Hi all!
I have been trying to find out, what it is exactly that is making me succeed in LD, when I succeed in having one.
I found out something when I trained with RC’ing. Let me first tell you my experiences from a technique that so far has given me succes almost 100% of the times I’m using it. If not exactly 100%! After the description I will try to formulate what I think specifically that is working…
It goes like this:
For some while ago, I worked with RC’ing. But I found, that I had great succes, if I did this:
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Sleep 4-6 hours. Then get up for 5-60 minutes.
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When you fall asleep open your eyes with certain time intervals (the faster you sleep, the shorter they should be) and look at your hand and count your fingers. (This is a RC - in dreams, there’re often more than five fingers). Then close your eyes…getting even more tired. Open eyes, count fingers. Then close eyes, getting even more tired. And so on… Suddenly you will count your fingers in a dream (which will often be a dream where you initially lie in bed!).
It’s that simple!
But let’s analyze: What is it, that is important in step# 2?
For one thing, I’m sure it’s the repetition, hence the name of the technique. But what more?
(Please notice, that you shouldn’t repeat like a mantra…it should be with certain intervals - for instance 1 minute or maybe 2 or 3 minutes, maybe even more if you are a long time of falling asleep - your intention to repeat, backed up with the concrete action of repeating, makes this work. Suddenly you will do it in a just begun dream!).
Is it:
- The reality check
- That you keep waking yourself up a little bit?
- The physical action? The mental action?
4)…?
Unless it in fact is a combination, I don’t want to just presume it is. It’s my goal (and has always been on various things) to SIMPLIFY. Do what works…and not a damn thing else!
I have a way to maybe check this:
What if I only opened up my eyes with intervals - thus waking myself up a bit? Not doing any RC’s. Would that be sufficient?
What if I made a RC with closed eyes, thus NOT waking myself up properly (unless you start jumping on the spot!)? Would THAT be sufficient?
Would it be sufficient to only repeat “I’m dreaming”, thus not making a RC, not making a physical action, not waking yourself up properly?
(I know this works sometimes, but I’m not interested in ‘sometimes’)
For anyone who want to try this, I would suggest you to do the COUNT FINGERS reality test while falling asleep (remember to count visually, because it’s only when you count visually, you have more than 5 fingers).
I will try to only open and close eyes tonight. Not doing the counting fingers. If this works, how great would it be? Inducing LUCID DREAMS by only remove the thin skin that cover your eyes for a few seconds! LOL!!
It could be cool - I imagine it like this curve. Out of the X-axis is time. Out of the Y-axis is how awake/asleep you are. Then the curve start high on Y (awake) and X=0. Then it moves out of the X-axis and down on the Y-axis. Then comes a little ‘jump’, where the curve moves slightly up (this is where you awaken yourself a bit). Then it moves even lower (all the while also moving out on the X-axis). Then a little bit up…then even lower. Suddenly you are dreaming (low on the Y-axis), and when you perform your awakening action (the jump on the curve) this is where you go lucid!
I can’t wait to try!
And for the newbies: Remember to sleep 4-6 hours before doing it. REM will then often start right away. When you go to bed first at night, you will sleep deeply without REM.
To summarize the point I’m almost 100% sure that is working like magic is the ACTION OF REPETITION. And I think it’s better to DO SOMETHING concrete than to just “think”.
Thomas