Thread: So you think you can't LD?

Originally Posted by WakingNomad

This thread should be stickied.

seconded. This deserves to be stickied at least as much as any thread I've come across in my time at DV

when I first read through your post, I wanst quite sure what you were getting at. now, though, that I have taken the time to read and consider it, I know exactly what you're talking about. I finally get the Idea of lucid living. =t's not enough to try to be lucid during dreams. you must be lucid throughout all of your waking life. this is what the dream yogis meant, about realizing that reality is of the substabce of dreams (something like that). you go along with the various scenarios of your waking life, because you don't have the same level of control as in a dream.

This is all....a bit too confusing, for me at least. Like the part where you talked about Awareness/Detachment and knowing that you are dreaming.

Why do we need to know that we are dreaming? Well what's the difference? If we don't
know that we are Lucid Dreaming, how are we going to get into that Awareness affect?

I'm a struggling worker at the moment trying to achieve that Lucid feeling, but I know
what it's like to be Aware and "Know" that I'm dreaming, because I've had that in the past. Right after I did a simple RC, I "Knew" to that point I was dreaming and started to become aware. Perhaps your confusing the terms maybe just a bit?

Other than that, sadly, I never got to that Awareness/Detachment feeling you explained
lately, because the only time I'll remember me dreaming is right after I wake up and not Knowing
or in your own words "Awareness/Detachment" during the dream state.

Very good ClouD.

Agree with Slick. It looks interesting. But could you give more details about the, "Where do we go from here?" bit. Because, with great respect, it looks interesting but my general conclusion is that I haven't got a clue what you're talking about.