Thread: RC time!

Reality check is a way how to train your prospective memory too. Becouse all you want to do, is to somehow realize within a dream, you should take a look at your watch.

Take a look at.: http://www.youtube.com/user/lucidipedia

There ... somewhere in his advanced videos Tim mentions a technique to train prospective memmory. And that would be:

1. use an alarm clock. Set its timer to go off after lets say five minutes.
2. train yourself to shut the alarm clock right before it should start ringing.

Not to wait before it fires but to stop it right before that happens. Thats a chalenge...

Originally Posted by adraw

1. use an alarm clock. Set its timer to go off after lets say five minutes.
2. train yourself to shut the alarm clock right before it should start ringing.

Not to wait before it fires but to stop it right before that happens. Thats a chalenge...

I know exactly what you mean! I do that when I set my normal alarm clock but I wake up either right as it goes off or about 5 mins before. When I wonder why I woke up I only come up with, to turn off the alarm So while not going off it still serves its purpose quietly.

I like to RC whenever my heart rate is up, because things in dreams for me often result in that pumping feeling. That and when I just REALLY wish its a dream like walking up a big hill when you're tired.

Cheers

Originally Posted by Timothy Paradox

I wanna become a pro at inducing DILD's, and I'm going to it by doing a reality check every 10 minutes. I want to buy a watch that beeps every 10 minutes, and wear it at all times, even at night.
Do you people think this will help?

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I used to do that. I couldn't find a watch that beeps every few minutes so I bought and wear two watches that I can set to beeps every 30 minutes. I set one watch to run 15 minutes earlier so that I would get a beep every 15 minutes. I also do a RC whenever I open or close a door. And whenever I see another person. The point is do as much and think as much about LD as you can in the morning. Don't worry...it works!!!

Nightflyer

Well, last night I dreamed of my RC timer going off, and did a reality check. But I ended up messing up the RC. So I missed out on the perfect opportunity to get an RC timer Lucid.

Adraw, sometimes I actually do try to stay aware of the exact point the timer will go off.

I second the importance of critical thinking, as many already said it's not so much the actual RC (i.e plugging your nose) that's important but to really question your surrondings and reality. I've only tried to induce DILD's and I find that I often just become lucid by thinking in a dream "is this a dream", the RC itself becomes redundant. But RC's do actualy help, as you turn them in to a habit, as a reminder to keeping a critical approch to your reality.

So I think your idea is good as long as you do the RC's properly! The menal bit and being critical is crucial!