Thread: Tlalocs Workbook

Sorry the night didn't go as planned, but even a mini-ld's a sign of progress and the practices working.

I was worried that with all the day time ones being 'I'm not dreaming' I might weaken my likelyhood to associate them with lucidity and start rushing them.

But now I think I was wrong. I think the response is NOT one of conditioning but its consciously trained response - I am choosing to do a R/C so everytime I do one after the vibe hits I am reinforcing that association with the stimuli, strengthening it, not weakening it (as long as I do do it consciously and thoughtfully ).

Yes, every time you do a RC, you are strengthening the habit, and increasing the chance of this happening while in the dream. I noticed at some point I would do a lot of critical thinking and talking RCs in real life that would carry over just the way I did them. For example, I would see something strange and say out loud (to my bf who's tired of listening about lding but at least it's a reaffirmation to myself or maybe trying to make him have an ld ). Anyways, I would say "Oh, this looks weird/like a dream, now it's a good time to do an RC" but I don't do one. Then I would have a dream of seeing some dream sign and would say exactly the same - good time to do an RC and then carry on with the dream. So, it's kind of obvious that I had to change this - without looking weird of course.

One of the earliest things I've read around here - in a lot of DILD/RC/DS discussions and tutorials is that you have to take a moment to think that you might be in a dream right now. Don't just say - nah, this can't be a dream and go on, but rather become really excited and incubate that feeling that as you are doing your RC, you are in a dream and you are becoming lucid and so happy about it. Obviously, this is just mental pretending, with no real acting as if it is a dream (to those who might happen to read this and wonder what's this advice).

Sweet dreams!