Waking Life Excersise to Gain Lucidity. Simple.

So, I realize there are probably a lot of Newbies (LD newbies, not board Newbies) who are probably looking to LD, and that is fantastic! Nothing makes me happier than the satisfaction of a new lucid dreamer.

So, the excercise that has worked wonders for me. It's easy as hell, and is as follows:

Wherever you are, the bathroom, the shower, the car on your way to work, at work, at dinner, in the middle of a conversation - ask yourself if you're dreaming, and then answer yourself.

Example: I'm walking down the street, and it starts to rain. To myself, I ask the question, "Am I dreaming?" I know that I'm not, intuitively, and I answer the question.

The funny thing is, you'll always answer yourself correctly, even in a dream, at least I always do.


For more control over your dream, ask the question and then a follow up. The follow up being, "If I were having a LD at the moment, I'd do x, y and z." Just list the things you'd do, and then imagine yourself doing them.

Everything you do while you're awake becomes a part of your dreaming self, and so you'll pick up questions like this. Eventually, you'll be asking the question on a fairly regular basis within your dreams, and you'll be lucid dreaming in no time!

Hope that helps.

Peace,

Jack D.

Yeah, get yourself a digital sports watch and set it for Count Down Timer Repeat at about 20 minute intervals. Every time it beeps, run down your list of Suggestions.

Thanks! ill give this a try. Im a n00b. Both to the boards and to lucid dreaming. Ive been going for about a month. And had a small lucid. but nothing more than a couple seconds.

So are you saying that i should just ask myself this stuff whenever i do something new?

Every new place i go, and every new person i talk to? Would you suggest saying it out loud? or just thinking it? It would be kinda weird saying it out loud when talking to people.

Just make it a regular part of your routine. I would do it as frequently as you can. You're basically just reality checking in reality, which allows you a more likely chance to do it while you're dreaming.

Hey, I asked kind of the same question in the newbie zone, it's called help with reality checks and started by me, Luci. http://www.dreamviews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=33781 check it out, I think it's quite clear! Good luck anyways :)

edited because I do know how to post links... duh

sweet I will try. :)

Are you kidding?... Seriously.

1) Reality checks are the most basic method ever performed to attain lucidity. WHY THE HELL DO YOU MAKE A THREAD ABOUT THEM? Everybody can read about them everywhere, NOBODY CARES!

2) Your way to perform RCs is WRONG, you don't do them "intuitively", that's the whole point of checking reality. If it were intuitively clear whether or not we were dreaming, we would all be great natural lucid dreamers.

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Originally posted by Korittke
Are you kidding?... Seriously.

1) Reality checks are the most basic method ever performed to attain lucidity. WHY THE HELL DO YOU MAKE A THREAD ABOUT THEM? Everybody can read about them everywhere, NOBODY CARES!

2) Your way to perform RCs is WRONG, you don't do them "intuitively", that's the whole point of checking reality. If it were intuitively clear whether or not we were dreaming, we would all be great natural lucid dreamers.

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A lot of people often enter LD's dreams intuitively. Its a matter of always being aware of your reality, and always being in question. This way works for him, and I'm sure it works for others. I've never entered a LD by using a reality check. I've just noticed that i was in a dream (even though I've only had a few).

I intuitively know when I am in a lucid dream. I used to perform reality checks within the dream at that point because I was not always 100% sure it was a dream and didn't want to do anything fatal.

Now, I rarely reality check within dreams, however, I do reality check all of the time while awake. It conditions your mind to question and that in my opinion is the greatest benefit to repeated reality checks.

Korittke - I find your response in this thread abusive and totally uncalled for. Please try to be a little kinder in your responses. Jack was only trying to help, he didn't deserve to be flamed. Consider this a warning.

I never do reality checks to convince myself I'm lucid, I sometimes question whether I'm dreaming for other reasons, like dreamsigns. Mostly I just know. Nonetheless I practice RCs while awake, for the same reason you say, to get myself thinking about it. Occasionally I think about what I'd do if I were lucid, I think I'll do that more often now.

I had one last night (finally, a week long dry spell is pretty bad for me, especially now since I'm done with school) where finding out it was a dream was kinda iffy. In all respects the dream followed closely to reality. No people I shouldn't see, no places I shouldn't be at, and no strange events; I clued in when something unusual did eventually happen, the typical dreamsign of having the ability to float/hover. Since this ability always feels completely natural, I still had to do a hand check to convince myself I was dreaming. I'm surprised I didn't try another, since the last time that check failed, but I probably would have remembered if it did fail again.

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Originally posted by Korittke
Are you kidding?... Seriously.

1) Reality checks are the most basic method ever performed to attain lucidity. WHY THE HELL DO YOU MAKE A THREAD ABOUT THEM? Everybody can read about them everywhere, NOBODY CARES!

2) Your way to perform RCs is WRONG, you don't do them "intuitively", that's the whole point of checking reality. If it were intuitively clear whether or not we were dreaming, we would all be great natural lucid dreamers.

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In the meantime, I have at least four lucid dreams a week, and maintain a serious degree of control over all of them.

If you don't like my idea, don't pay any mind to it. For me, regularly considering my state of mind in the waking life has helped me to pay attention to my consciousness while I dream, because what you do and how you act while you are awake greatly influences what happens in your dreams. Being aware of where you are, and what you are, leads to lucidity, or at least aids in the growth of lucidity within dreams.

In general, you shouls tone done your attitude. This is a place of learning, and growth. Not destruction.

How long were you doing this technique before you had your first LD from it? Sounds like a standard RC technique to me, but perhaps I'm missing something... I used to do dozens of RCs per day but never had a LD from them. I've never done a RC ins a dream. Whenever I have a LD, I always intuitively know that I'm dreaming or realize something is a dream sign.

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The funny thing is, you'll always answer yourself correctly, even in a dream, at least I always do. *

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Err...actualy it didnt work for me during a False Awakening. I had my first LD this morning useing this techique coupled with the intention medtion before falling asleep. After I tried to wake up from my LD (got a little panicy) I went into FA and did a RC but told myself I HAD to be awake because I just woke up from a LD even though I woke up in the mall parking lot on a mattress.

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Originally posted by ZenVortex
How long were you doing this technique before you had your first LD from it? *Sounds like a standard RC technique to me, but perhaps I'm missing something... *I used to do dozens of RCs per day but never had a LD from them. * I've never done a RC ins a dream. *Whenever I have a LD, I always intuitively know that I'm dreaming or realize something is a dream sign.

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I didn't start this technique until about a year ago, but I've been lucid dreaming for as long as I can remember. This technique just aided in an increase in frequency.

*shrug*

Listen, I'm not telling you people you have to do this to have a lucid dream. I'm offering one example of one technique that I've done, that takes almost no effort at all, and that changes the way you look at your environment in a really positive way (and I mean while you're awake). Do whatever feels right for you. I was just offering a bit of advice. I didn't realize it would bring about such a negative reaction.

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The funny thing is, you'll always answer yourself correctly, even in a dream, at least I always do.[/b]

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It works for me...I mean I don't constantly do RCs while I'm awake, but whenever I ask myself if I'm dreaming when I'm in a dream, the answer is always yes. Great method, I think I'll start doing more RCs in my waking life to see if I can increase the number of lucids I have.

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The funny thing is, you'll always answer yourself correctly, even in a dream, at least I always do.

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It works for me...I mean I don't constantly do RCs while I'm awake, but whenever I ask myself if I'm dreaming when I'm in a dream, the answer is always yes. Great method, I think I'll start doing more RCs in my waking life to see if I can increase the number of lucids I have.[/b]

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Actually, this morning I had an LD, but before I went lucid the dream was very vivid, and very realistic. There was something off about the whole day though, and I asked myself if I was dreaming. I didn't want to say yes, and so I started to say no, but the second I did this I knew for a fact that I was dreaming because I hesitated.

I went lucid and had one of the best dreams I've ever had. I really learned a lot.