Thread: A lot of questions...

If nothing makes you RC, you won't RC. Something always makes you RC. I call that something the trigger for the RC.

The trick for making the habit of RCing in waking life carry over into your dreams is to have the same trigger for your RC habit in waking life to occur in your dreams. In other words, the exact something that makes you RC in waking life has to be present in the dream for the habit to carry over.

For example, I have dreams of waking up. So in waking life, I make the trigger for my RC to be the experience of waking up. That way, when I have the same experience in my dreams, I RC.

A common mistake is to make the trigger for the RC too vague or otherwise something that doesn't normally occur in your dreams. For example, if your trigger for RCing was whenever you have nothing else to do, you could be really focused and aware during your dreams but never have the RC habit carry over because the trigger from waking life wouldn't be present. Doing 100 RCs during the day would only reinforce the trigger that doesn't normally occur in your dreams.

To be more observant of what's going on while you're sleeping, just pay attention. I don't know how else to put it. Don't stress yourself though, otherwise you'll be paying attention to the stress rather than what's happening around you.