Thread: Awareness

Hello all who read this...

I was just wondering how I could become more aware in my dreams. Ive identified a few dream signs and my dream recall is excellent as have been able to recall several dreams per night and recall sight sound touch and smells/ taste lately and recording them in a dream journal. Just the other night i was in a dream where my friend bought an automatic car and he hates automatics so i stoped for a second and asked him "what the hell wait a minute, u hated autos but!" and he goes "i do" and shrugged it off whilst a bit suspect of the scheme of things (this dream was extremely real), then he started playin madona which he also hates and i stoped to question his choice of music also. This was the first time i had stopped to think "does this make sense?" How does a person over come just accepting the wierd things in dreams as the norm and become aware enough to question these thigns happening and become lucid?

Well any positive input to this big question would be appreciated

you're definitely on the right track. a good rule of thumb is that whatever you do in waking life will eventually carry over to dreaming life. increase your awareness while awake, and you'll see results when asleep. good work.

Originally posted by mongreloctopus
you're definitely on the right track. a good rule of thumb is that whatever you do in waking life will eventually carry over to dreaming life. increase your awareness while awake, and you'll see results when asleep. good work.

^^ Good advice. If something weird happens in real life, take the time to stop and really question it. Eventually, you will start becoming more aware of weird context details in your dreams.

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...and also try to improve your waking awareness in regular situations by performing reality checks or just thinking about whether it might be a dream.

You might find that you are able to develop your sense of awareness more effectively in dreams in seemingly normal scenarios. I usually become lucid in the most mundane situations in dreams. Conversely, I can happily talk with dogs or do bizarre stuff without batting an eyelid sometimes.