Each dreamer is diffrent. RCs that work perfectly for some don't work for others, so you will have to experiment to find what works best for you. |
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Sorry if this is being discussed somewhere else...I'm sure it's not a new subject. But when I do a reality check, I usually pinch my nose, look at the clock, or look at my hands and poke them with my fingers. Does anyone have a RC that when done in the waking world is very effective in the dream world (for helping you realize you are dreaming)? Conversely, is there an RC method which is very ineffective in the dream world? |
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I'm having great trouble deciding which RC's to do. My problem stems from the fact that in virtually all my dreams I've ever had, I don't remember ever seeing my hands or feet in any situation i'm in. I can include doors, stairs, sitting down or getting up as other things that I never encounter in my dreams so RC's are gonna be hard I think. |
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I like looking at my hands and counting my fingers. It gives me a calm minute to focus on myself, go over my recent memories and question the world around me. I like looking at my hands because it helps ground me in my body. It serves as a double reality check and dream stabilizer. |
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I try to make something move with my mind. No one can see my do it, and it wont work in the real world. If it works, i know I'm dreaming. |
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I've settled for the nose pinch RC. It has only once failed me in dreams, but even then I discovered that I was dreaming with other RC after that. |
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Jujutsu is the gentle art. It's the art where a small man is going to prove to you, no matter how strong you are, no matter how mad you get, that you're going to have to accept defeat. That's what jujutsu is.
The most effective RC I've learned is the yoga nidra method: |
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push a finger through the palm of one hand. |
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Lucid Dreams:-
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WILD: 13
DEILD:13
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Jujutsu is the gentle art. It's the art where a small man is going to prove to you, no matter how strong you are, no matter how mad you get, that you're going to have to accept defeat. That's what jujutsu is.
I just look at my hands. If I have the wrong amount of fingers, I know I'm dreaming, like last night, I looked at my hand, and I had about 15 fingers or something rediculaus. |
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Find and/or forumulate a RC that will never embarrass you if you do it anywhere. |
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I changed the RC I used to do in my waking life, which was watch my hands to see if they are different somehow, because of lately I just started to realize it is a dream, and I reach this point when I'm doing some task which will take too much time to be done or when I'm in a hurry, then I ask myself if it is not a dream. If I'm not conviced it's a dream I try to do things which can't be done in real life, such as levitating, flying, etc. |
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it's not that I wouldn't expect it to work, it's that I have very realistic dreams. My dreambody doesn't differ much from my waking body. Even the nose breath RC has failed me couple of times. I blame it to my touch sense :< |
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Jujutsu is the gentle art. It's the art where a small man is going to prove to you, no matter how strong you are, no matter how mad you get, that you're going to have to accept defeat. That's what jujutsu is.
I'll have to go with what LordSturm said here, try finding a reality check that doesn't draw too much unwanted attention regardless of where you do it. Which reality checks work and which don't is completely up to the individual (though having an open mind always helps) and you will just have to find the technique that suits you the best. For me, the finger counting RC has never failed and I also prefer it over the other techniques because it's subtle and quick to do. As a backup, I have the nose pinching RC, but I only really use it if I'm unsure of my state even after having done the first RC. |
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Pinching my nose closed hasn't failed me yet. |
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LD's: 18Listen to This Will Destroy You
Whenever I try to plug my nose and see if I can breath, somehow I don't breathe properly and don't 'finish' the RC. |
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LD's: 1½, one failure and one WIN!
Goals: Stop and take in the environment: [ ] Find my Dream Guide [ ] Find a mirror and see what I look likr [ ]
Finished the Advanced Task of the Month for December in my first LD
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Jujutsu is the gentle art. It's the art where a small man is going to prove to you, no matter how strong you are, no matter how mad you get, that you're going to have to accept defeat. That's what jujutsu is.
It seems childish but it is defientely fun. I always try to hover or levitate. I always seem to work in dream world but not in the real world unforntunetely LOL |
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