Originally Posted by
Sageous
Here's a thought:
When you find yourself with your eyes closed in a dream, don't open them at all.
Remind yourself that in your dream you actually have no eyes; only perception. Then simply choose to see again, and allow the dream to visually return without going through the motion of opening your eyes.
This might take a bit of practice, but once you have it down you can avoid accidentally sending an "open" signal to your physical eyes... and, ironically, once you have this skill in place you likely will never use it, because you will have advanced your skills to a point where you probably wouldn't accidentally open your pysical eyes anyway.