Thread: A Twist To Reality Checks

Hello everyone,

My sister has had some trouble becoming lucid. Even in a couple dreams when she said I told her "You need to prove to yourself its a dream."

She, I think, has a problem because she is so convinced it is not a dream when she prefoms reality checks during the day, that even if she was in a dream she may not believe it.

Here is what i think:
When you preform reality checks, do not do them to prove you are awake or see if you are dreaming. Try and prove to yourself that it is a dream, even if you think its not.

Such as "This must be a dream, so I will push my finger through my hand... No? Well I must have an odd amount of fingers...? Nope I see ten. Maybe I can breath through my fingers though! Nope, guess not. This must be real."

Act as if you are using the reality checks in a dream as dream powers. Once all the reality checks you do fails you know you are awake. Keeping in mind that "this must be a dream" could help you when you are actually in a dream leading you to being lucid.

Its a simple twist to a simple technique.

Let me know what you think.


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Grr, I think what I posted before was much easier to understand. However, it was lost with the other 36 hours of data. And I do not remember what it said
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Well said. I think you make a really important point. Over the years I am naturally assuming more and more that my RCs will show that I am dreaming, but I think it would be beneficial to intentionally do that right off the bat. I can fathom why this works, but its hard to put into words.

I like the way you think.
hey maybe you'll make the mistake of actually thinking your dreaming and really your put your finger through your hand.. that'd be a twist, eh

Originally Posted by imaginefication

I can fathom why this works, but its hard to put into words.
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Yeah, I had a hard time describing it.

Originally Posted by imaginefication

I like the way you think.
hey maybe you'll make the mistake of actually thinking your dreaming and really your put your finger through your hand.. that'd be a twist, eh
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That would be

I think that I had a problem with one of the reality checks. I couldn't breath through my nose when I pinched it in a dream. But since this had happened twice before, and I was unsatisfied, I did looked for some writing(which appeared right behind me ), and did another reality check. That one worked.

I think it has something to do with whether you believe it'll work or not, or some reality checks just don't work with some people. Still, it's an interesting point.

To add another twist to reality checks I'll tell you one of my methods...

As well as trying to prove to yourself that you are or aren't dreaming try to imagine
yourself lying in your bed. Think this: I may or may not be in a dream right now but
if I were then in reality I'm actually lying in bed asleep...

I find when I'm lucid dreaming I am always amazed at the fact that in reality I'm actually
just lying on my bed with my eyes closed.

So do it in real life!

Maybe it will help you