Got about 8 alarms set 2 hours apart during my waking life to tell me to RC on spot. am hoping habit will carry over to while im sleeping. Any input on whether or not this will have a positive/negative effect overall?
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Got about 8 alarms set 2 hours apart during my waking life to tell me to RC on spot. am hoping habit will carry over to while im sleeping. Any input on whether or not this will have a positive/negative effect overall?
I saw a thread a few days ago about setting recurring cellphone alarms to induce habitual RC. Decided to give it a shot... Since I work at a computer all day, I just snooze my morning meeting reminder all day at 10min intervals.
It might be too early to tell, but it seems to make me dependent on the alarm. As far as the habit goes, it does make me automatically RC for an hour or two after I leave work, but doesn't really affect me after that(i.e. I might forget all weekend).
I'll give it another week or two, but I'm thinking about switching to one of the constant awareness-type techniques. Probably more rewarding for waking life too...
It's more about awareness, actually checking out what's going on around you, rather than habitually performing RCs. According to most people, they realize they're dreaming after a sudden epiphany within the dream, and perform RCs just to confirm it. After all, it'd suck if you started running around shouting 'I'm dreaming!' in the middle of the day. :cheeky:
If you're doing the RCs that closely together, then you should soon have an LD.
Could work well for you. I've read a few different stories from people who do reality checks very often daily and in their dream they thought they were awake and just randomly did a reality check like we do daily and instantly became lucid after realizing holy shit i'm dreaming lol.
I think burning it into your mind helps carry it over into the dream world which can help you become lucid.
Recently, I started looking at RCs a little differently. Instead of thinking of them as a "habit", i thought of it as something to remember. Most people have a basic checklist that always run through their minds: "car keys, wallet, ect.." So instead of doing an RC with some sort of trigger, I just included it in my "list". Since I'm always running through my checklist (even in my dreams according to my dream journal), it is a much easier way to remember to RC, rathen than just "RC every 10 minutes" or "RC when I hear my alarm", because I do it naturally.
I haven't really made much progress with this method, and I'm starting to think RCs just aren't for me. Still, I thought it might be worth it to put this out there, for any comments/ advice people might have for me.
Awareness is absolutely essential. In addition to going through the physical reality checks, you should also perform a few mental ones...such as scrolling back through the last few minutes to see if anything out of the ordinary has happened. Ask how you got there, when you last went to bed, if everything makes sense.Quote:
Originally Posted by Demara
Just to capitalize on this, doing RC's without an alarm or reminder trains your prospective memory. A strong prospective memory (one that will remind you to do things in the future) is very beneficial to lucid dreaming. Basically, if you can remember to RC during the day without outside stimuli, then you're going to have a much better shot when you're dreaming of remembering to do an RC by yourself, instead of waiting for some sort of cue.Quote:
Originally Posted by bigCHEESE77
Am using the alarms alongside trying to be constantly aware. I'm starting to think about it several times in between each alarm but they are helpful for those periods that it doesnt cross the mind for a few hours.
:cheeky:Im sort of hoping that my phone's alarm will go off in a dream randomly and just kind of cheat me into being lucid. but that'd just be cool, thats not my game plan for attaining lucidity.
I totally agree with the awareness thing, its just like people say you have to be aware of your thoughts but don't follow them. It seems like awareness is the most important thing in almost anything? But rcs confirms it that you are dreaming, like other people says, you just have to find the right rc that works for you. Oh yeah, has anyone tried the memory rc? I don't know exactly what it is but i just heard about, does anyone know what the memory rc is?
It really depends on the person for RCs to work. I have tried RCs before, but yet have not had a single RC induced dream. I've always just randomly thought "Oh and I'm dreaming... WAIT I'M DREAMING!!!" or I've started off in the dream lucid. And yet I was doing RCs quite often, even with awareness and whatnot.
Also, lots of people say that they've RCed in dreams but yet did not realize they were dreaming, even if the RC worked. I think it depends on what each individual is like. Hopefully it'll work for you!
There are several variants of the memory RC. The most common one is to try and remember the last 5 or 10 minutes clearly. If you're having trouble, you're likely to be dreaming. Another variant is to see if you remember anything strange that has happened. You can also try to remember the date, when you last went to bed, etc. A general mental RC is to analyze where you are, how you got there, and if where you are makes sense.Quote:
Originally Posted by topten35
I agree with the other guys, so...it will probably work. Good luck to ya!:banana:Quote:
Originally Posted by Hashbaker
When I first started to practice LDing, I thought about using an alarm but decided against it because I would be dependent on the alarm to perform and no alarm in a dream means no RCing attempt, thus no lucidity. What I found works is if you question your reality, as in just stop for a second, think whether you are dreaming, perform a couple of RCs and then ask where you are and how did you get here. I only do it like 5 times a day now and I had a DILD 2 days ago, so, it must be working. Thinking about LDing during the day also helps :D