Thread: How Do I Become Aware Enough In A Dream?

Hey, I have the same problem!! I feel that even if I do manage to do a RC and it works I will still not be lucid...

Any help would be appreciated.

I don't think i'm explaining my problem clear enough, basically i will go to sleep, have a dream but i'm as aware as a man on drugs so i don't really go through my dream viewing it, I wake up in the morning remembering the dream fairly clearly but without remembering ever going through the dream in real. Just as a comparison, its like watching a home movie you made, without remembering that you even made it, its difficult to tell you but i hope you understand, i need to be aware enough in my dream to be able to question whether i'm actually dreaming or not. any help is greatly appreciated!

THIS IS MY EXACT SAME PROBLEM. i remeber going to the store in my dream, but i dont remember doing it. i cant explain it.

Originally Posted by TripleX223

THIS IS MY EXACT SAME PROBLEM. i remeber going to the store in my dream, but i dont remember doing it. i cant explain it.
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its really weird to explain, people will say "oh jus do reality checks and then you will do one in your dream and be able to question whether you are dreaming or not" but the fact is, i probably am not mentally clear enough to realise that i'm doing a reality check within my dream. I don't have the best sleeping pattern, maybe thats it? all we want is an answer that can help us tackle this first step and move on to the next step and begin having lucid dreams

Does anyone have the problem where they don't feel a part of the dream only as if they're watching it and have no influence upon what happens. Ive had that and ended up 'watching' the same dream twice. and then again in slow-mo.

Originally Posted by goldney

Does anyone have the problem where they don't feel a part of the dream only as if they're watching it and have no influence upon what happens. Ive had that and ended up 'watching' the same dream twice. and then again in slow-mo.
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i used to have dreams where i was actually in it and not viewing it, but recently unless its a lucid dream i always feel asthough i am an observer within the dream, but after reading some stuff on this site a think the best way is to continue with my dream journals and stop being so impatient. How long does it take roughly to start having lucid dreams after dream recalling for a while?

Yeah I agree, I have to stop eing impatient as well. I think most people learn Lding within a couple of months.

Indeed, in fact i never really gave this my best shot, i had a dream journal but gave up on it, so i'm gonna start that again and then wait to see what happens, thats probably the best thing to increase awareness in my dreams, good luck to all you that are in my position

I could tell you many things, but I think the best thing to do is to read my posts and replys - or search for 'Passive Lucidity' - which is a post i've done...hope this helps

http://www.dreamviews.com/forum/index.php?...c=37570&hl=



Passive Lucidity

Originally Posted by Naturally

I could tell you many things, but I think the best thing to do is to read my posts and replys - or search for 'Passive Lucidity' - which is a post i've done...hope this helps

http://www.dreamviews.com/forum/index.php?...c=37570&hl=
Passive Lucidity
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Wow, that was good way of putting things, i'll just have to be more aware in my waking life, thanks for that, i'll be trying to keep my awareness higher!

It's more of a concept of becoming aware of your awareness and aware of yourself by observing or 'detatching' from yourself during the day. - this state of mind usually 'transfers' into your dreams.

This state of mind usually comes when you can watch your thoughts as though they are really coming from someone else (ego - not in the Freudian sense) - or see your 'material seeking ego needs' in waking life and stop in the middle and don't go through with it (example below), so when you have a dream of reacting to a situation as you would in waking life you can stop in the middle of it, such as creating relationship problems by always being the last one to say something or reacting out of anger unconsciously and regret it later, or you always have the habit of shopping or eating chocolate to repress an emotion of being lonely or not facing a personal problem.
For example, if you tend to play music to 'drown out' your worried or thoughts of fear of something that just happened, you stop and don't go through with actually listening to the music, you stop this unconscious habit by just stopping, it can be very enlightening when you stop and realize why you actually do some of your habits...

does this make sense?

Originally Posted by Naturally

It's more of a concept of becoming aware of your awareness and aware of yourself by observing or 'detatching' from yourself during the day. - this state of mind usually 'transfers' into your dreams.

This state of mind usually comes when you can watch your thoughts as though they are really coming from someone else (ego - not in the Freudian sense) - or see your 'material seeking ego needs' in waking life and stop in the middle and don't go through with it (example below), so when you have a dream of reacting to a situation as you would in waking life you can stop in the middle of it, such as creating relationship problems by always being the last one to say something or reacting out of anger unconsciously and regret it later, or you always have the habit of shopping or eating chocolate to repress an emotion of being lonely or not facing a personal problem.
For example, if you tend to play music to 'drown out' your worried or thoughts of fear of something that just happened, you stop and don't go through with actually listening to the music, you stop this unconscious habit by just stopping, it can be very enlightening when you stop and realize why you actually do some of your habits...

does this make sense?
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hmmm, i think i've got the jist of it, does it basically mean that i have to become aware of my habits and why i have these habits, like playing music to block out a bad memory? things like that? its realising what causes some of the emotions i show. is it a bit like clearing the mind so that when it comes to dreaming it won't be preoccupied with bottled up thoughts and emotions?

I think a way to prevent reality checks from not working is the way you do a reality check. I think I posted this in another thread but ill say it again. The point of a reality check is to find reason to believe that you're NOT dreaming. If you go through youre day doing your habitual RC like "do I have five fingers, then I must be awake" then you will get used to seeing 5 fingers and it WILL become a habit. I'm no pro at lucid dreaming so tell me if I'm wrong about this point. The point of a reality check is to prove to yourself that the state youre in is not a dream state and find proof that you can't be really awake. A reality check should not just be restricted to one or two dreamsigns, it should include all youre surroundings.

Basically we do all of these unconscious habits, and recognizing them and why u do them is important, but if you can become consciously aware of them, it obviously makes you more conscious. It's like even if you do something out of habit know u are doing and want to stop, even if you cannot, you're not ignorant about it.

You kind of expanded on this, but, yes, that's what i was trying to say - more or less.