Thread: Lucid dreaming easier when not trying?

Hmmm... so I actually think that after reviewing what I do over the last 4 years, my technique is more incubation than induction, so this makes me wonder if that is why I am able to put so much energy into and get an equal amount of results, because I am not practicing intention or willpower, but incubation. Incubation is choosing what to dream of, so if I choose to have a lucid dream or dream of dinosaurs, or anything similar, I can now with only a little amount of time and effort, because I have practiced. However, the more I practice, the closer to bed time I start having them, and I can continue a dream through incubation as well, so if I start with a lucid dream through my first dream cycle, then I will have lucid dreams for the rest of the cycles, since it is like an extremely extended deild.

Things like intention and will power we have a limited amount of, so if we do it for too long or hard, we will run out and hit dry spells, and if we haven't yet gotten a lucid dream during that bout of intention and willpower, then we hit a dry spell, that can kill motivation.