Quote Originally Posted by cyrusn View Post
Do you find reading increases or decreases your awareness throughout the day? If so what type of reading (novels, articles, etc.) I have been thinking that maybe books that exercise imagination and visualization might be beneficial to lucid dreaming. What do you think?
Hiya! Yeah, reading helps me concentrate in a certain way. I write more than I read though. There is only so much time I have in the day to sit in a stationary position, so I get my writing done, and then if I have extra time to be sedentary, I might do some reading.

I listen to audio books or lucid dreaming related M P 3's as I go about a lot of my daily tasks. That is kind of the opposite of mindfulness since I am distracting myself from what's actually around me though. I will admit I mainly do that to dissociate from my own thoughts and feelings because I am not a whiz at coping with everything.