Thread: All Day Awareness, A DILD Tutorial by KingYoshi

Do i have to work on all five senses at once? or can i take my time to work on one at a time? (Sight, Smell, Feel, Hear, and Taste)

Originally Posted by LFairweather

This is probably been answered before but how long did it take you guys to have a LD after practicing ADA.
I tried it before for about a week but didnt get any results, so i tried something else.
im thinking maybe i should've given it more of a chance?

Yeah, you need to give it more of a chance. One week is too short to judge a technique so give it some more time, like a few more weeks.

Originally Posted by Tradl3s

Do i have to work on all five senses at once? or can i take my time to work on one at a time? (Sight, Smell, Feel, Hear, and Taste)

Not all at the same time. I'd suggest maybe one, two or three at the same time? Depends on what you're doing. I usually do sight, hearing and touch, but I occasionally use my taste and smell if I'm eating something.

Hope this helps a bit, guys.

I think experiments like "does <such and such> work for lucidity?" need to run for months of serious effort, not just weeks, it takes the brain a while to adjust to new things.

Originally Posted by AstralMango

Yeah, you need to give it more of a chance. One week is too short to judge a technique so give it some more time, like a few more weeks.



Not all at the same time. I'd suggest maybe one, two or three at the same time? Depends on what you're doing. I usually do sight, hearing and touch, but I occasionally use my taste and smell if I'm eating something.

Hope this helps a bit, guys.

Thank you. This helps alot. I'm going to use an app to remind me to do ADA. I'm pretty good at reminding myself, but i feel like i don't do this enough.

Originally Posted by FryingMan

I think experiments like "does <such and such> work for lucidity?" need to run for months of serious effort, not just weeks, it takes the brain a while to adjust to new things.

Ah, good point there!

Originally Posted by AstralMango

Ah, good point there!

Just think about that first lucid dream. Mine was only after 1 month of solid serious effort, and others like BrandonBoss was closer to two months (and look where he is now!). Some people are longer, some less. When I changed my day practice from one main focus to another, I had a near 3 week dry spell followed by a big LD streak. So staying dedicated, positive, and most of all, patient, are the keys!

Originally Posted by FryingMan

Just think about that first lucid dream. Mine was only after 1 month of solid serious effort, and others like BrandonBoss was closer to two months (and look where he is now!). Some people are longer, some less. When I changed my day practice from one main focus to another, I had a near 3 week dry spell followed by a big LD streak. So staying dedicated, positive, and most of all, patient, are the keys!

That makes a lot of sense, yeah. I keep forgetting how it can take one person a few weeks, and another a few months, to get their first lucid dream. Thank you for your input, I'll be sure to keep this in mind.

I know this is an old thread but I've recently tested out ADA and hope to get more vivid and longer dreams and of course Lucids. It was a tricky first session but what I picked up on was the fact the surface gets harder when you step on stone, and back to soft and bouncy when you get on grass, normally i wouldent notice that, i tasted the air in my garden and it smelt and tasted like wildlife and plants, a bit like if your in B&Q, (idk if you have B&Q's in America). I listened to the birds chirping and the way my feet feels in my shoes, and when I was walking the way I could sometimes feel my dressing gown brush my kneecaps. Good first session, I hope I remember about this and keep it up!

I remember reading about this a couple years ago before I forgot about lucid dreaming. Now that I'm trying to get back into it, I figured I'd give this method a try. I guess you could say I started yesterday. So far, I'm just having trouble remembering to keep my awareness up as soon as I start doing anything. It's so easy to fall into autopilot and go about life. I'm sure this will become easier as the days go by!

Originally Posted by Buddy

I remember reading about this a couple years ago before I forgot about lucid dreaming. Now that I'm trying to get back into it, I figured I'd give this method a try. I guess you could say I started yesterday. So far, I'm just having trouble remembering to keep my awareness up as soon as I start doing anything. It's so easy to fall into autopilot and go about life. I'm sure this will become easier as the days go by!

It does but it takes a bunch of days . At least for me it did. I've been doing an ADA-variant more or less since November, and now I find that with the exception of sitting at the computer & working, my awareness is basically turned on all the time.

lol I completely understand the computer thing. Unfortunately for me most of my work involves a computer so maybe I should start my ADA sessions there! Well, that or piano - I get lost in thought playing that too!

I go from ears to eyes to nose to mouth where mouth is taste and feel. It can be hard to remember all 5 senses at once so if you remember that its easier (for me atleast).
And I feel that tasting is really often nothing but saliver which doesn't taste. Same for smelling but its more reliable. The other 3 are really always reliable.

Hey excellent tutorial whilst you are being aware of everything are you meant to keep your mind quiet like in meditation or does thinking and being aware of thinking enough?

Amazing technique! Thank Yoshi!
I had 4 lucids after 2 days really impressive
I hope I can keep the ADA up, it gets really hard to keep up but I'm motivated

The details keep repeating (the way my clothes feel, the way wall looks, the way gravity feels), i should check them and than proceed finding new ones or how should i do this ?

Wow! This seems really interesting. For a starting excersize do you think i could try to be aware of my breathing all day?

Originally Posted by kaiern9999

Wow! This seems really interesting. For a starting excersize do you think i could try to be aware of my breathing all day?

That would an excellent place to start, in Buddhism the primary object of mindfulness is the breath.

I can't do it I can't be aware of everything around me . It's too hard . I began to try to aware today but I can't . I can aware of one or two subtle not everything . What should I do , is this normal for beginners like me ?

Originally Posted by diesel35

I can't do it I can't be aware of everything around me . It's too hard . I began to try to aware today but I can't . I can aware of one or two subtle not everything . What should I do , is this normal for beginners like me ?

There are many approaches to continuous awareness. The one proposed in this thread *is* exhausting, so don't feel bad about feeling it's really hard. There are many alternatives, one of my favorites is "continuous RC," or just "all day vigilance." With these you're focusing only on one or a few small aspects of your state to constantly evaluate if you're dreaming or not. It's sort of all day awareness of your awareness, if you will.

Originally Posted by FryingMan

There are many approaches to continuous awareness. The one proposed in this thread *is* exhausting, so don't feel bad about feeling it's really hard. There are many alternatives, one of my favorites is "continuous RC," or just "all day vigilance." With these you're focusing only on one or a few small aspects of your state to constantly evaluate if you're dreaming or not. It's sort of all day awareness of your awareness, if you will.

Thanks for help Yes this one is hard to do . "continuous RC" sounds easy how is it can you describe me about that some ? I will try "all day vigilance" too

Originally Posted by diesel35

Thanks for help Yes this one is hard to do . "continuous RC" sounds easy how is it can you describe me about that some ? I will try "all day vigilance" too

There's a thread (search should find it) about "continuous RC." The example I like to give is gravity RC: you continuously evaluate the feeling of gravity to determine if it's waking gravity or dreaming gravity (it helps to have experienced gravity (feeling too heavy or too light) in a dream) but it's not 100% required. "All day vigilance" is a term I use to mean acknowledging that at any time you could be dreaming -- after a few hundred recalled dreams where you just can't believe you didn't get lucid/realize you're dreaming, this one will feel very natural. You combine it with your favorite RCs, generally always being on the lookout for dreamsigns or dream-like scenarios or locations. The goal is to create a well-developed sense of what it feels like to be awake vs. dreaming.

I understood thanks I frequently play with gravity in my dreams and fly . I couldn't find the thread you said What was its name ?

http://www.dreamviews.com/attaining-...-way-i-rc.html

Originally Posted by Ctharlhie

http://www.dreamviews.com/attaining-...-way-i-rc.html

I can't find the thread I was thinking about but Ctharlhie posted a link to a good post.