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So far no mountain trip offers... I usually go to the same cabin for a few days after christmas. Actually this is the first year in 5 years that we aren't going.... The host has been sick this whole year.

I wonder if anyone gonna offer you a mountain trip anytime soon

Good points there.

I agree that with the last bit about sensational awareness being a key in the process. But then again, if not played right it's possible that it could become another hindrance/crutch. That relying on/believing in it too much would get you in trouble as soon as you forget to be aware of the sensory experience. Just speculations...(I feel like the more I think about this stuff, the more difficult it becomes to not expect to wake up... quite a dilemma)

Maybe the key is just awareness in general. To really be present in what you are doing, notice the minute changes that arise and learn to recognize the patterns that come before the dream becomes unstable. I have no idea. Maybe I should post a thread and hear what other people think and do.

How would you go about it?

Tough question! I've also observed and experienced that anxiety about waking up is the number one cause of waking up. Insofar as stabilization techniques help prevent this, it is in large part because we believe they will help, but also I think they really do help distract us from the anxiety about waking. In-depth engagement with the dream environment, with as many senses as can be engaged, can become its own stabilization technique.

Great call. I think sometimes we get so attached to our schemas, it's easy to forget that they're ultimately very malleable.

Not an easy schema to let go of though... Especially when in lower lucidity. But it seems like an obvious next step. 7/10 times I wake up it's shortly after worrying about waking up. 2/10 are from exitement and 1/10 from noises in the real world.


How would you go about it?

NO LITTERING IN THE DREAMWORLD!

Haha, I love to litter in the dreamworld! Because I would never litter in the real world, it feels so taboo and liberating to irresponsibly toss things away.

I have been a bit into the idea of stablisation being an unnessesary crutch lately. Maybe the better option is to stop believing that LD's are supposed to make you wake up.

Great call. I think sometimes we get so attached to our schemas, it's easy to forget that they're ultimately very malleable.