Quote Originally Posted by dellclown View Post
Hey, I have been trying the staring at your hands technique and repeating "tonight when I dream, I will see my hands and realize I am dreaming", as described in the book "Lucid Dreaming: Gateway to the Inner Self".

Last night though, this little voice in the back of my head kept questioning the technique, and I found myself wondering how just seeing your hands can make you realize you are lucid. I am afraid it won't work at all if i think it won't, and I was wondering if anyone could explain to me why it does work.
You shouldn't really think about how techniques work and if they will work. I find questioning techniques I learn don't seem to work only until I say: This time it will work. The hands thing has worked for me many of times and it's fun to see how they look in your dreams. I'm sure you have read this somewhere before but rubbing your hands works as a RC only because you wonder in your dreams... wouldn't I only be rubbing my hands if I was... dreaming? POOF lucid. I wish it would happen like that more often lol. Goodluck!