Originally Posted by dolphin
I suppose it's debatable, but I think as long as lucid dreaming comes naturally to you then you're a natural. I've heard of stories of people who rose to be a natural, those who fell from being a natural, and those who have been a natural as long as they can remember.
As far as why using less effort is making it easier to LD, I think it comes down to self-control. With self-control comes your will to LD. Self-control is like a muscle which is exercised with effort, and like a muscle, the more you use self-control, the weaker it becomes until it recovers. But at the same time, the more you exercise self-control, the stronger it gets, allowing you to use self-control longer before you lose your will to do what you want to do. So, by using less effort during the day, your self-control muscle so to speak and therefore your will to LD is more fresh by the time you're dreaming, making LDing come easier to you.
The thing you said about self-control and my will to lucid dream makes a lot of sense actually. Also now I'm really starting to think that I'm becoming a natural. I'm not lucid dreaming every single night but it's more like maybe 2 to 3 times a week with no effort. And the dreams that ARENT lucid are about lucid dreaming. For example, the dream I had last night wasn't lucid, but I was talking to my mom about reality checks and why they're important for lucid dreaming, then I shower her all the dreams I wrote down in my dream journal. I'm not gonna lie, it's a little bit spooky to me how much I'm able to lucid dream with out any effort now, but it's still interesting. Anyways, thanks for reading and replying
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