Okay I read This topic and got inspired.

I found out, by my own experience and reading alot of other dreamer's experiences, that it indeed it true that the Subconcious, Dreaming Mind kind of tries to Prevent Lucidity all the time. And when you are Lucid it tries to make you loose your lucidity again.

Good example: I dreamt I was in my block under a bueatyfull spring morning sky. Suddenly I noticed a Huge Dream Sign: I saw the Sky when I looked down to the ground below eyelevel too!. That's weird isn't it? Then my Subconcious Mind made me think ''Oh that's just a Reflection of the SKY seen in a large pool of water'' Good job of my subconcious to stop me fro reaching lucidity.

However NOT eating is kind of an extreme measure and might possibly even negatively affect dreams and sleep:I think you actually sleep deeper to save what little neutricians you have in your Food-deprived System: Like a bear in Hybernation. Way to deep to become Lucid.
Now the thread this one is Inspired on tells about a technique where Conditioning is used to Motivate the Subconcious Mind to STOP trying to keep us from Lucidity and ALLOW Lucidity instead...sort of...well anyway, you Catch my drift?

Okay here's for the technique:
The basis is this:
Had a Lucid Dream? Reward yourself dearly.
Had No Lucid Dream? Punish yourself.

It's conditioning and meant to Motivate you more to Dream Lucidly.

One way of doing this is a good technique for (Pot) Smokers:
Start doing this and tell yourself:''Every night I DON'T have a Lucid dream I will NOT be allowed to smoke the entire next day'' (tobacco, weed, hash...non of it) And KEEP yourself to it: Hey it's healthy not to smoke and know what you're doing it for: Lucid Dreaming.

Maybe after a couple of days without smoking your cravings to smoke a cigarette or Joint will increase your Motivation to Lucid Dream.

Any Smokers with me on this Experiment? Just post a Reply saying you're a Smoker/Potsmoker and you're in for the experiment.


Furtherly this Topic is also meant to discuss more possible Techniques that work with the Power of Conditioning: Do Good, Feel Good. Do Bad, Feel Bad.Now the one written above is for smokers and pot-smokers, but you can also do this same thing by depriving yourself of something else you love and are used to doing frequently.( When you're not a smoker )

If you're fond of Candy and eat it alot you can try depriving yourself of Candy for a day after having had No Lucid Dream the night before. Reward yourself with lots and lots of Candy after having had a Succesfull Lucid Dream.
If you're a real Coffee-Junky, try this technique with Depriving yourself of Coffee for a day when you didn't Lucid Dream the night before. Reward yourself with lots of Coffee when you had a succesfull Lucid dream.
If you're a real Gamer and really hooked to gaming: Do this same trick with Gaming.

You get the Idea. You can make up your own Lucidity Conditioning by depriving yourself of something very habitual & dear to you for a day if you did NOT have a Lucid Dream the Night before. Reward yourself by suddenly allowing yourself to do your dayly habbit again for a day: Be it smoking, Drinking Coffee, Gaming, eating Candy...or on whatever you're hooked or have a sort of addictive habbit for.