It's a good idea. |
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All I simply do now is tell myself AWARENESS and make sure I'm not sleepwalking through my daily life. |
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It's a good idea. |
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thanks! II guess zoning in on the senses you want to BE aware of is the next step. |
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Yeah that's a really good idea. Reality checks are helpful too, but being present and "living in the moment" is a very powerful way to boost lucidity. It's nothing big or complicated, just a very ordinary willingness to be with the present moment in whatever form it may take. |
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"Sorrow is nothing but worn out joy."
I have been trying to concentrate on just being in the moment and I really like your idea. It's very simple (I mean that in a totally good way). |
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Oh man, I've been doing this too. Like, exactly this and I've been doing it steadily for the past few days... Weird. |
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How can meta-awareness help you become lucid? It has nothing to do with being conventionally lucid, nothing to do with being aware of realness or unrealness of the world around you. |
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Well for me the fact that this awareness technique is associated with dreaming itself, it basically serves as a form of the MILD method in my eyes. As in the willingness to be aware of the waking world will transfer into dreams and let your mind carry the subject of lucid dreaming around with you more often. |
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I totally know what you mean, 44. If we're not aware of what's going on in general, how would we ever notice dream signs in our dreams to trigger RCs? LDing IS about becoming aware that you're dreaming when you are dreaming, so how are you going to do that if you're never aware of much at all? |
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Maybe the word meta-awareness was confusing. I used it to avoid a circular definition. What it means is "awareness of awareness" |
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He's not talking about "meta awareness" he's talking about Awareness. Awareness is absolutely the way to become more lucid. I would even go so far as to say the only thing that prevents most people from naturally becoming lucid every single night as soon as they begin to dream is the fact that in they are so unaware in their waking lives, constantly getting lost in thought streams and mentally projecting themselves away from the present moment. This deep habit of unawareness causes people to habitually and unconsciously "react" to the stimulus around them, rather than being aware and actually deciding what I want to do. |
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"Sorrow is nothing but worn out joy."
You hit the nail right in the head. This is what I was saying in a topic I made. Constant t.v., video games, and computer screen severely distracts us from our senses. ADD/ADHD is not a real disorder. |
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“The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.” - Albert Einstein
Yes yes yes, that is exactly the idea I'm trying to convey, or I guess didn't try hard enough :p |
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What's the matter...not answering my question? I think it's just plain rude! Besides to be honest from experience being hyper aware of your daily life isn't enough.....the most common mistake people make is to treat the subconcious like as though it can think and 'follow' what the concious mind thinks..that's just plain stupidity! |
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“The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.” - Albert Einstein
You already have awareness. While reading you're now aware of the letters on your screen and how they make meaningful sentences. What is proposed here is to add mental commenting on top of that... |
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Arutad..... What is proposed is not to add mental commenting, that would just be more thinking, which clouds the very Awareness being discussed here. |
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"Sorrow is nothing but worn out joy."
RL awareness is the DILD holy grail. My LDs have skyrocketed since I've RC'ed every time I thought somehing weird happened. |
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Actually you're wrong. The author of the article you pointed out calls it "awareness of awareness". So maybe you chose the wrong article... |
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You're arguing over semantics. |
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Arutad, do you know what an epoche is? |
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Not at all. Sorry but you didn't catch the point. |
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I don't think this can really be argued over to be honest. I think that this kind of "mental physics" is too self contradictory to be really set in stone. |
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One thing though, I don't really propose mental commentary on top of percieving the enviroment, it really isn't "commenting" it's this extra level of knowing what's around you that's almost like an alterend state of consciousness |
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If you read up on just about any book about "Dream Yoga" you will see that awarenes plays a very large role in getting lucidity in your dreams as well as in your waking life. But thanks for bringing it up again 44, it can't be said enough |
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