Hey Philauto, I totally understand where you are coming from. The traditional reality check really doesn't do anything for me either. They seem so mechanical. Also I feel its like looking over your shoulder to see where you're going while your riding a bike forwards.
I overcame this using a few methods that engage higher cognition & useforward thinking instead of using signals that happened yesterday to determine my state of awareness today. One helpful tool is seeing how this reality is dream like. The advantage in this is when we recognize this reality as dream then we are authentic and not mechanical when we say I know I am dreaming. This habituated thinking pattern carries over into dream time. If you are open minded, sincere & persistent then this technique is profound. This is a tibetan dream yoga technique.
ANother one is to cultivate integrity & intention. This is a multi level profound technique as well. This means that we ask ourselves if someone treated us the way we treat ourselves would we keep ourselves as friends? If the answer is no why would that be? The reason for this is many of us are working against ourselves unconsciously. When we honor our commitments no matter what they are we can rely on ourselves. As a side effect we are more confident in ourselves and our ability to produce results.
Third is a failsafe. Build a fail safe into your affirmations. Example: tonight when I am lucid I will (fill in the blank). That way when you dream and you are doing that which you said you will do then two things of relevance happen: you follow thru with your intention & you recognize it. Hopefully a third thing will happen your recognition will reinforce your cognitive feedback telling you that you are lucid &, you know it. Lastyly, when you have this much awareness in you sleep you can choose the end of you lucid dream to wake up and write the bitch down! he he he
Above all else bro, the way you will attain lucidity is personal. You are unique understand that. You will ultimately do it the way that works for you. Be open to your own inner guidance. Giving away you ability to work out our own salvation or solution is ultimately futile because only we can do it no one else knows better than we do of what is best for us.
Happy Trails
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