Hi
I hope you want to join in the search for the perfect dreamsign.
First, let me outline once again what the automtization technique is all about (or how I want to do it). You can skip this part if you are familiar with it.
Automatization
It came to me that this would be the perfect technique for LDing in the long run, since it needs effort but is very effective. And no, it´s not the same as simply doing RCs and developing a critical attitude.
So, what is it?
First, you need a DS (let´s say your DS is a dog). Now, whenever you see a dog you do a RC. The difference is that you don´t try to notice all the things that are typical for your dreams, or do RCs at random. In this case, you would develop the critical attitude, always trying to spot things that hint you are dreaming.
Automatization means you don´t do this, but pick one DS and concentrate on it. You do a RC really EVERY TIME your DS occurs, as quickly as possible. After practicing this for some time you have conditioned yourself to do so, now it´s some kind of reflex. When you see a dog, you do a RC without first thinking "hey, this might be a dream, perhaps I should do a RC. You simply do the RC as an immediate response to seeing the dog, you don´t even have the time to think about it.
Ok, so that´s automatization. If you suceed to condition yourself to one good DS you will continually LD without having to do a lot of RCs throughout the day, practicing WBTB or stuff like that. The big problem is: What is a good DS?
The perfect dreamsign
Ok, here are some criteria that the perfect dreamsign needs to fit in
1.STEADINESS
It got to be something that always occurs for your life.
Conditioning needs time, so what use is it to use “india” as a trigger while preparing for travelling to india, when one year later you don´t think about india anymore?
However, this also means that the perfect DS is probably the same for most of us (therefore this thread )
2.TIME
It mustn´t be something that lasts over a period of time, but something that is only a point of time.
You can´t condition yourself to do a RC every time you find yourself eating a pizza. This would mean that you´d need to do RCs all the time while eating it, which is obviously impossible. If you just do a RC every once in a while while eating it isn´t automatized.
You could change it into something that is only a point of time, though. For example your DS might be “every time I order a pizza/ finish a pizza” etc
3.DREAM OCCURENCE
Of course it needs to be something that occurs in your dreams at least every once in a while
One DS that came to my mind is “every time I put my shoes on”. I think this would fulfill all the other criteria, but unfortunately not this one
4.DAYTIME OCCURENCE
This is even more important. The DS needs to occur often enough while you are awake, yet not too often.
If it occurs only very seldomly, you will have a hard time conditioning yourself to it. A DS that occurs too often is worse, though.
If your DS is “walking through a door” you will have to do so many RCs that you can´t possibly do it really every time you walk through a door. This way, the whole process of automatization is impossible.
Any thoughts are welcome (but if you want to discuss automatization, RCs or other stuff like that, please use some of the other threads. This one is meant to be solely about the perfect DS, so we can happily lucid dream for the rest of our lives without working too hard for it)
tapir