Thread: All Day Awareness, A DILD Tutorial by KingYoshi

Originally Posted by Spyguy

Even if you are not keeping it up all the time, the times you do use ADA will be like lengthened reality checks, so it will still have effect on your dreams. Also, learning to actually use this 100% of the time will take a long while. I have been doing this ever since this thread first came out, which is about 1,5 years ago, and I am not capable to do that either, even though I definitely got a lot better. So there is no reason to stress if it doesn't work out perfectly, just stay confident and keep going

did you get a lot of LDs because of this techa?

Originally Posted by areyoume

did you get a lot of LDs because of this techa?

Yes. The amount of LDs I get varies a lot, because my level of concentration varies a lot as well, but there have been points where I got nightly LD's thanks to this. Personally, I combine ADA with DEILD and Silverbullet's thread for an optimal result.

Originally Posted by Spyguy

Yes. The amount of LDs I get varies a lot, because my level of concentration varies a lot as well, but there have been points where I got nightly LD's thanks to this. Personally, I combine ADA with DEILD and Silverbullet's thread for an optimal result.

thanx for the help,i myself am trying a good combination for me,it's very important to do what suits you when it comes to lucid dreaming,thhx again.

Originally Posted by areyoume

thanx for the help,i myself am trying a good combination for me,it's very important to do what suits you when it comes to lucid dreaming,thhx again.

Definitely, using techniques that work well and/or feel more natural is the best way to go. There is currently no technique that works perfectly for everyone (would be a lot easier that way though)

Originally Posted by Spyguy

Even if you are not keeping it up all the time, the times you do use ADA will be like lengthened reality checks, so it will still have effect on your dreams. Also, learning to actually use this 100% of the time will take a long while. I have been doing this ever since this thread first came out, which is about 1,5 years ago, and I am not capable to do that either, even though I definitely got a lot better. So there is no reason to stress if it doesn't work out perfectly, just stay confident and keep going

Thanks for the encouragement. I think I'll give it another try, maybe mixed with MILD.

Approximately a year ago, when I learned about LDing, I read about Lucid Living (which seems to be pretty much the same as ADA). Back then I thought I could give it a shot. Shortly after that, I had one of my up to now most vivid dreams ever, including a false awakening. After that I didn't really do any ADA anymore.

Now, about a year later, I read this thread. Yesterday I practised ADA again for the first time, and at night AGAIN I got a damn long and pretty vivid dream + false awakening.

Now, is this coincidence? Is ADA working that well in general? Or am I just really susceptible to this technique?

Either way, I'm going to go on with it this time. Thanks for the guide.

Originally Posted by Samadhi

Approximately a year ago, when I learned about LDing, I read about Lucid Living (which seems to be pretty much the same as ADA). Back then I thought I could give it a shot. Shortly after that, I had one of my up to now most vivid dreams ever, including a false awakening. After that I didn't really do any ADA anymore.

Now, about a year later, I read this thread. Yesterday I practised ADA again for the first time, and at night AGAIN I got a damn long and pretty vivid dream + false awakening.

Now, is this coincidence? Is ADA working that well in general? Or am I just really susceptible to this technique?

Either way, I'm going to go on with it this time. Thanks for the guide.

It is a technique that works for quite a lot of people, but it does sound like you are very susceptible to it as well. Good luck

I'm still a little confused on how to focus on everything.

Originally Posted by Jkniager

I'm still a little confused on how to focus on everything.

Really focussing on everything at the same time, and seeing all the minute details of everything within you field of vision in the blink of an eye are not possible. The point is more to be aware of their presence at all times, not notice them all individually.
For example, if you walk through a forest, it will not be possible to focus on every leaf and it's shadow individually. Your brain is simply not fast and efficient enough to do that. However, most people will not even notice the leaves and shadows etc at all, they just walk through 'daywalking'. If you stay aware that those details are around you at all times, you will start to notice more details automatically, and the vividness of your dreams will increase.
To put it simple: do not try to actually see all the minute details, but try to be aware of their presence at all times


Hope this helps

Really focussing on everything at the same time, and seeing all the minute details of everything within you field of vision in the blink of an eye are not possible. The point is more to be aware of their presence at all times, not notice them all individually.
For example, if you walk through a forest, it will not be possible to focus on every leaf and it's shadow individually. Your brain is simply not fast and efficient enough to do that. However, most people will not even notice the leaves and shadows etc at all, they just walk through 'daywalking'. If you stay aware that those details are around you at all times, you will start to notice more details automatically, and the vividness of your dreams will increase.
To put it simple: do not try to actually see all the minute details, but try to be aware of their presence at all times


Hope this helps

oooh, that is a lot easier. I also have been doing this off and on for a little while without noticing it. I thought you had to notice every single thing at once and that's why I was getting stressed. I still haven't been able to do this a full day straight, but I'm glad to finally understand exactly how this works.

spyguy,is that a Mangekyō Sharingan,i wanted to make my avatar like that and the moment i saw it i remembered your avatar,i believe yours is kakashi's mangekyō sharingan while mine is Itachi's mangekyō sharingan,man using this in a lucid dream would be awesome
if not,"meaning you just found the pic and liked it" forget what i just said

Originally Posted by areyoume

spyguy,is that a Mangekyō Sharingan,i wanted to make my avatar like that and the moment i saw it i remembered your avatar,i believe yours is kakashi's mangekyō sharingan while mine is Itachi's mangekyō sharingan,man using this in a lucid dream would be awesome
if not,"meaning you just found the pic and liked it" forget what i just said

You are exactly right. The picture you are currently using but with a black background was actually my avatar up to 2 days ago I used it because when I first read about Lucid Dreaming, it reminded me of Itachi's Tsukuyomi cast upon oneself. 2 days ago, I wanted to use another avatar and decided to use Kakashi's Mangekyou instead

Originally Posted by Spyguy

You are exactly right. The picture you are currently using but with a black background was actually my avatar up to 2 days ago I used it because when I first read about Lucid Dreaming, it reminded me of Itachi's Tsukuyomi cast upon oneself. 2 days ago, I wanted to use another avatar and decided to use Kakashi's Mangekyou instead

ah yes i knew it,ever tryied it in a lucid dream?and sinse you were the first to put it as your avatar i think i'll change mine

Originally Posted by areyoume

ah yes i knew it,ever tryied it in a lucid dream?and sinse you were the first to put it as your avatar i think i'll change mine

There is no need to change it No I have not tried it in a lucid dream yet, I might do that sometime.

great tutorial i just relised how much sound everything makes

Haha, I'm loving it. I read about it today and immediately tried to be aware of everything. And most of the time I sat there and felt how every stimulus was hitting me. Fancy, it almost felt a bit dizzy. Makes it worth doing that even if you don't want to have a lucid dream!

I've said that I will post results, but I never did. This tech in great, it brought me 3 lucid dreams in three nights

Still keep forgetting to do this. Man, maybe it's because there are so many other things that occupy my mind when I'm awake.

To start off with, don't try to do ADA. Set aside a time of the day when you know you definitely have time and won't be disturbed and go to your room. Now just sit and become intimately aware of everything you are feeling; the clothes you are wearing, the feel of your ass sitting on your seat, the slight tension of your muscles keeping you upright, the motion of your diaphragm and chest as you breathe, any sounds, the details of what you see, etc. You'll find that as you sit you'll notice more and more of your experience to be aware of. For 10 minutes attend to your experience of your own awareness as closely as possible.

If this sounds familiar it's because ADA is essentially mindfulness meditation. You could view seated meditation as 'practice' meditation which you then extend to ADA which is 'doing' meditation.

Picking up ADA finally because I feel like I have the... err... "capacity" for it, now. Before it seemed really monotonous, but now, it doesn't sound that bad. I pretty much go through reality in a trance, though, so this is going to take quite a bit of work. Probably. Might be easier than I think once I actually put some time into it. Eagerly looking forward to any results, as I find those dreams that are hazy and short-sighted to be a real pain, and this seems like it would get rid of those.
A question, though. I spend a lot of my time playing video games, watching or reading things.
If doing ADA during these times, while I am doing these things, should I focus on the things around me in reality or the things around me in whatever I'm immersing myself in? I'd prefer the latter, because I hate breaking immersion, but I can handle it if I have to. Or should I do both? Or should I use separate techniques for those things (eg. checking every few minutes if lines in something I'm reading change when I look away then look back)?

Originally Posted by KTDM

Picking up ADA finally because I feel like I have the... err... "capacity" for it, now. Before it seemed really monotonous, but now, it doesn't sound that bad. I pretty much go through reality in a trance, though, so this is going to take quite a bit of work. Probably. Might be easier than I think once I actually put some time into it. Eagerly looking forward to any results, as I find those dreams that are hazy and short-sighted to be a real pain, and this seems like it would get rid of those.
A question, though. I spend a lot of my time playing video games, watching or reading things.
If doing ADA during these times, while I am doing these things, should I focus on the things around me in reality or the things around me in whatever I'm immersing myself in? I'd prefer the latter, because I hate breaking immersion, but I can handle it if I have to. Or should I do both? Or should I use separate techniques for those things (eg. checking every few minutes if lines in something I'm reading change when I look away then look back)?

It is not necessary to stay entirely aware of your surroundings, just make sure that you stay aware of what you are perceiving and of that fact that you are conscious. So if you are playing a game, be aware of what you see and hear 'in the game'. It is preferable to stay aware of your surroundings and the game at the same time, but that is hard to do, and there is no need to get all frustrated over that, as long as you are generally aware.

Thanks for clearing that up.
This may sounds weird but I feel it helps to stay aware if I treat my line of sight, hands arms and legs like some kind of HUD.

Originally Posted by KTDM

Thanks for clearing that up.
This may sounds weird but I feel it helps to stay aware if I treat my line of sight, hands arms and legs like some kind of HUD.

Any mindset that helps you stay aware is great

I'm surprised how happy noticing things just walking around outside makes me.
The whole time I put this technique off because I thought I'd only notice the bad things, but that's not what happened at all.
Feels good.