I normally make objects move or make the light turn on and off (like Matilda |
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I normally make objects move or make the light turn on and off (like Matilda |
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Here is a VERY strong one for me. Try walking with your eyes closed, anywhere. In about 15 steps my body flips out and forces my eyes open. |
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Yeaaah on second thought better do that in a wide open space. Did that today in the mall before any of the stores opened, and I thought I was going to be OK. At 30 steps I slammed into a glass wall window of a manicure store. Thank goodness it didn't break. The cleaning guy behind me looked at me like w...t...f... |
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I like to stomp my foot onto the ground. If the sensation feels unusual, then I'm dreaming. |
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Imagining the reality check in you mind is VITAL. I didn't do it before, but when i started doing it, the next night, i had my most realistic semi-lucid, i've had(and the first one) which lasted for like 1 - 3 minutes and had amazing physical sense(so high, that i didn't even know if that was really a dream or not, unless i didn't reality check, and still i was a bit scared that i will mess up something). |
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Imagining the moment when you get lucid and happy about it also helps. |
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Nice, this helped me alot. |
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There's no need, ever, to be genuinely unsure of whether or not you are dreaming, Eamo. That is not really the point of RC'ing. A Reality Check is simply a state test, a quick check to confirm that the place you currently occupy is not a dream. If you are practicing a solid enough RC, like looking for Gab's sixth finger, or perhaps seeing if your clock reads the same time each time you view it, then there is no reason to be sure or unsure of anything -- the test will confirm for you. |
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Last edited by Sageous; 01-28-2014 at 02:59 PM.
I find it to be best, if you are sure, that you could be dreaming. I mean, have this ever happen to you in a LD? You were 100% sure that you are awake, but you RCed anyway and you had 6 fingers? It happens to me all the time. I think it happens, because when I read a thread, I think to myself "wow, that may work for me, I gotta try, even if I don't think so". Then I do it, just in case. Just to be sure. And it does work. With RC, or with rolling out ot my body while WILDing... |
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Thanks, gab & Sageous. That’s some very helpful advice! |
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Personally, in dreams I've only ever done RCs out of curiosity once lucid ("so what DO my dream hands look like?"), or as aids to stability once lucid ("this seems so realistic, am I really dreaming?"). For me once I even entertain the notion that I'm dreaming, I get lucid. But I still do them (nose pinch, hand check) regularly in waking life, so that they become reflexes to any dream-like situation, in addition to seriously considering my environment/state. The nose-pinch helped me keep lucidity at least once when having a very realistic LD, so it's good to do them regularly! |
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FryingMan's Unified Theory of Lucid Dreaming: Pay Attention, Reflect, Recall -- Both Day and Night[link]
FryingMan's Dream Recall Tips -- Awesome Links
“No amount of security is worth the suffering of a mediocre life chained to a routine that has killed your dreams.”
"...develop stability in awareness and your dreams will change in extraordinary ways" -- TYoDaS
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I'm betting the whole pile of beans on it in fact. Not only transitions, but also evaluating every location. Trying to stay aware of my location all day long, continually evaluating it to determine if it's a waking location or not. Thus, my sig |
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FryingMan's Unified Theory of Lucid Dreaming: Pay Attention, Reflect, Recall -- Both Day and Night[link]
FryingMan's Dream Recall Tips -- Awesome Links
“No amount of security is worth the suffering of a mediocre life chained to a routine that has killed your dreams.”
"...develop stability in awareness and your dreams will change in extraordinary ways" -- TYoDaS
It may not be the best RC ever, and I really don't use it because I usually use four of the suggestions Gab has written. But I will tell you my suggestion anyway. |
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In terms of utility, really nothing can beat the nose pinch. It's fast, it's easy to interpret (simple yes/no), you can do it anywhere under any circumstances in a dream, with or without vision, you don't have to find anything first, etc. And it works probably the most reliably of any physical RC. |
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FryingMan's Unified Theory of Lucid Dreaming: Pay Attention, Reflect, Recall -- Both Day and Night[link]
FryingMan's Dream Recall Tips -- Awesome Links
“No amount of security is worth the suffering of a mediocre life chained to a routine that has killed your dreams.”
"...develop stability in awareness and your dreams will change in extraordinary ways" -- TYoDaS
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Well, for one, you could change your mindset, and look forward to the checks. And if a check indicates "not-dreaming" (a term I'm loathe to use now, I consider myself as always dreaming but we need a common vocabulary), then think how much you love dreaming and how you're looking forward to the next one. You control your attitude, keep it positive. Know that the more you do it, the more likely you'll do it in a dream, and feel happy and positive and expectant. |
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FryingMan's Unified Theory of Lucid Dreaming: Pay Attention, Reflect, Recall -- Both Day and Night[link]
FryingMan's Dream Recall Tips -- Awesome Links
“No amount of security is worth the suffering of a mediocre life chained to a routine that has killed your dreams.”
"...develop stability in awareness and your dreams will change in extraordinary ways" -- TYoDaS
Also, Eamo, you do not have to do the same RC every time. If a particular RC grows tedious or, worse, robotic, then change it; do something different, perhaps something fun. As long as you are careful to always treat them as FryingMan describes above, it doesn't matter what you're doing, as long as you are doing it sincerely, and are truly testing your state. |
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gab, this helped me out immensely so far. |
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This is specifically why I make an effort to get out and about (I currently work from home), because having a variety of experiences in different places with different mixes of people while doing LD techniques I think best simulates the dream scenario (as opposed to always being in the same place, which for me is very undreamlike). |
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FryingMan's Unified Theory of Lucid Dreaming: Pay Attention, Reflect, Recall -- Both Day and Night[link]
FryingMan's Dream Recall Tips -- Awesome Links
“No amount of security is worth the suffering of a mediocre life chained to a routine that has killed your dreams.”
"...develop stability in awareness and your dreams will change in extraordinary ways" -- TYoDaS
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Total LDs (some very brief) = 2004: 4 * 2005: 18 * 2006: 16 * 2007: 2 * 2008: 0 * 2009: 0 * 2010: 1 * 2011: 12 * 2012: 3 * 2013: 1 * 2014: 6 * 2015: 1 * 2016: 0 * 2017: 18 * 2018: 3 * 2019: 0 (so far)
Dreaming permits each and every one of us to be quietly and safely insane every night of our lives. ~William Dement
Yes, and as noted on another thread now active, you don't need to "fake" dream signs. Just imagine that wherever you are, whatever you're doing, you could be dreaming right now! Do an RC, look around, check things out, read a few signs, check memory, etc. Do this often enough and LD frequently should really pick up after some time (time for everyone is different: could be weeks / months even, don't give up! It will eventually start to really kick in). |
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FryingMan's Unified Theory of Lucid Dreaming: Pay Attention, Reflect, Recall -- Both Day and Night[link]
FryingMan's Dream Recall Tips -- Awesome Links
“No amount of security is worth the suffering of a mediocre life chained to a routine that has killed your dreams.”
"...develop stability in awareness and your dreams will change in extraordinary ways" -- TYoDaS
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