Several years ago after dabbling in a few induction techniques, I came up with my own that I called: “Lucid Living.” The idea is to re-create during the day the same mental/emotional state that you experience in a Lucid Dream. This is the only technique I use, and when I get off my lazy ass and use it I will invariably have an LD within a short period of time.

As a part of this technique I started to really think about what it means to be lucid. What is going on with my awareness?

The first thing I noticed is the relative absence of mental chatter. While not completely silent, my mind was much quieter, and thoughts that did come into my head remained for a very short period of time.

I also realized that the vast majority of my attention was placed on the world around me. But not all of my attention was directed outward. There was a small percentage that remained: “aware of being aware”. I had this sense of self; that is was me who was doing the looking around. It was when I lost that self-awareness that I then lost lucidity; either becoming consumed by the mental chatter, or becoming engrossed in the environment which led to becoming consumed by the mental chatter.

So, how would you describe the state of lucidity?

Anyone else doing a similar technique to Lucid Living?