Thread: This is my dream

Yes the 5 LDs were a real shock and have boosted my confidence a lot. I have had the odd LD over the years but never focused on it. Quite a few years back I started waking up at about 3pm most nights sitting up a bit maybe meditating and would notice these amazing spacious often blissful places I seemed to go after lying back down to go to sleep - not like other realms just very awair of being in bed but super relaxed and feeling so bright and clear - some times I would make it last for ages and some times it went into a dream but always very light and delightful.

Now I see this was wbtb I was doing - but not sure what doing - maybe I was in a place just befor Wilding?
Anyway the 5 the other day were after wbtb - I was very aware I was in bed then next For a while very aware I was in dream and managed to say I am dreaming and go about a bit next I would in bed very aware of that for a while - then next After a bit feeling myself aware in a dream again and getting on with something was Greatest so far! It felt like I was experimenting with the boundary of sleep and dream but quite effortlessly - wish I could hone in on that activity
Any ideas for homing in on right stuff in sustainable way

During the day, no matter what you are doing, stop and ask yourself "Am I dreaming"?
Look around. Examine your surroundings. Does everything look the way it should?
Ask yourself how you got there. What have you been doing 5 minutes ago? And before that?

Now it's time to do a Reality Check (RC), and a mantra (simple phrase that you repeat).

There are many different RCs and mantras that you can chose from, or you can make your own.

For this example I will use the classic "looking at hands" RC with mantra.

Bring your hands up to chest level and look at your palms.
Examine them. Do they look as they normally do? Count your fingers. Don't presume how many you have.
Say "Next time I'm dreaming, I look at my hands and realize I'm dreaming."
Put your hands down, bring them back up and repeat RC with mantra a few times.
It doesn't really matter how many times you do it. What matters is that you believe that you could be in a dream, you just don't know it yet. Don't, at any point, think to yourself "No, I'm not dreaming."

Repeat above steps when you are sitting on your bed ready to go to sleep.
As you are falling asleep, repeat your mantra only.

These 9 steps are In the Dild presentation given by Naiya

I have been remembering to do the steps and hope to be more consistent each day.
When I look around and question my environment I also first say " I am dreaming " looking around I try to feel " I am dreaming" - At this point I some times add a little Day Dream in where I imagine myself realy amazed and looking around at everything in aw and I imagine myself saying " wow I am dreaming - this is all a dream! How wonderful!" If I have time I do this via a few times.

Then I do th RC looking at hands and counting fingers - sometimes the visualisation variation one and sometimes a real life one - sometimes imagining little wee fingers grow on my way back of counting and then I can say " Yes I am dreaming - wow" Sometimes just seeing the reality that my hand look normal and then saying the mantra " Next time I dream I will recognise I am dreaming "

Now I sit for my evening 10 mins befor laying down to rest/sleep - I will meditation a short bit then reaffirm the visualisation of the day as many times as I comfortably can and add a bit more to the vis concerning what I do next after becoming Lucid - ok?