Hey guys; haven't been on the forums in a long time but I have continued lucid dreaming in my absence. A recent trick has been getting me great success, and I figured I'd hop on to share it.
Anyone with a phone, a set of keys, and a wallet or purse will understand this:
Whenever you stand and relocate from one place to another, it becomes second nature to pat yourself down to make sure you have your keys, phone, wallet, epi-pen; whatever you constantly carry on yourself. What I have done is to observe this mindless phenomenon, and to make it mindful. Every time I find myself reaching for my phone or keys to make sure they are still on me, it now triggers a quick reality check:
Is what I'm doing making sense?
Does my location make sense?
Do I have control?
What does being in this moment feel like? (Body aches, breathing, smells, clothes on your back)
Is gravity normal?
etc.
Taking this one step further, I placed a coin in my pocket that is usually empty; my ritual now is phone, keys, wallet, coin - Bam, reality check. Sitting on the coin and remembering its there and why it is there in the first place also triggers a reality check, and mindful awareness.
Now, whenever a dream scene changes or my dream self moves locations in a vivid dream, I will often instinctively check for my belongings and before I know it I am lucid.
If you're looking for a way to remember reality checking that doesn't involve a complicated set of alarms, or expecting yourself to remember to RC every time you see the word "congruent", try this one out.
Anyone with a phone, a set of keys, and a wallet or purse will understand this:
Whenever you stand and relocate from one place to another, it becomes second nature to pat yourself down to make sure you have your keys, phone, wallet, epi-pen; whatever you constantly carry on yourself. What I have done is to observe this mindless phenomenon, and to make it mindful. Every time I find myself reaching for my phone or keys to make sure they are still on me, it now triggers a quick reality check:
Is what I'm doing making sense?
Does my location make sense?
Do I have control?
What does being in this moment feel like? (Body aches, breathing, smells, clothes on your back)
Is gravity normal?
etc.
Taking this one step further, I placed a coin in my pocket that is usually empty; my ritual now is phone, keys, wallet, coin - Bam, reality check. Sitting on the coin and remembering its there and why it is there in the first place also triggers a reality check, and mindful awareness.
Now, whenever a dream scene changes or my dream self moves locations in a vivid dream, I will often instinctively check for my belongings and before I know it I am lucid.
If you're looking for a way to remember reality checking that doesn't involve a complicated set of alarms, or expecting yourself to remember to RC every time you see the word "congruent", try this one out.
via Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views - Attaining Lucidity http://ift.tt/1Dje4Lg
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