ADA isnt enough?

[Clidu]

I stopped practising lucid dreaming for about 2 months and the past week iv started it back up again. Iv done alot of awareness exercises throughout the past week and iv gotten quiet good at it. Today i had 2 dream both in which i should of easily have become lucid. One where i could breath under water and one where i was at my moms old house. I have figured that maybe i need to do quiet alot of reality checking aswel as ADA. My goal is... Tonight im at work from 10 till 8.... If my alarm goes off every half hour or hour and i reality check and do this aswel as ADA and ofcourse DJing then after a week or so my body will have gotten used to it as a habit which will then ofcourse continue into my dreams? Thats my idea eneways and suggestions or thoughts would be appreciated 😄

[Clidu]

Nearly all my LDs occur as D.I.L. D. 'S btw i dont really try wilds or wbtbs

[Redrivertears]

Hey there, Most of my lucid dreams are DILDs too. For me, I need to combine awareness with intention setting. Awareness alone gets me to a point where I'm aware of dreaming in at least one dream per night, but not with the clarity of mind to break away from whatever dream plot I'm in. I'll be aware that I'm dreaming, even use dream control to change elements and overcome obstacles, but will continue along whatever path the dream has set for me. To get to full lucidity and pursue my own goals, or use dream incubation, I need to add an element of intention to that awareness. So I'll combine awareness exercises with intention practices, which gives me the best result. Just my experience, -Redrivertears-

[Clidu]

Hi there, Firstly thanks for the response and coild i ask.... At my best iused to have 1 LD a week if i was lucky and you seem to have alot more from whst youv said. My question is what sort of practises do you do in order to be so successful... For instance i try and not bombard my head wiyh thoughts and keep in clear and avoid thinking about the past or planning the future and just stay focused on the now rther than the later. What are intention practises aswel btw? Sorry for the personal questions im just interested in what sort of practoses make people better... Thankyou

[RelaxAndDream]

Redrivertears here does this game for more than ten years now. its not about what he is doing he is doing it consistently for a looong time. some of it got second nature for him. but like he said. ADA alone "just" makes detailed vivid and long dreams. you need to set your intent to get lucid. you really need to want it. review your dreams and imagine how you get lucid next time so obvious things happen. think about what you would do then (incubating your goal). To do RC to your ADA sounds like a very good idea. the right mindset is crucial here! dont try to prove you are awake (like you know you are and just underline it) but try to prove you are dreaming. try to really belief that you just shut off your autopilot your awareness rised enough and you ask yourself: wait i am dreaming what did i do until now where do i come from how can i be sure this is a dream and try to prove with different RC´s and thinking that this is a dream. Your first RC "might" fail but nevertheless dont let go of the tought that this is a dream and do a second one. after some time you finished your routine. try to keep that rised critical awareness you gained right now for as long as possible. dont look down and zoom out and loose yourself in thoughts but try to stay focused and continue to examine your surroundings for suspicious things that might only happen during a dream later in bed when you are falling asleep try not to just pass out uncounciously but stay a little focused. tell a mantra or think about wanting to get lucid. just enough that you still manage to fall asleep but not with tought about random stuff... when you notice awakenings during night same thing. remember your dreams see where you might have gotten lucid and tell yourself NEXT TIME I WILL NOTICE and fall asleep conciously again. when you manage to do this in an authentic way, coupled with your ADA, enough sleep and a good base of dreamrecall and other factors, you should have more then one lucid a week €dit: but what you describe is the right direction. stay in the now be mindfull and dont loose yourself in thoughts about yesterday and tomorrow. but add a little critical thinking to it. you dont want just to be aware but you want to be aware of your state (wake/sleep)

[Clidu]

That was a brilliant response and made me feel quiet poisitive so thankyou so much and i will read it again later and take on board what you said

[Redrivertears]

Hey there, I don't think I do anything different from most people here. Like RelaxAndDream said, it's mostly about consistency and attitude. Also, I tend to rotate and vary my practice. That keeps it interesting and keeps me from going into autopilot. Usually though, I try to combine awareness with intent in my exercises. (And visualization for dream incubation). Right now, during the day, I try to be as aware and alert as I can. I also try to be 'in the moment' whenever I can (which is a lot less then I'd like, my mind gets easily distracted ). When I manage to stop my current train of thought and just be mindful for a little while, I repeat my intention to lucid dream to myself. During the night and in the morning, I try to pay as much attention to my dreams as I can. I try to write what I can in my dream journal, even if I only remember fragments or a feeling ("I think I dreamt about a cat"). Each morning I take one dream that I find particularly fascinating and write it down in greater detail in a second, electronic journal. Additionally, I look at my dreams not just for lucidity, but also for other elements of interest (reoccurring elements, themes, people, dreamsigns, use of dreampowers, fantastic and adventurous elements, emotional elements, ...). I often try to figure out where a dream is coming from, intuitively linking it to an event or feeling in the day (for instance, a while ago I was involved in some difficult negotiations at work. during the night, I dreamt I was stopping a foreign spy from placing data in our computer network, and had to cover myself from gunfire when he pulled out a weapon to fire on me, then overpower him and take his weapon). When I go to sleep, I try to watch for hypnagogics and imagine a dream scene around those, letting my mind wander to fill in the blanks. I do this again each time I go to sleep after a WBTB at night. If I'm lucky, it might lead me into a WILD. If not, it often does lead me into more awareness during the next dream (unless I fall asleep too fast). And above all, I always try to keep a positive mindset. I approach my dreams, all my dreams, from the idea that they're valuable things. I try to keep from getting frustrated or feeling like the night was a failure if I don't lucid dream. Just my experience, -Redrivertears-