Thread: Lucid Dreaming Fundamentals -- With Q & A

Thnx^^
What I meant by ADSA is honing your self-awareness to the level that it is "on" all the day, without environmental awareness, so it is RRC all day long. I read it in the thread "ADA, right or wrong for lucidity" in the initial post. So, honing the skill of self-awareness till it reaches all day self-aware, then it is like doing RRC all day long, so you can't do RC or ADA at all, or they will hinder each other, right?
I am currently doing RRC with RC, but I think I will reduce my RC only to involve noticing dreamlikeness, or is it better complietly without RC?
Also, MILD(the prospective memory training and intention parts), with the fundamentals and WILD, DEILD would be a great combination?
Sorry for the misunderstanding, my mistake

Originally Posted by LouaiB

What I meant by ADSA is honing your self-awareness to the level that it is "on" all the day, without environmental awareness, so it is RRC all day long. I read it in the thread "ADA, right or wrong for lucidity" in the initial post.

Okay, that's definitely different. If you are focusing on self-awareness all day, then you're in a sense not doing ADA (as it is known on these forums, anyway) at all. I'm pretty sure that doing an RRC all day is likely physically and logically impossible, or at least would make the person attempting it very, very tired. I have a feeling that just maintaining a constant sense of self-awareness all day (without the RRC exercise) is just short of impossible for most of us -- though, yes, if you were fully self-aware all day, LD'ing (and a lot of other things) would be a snap.

So, honing the skill of self-awareness till it reaches all day self-aware, then it is like doing RRC

Again, no it is not. An RRC is a specific, short-term exercise to remind you to be self-aware, or at least to remind you to be aware of your own significance in your immediate environment. If you should achieve a state of being self-aware all day, you would not be doing and RRC all day; indeed, you wouldn't need to do one at all.

...so you can't do RC or ADA at all, or they will hinder each other, right?

A constantly self-aware person would likely still find value in ADA, and would certainly be able to do the practice; as long as you are not confusing self-awareness with natural awareness (which you would not do if self-aware all day) then practicing ADA would do no harm, and might help a self-aware person keep her attention skills nicely honed. And yes, if you are constantly self-aware, I can't imagine a need for RC's at all; though they wouldn't hinder, they would likely just seem a little silly.

I am currently doing RRC with RC, but I think I will reduce my RC only to involve noticing dreamlikeness, or is it better complietly without RC?

I personally believe the RRC is best when done by itself -- perhaps with an RC thrown in at the end, as a sort of period to the exercise, but I have chatted with people who have successfully integrated RC's into their RRC "state of mind" with some success. So you could certainly try it both ways, and work toward the exercise(s) that is best for you.

Also, MILD(the prospective memory training and intention parts), with the fundamentals and WILD, DEILD would be a great combination?

Absolutely! MILD on its own is a valuable technique for achieving WILD's and DILD's (neither of which are techniques, BTW, but descriptors for a change in mind-state), and to me it is important to learn to become lucid through either the WILD or DILD routes, so that you can do them as needed, based on timing (when you're attempting to be lucid) or convenience.

Sorry for the misunderstanding, my mistake

No worries! I just wanted to be sure we were clear, and that you didn't think there is a thing called ADASA... there are enough initials flying around this place as it is!