I see a lot of you still like your methods. Let me explain how I view it. Granted, I am a natural lucid dreamer, and everyone hates me, yatta yatta yatta - but perhaps I can shine some light on something. Or just waste your time .
*steps on soap box*
A method to do something is a way to convince yourself that it will work. The method doesn't do anything except invoke the "confidence+expectation".
For example:
Let's say you have trouble flying in a lucid dream. You are lucid, but for some reason you just can't fly. Then, one day, your best buddy comes online and screams "I DISCOVERED HOW TO FLY! I can do it in a lucid dream! I figured it out!". So you say (logically): "How do you do it?". He says that he pretended he was wearing a jetpack, and he could fly with it on his back.
So now, you say to yourself:
"A jetpack makes people fly. This method makes sense to me. My best friend, who I trust, just told me that it works. He is very confident in his method of pretending to wear a jetpack. Next time I am lucid, if I do this method, then I can fly! I am excited!".
So what happens? The environment you exist in creates confidence and expectation. You are confident in your friend. You are confident that his method will work. You expect that IF you do his method, THEN you will fly. Your confidence is imprinted on your expectation.
The method makes sense to you. You reason with yourself "of course! Jetpacks make people fly, so this makes sense. This should work.".
You say: "This should work".
That is the key sentence. "Should" implies confidence and expectation. You expect it to work. You are confident it will work.
And guess what happens? Your next lucid dream, your confidence and expectation takes over. You try the method, and you fly! But why do you fly? Because the method is good? No. The method is a crutch. The method is what convinced you, and gave you confidence and expectation.
The method did not make you fly. The method invoked confidence and expectation. This is what I do:
Lucid Dream -> Confidence+Expectation -> Control the Dream
This is what you are doing:
Lucid Dream -> Method -> Confidence+Expectation -> Control the Dream
You are doing more work. The method does not control the dream - the method gives you confidence. That is why some methods work for you, and they don't work for other people. One particular method gives YOU confidence, but to someone else, it might give them doubt.
So, like I said in my first post: You don't need a method. Using one method is a way to hack around your lack of confidence - I agree. In that sense, a method is useful.
Instead of wasting your time looking for the perfect method to accomplish something, work on your confidence. Convince yourself that this is YOUR dream, this is YOUR mind, and YOU are under control. Once you can convince yourself of that, with 100% confidence, you can DO ANYTHING YOU WANT. With NO EFFORT. With NO METHOD.
Instead of searching for one method to fly, and one method to walk through walls, and one method to breathe under water... FIX THE WAY YOU THINK. Stop hacking around your lack of confidence.
*steps off soap box*
~Sean
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