Thread: on the verge of lucidity

Originally Posted by Sensei

I think a lot of times we need to focus on 2 different types of awareness. Awareness in the dream (like how you are present and making decisions and asking questions about the dream) and awareness of the idea of dreams (being able to come up with the idea of "dream" in a dream). Sounds like you are missing the second one. I would recommend focusing on whichever one you are lacking and try to find a balance between the two.

I don't entirely catch you point. Aren't we have the idea of a dream in dream simply being aware? May be I experienced what you are talking about a week ago: I ended up in some kind of a textil shop, and realized to 100% that I am in a dream. I even remembered that a dreamer should look for a "dream-band" in his dream. So I began to look for it but only some rags came up. I tried to keep an eye at my hands. And soon I got cramps in my middle finger - I focused on it and it was a mistake - I woke up

Originally Posted by shyspook

I don't entirely catch you point. Aren't we have the idea of a dream in dream simply being aware? May be I experienced what you are talking about a week ago: I ended up in some kind of a textil shop, and realized to 100% that I am in a dream. I even remembered that a dreamer should look for a "dream-band" in his dream. So I began to look for it but only some rags came up. I tried to keep an eye at my hands. And soon I got cramps in my middle finger - I focused on it and it was a mistake - I woke up

This was about your original post and question. Here is what I am talking about.
http://www.dreamviews.com/attaining-...ml#post2084431
on the post that says "DUAL AWARENESS"

As far as the "don't focus on a single thing or you will wake up goes", I would say that if a dream is unstable, there are usually a list of things that are bad to do unless you want to lose it completely. This depends on the dreamer and the dream, but I think that limiting a dream is just limiting yourself. Remember that you can do ANYTHING in a dream, but if right from the start you are saying "I can't focus on one thing without waking myself up." Dreams are just not going to be as fun. You can do anything in a dream, especially something so easy as what you do in non lucids all the time. I often will grab a book, a drink, sit down in a field and read the whole thing. So I don't like the idea of not focusing.