Tips for waking up

Quest for Lucidity
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Okay, so I just had one a GREAT LD, it started by me recognizing water and that I often have water in my dreams. It started to fade so I yelled LUCIDITYx1000! INCREASE LUCIDITY! and then I spun around and looked at my dream body. Anyways it worked and I flew off into an amazing dream. I used a mirror, I would point at it and state what I wanted to dream about and jump through, worked great.

Then I had some sort of FA and I wrote down the dream in a dream, then I had another dream. Basically 2 more dreams before I woke up. I know if I had woken up right after the LD, I would remember so much more of it, it’s still clear, but not all parts.

So does anyone have any techniques for making sure they wake up right after a lucid dream? I usually do, which makes dream recall easier, but I’d like to do it everytime!

I knew I was going to have a great LD last night though, I was trying to be ‘aware’ all night long. LL rules :tongue:

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Here’s something I used as a little kid:

Close your eyes as tight as you can, and then open them as wide as you can. After they are already open as wide as possible, keep trying with all of your will and might to open them. Once your dream eyes are open all the way, further attempts to open your eyes as though they were not should affect your real eyes. If not, close your eyes and try again.

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In my dreams, I have woken up by closing my eyes and falling backwards whilst focusing on the intent to wake up. As far as I know I could have had a FA.

It wasn’t deliberate, but it might work for you.