Thread: RC + alarm DEILD experiment: would you join me ?

mimi, I feel your pain re: the nose pinch! It worked beautifully for quite a while, but now seems to suggest I am awake more often than it suggests I am dreaming. I'm not sure why that is, but I have relegated it to a backup. I have a digital watch with a light now that I use.

I have also realized that any of these RCs can fail, and that it entirely depends on where your mind is when you do them. I have had my watch read the wrong time repeatedly, and decided that I must be going crazy, because I was obviously awake The fact that we are so profoundly at dis-ease concerning our state of reality should indicate we are dreaming, but that's not always a sure thing. Good luck with checking the time!

Originally Posted by ThreeCat

mimi, I feel your pain re: the nose pinch! It worked beautifully for quite a while, but now seems to suggest I am awake more often than it suggests I am dreaming. I'm not sure why that is, but I have relegated it to a backup. I have a digital watch with a light now that I use.

I have also realized that any of these RCs can fail, and that it entirely depends on where your mind is when you do them. I have had my watch read the wrong time repeatedly, and decided that I must be going crazy, because I was obviously awake The fact that we are so profoundly at dis-ease concerning our state of reality should indicate we are dreaming, but that's not always a sure thing. Good luck with checking the time!

It's a shame, nose RC used to be such a good RC for most people.
Indeed, your thinking has a lot to do with whether you'll accept the RC's suggestion that you're dreaming instead of making up excuses. Personally I'm kind of paranoid by nature, I firmly believe you can never be 100% sure that you're awake, so I almost never have trouble becoming lucid upon noticing oddities. I think in order to not just assume you're going crazy or your watch is broken, first you must accept, in waking life, the idea that no matter how real everything seems, it is still possible that you're dreaming. Truly accept it at a deeper level, not just "yeah I could be dreaming (but I'm pretty sure I'm not)" kind of thing.. if you know what I mean, not sure how much sense I'm making cause it's late and I'm tired, lol.