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    So Darn Close...yet SO Darn Far

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    TheSilverWolf
    , 08-15-2013 at 11:58 PM (834 Views)
    I was sooo close to getting lucid last night, I can kick myself. In this dream, I actually performed a reality check! Problem is, it passed! AND, unlike IRL, I did not perform a backup RC, so I just went along my merry little way.



    August 15, 8:00 am

    I was so close to lucidity! I'm in the house it is afternoon. I've been doing something outside...shoveling snow, that's what it was--lots, and lots, and lots of snow! I finally finish, and come inside. My parents are about to leave somewhere, and they ask me to clean the refrigerator for them while they are gone. I then tell them, laughing as I say it, now would be a good time for me to do a reality check. I then haphazardly press my fingers into my palm, but without really looking at my hands. My fingers don't go through, so I don't become lucid (My hands felt solid, and for some dang reason, I DID NOT FOLLOW THROUGH with another RC--which is odd because I ALWAYS do at least 2-3 RCs every time. Dangit). I'm pretty sure there is more to the dream than this, but I can't remember what else happened after this point.

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    Comments

    1. Empedocles's Avatar
      In my personal experiences, finger through palm is the worst RC you can do. Many people swear by it, but not me. Most of the time I just feel normal resistance and nothing happens. Try counting your fingers twice, not too fast, and combine that with another reality check. For me, the digital watch RC works best. But to each his own...
    2. Mismagius's Avatar
      I missed a chance to be lucid last night too. In the dream I quickly glanced at a digital clock and saw it said 5:72 and I even thought "Wait, did that say 72?" but I just thought I saw it wrong XP

      I usually always catch when digital clocks are messed up in my dreams, too bad I didn't that time.
    3. Brian18's Avatar
      TASKER it's not really the worst, it may be the worst for you, but not for others. What works for me, may not work for someone else's. So certain RC may not work, but that doesn't mean they're the worst RC. If it doesn't work, then try something else. Lucid Dreaming is a learning process. Each try of lucid dreaming, makes you learn something new. As in what fails, and what doesn't etc. Note those things that and continue trying. And have patience. Enjoy!
    4. DreamingNinjas's Avatar
      Agh, that's pretty frustrating. But it is a step in the right direction! Since you performed a reality check in a dream (even if it didn't fulfill its purpose), you're one step closer to having your first lucid dream, as it is very likely that you will have another dream where you perform a reality check. I suggest performing a variety of reality checks at a time when you're first starting out, not just a couple, so that you can see which ones work for you best and which ones don't go so well.

      For instance, you may try a nose plug reality check, then trying to remember where you've been and what you've been doing for the past hour or so, then looking at a clock or a piece of text repeatedly to see if it changes, etc. Unfortunately, sometimes your dream self just doesn't seem to be functioning normally and won't always try multiple reality checks at a time, as we see here. But good luck on your lucid dreaming endeavors!
    5. TheSilverWolf's Avatar
      Well, to tasker, the first ever LD I had I used the fingers through palm check which worked, which is why I made it one of my usal checks. DreamingNinjas (love the name btw), thanks for the advice and encouragement. But, it would be my third, not first LD--only my second *recent* one though

      I IRL do perform the nose check RC along with my fingers through palm. Which is why I find it so odd I failed to do that in my dream :s


      Thanks for all the advice and comments people