Thread: Fed up with semi-lucidity

I enjoyed reading these responses and I'll surely get back to read them some more in depth.
Just wanted to say it's great to see this level of deep genuine discussion between dreamers , kinda makes me feel nice.

OK back on topic.
I'll give my 2c.
I don't like having dream goals. I feel they can also make semi-lucids happen, because chances are you'll just half-ass the goal in a semi-lucid trance.
I feel the one (and only) thing to do (and you can call it a dream goal too) would be to tell yourself that after you realize it's a dream, you'll STOP.
Stop what you're doing. Stop following dream characters. Stop following the plot. Look at your hands, look at the details of the world, do whatever grounding technique you do, but DON'T get pulled in.
If you start having the "oh my I wonder where this big orange cat is going" sort of thought, and you feel it occupying your mind -> STOP. You'll figure it out later. Now is your clarity time.
Don't let the dream impose its pace on you.
And then from there, you can do your own steps wherever and however you wish, with clarity and stability, not being dragged around.

Great Master Bodhidharma's Teaching on Peace of Mind says,
When people are deluded, they follow things;
when people are liberated, things follow them.
If you're liberated, then consciousness absorbs form;
if you're deluded, form absorbs consciousness.

Best wishes.