I know I've posted so many threads but this is just hard..

[cmind]

I'm new here, but not to lucid dreaming in general. Here's my take: If you 'let' SP happen, by thinking about other things, it will sometimes happen and sometimes not happen. But if you TRY to make SP happen, it will never work, guaranteed. The best you can get is what we call "fake" SP, which is where you basically just work yourself up but you're nowhere near actual SP.

[Jay12341235]

I'm new here, but not to lucid dreaming in general. Here's my take: If you 'let' SP happen, by thinking about other things, it will sometimes happen and sometimes not happen. But if you TRY to make SP happen, it will never work, guaranteed. The best you can get is what we call "fake" SP, which is where you basically just work yourself up but you're nowhere near actual SP. I'm sorry for not being clear, but I agree that you should be passive with your attempts to induce SP. You just need to prime yourself for the experience beforehand. That's exactly what the video in the previous post shows to do, and even goes through some steps on how to be passive with your attempts.