reality checks for lucid living

**whiterain** · 11-18-2010 01:12 AM

the most important point i would like to put across for people who use reality checks for lucid dreaming is this. when you are awake, never tell yourself "no this is not a dream".

lucid dreaming is amazing, but lucid living is so far beyond the point of bliss that it is not something you want to shut your mind off to. telling yourself YOU ARE DREAMING is all you should really need as a reality check. having only very temporary experience of this myself, i would love to hear your thoughts. sorry if there are similar threads already. peace and love. rory

**Wristblade56** · 11-18-2010 01:50 AM

.........I fail to understand what you mean by this. Are you saying that people should assume they are dreaming until their RCs fail?

**Puffin** · 11-18-2010 02:08 AM

You want to be skeptical to whether you may be dreaming and use reality checks solely to confirm this (along with the awareness), but never what you posted. It should not be one thing nor another. This might confuse members.

**Foul** · 11-18-2010 03:38 AM

**whiterain** · 11-18-2010 01:15 PM

Originally Posted by Puffin

You want to be skeptical to whether you may be dreaming and use reality checks solely to confirm this (along with the awareness), but never what you posted. It should not be one thing nor another. This might confuse members.

i dont quite understand this? can you rephrase it?

**whiterain** · 11-18-2010 01:19 PM

Originally Posted by Foul

of course im not saying you should act on it, unless you are 100% sure what you are doing. as bill hicks said- if someone on lsd thought they could fly and jumped off a building, hey we just lost a moron, try taking off from the ground first eh?

tell yourself you are dreaming at all times and it wont hurt to at least try to take off from the ground will it. who knows... one day

eventually you may be able to recognise this reality for the dream it is

**Wristblade56** · 11-18-2010 02:00 PM

Er... that may belong in beyond dreaming.

**whiterain** · 11-18-2010 02:43 PM

yeah i thought about that but what really is beyond dreaming

anyway the skeptics may like a little laugh. move it if you want mods

**PaeFin** · 11-20-2010 02:38 AM

Could I clear this up please? It turns out that if you simply repeat to yourself as a mantra throughout most of an entire day, you will end up having lucid dreams. I was very skeptical about this until I tried it and had three lucid dreams in one night after having maybe one a night per MONTH for a while. There's no reality check necessary, when you're in a dream it'll just come to you. There's good reason to not believe it but try it and I swear it works awesomely, also it's calming in real life to think that it's all basically just an illusion ^^

**proxide** · 11-20-2010 03:03 AM

so basically... throughout the day tell yourself that your dreaming as an RC? that might work. it would probably help if you did an RC while saying this though..

**PaeFin** · 11-20-2010 08:16 PM

Yes, yes it's good to do reality checks, and it does work, idk how but it does

**Wolfwood** · 11-20-2010 08:20 PM

Originally Posted by Foul

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lol, Foul. And this is what occurred when I was lucid, but I backed away.

**Wolfwood** · 11-20-2010 08:24 PM

It's imperative that you go beyond the words, however. Merely asserting: 'I'm dreaming', may not be optimal - you must act on it to verify or refute that assertion, or you should be truly aroused with curiosity when you say such.

I became aware last night from one accidental reality check: light switch. Nonetheless, I did two others just to make sure the power wasn't out.

^_^

**Ketsuyume** · 11-21-2010 12:20 AM

When you're dreaming in other realms and you tell yourself you are dreaming, all you're really stating is that you are aware that you're in an entirely different mental state than you're used to being in while conscious.

By repeating, "I AM DREAMING" all day in WAKING life, what you are really saying is that you feel that one state of mind isn't necessary any more, "real" than the other one. (Anyone who has had a vivid lucid dream can tell you at that TIME it was just as real as anything else.) This helps your consciousness awaken quicker THERE.

The DIFFERENCE is knowing the RULES of both states. When you're lucid in your dream, you choose to do things you normally wouldn't because you know the rules are different. If the rules of the dream world were like the rules here, we wouldn't be jumping off the balconies there either.

If you know the rules of the game and you're not an idiot, this affirmation will work wonders for you.

**PaeFin** · 11-21-2010 07:30 PM

OMG KETSUYUME. That was like the best description EVAR.

**whiterain** · 11-22-2010 12:45 AM

Originally Posted by Ketsuyume

When you're dreaming in other realms and you tell yourself you are dreaming, all you're really stating is that you are aware that you're in an entirely different mental state than you're used to being in while conscious.

By repeating, "I AM DREAMING" all day in WAKING life, what you are really saying is that you feel that one state of mind isn't necessary any more, "real" than the other one. (Anyone who has had a vivid lucid dream can tell you at that TIME it was just as real as anything else.) This helps your consciousness awaken quicker THERE.

The DIFFERENCE is knowing the RULES of both states. When you're lucid in your dream, you choose to do things you normally wouldn't because you know the rules are different. If the rules of the dream world were like the rules here, we wouldn't be jumping off the balconies there either.

If you know the rules of the game and you're not an idiot, this affirmation will work wonders for you.

its a great despcription as long as you remember that the only rules are the ones that you accept as true

**Ketsuyume** · 11-22-2010 01:51 AM

I completely agree.

**mikeyfbi** · 11-22-2010 06:32 AM

there's a difference between RCing, and RCing and really meaning it. Actually considering that you REALLY might be dreaming. An RC without full intent is futile.