In order to become lucid during a dream, we have to know what a dream is during the dream. The problem is, in many ways, dreams are similar to waking life so we mix the two up. It is more risky to assume we are dreaming while we are awake than it is to assume we are awake while we are dreaming, so if during a dream we don't know the difference between the dream and waking life, we assume we are awake.
When a difference between waking life and dreaming presents itself during a dream, we call it a dream sign. So, to know the difference between waking and dreaming is to know the dream sign you experience is a dream sign. To know that a dream sign is a dream sign, we first have to learn that it is a dream sign.
How do you learn that a dream sign is a dream sign? You rehearse! Learning that a dream sign is a dream sign is just like learning the cues to perform your lines during a play you are starring in. Think of the dream as a play: during the dream, you are to perform a particular action during the dream (something like a reality check) upon experiencing a dream sign. The catch is, you don't know exactly what the dream sign will be. However, you do know that the dream sign will present itself either out of your inner awareness, or out of the action, form or context of the dream. You also have an idea what kind dream signs might occur based on what dream signs have occurred in the past.
Once you start learning what are some of the cues that you're dreaming are and once your attention is on those same cues during the dream, you'll start to at least consider the possibility that you are dreaming during the dream.
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