Quote Originally Posted by Urside View Post
(...) what novice oneironauts may perceive as resistance from the subconscious
I definitely understand this feeling, as I am pretty beginner myself. Especially with false awakenings...when I have a false awakening I feel like my brain has somehow hijacked me, or shoved me out, when I was handling things perfectly well, thank you very much! But it's probably not best to think of your subconscious in a any way separated from yourself, because it is a part of you.

You could also think of it this way; when you are learning a new sport, or dance, or something that requires the muscles to go through certain precise movements, at first it seems like we fight with it. We have to focus on the simplest things and train over and over, and also be willing to have patience with yourself and accept failures. Then after a certain point, muscle memory kicks in and we don't have to even think about how our muscles are moving, and so we can go on to do even bigger and better things.