Thread: 2 problems.

Hey everyone. I've been doing RC's ever 20 minutes for that past 4 days and I've been writing in my DJ every night and i can remember 1 or 2 dreams a night. I still cant have a lucid dream. that was the first problem.

second is that lately i have been dreaming that im lucid dreaming. anyway if i do an RC in that dream im not going to become lucid because i already think im in a lucid dream.

any suggestions?

I'm very inexperienced myself, but try autosuggestion. I did it for dream recall last night for the first time and it worked wonders.

ok ill try, thanks

Hey, I think you should just keep doing what youve been doing. 4 days isnt that long of time. What are you doing for your RCs?

Mainly trying to put my finger though my hand. sometimes i hold my nose to see if i can still breath

Originally Posted by Revan Soul

Mainly trying to put my finger though my hand. sometimes i hold my nose to see if i can still breath

make sure you dont just rely on the same rc's . switch it up so your mind doesnt trick you.

"Am I dreaming?" - *Looks at hands* Is that right?

Yeah I suppose. It will be very interesting at the end of the week looking back at my journal and seeing if there is something suspicious.

Originally Posted by Revan Soul

Hey everyone. I've been doing RC's ever 20 minutes for that past 4 days and I've been writing in my DJ every night and i can remember 1 or 2 dreams a night. I still cant have a lucid dream. that was the first problem.

second is that lately i have been dreaming that im lucid dreaming. anyway if i do an RC in that dream im not going to become lucid because i already think im in a lucid dream.

any suggestions?

Two things:

You're going to need a lot more perseverance if your going to become a lucid dreamer. You might get lucky and have your first LD in the next few days, but what is more likely is that it will take weeks or months. It's a long ride; you have to be willing to see it through.

Second, when you do RCs you need to make sure that you are not doing them "by rote". That is, an essential component of a good RC is your awareness. If you just do it automatically, then there's a good chance that even if your finger goes through your hand in a dream your mind will come up with some excuse.

Sorry, but what does "by rote" mean?

Originally Posted by Revan Soul

Sorry, but what does "by rote" mean?

When used in connection with learning it means:

to memorize by repetition without exercise of the understanding

So, here I mean doing RCs automatically, repetitiously without any real awareness or understanding.