Quote Originally Posted by Tiktaalik View Post
When you get that trigger to question reality, stop everything. Stop what you’re doing, stop what you’re thinking about and bring yourself fully into the present moment, into the NOW, almost like you’re stepping back from reality, choosing no longer to participate in it but to observe it instead. Now you’re detached and aware, start observing reality as it is in real time and examine your situation and look for clues that you could be dreaming. Don’t dismiss it quickly, linger in the NOW for a short time and look upon reality like it could actually be a dream. That’s the best way I can sum up the “feeling” of getting into that reality check mindset.

Like Moon said, MILD Is something you attempt every night consistently without fail and for a while it may not work, then one day it does work, then it may not work again for another week but if you keep going it eventually starts working more and more consistently as you become more experienced and build your skills. Reality checks are a good thing to do but they’re so much more effective if you’re waking in the night and performing MILD alongside them. Like Moon said, you have to find a way to make MILD work for you. Though visualisation is a key element in LaBerges original technique, I usually need to skip this part during the night as it keeps me awake. Instead I try to fall back asleep with a readiness, an anticipation to remember and recognise I’m dreaming in the next few minutes. It’s just a matter of engaging your prospective memory. Most of my lucids occur after waking and doing this method.
I'm not a Zen master, I can't just stop thinking and become detached from reality on command. I was thinking that instead of becoming aware of the present moment I could try to frequently ask several critical questions such as "What was I doing just now?". If so, what other questions should I ask myself?