Stability methods, and chewing gum in dream.

[Novise]

Anyone on here ever tried chewing gum for a stability method? It seems like something that would give your mind something continuous to do without being so much to wake you up. Haven't had a chance to try it yet. Also the spin move... is that something that can be done regularly in the dream, like 20-30 second intervals to keep from losing stability? Or is it just to be used if you feel like you are losing it?

[Exdream]

There is another method I'd like to try that I haven't seen anyone else suggest. In your LD, find, or carry around a little ball that you can feel the textures on. I've read how touching objects in a LD will help solidify it, so having a little ball at all times to help solidify might help. Just a thought.

[TheWeirdnessSymposium]

How about always holding your hand in front of your face during an LD? Will help to remind you to hand rub too, and you could number the fingers 1 to 5, with each finger representing a specific action: eg, 1 spin, 2 observe environment 3 eat something 4 smell something etc. (ETWOLD recommends saying, "I'm dreaming, I'm dreaming" over and over. Also, one I want to do is make something like a fireman's pole appear in my bedroom. I'll be able to slide down and up. The idea is, the pole would be textured so would function as a hand rub, and I would have to shout "up!" or "down!" as a command to make it work. My house would have like 10000 floors and each one would have a different theme, all chosen by my dreaming mind. When I see a floor I like I simply jump off my pole.

[Naiya]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I hate chewing gum in a lucid. XD If I try to spit it out, there's always still more in my mouth. I don't know why that is, but it's really annoying. And only with gum--never dream food. Seriously, I have wasted entire dreams trying to get dream gum out of my mouth because the feeling is so annoying.

[Novise]

Hmm, that's interesting Naiya and why I wanted to ask first. Never liked gum myself in waking life anyway. Well I wouldn't be in a hurry to try holding your hand out in front of your face either. That has made me wake up in the past. But carrying a ball in your hand? That sounds good, maybe a small stone. It could double as a Wotai Stone (A native American spiritual tradition). Also, you could toss it up and catch it from time to time.

[Loaf]

Hand rubbing works. I decided to spin a dream - did nothing except made me dizzy.

[Novise]

Guess I'll try hand rubbing. I know when I felt the sides of my dream body it almost instantly woke me up. Should it wake you up touching your sides? Or do you think that time was just a fluke?

[Loaf]

Guess I'll try hand rubbing. I know when I felt the sides of my dream body it almost instantly woke me up. Should it wake you up touching your sides? Or do you think that time was just a fluke? No idea. You could jump, look at your hands, or look at your watch. All of those help me.