Comments on: Using Reality Checks to Achieve Lucid Dreams http://www.realityshifter.com/2007/using-reality-checks-to-achieve-lucid-dreams/ Exploring consciousness, lucid dreams, and mind enhancement Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:48:36 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: realityshifter http://www.realityshifter.com/2007/using-reality-checks-to-achieve-lucid-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-16 realityshifter Tue, 05 Jun 2007 21:32:37 +0000 http://www.realityshifter.com/2007/using-reality-checks-to-achieve-lucid-dreams/#comment-16 That's actually not a bad idea at all, though using a word like "the" or "and" would get a little too crazy for me to keep a handle on. :-) A common (but not painfully abundant) word like "day", "car", etc. might work well, or you could perform a reality check whenever you heard your own name. The level of effectiveness also would depend on how much conversation occurs in your average dream. My dreams typically don't contain extensive dialogue. If I use spoken words as the trigger for a reality check, I probably would perform dozens of checks throughout the day but might not find myself performing as many checks while dreaming. But for curiosity's sake, I may try the technique anyway just to experiment with whether or not it increases the amount of dialogue in my dreams. Devoting more awareness to a particular thing in my waking life usually increases the likelihood of it appearing in my dreams. That's actually not a bad idea at all, though using a word like "the" or "and" would get a little too crazy for me to keep a handle on. :-) A common (but not painfully abundant) word like "day", "car", etc. might work well, or you could perform a reality check whenever you heard your own name.

The level of effectiveness also would depend on how much conversation occurs in your average dream. My dreams typically don't contain extensive dialogue. If I use spoken words as the trigger for a reality check, I probably would perform dozens of checks throughout the day but might not find myself performing as many checks while dreaming.

But for curiosity's sake, I may try the technique anyway just to experiment with whether or not it increases the amount of dialogue in my dreams. Devoting more awareness to a particular thing in my waking life usually increases the likelihood of it appearing in my dreams.

]]> By: bill perry http://www.realityshifter.com/2007/using-reality-checks-to-achieve-lucid-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-15 bill perry Tue, 05 Jun 2007 09:06:22 +0000 http://www.realityshifter.com/2007/using-reality-checks-to-achieve-lucid-dreams/#comment-15 This may sound a bit extreme, but I once thought it might be cool to get into the habit of performing reality checks whenever a specific word is heard or spoken. Say the word is "Hot Dog". Each time I hear "Hot Dog", I could do a reality check. I don't know how long this would take to become an unconscious habit. Imagine if your trigger word was the word "THE". If the word was "The", then the result would be me doing reality checks 6 times just by reading comment!!! So, especially if my subconscious mind took over, I'd have it made, since there would be no more conscious work on my part to do my reality checks. This may sound a bit extreme, but I once thought it might be cool to get into the habit of performing reality checks whenever a specific word is heard or spoken.

Say the word is "Hot Dog". Each time I hear "Hot Dog", I could do a reality check. I don't know how long this would take to become an unconscious habit.

Imagine if your trigger word was the word "THE".

If the word was "The", then the result would be me doing reality checks 6 times just by reading comment!!!

So, especially if my subconscious mind took over, I'd have it made, since there would be no more conscious work on my part to do my reality checks.

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