Thread: I know why I dont RC in my dreams.

Start doing RC when you finish a task.

For example, once you have finished washing the pots. or maybe when you have done your school work ect...

I had this issue for a while, without really thinking about it. For a long time, most of my reality checks were basically at random, whenever my mind would wander to the topic of dreaming and reality checks would I think to do them.

I guess you could say there are two types of reality checks -- random, and reactive. I've mostly switched to reactive reality checks, which I do in response to various dream signs or events in everyday life. I still keep doing the random checks out of habit, but I think the best thing is to have those reactive reality checks.

With a bit of practice, you should be able to notice whatever things/events you've chosen to reality check with relative ease, snapping out of whatever you're doing to instead do an RC. I'd say this is the real advantage of reactive checks over random checks. As you pointed out, you're usually too busy in a dream to think of doing a reality check, but if you've trained yourself to react to certain stimuli, then your chances of doing a reality check are that much higher. And, if you chose the things to RC to wisely, then you're that much closer to regular DILDs.

This is very off-topic, but is your "Location" a reference to Hotel California?

"On a dark desert highway, Cool wind in my hair"

Oh, and thanks for the advice.

Originally Posted by mrdeano

Start doing RC when you finish a task.

For example, once you have finished washing the pots. or maybe when you have done your school work ect...

Did you get that from my original RC post? if so, that is awesome. I'm glad people read it.

http://dreamviews.com/community/showthread.php?t=78489

Originally Posted by Dream scientist

This is very off-topic, but is your "Location" a reference to Hotel California?

"On a dark desert highway, Cool wind in my hair"

Oh, and thanks for the advice.

Yes , nicely spotted, and you're welcome.

Observance is crucial to lucid dreaming.

Originally Posted by bigCHEESE77

Did you get that from my original RC post? if so, that is awesome. I'm glad people read it.

http://dreamviews.com/community/showthread.php?t=78489

I've started doing this. Seems to be a good technique

Wait, your sig is space oddity, right Sentaku? (I am on a roll in this thread!)

Uhhh, no...
Album cover of Come Together by The Beatles

No, I could've sworn it said, "Earth below us, lifting falling, floating weightless, coming home..." Ring a bell? Huh, maybe it was someone else. Or I could've been dreaming.

a good way to RC is to do it everytime you see a liquid.
thats how i do it.
its very recent..
everytime i drink a soda, water, milk, take showers, any liquid.
in my dream i sometimes find myself drinking some coke and i RC.

I haven't ever drinken, other than in a lucid. Sigh...