Problems with RTs

I can't been rely on RTs. :? A few days ago I dreamt I was in with Torri Spelling (just hangin' out.. :D ) anyways I realized I don't know her, why am I here with her. We were watching TV so I pressed the display button to see what time it was, it was 4:27, I looked away and looked back, it was still 4:27. So I thought it wasn't a dream, but I was still sure I was not supposed to be hanging out with her. I guess you can count my doubts as a brief moment of lucidity, but I still ended up not becoming lucid.
From what I've read the time shouldn't have even been legible, and even if it was supposed to it would have changed when I looked away. I've only attained lucidity with a RT once, actually it was the first time I became lucid. Since then I've tried and no luck, when I do become lucid, it's spontaneous.
One time I did have the chance but I fucked it up. I woke up, went to the bathroom, and the lights wouldn't turn on... then I woke up again kind our weirded out, I went to the bathroom and the freakin' lights worked. :furious: I couldn't believe I missed the chance.
Anybody have any tips on this???

i have a tip.. if youre gonna do a RT by looking at a clock and looking away, and then looking back, it helps to expect it to change. like when you first look at it and it says 4 27 or whatever, then look away, expect it to say 12:00 when you look back. then it is more likely to change

About all you can do is practice!
I've kicked myself many times for missing opportunites I should have realized :(

I think that pushing finger through your palm and expecting it to pass right through may be a better technique, since you can perform it without opening your eyes while you are sleeping :)

I crafted a "wand of dream control", which dont work during waking hours, but it's supposed to work if i'll have a false awakening :lol:

Ev, im gunna try that if i remember. lol

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I am bottled, fizzy water and you are shaking me up.
You are the fingernail running down the chalkboard I thought i left in third grade.[/b]

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Thanks for the tips. I have yet to try them, I'm still a rookie so I have trouble becoming lucid or even asking myself if I am dreaming. I'll let you know how I do.

I think you'll do just fine :)
I've also got to try the finger thing. I spent a lot of time last night flying through objects like doors, walls, windows. It's kind of fun!

But once last night, just when I thought I was getting good at it, I bounced off the wall instead of going through it. OUCH!

Seeker, i think all the candy you gave your kids and THEIR bouncing off the walls kinda rubbed off on you! can i have some of that energy, cause im tired. :zzz:

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the world is a roller coaster, and i am not strapped in, maybe i should hold on with care, but my arms are busy in the air.[/b]

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ive been trying the stick your finger through your hand thing lately, after reading about it on here, and it works pretty well

ok what the hell is an RT? I know RC stands for Reality Check, but please someone tell me what RT is...

reality test... i think its kind of obvious

thats kind of a Dis coming from Tim...


LOL (no offense Tim)

lol, i find RT annoying, i always thing RC :S

hey, i am the dunce of the forum

you can say that again tim... :party:

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The sun reluctantly rises on a red blanket of loosely figured clouds,
I raise my head to see, and you are standing there over my body.
I was still bleeding and you did not even care to hold the wound.
Best friends, we know that’s a bunch of bullshit.-me[/b]

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Dont mind my ignorance, but what/who is dunce?

Let TIM explain that to you, just because i cant remember what Topic that was posted under.
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I'm floating down a river, ours freed from their holes long ago.
Lying face up on the floor of my vessel, i marvel at the stars, and feel my heart overflow.[/b]

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a dunce is someone in class who is bad or stoopid, so they make them wear a pointy hat and sit on a stool in the corner... they dont really do that anymore, i think it was a fifties thing or something

what is the forum where you crowned yourself dunce, tim? :party:

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i dont want to talk to you anymore, im afraid of what i might say. I bite my tongue every time you come around, cause blood in my mouth beats blood on the ground.[/b]

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actually, you crowned me, and i dont remember which one it is... i think its the bad trip one

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Originally posted by Tim
reality test... i think its kind of obvious

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oh well EXCUSE ME. I've never heard anyone call it that...oh yeah...go to hell.

well, its not that hard to figure out... and that is a good idea. thank you very much!

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WHAT are you talking about, TIM, you crowned yourself man! hahahahaha

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you could see me reaching, so why couldn’t you have met me half way?
You could see me bleeding, And you would not put pressure on the wound[/b]

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I'm going to have to agree with Paperdoll here. I had no idea what RT meant. I thought everybody went by RC(reality check). guess not....... :whyme:

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Originally posted by nightowl
I'm going to have to agree with Paperdoll here. I had no idea what RT meant. I thought everybody went by RC(reality check). guess not....... :whyme:

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see? it's not that I'm an idiot. it's that Tim was being an ass... :roll:

hehe - a little trick about such things - imagine yourself posting here.

Just imagine, dont post. Then the answer will just pop in your head. that's

the cool thing i noticed - i find the answer by myself the second after i

post some question regarding "reality"... Dont know for you, but it does work for me.

To be honest I thought it was RC too. I wrote RT 'cause I saw other threads where people would use RT so I thought it would be easier... guess not. :?

well, maybe i am just an ass... and no, i didnt crown myself. you ass

interesting...im gunna have to find that thread, but its kindof hard, cause i cant remember where it is...

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Blessed is she who clearly sees the wood for the trees.
To obtain a ‘bird’s eye’ is to turn a blizzard into a breeze.[/b]

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