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@Eitangaming2.0

Ай бұрын

W chef. He really cooked on this one

I had a dream last week about you posting a video about this topic - reality check initiated!

Upon my return to the Lucid Dreaming world, i choose to take thinks slowly but more consistence. I noticed that this time the main focus is not to do do do, but to build solid practices. I will take my time in dream recall and journaling, questioning reality, and without even thinking, in the first yearbto want to have a lucid dream. That, i hope, will remove all the self imposed pressure that is harmfull to dreaming and lucidity itself. Not a goal oriented, but a path oriented mindset. Just my 2 cents that i will leave here. This video reminded me of this mindset...to do things properly. Thank you Daniel. You are an amazing teacher.

last lucid dream i had i was riding a bike and said oh let's do a reality test to increase the chance of doing it in a dream, then i discovered i was dreaming, i got very shocked because i did the test as a practice and not genuinely.

The reality check being a backup matches my experience - the (unfortunately very few) moments I became lucid I almost each time suddenly knew that I was dreaming - a reality check was not needed. So when I do a reality check I often ask myself "Am I dreaming? It seems that I'm not - but to be sure let's do a reality check."

I deem this video important to me so I'm leaving a comment to come back to it later when my life becomes stable and I can take lucid dreaming more seriously

I found the question why do I assume I’m awake? To be a powerful reality check

@LucidDreamPortal

Ай бұрын

That's a great way to frame the question!

@ryzikx

Ай бұрын

yup he covered this in his 19 day course, was a good refresher

@EV143

Ай бұрын

Ohh I almost forgot about that question, but for me it is quite powerful too so I'm probably going to use this question more

That was explained super well, this is definitely a great video for beginners

@LucidDreamPortal

Ай бұрын

Glad you think so!

It's nice to freshen up some of the basics every now and then.

Thank you for refreshing our minds about critical thinking, reality checks and lucid dreaming, Daniel! 😎👌🏻

I try to reality test everytime I realize I'm in autopilot. For example if I'm outside lost in my thoughts about whatever I need to do, I take a moment to contemplate the environment, people, plants, animals, buildings, everything really, I tell myself "right now you're sure you're awake, but that's also what you think when you're dreaming, you must consider the possibility that you're dreaming right now. Are these people real? Is there something off about the environment? What would you do right now if you realized that you're dreaming?". After this I make a reality test (the nose pinch one), if I'm not able to breathe i say "well I'm not dreaming, this time". Thank you so much for sharing this! I learn something new everytime I watch one of your videos, you're literally so cool!

I gave lucid dreaming a shot with your course material for 10 months. Here are my results: I performed almost all of the recommended training through your videos. My average lucid dream was 1 episode of lucidity every 15 days. Not bad for a beginner huh? Your viewers should know dream control and dream stability are a whole different ball game and require more development. My result is also just a calculated average so that doesn’t mean I was truly getting a lucid dream every 15 days. Some days it came in bursts other days I was getting nothing. I was initially going to give a 12 month run but I gave up due to life circumstances of life. I’m too distracted by the stock markets, which are just way more harder than lucid dreaming. Good luck to all your viewers.

I’ve had some notable reality checks that went on for quite a while and I was left a bit mystified. Reality can be so weird 😎 Great Viddy Daniel

Honestly I’ve been lacking on my reality checks but it’s quite interesting how many things it’s easy to skip over

Honestly didn't expect there to be a video this weekend due to holiday/vacation, but pleasantly surprised! As stated in a previous comment, I had a dream where you had posted a video on this same topic (which, I unfortunately did not do a reality check/NOW in the dream - dream me is a bit stupid at times). Like in the dream, I will comment that same thing - I've been slacking on my checks, but I have been trying to improve! A lot of my checks have been when I've been occupied and microchecks (still doing nose and text checks). I've been occupied and on a time crunch (new job, still trying to understand the ropes of it) so it's been a bit messy. Lately, as I've been a bit more solo on the job, I've been able to take time to do checks - and say my observations out loud. Saying them outloud has been helping me a lot with focus and slowing down. It's also been helping me with observations as well and seeing all my surroundings. I just need to make sure all my checks are either that or close to that quality. Another thing I need to work on - dream journaling. Anyone who has been following this channel for a while and reads comments know that my arch nemesis is dream journaling. Maybe it's just laziness and morning brain but I find it really difficult. It's definitely a necessary evil, especially since I haven't been noticing any dream signs besides anxiety (feeling or being chased or hiding something). Just need to find how to make it fun and/or motivation. Great video as always! Great refresher for those who have been in the topic for a while and a very well needed starting point for beginners!

@LucidDreamPortal

Ай бұрын

I'll admit this video was somewhat inspired by your previous comment!

For some reason I want to lucid dream but I'm scared of it at the same time

@shipsability

Ай бұрын

When I started out I actually had the same problem but honestly when you realize it’s really just your brain making a second universe the effect starts to wear off over time, just don’t worry about it and try it

@Bumbletoast

Ай бұрын

Very common

This is one of the best and most fundamental videos of you:) Very very nice thank you :) Especially the part with taking attention to the result of an RC. The doing math thing is something I tried during RC years ago, but i stopped it because it war to hard for me. But to be honestly it was just hard because i am such an potato brain during my RC in waking live. So i will do the math again.

This is a really clear, concise, and thorough presentation of how to do "the check". I know you have essentially presented this information before, but I think this was a particularly well made version. Always good to refresh my conception of things like this!

Really appreciate these great tips! 🙏🏽 I’m excited to try them 😊

Yo, the thing is I don’t even think about the fact that I’m in a dream, it’s like that concept completely left my mind. I could easily see if I was in a dream if I just focused, but that thought never comes to my brain, a couple nights ago I lucid dreamt for the first time and the way I could tell I was in a dream was because my phone wasn’t working 💀

I love your videos. They keep me motivated . This pic is of my late aunt. I am a young boy of 19. And i intend to create a yt channel to spread awareness about this subject. But i wont go against the values you teach to not hype it too much. And i feel like i should gather more experience first. 😊 Love you. From India ❤

@LucidDreamPortal

Ай бұрын

Thanka for the kind words! Good luck with your channel, I'm sure it will be great! Stay lucid

What a great video. I hope the algorithm gods will be kind to this one!

Please make a video on expert guide on dream journaling. And one more question Should I keep a physical or digital journal.

Thank you for video! Always helping 🌻 I usually ask myself "Am I dreaming right now?" and look on my environment really thoroughly checking all the details. Then I look at my palm and carefully count my fingers. I had several lucid dreams just because I looked at my palm and immediately saw something strange or counted more fingers that I have.

@GAMER32231

Ай бұрын

In my last LD my fingers were all ridiculously short and stubby (my last LD was weeks ago 😢)

Thank you for this video 😊 lately I was struggling with doing good reality checks so it was a nice reminder how to actually do this correctly

My new favorite lucidity-check question: "What day is this?" I've never become lucid by performing a lucidity check; I have sometimes become lucid by trying to figure out what I was seeing/what was happening in my dream. Unfortunately (so far, anyways) if I've been aware enough in the first place to actually _check_ whether I'm dreaming, I haven't needed to check if I'm dreaming. :-P

@ParanormalDreamCoach94

Ай бұрын

That's a great question. I tend to just ask myself "is this a dream". I think that's more direct.

Thank you so much for this, so helpful. I really like the advice at around 4:50 - this is basically the default attitude of the mind, and as you taught me, its root is arrogance ("I am so sure I am awake"). Thank you for the amazing solid content!. Also this 'attitude' of sincere questioning reality - this is an incredible lesson learned from you. Thank you so much!!!

if it was a dream, i would have done Izanami's overdrive on my friend just to see how i feel about it

I have been tying something recently: If I wake up in the early morning spontaneously, I do a thorough check/test, including a nose pinch test, and then as I settle back down and am heading towards going back to sleep, I will imagine doing a nose pinch test, without actually doing it. I then try to watch for the moment when it starts to feel like I am actually pinching my nose. I have felt that starting to happen a few times. I have not yet had a maintained awareness dream this way, but it seems close. A few times I started to really feel like I was doing it, but got a little too interested in that fact and brought myself back to full wakefulness. This seems a bit similar to your IMP and Dreamwalker techniques, in terms of imagining something and watching for it to feel real. After one of these attempts, I did briefly become lucid in a dream in a regained-awareness way, just kind of spontaneously, not due to any thing in particular: After seeing some text on an object, I just immediately began to think I was dreaming (low level?), and had the thought that it would be cool if I could remember what the text said and record it in my journal. So, I looked intently at the text, but found that it was transforming into gibberish. In the dream I thought, "Well, there's your sign, if you needed it! Of course it changed!"

@ParanormalDreamCoach94

Ай бұрын

Interesting, I find in dreams when I do the nose pinch test it's extremely effective. I think mantras could be more effective if you wake up early and go back to sleep.

@Carl_Frank

Ай бұрын

@@ParanormalDreamCoach94 I have almost always had great success with doing a nose-pinch test inside of a dream, to confirm that I am indeed dreaming. I have to be very diligent though, as on rare occasions, my "dream-drunk" brain tries to convince "me" that I must not have pinched hard enough or something, and thus tries to explain why I could still get air when pinching. It requires careful attention to detail to avoid this, sometimes. But yeah, usually it works great!

YES!

Once in a dream (not lucid) I picked up a duck and put it down it felt awesome

suppose a reality check target changes. how long will it take for it to get incorporated into dreams, assuming regular practice? i think i remember you saying it takes a few weeks for the waking habit to solidify in dream world, but in a few weeks, if the target changes again...??? wait a minute the mental math reality check is actually genius wtf? though i suppose its not a "check" but more of a "lucidity calibrator" . gonna try this in my practice

Bedankt

@LucidDreamPortal

Ай бұрын

Jim you're a star, thank you!!!!

I love the video ! I recently watched one of your previous streams and it mentioned micro tests! Do I need to find something dream like for those as well? Or can it just be random? I usually hit around 5-10 full length NOWs a day I'm trying to implement micro tests as well. I don't want to get in the habit of only doing micro tests either.need to activate pre frontal cortex. I'm just trying to add extra tests in hoping they show up in dreamland. Is it a good idea to do micro tests ? Or should i stick to full length NOWs what do you do ? Furthermore I dreamed of cinnamon rolls last night 😂

@LucidDreamPortal

Ай бұрын

Firstly, thank you for your support, it means a lot! So the best way to approach NOWs and micro tests is to consider them a sliding scale. All should be triggered by dreamlike entanglements, and then when deciding on the quality/length of the test, make it proportionate to the strength of the trigger. Let's say you're caught up in an argument that closely resembles a recent dream, that would require a full NOW, whereas a small coincidence would require a micro test, but there will be plenty that fall between the two extremes, so adjust your test to match the trigger. This adds additional prefrontal activation as you're having to assess the most appropriate response. Hopefully that makes sense!

Ever since i started getting into more of the prefrontal cortex activation mentality, i started finding the mindless way of just doing the little mini test stupid. Correct me if im wrong here (i feel like my mindset may be a little off), but why do you need to mindlessly pinch your nose to figure out wether or not youre dreaming?? Like bro are you reality blind or something? Can it not be figured out wether you are or are not dreaming just by the context and cues of your sittuation upon questioning? But then again some dreams may just be that realistic so yeah having it as backup is good 🥸👍.

Yesterday i was in a dream, i was sitting in my class, then i suddenly asked myself if I'm dreaming or not, i found out that i am without doing any reality check, but something weird happend i decided to tell the people in my dreams that they're not real and they're all in my dream, they got mad and attacked me

We need to slow down in dreams.

I just realized how much my pet parakeets/their cage appears in my dreams

Cool

Hey Lucid Dream portal, I want to ask for some advice as a 17 year old in high-school. I really want to learn lucid dreaming but I can't stick to a method because some methods are extremely time consuming because I have studies and some other recreational activities. So I wanted to ask, if you can give some tips on how I could get my first lucid dream? I have done dream journaling before and it helped quite a lot as it helped me recall massive and detailed dreams.

@ParanormalDreamCoach94

Ай бұрын

MILD would be a good place to start and reality testing shouldn't be too time consuming.

Thanks for the video Daniel! But I actually am pondering something. What happens if you get sick or just anything that blocks reality testing priority? I’m someone who is all about consistent practice. So if I don’t do reality tests for one day, that’s the results for the next day. What do you suggest I do in that situation? As I get sick a lot.

Is doing some basic addition coupled and with what you outlined in the video enough for a adequate reality check?

Sometimes in the morning when I try the mild technique I can’t go to sleep. So how can I find a solution to this annoyance.

@LucidDreamPortal

Ай бұрын

It sounds like you're trying too hard, it should be a very passive process

I'm trying to lucid dream but I have a problem. I read that in almost all the techniques you need to set an alarm when you are in your REM phase of the sleep. The problem is that I checked my sleep on the app linked with my watch and it says that I have 0% of REM during my sleep.

@justxxvi

Ай бұрын

ok, no I'm just stoopid. I didn't activate the option to control and analyze the REM phase during the night.

2 hours ago 😮

I've been questioning what to do about an obstacle in my reality checks, mainly on the longer ones. I do them when im in public, and my thing is not if anyone notices, but being interrupted. For example, when i enter a room in my office, and something triggers a reality check, a longer one, i stop what im doing and question mynplace (why am i here, does this spaceakes sense, do you remember what you were doing before, and so on...) what do you do if, in the middle of this l, someone enters the room and starts speaking to you, interruptong your testnor making it really hard for you to concentrate on it? Any hints? Did this already happened to any of you?

I just had my second lucid dream last night and I was wondering if it’s normal to have trouble walking in them? because I was sitting down on the floor when I became lucid and I struggled to stand up and I walked like I was drunk. Will this become easier the more lucid dreams I have?

@ParanormalDreamCoach94

Ай бұрын

This becomes easier. I would also visualize yourself in the waking life becoming lucid in a dream and being able to move freely. That way you get rid of the subconscious belief of your inability to move.

What should I do if, frequently I lucid dream, falsely awaken,try a reality check but it doesn’t work

@ParanormalDreamCoach94

Ай бұрын

Nose pinch would be the proper reality check. What technique do you try ?

algorithm fodder

"Are we awake?" "We're not sure. Are we... able to breathe through a pinched nose?" "Yes we are." Then we're not awake, but we're very... lucid."

Hey just wanted to say thanks. I get long and vivid lucid dreams every night. And im done with this channel ig. Goodbye all of you guys :D

@LucidDreamPortal

Ай бұрын

Glad to have helped you become a regular lucid dreamer! Thanks for your support. But don't think that's all this channel covers, the journey only just begins when you start to have regular lucidity... There's much more to learn! Stay lucid

@Eitangaming2.0

Ай бұрын

@@LucidDreamPortal yesir :D