mmm, maybe you are doing your RC improperly? |
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Sometimes I think this RC thing is non sense. I does not matter how unrealistic are my dreams. I do not realize that I am dreaming. A few days ago in one of my dreams I saw an elephant painting, and that is no unusual, but when I asked it about his artistic behavior, the elephant said " that is nothing, I can use a stappler and showed me two pieces of paper that he (or she? ) had previously stapled. Last night I saw and egg. I some way I coud see inside of it. There were some little snakes. All of the sudden the litlle snakes broke free and in a rare metamorphosis began to fly. At tha point there were no snakes but fish with wings. I depaitated one using a machete...bla ...bla bla.. |
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mmm, maybe you are doing your RC improperly? |
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RC's are not nonsense. If you never question your state of reality in the waking world.. How will you ever do it in the dreaming world? |
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LD Count: 300 since 2005, average 40 LDs a yr
Last LD: 11/23/2013
My most infamous tutorial: http://www.dreamviews.com/dream-cont...ide-3-1-a.html
Actually, I sort of agree with you, in a way. I've never *needed* a reality check to become lucid (so far), but I think it is a good idea to reality check often or whenever you see something strange, in the hopes that you will remember in your dreams and alert you. |
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Spiritofthewolf, you are perhaps the member to whom I pay more attention, but in real life I do not have to question my awareness. In dream I have never question my awareness either. Whe I have a lucid dream, it is very simple, I know that from the beginning. |
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I think reality checks are mostly just to change your point of view throughout the day. They help keep you from getting carried away in your thoughts, or zombified by whatever you are doing. They are an excercise to train your brain to stay more aware. |
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LD Count: 300 since 2005, average 40 LDs a yr
Last LD: 11/23/2013
My most infamous tutorial: http://www.dreamviews.com/dream-cont...ide-3-1-a.html
RC daily has gotten me almost all of my lucid dreams including the one I had last night! =) |
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Whenever your thinking, just remember thoughts become things.
Current goals:
-Drive a Ferrari 458 { }
-Go to a different plant { }
-Street race with different cars { }
-Kiss Megan Fox { }
Last LD: 8/16/2010
What type of exercise can I do to avoid daydreaming all the time. When I drive to work in the morning I do not remember even where I stopped at the red lights. It does not matter how hard I try to stake focus. My mind is allways wandering. I realize that could happen during my dreams. |
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I've spent the last 20 minutes trying to grab some grapes from a high vine, but I jut can't reach them! Bah, they're probably sour, anyways! |
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I could not believed what happened last night. I had thre lucid dreams in a row. AS is happening all the time, I do not to do any RC. I realized that I am dreaming from the beginning. The first lucid dream was short, ( like 2 or three minutes ) I awoke and went to the bathroom. I came back and all of the sudden I was lucid dreaming again. The subject of the dream were more or less the same. At some point I was tired because I could not change the dream. For some reason I could not rotate like I have done in other dreams, so I decided to wake up. it is interesting because I rarely have lucid dreams ( one a month). I never thought that a decrepit person like me ( 60 years old) could do that. Anyway, who is the oldest person in this forum.? |
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sanctispiritus, I'm like you. Whenever I have a Lucid Dream, I just know, and I don't RC. But I don't view them as useless because of the way I do use them. When I get Lucid, I use RCs as dream stabilizers. I've just actually started doing this in my Lucids (the 1st time I did it was during my 6th LD), and it's helped immensely in keeping the dream stable so I don't wake up prematurely. If you try this the next time you are Lucid, I guarantee that you won't view RCs as useless anymore. |
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This guy, , and this guy, , are mine. BACK OFF!
90% (a loose estimate) of LDing is mental. If you do not believe in RCs then they will never work for you. If you don't believe you can become lucid, then you never will. You have to be positive in every aspect and actually believe in order for alot of things to work. Sounds silly to some, but the good LDers know they are good and know what they do will work. Just a thought for you. |
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Last edited by KingYoshi; 09-08-2009 at 07:20 AM.
Lucid Count(527+) - DILD(266+) DEILD(110+) WILD(150+) EILD(1)
All Day Awareness, A DILD Tutorial by KingYoshi
KingYoshi's WILD Guide
KingYoshi's New Dream Journal: My World is Different
KingYoshi's Old Dream Journal: Journey into the Mind
Oh, kingyoshi, that's very interesting, I'm going to use it! thanks! |
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At first I was wondering if you were even being serious. It seems that some people actually agree that they aren't that helpful. |
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Last edited by louie54; 09-09-2009 at 04:33 AM.
I understand this. I am a daydreamer. Meditation helps a lot with general mental focus. |
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ya gwan fok wid de Baron? ye gotta nodda ting comin. (Formerly known as Baking Nomad.)
To keep from daydreaming, I try to pay attention to my point of view. I take a few minutes here and there to think about the interaction between my body, my vision, and my imagination. How are they all combining to create the world I am experiencing? A lot of times, I will be completely ignoring my body, and paying attention to only my vision. Other times, I will be ignoring both my body and my vision, and lost in a daydream. |
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You could argue that trying to remember the date is a reality check itself. |
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I need to increase my awareness when I'm outside. When I'm home I RC a ton but once I'm outside I get lost I guess. I'm hoping to change this soon since most of my dreams take place outside. |
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Lucid dreams, gotta love em.
It is non-sense if you are using RCs to have lucid dreams. RCs are after you are aware that it may be a dream, it's to confirm the flimsy possibility that you may be in a dream. You should focus on dream awareness instead of RCs. Pick on anything that may be dreamlike or suggest that it may be a dream when awake and because it is dreamlike..think.....'I may be dreaming' and really feel the doubt that you may in fact be dreaming, THEN you do the RC. |
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I believe it depends on the person, it doesn't work for some and does for others. It works for me. |
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DILD: 0 | WBTB: 0 | WILD: 0
Live in the moment. When you are driving, focus all your mental energy on what you are doing. Be deliberate with your moments. Sit up straight. Breathe deep. Look at the road. Be aware of the other people. Be aware of their machines. Feel the seat. Feel the pedals and the steering wheel. |
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ya gwan fok wid de Baron? ye gotta nodda ting comin. (Formerly known as Baking Nomad.)
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