dreaming.

I like that! Another way of putting this is: learn to pay attention to yourself and your experiences with a goal of identifying the dream state. Always stop and question things: "How odd is this?" "Why do I think I'm awake?" Practice frequent moments of just stopping and asking yourself "What's going on here? Is this dream-like?". These moments should be accompanied by RCs, but the critical reflection part is actually the most important part. An RC done on auto-pilot is not useful for LD practice: you must constantly pull yourself off of autopilot and back to paying attention.

p.s. you may want to open a workbook in a forum in the DVA (Dreamviews academy), intro class or DILD class, and describe your full practice history in detail, and the teachers there can offer you suggestions to help in your quest for lucidity (congrats, by the way, you made it!)

Haha, thanks! I hadn't thought of the DVA, so thanks for the suggestion. I should definitely give it a shot.