Thread: Is awareness impossible?

Is complete sustained awareness just a myth? All of us, especially lucid dreamers, consciously highten our awareness during the day to increase our chances of becoming lucid at night. But usually, in my experience, such complete awareness only lasts for a couple minutes or so at max. Scientists also confirm this; the brain doesn't cope being aware all the time. It's just too much information for the conscious mind to handle over longer periods. Theoretically, it's certainly possible to be aware and mindful all the time, though let's face it, you aren't, unless you are a pro haxxor thai buddhist. No but seriously, who would even want to be mindful all the time? I sometimes have daydreams and thought processes going for a long time and in the end, it sometimes gets to a point where I reach a solution for something extraordinarily difficult. So losing yourself in thinking is good, I persist, although it certainly deters your mind from sensory input (that is, being mindful), and decreases your chances of DILDing...

Usually in my attempts to be fully mindful, I let my mind go blank and focus entirely on sensory input (a mix of them, some focus is on the snow I'm seeing and some is on the feeling of snow being squeezed beneath me (and yes, all I can see is snow, Swedish winters are a bitch)). Usually the following thought pops up after a while: "yeah wonderful, snow... damn this requires a lot of effor... Right no thinking". I continue my attempt at mindfulness. Then a couple of minutes later I suddenly realize I became unconscious somewhere along the way. Damn. I try again and the same thing happens. If you were to be awarded a million dollars if you managed to be completely mindful and thoughtless for a full day (at least not focusing on what's popping up for more than a sec), I MAYBE would be able to pull it off, after which I'd probably resign to a one week coma for being completely mentally drained.

So, what are your thoughts on this?