There are so many different reality checks that can be performed, that I thought I’d share a few more common ones. I’ve already discussed reality checking in some detail. The key to using reality checks in daily life to trigger lucidity in dreaming is to perform them with awareness and intent. A reality check that’s …
Category Archive: Reality Checks
Oct 09
Reality Checks on Waking
I spent some time reading through my dream journal yesterday, and found a few recurring points of interest. One of which is the absurd number of false awakenings that I used to have. Almost every lucid dream ended with at least one false awakening before a real awakening. A false awakening is where the dreamer …
Oct 08
The Dreaming Body
It seems that dreams often do not involve a body in the same form as waking life. The level that we transcend to in dreaming is as a direct result of our daily consciousness. In hindsight, looking at the earliest dreams that I can first recall, I would always retreat into animal consciousness in dreaming, …
Oct 08
Setting up Dreamscapes
To some degree or other, our dreams are all made up of things on our mind, and things that we’ve been thinking about that particular day. The closer you get to sleep, the more your thoughts have an effect on your dreams. This makes setting up dreamscapes, or “dream scenes” very simple to do. Much …
Sep 07
Basic Dream Stabilization
Once you find yourself aware within a dream, great! Congratulations! One of the first things that you are going to want to do is stabilize the scene and ground yourself. There are differing degrees of lucidity ranging from the vaguest subconscious notion that you may be dreaming, but forgetting that thought within a few moments, …
Sep 07
Dream Signs
Think back and picture some of your past dreams, if you’ve kept a dream journal for long enough, then look back at it and look for recurring patterns. When I started out practicing dreaming, I realized that I only ever had two different ‘themed’ dreams. I was either in a bad argument with my parents, …
Sep 04
The “How Did I Get Here?” Reality Check
Another popular reality check is to consistently ask, “how did I get here?” throughout the day, and focus your awareness on clearly retracing the steps you took to get to your present moment. Performing this reality check often enough through the day will ultimately lead you to performing it within a dream, and the answer …
Sep 03
Sleep Patterns, History and Wake Back To Bed (WBTB)
A Wake Back To Bed (WBTB) involves purposely waking up during your sleep period at a time optimal to perform lucid dream induction techniques. First, it would be good to discuss a little about sleep patterns. An average person’s sleep cycle is 90 minutes long. This is not a set rule for everyone, and sleep …
Sep 03
Mnemonic Induced Lucid Dream (MILD) Tutorial
MILD stands for Mnemonic Induced Lucid Dream. The idea here, is that you set your intention and focus as clearly as possible on your goal of dreaming, and that you then repeat a phrase or ‘mantra’ affirming this, over and over again. Not just on autopilot, but retaining awareness and clear intention throughout. Clear and …
Sep 01
Basic Reality Checks (RCs) and DILDs
Reality Checks or RCs are a key part of lucid dreaming. A reality check involves questioning “Am I dreaming?” A reality check is really an extension of awareness, i.e. becoming aware. The reason why we spend most of our dreams just dreaming our way through them, is because we do exactly the same in real …
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