A Little Confused, So Can Someone Please Help!

Alright..if you read my previous post "I need an Expliation" it explains my NEW LD i had..It was really intense and i did a reality check by sticking my finger through my hand...and like everything was really intense and felt real..but my question is..ive had 4 Lucid Dreams in the past 3 months..5 total in my life..and all my Lucid Dreams before this i never did a reality check..all that happend was like i'd tell myself "I know i am dreaming" or "I'am Dreaming" and i would be Lucid, but everything like i said in my previous post would be "Jello" kind of..like almost like a smeared painting if you will, but i knew what was going on, cuz in one of my LD's i wanted myself ot have a gun and i reached into the back of my pants, and i pulled out a gun...Anywayz..I may have a few questions

1.) Do you have to do a Reality check to have a Lucid Dream, or is teling yourself "I am dreaming" or "I'm in a dream" good enough.

I know to make it more intense of a LD or CLEAR LD you should do a Reality Check..The Newest LD i had last night..i told myself "I want to have a Lucid Dream" twice..and then i did a reality check by sticking my finger through my hand....

My second question is kinda 2 questions in one.

2.) The first Lucid Dream i have ever had in my life...I looked up to the ceiling, and there was a text written on the ceiling..didnt know what it said but it said something..My newest LD that was really more intense..it was daylight out..but when i looked up to the sky the sky was dark out..and there was text written..My question is...Why do you think there is text written up above me..and i have only ever looked up toward anything in 2 LD's, the ones i just explained and both times there was text written..... My other question is...when i woke up today and was all the way awake--like i was sleepy---my head felt really weird like, strange like..is this because i had a more INTENSE better LD then any other one's before???

I would like it if someone would be so kind to help this Lucid Dreamer out, cuz this is really amazing stuff and I wanna keep it up!

Thanks
DJ Jones

Nope, a reality check is not required, you can do just as you said and become lucid. Its usualy how I go l lucid actually =D. All of a sudden soemthing just goes.."DING" its not really a ding its hard to explain but perhaps you have an idea. And I think to myself, "I am dreaming arent I" At that point though alot of the time the world begins to collapse and get fuzzy and or I feel like I am inebriated and so not in controll of my body it scares the willies out of me.

Untill I realised, saying aloud in my mind "I am dreaming" started to bring me out of sleep too far, and the dream collapsed.

So... Dont think it... just happily nod in agreement with the idea, dont let your mind wrap around it too far other wise your going to get its attention and your going to wake up. I suppose its like the Hitchikers guide approach to flying..
You have to be incredibly surprised and distracted as you are falling, so much so that because of your complete and total disregard for gravity.. Gravity disregards you.
Then as you waft around, dont think to yourself you are flying, because thats impossible, you cannot possibly be flying. So just happily concur that flyings impossible and that there is no possible way you are flying at that moment in time. Apply that to your I am dreaming thought and perhaps you will be able to retain clarity in your dream.

OR you can close your eyes a moment, take a deep breath and spread your arms out to your side. Then Open your eyes, bring your hands together in a clap before you while saying "Clarity" Imagine your clap sending out a shpere of light that as it passes everything the world clarifies before you.

You have to know that what you will can actually happen, so if that didnt work for you at first and you feel the dream world collapse work quickly and try again but keep in your mind, that you KNOW its a dream now and that you KNOW you can do anything.


So in my experience as for being tired when you wake up after a very intense dreamfilled night, yes, you feel tired.. Your body sleeps but your mind does not and after time this will begin to wear on you.

Amazing is going to become an obsolete word to you, what you will see and do will surpass most words ;) so definatly keep it up.

I would suggest doing reality checks, because of all my LD's ive had, the one time I did a reality check to realize i was dreaming, it was longer and more vivid than any other.

I wouldn't have woken up, except I tried to travel back in time 500 years...big mistake on my part lol.