[Becoming Aware of Brief Awakenings]

Hey everyone.

First, let me apologize for asking a question that has likely been ask a thousand times before. If you'd prefer to just point me the way of an old thread on this topic, I would be equally grateful.

Anyway, as to the actual question, I have been having some trouble becoming conscious of the 15+ several-second-long awakenings we experience each night. From what I've read, these short brakes in the REM cycle are ideal gateways into a lucid dream. However, given their short duration, it is obviously really difficult to gain enough -waking- lucidity to recognize them.

So my question is, how can I improve my awareness of these brief awakenings in the REM cycle? Can they even be used as launch points for lucid dreams?

Thanks in advance.

You can try this and if you use at an alarm volume each night will get your body into waking every 15 mins during REM:

http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...ad.php?t=61604

The best way is always autosuggestion. Just tell yourself to wake up, and you will.

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Originally Posted by drewmandan

The best way is always autosuggestion. Just tell yourself to wake up, and you will.

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But Cosmic wants to wake up many times a night.
Auto suggestion only goes so far. It worked for me once a night.
I found to wake up many times you either need a multi-alarm clock/cell phone or an MP3.

Will using an alarm ruin the 'depth' of my sleep? I'm interested in utilizing this technique of lucidity, but I understand from the responses to that thread that I need to remain very sleepy in order for the process to work.

The alarm is only to get your body in the habit of waking up at that time. So when you don't use the alarm, you might recognize yourself waking up at that specific time. You might want to use the alarm for a few days or even up to a week. Then try without it.