Originally Posted by
Daniel33
Forgotten Dream:
Yeah, I don't know exactly how it came to be that I suddenly started having Lucid Dreams every night, but I can tell you that I was studying Zen Philosophy and Taoism pretty heavily during that time period, as well as visiting Zen monks and engaging in coversation with them. I know that mentioning Zen brings forth all kinds of responses and junk, but basically what the philosophy has taught me is to pay attention to my surroundings, and because of that I think I began to have these experiences in my sleep.
All in all, I questioned whether or not I was awake in my waking life for a while, as an exercise to induce Lucid Dreaming by habit of reality checking. This isn't difficult, but it isn't to be taken lightly either; It's easy to just tell yourself "okay, I'm checking to see if I'm awake now, yep I'm awake, duh, hope to have a Lucid Dream tonight". But in order for this to work you really have to question reality, because not only will the habit carry over into your dreams but the attitude will as well. And if you just accept that you're awake without really bothering to examine it in detail to yourself - putting aside a moment of your time to dedicate to it until you're absolutely sure, as silly as it seems - then you'll accept that everything you are experiencing in your dream state is normal too, and no lucidity will come of it.
So question your reality throughout the day, make an effort, make a habit.
