Thread: Doorway Reality Checks

Yeah, eh...i haven't done it once today. Lol.

I've remembered like 5 times a minute after i've walked through a door, like -- "Oh crap! Reality check!"

Yeah... I actually made that. Haha it's my youtube claim to fame- but a lot of people don't understand it and are like "WTF?"

The video is supposed to just be a "supplement" to help you start the habit of doing reality checks whenever you walk through doorways. Watching the video will do nothing for you, unless you are actually trying create a habit.

CAUTION: Remember to actually do reality checks whenever you walk through a doorway. If you are constantly saying "Is this a dream? No", then the "No" will carry over into the habit. In other words, you do not want to get into a dream, walk through a doorway and go "Is this a dream? No." So just remember to ALWAYS follow through with a full reality check when you walk through those doorways.

Most people agree, it is EXTREMELY hard to remember to do reality checks when you walk through doorways. This is because everyone walks through doorways so many damn times every minute of every day. It's an extremely hard habit to start. HOWEVER, that's why it is such a good way to lucid dream. If you succeed at making the habit- you will most likely have several lucid dreams every night.

Remember, you want to make it a habit. It needs to be second nature. And you need to do a real reality check each time.

yeah, i can testify to how hard it is

I thought i invented this idea myself, lol but obviously not.

like a month of trying my hardest to remember gave me a total of 1 LD!

my first i think...Its good if youv got the habit down

I imagine it would be an effective reality check but somehow I prefer something more "ultimate", independent of the situation.

But, aye, StJohnny, how did you not go insane while recording all that?
And more so, what did people think when they saw you walking through doors saying "reality check"?

actually Merlock...i read somewhere else you were struggling with getting lucid? (if not...my mistake)

the beauty of this RC is...well, lets say you must pass through atleast ONE door everynight in your dreams.

This does not rely on spotting a dreamsign. simply building a habit, which you can incubate in real life, so it becomes so habitual it continues. A door is not unusual. so common its a great dreamsign, just takes practice to remember... doorway...reality check....doorway....reality check.

just my opinion, like I said...i think this got me my first LD

edit:

in fact, I just thought combining this with "Dream Yoga" http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...ad.php?t=34263
could wield some good results.
because you will train yourself to be conscious enough to know when you go through a door everytime

i like this idea so much, its my lucid project for this week

I actually filmed the video(s) first and then dubbed my voice over later, haha. I filmed the whole thing on my college campus.

I actually had this habit going for a while, and it was great, but school got intense and I stopped working on lucid dreaming for a while. I'm starting the habit back up again and will hopefully keep it permanently this time. Seriously though, this habit is a bitch to try to start- but it pays off.

Also, for my reality checks, I just do a simple cognitive questioning one. In other words, when I walk through a door I just quickly think to myself "Is this a dream? Where am I now? Where was I before? Where am I going? What day/time is it?"

This way I don't actually have to plug my nose, look at a clock, try to push my finger through my hand, etc, every time I walk through a door. It can be tiring to have to honestly ask myself all of that, but it's a sure way to stay calm and really assess whether I'm dreaming or not.

I will try this. I hope that my enthusiasm for Lucid Dreams proves to make it easier for me.