Originally posted by Placebo
Yep, that does seem to be the trick.
Staying conscious, but not thinking of your surroundings, problems or inhibitions.
And not thinking about something takes some skill.
Telling yourself not to think about something means you thought of it
You're going to have to concentrate on something else if you don't want to concentrate on whatever you're not trying to concentrate on.

Think of your feet right now... now try to not think of it... Any success??? Probably not, unless you got the idea from what I just said about concentrating on something else.

Concentrate on your feet, but then concentrate on your nose... All of your awareness of your feet has left (well, since I just said that all your awareness left your feet, it came back when you read that ).

So you'll have to find something you can concentrate on, without it waking you up or without making you fall asleep.


I thought about writing on a piece of paper something like "You will have a Lucid Dream. Are you dreaming yet?" And folding it a few times to make it fit in your palm. And everything you felt it in your hand, you would think about those things.