Thread: Hey, Stop thinking!

It works well for me! When I found out about this a few years ago, I started averaging one lucid a night and haven't really stopped since. I've tried to put it down in words before, coincidentally in the form of the ANA you mention, but haven't described it as stop thinking yet.

I've tried stopping thinking by watching and listening. This works, but you still have to deal with a wandering mind, which can be pesky! Another way I've found to stop thinking that focuses on the wandering mind is to simply suppressing whatever you're thinking and wait for the next thought to pop up so you can suppress it. It's just like playing Whack-A-Mole, only with thoughts.

This technique works best when it creates false awakenings consistently. When that happens having lucid dreams is as easy as setting an intention to do an RC upon waking up before waiting for FAs to fish. Even without the false awakenings, though, it still helps the dreams stand out by creating a greater contrast in the level of thought between falling asleep and dreaming.