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What i have noticed even with myself is the following:
Once you do spend all of the energy on becoming lucid so it 'transfers' (that state of mind) to your dreams - in a habit sort of ways .......
(one of the only habits i really like because it actually contradicts what is really a habit - which is why we don't have lucid dreams in the first place, anyway...)
....and you actually do have a lucid dream - you aren't lucid enough in the sense that you don't even remember what you name is what state you live in while lucid in a dream...one of the problems is loosing lucidity because you don't know what to do in a dream - - this is one of the things i have to use because it also works on people who have been through a dryspell w/lucid dreams like i am now ---
you don't remember/know what to do in a lucid dream, so here is an excellent and very effective technique - at least for me - so what i do is:
Once you realize that you are definately not in a dream with your RCs - and also see my other post which basically says that i've realized that the only time you ever really doubt whether you are dreaming or awake is when you are dreaming - only in a dream could you doubt this, awake you'd - for the most part - not get confused...and another tip that works for your RCs - do not make them become a passive lucidity - explained in the next response......
once you realize after your RCs that you are awake, say to yourself " I know i am awake right now, but if i were dreaming right now, what would i do?" have at least 3-5 things (in a list or not) but do it - RCs - in different situations so your different dream situations will give you practice this way....
i hope this will also make it a habit that this will transfer into dream habits - even if you believe with your RCs in a dream that you are mistakenly awake...
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Passive lucidity: (the "opposite" of the below definition) what happens when lucid dream techniques - especially the RCs - become an unconscious habit. You might, for example, have done so many RCs for the day - or have been doing RCs for a few months or years - what you don't want to happen is that you automatically say 'oh, i'm definately awake..' ---- to prevent this, i strongly recomend the below because usually after months/years of lucid dream techniques - it's really easy to hit a plateau or even go down slowly in the lucidity of your dreams because we (LDers) basically turn this into an unconscious habit - just like the habit of whatever it was that made us NOT have lucid dreams - so it defeates its own purpose IF YOU READ BELOW IT WILL MAKE A LOT MORE SENSE>>>>
Being AWARE OF YOUR AWARENESS: (the "opposite" of the above definition) What you do to make your lucidity continue to go up (if you do it correctly and if even this DOES NOT BECOME A HABIT ALSO - this last point is very important!). What basically happens is what is said above: it become a habit (unconsioully - like most of the other things you do that started out where you had to think about it - think back to when you were taught to eat/speak/bathe/read/etc....what evenutally happened with these was you did them automatically - in the begining you had to think about it -- the same thing happens to so many who learn LD techniques and it is a downfall and it is ironic/ defeats it's own purpose..keep reading...).
an example, very good example, was one time i literally looked in the mirror and saw my self looking at my self - not the physical self, but it was as though i saw myself for the first time and that i saw the charater i played in life 'collapse' --- your reality basically does collapse, in a sense, when you do practice lucid dreaming.
OBSERVE YOURSELF is another way for me to explain this. if u meditate you know exactly what i am talking about - it's as though you see through your ego and become super aware, but during the day you get lost in keeping up your appearance(reputation, etc) - but it's a state that really CANNOT be explained in words but i have tried my best above, if it's still confusing, tell me and i'll try to explain, but have it be more of a specific question.......
(I'm Actually thinking of posting these two because they are too important)
