I couldn’t agree more.
Limits. I don’t really understand why people put them on themselves. When I want to improve at something, I look to the experts and get myself motivated, yet what I constantly see is people doing this very thing and getting discouraged as a result. “Aw… I’ll never be that good…” gives up
Wha…? Why the hell not??
If someone is capable of doing something, whatever it is, what makes them more special than you? You should be INSPIRED! They’ve shown you what can be possible. And you don’t even have to stop there. You can be better. Why not?
I’m not only talking about lucid dreaming. Anything. If I want to draw better, I look at epic drawings, if I want to compose better, I look to the great composers, if I suddenly want to learn how to do a backflip or something, I’ll just imitate the experts.
When I was young I knew no limits. I honestly didn’t. I saw a guy river dancing on TV when I was in Grade 3. I thought that was awesome so I copied exactly what he did and guess what? I could tap dance.
Why does that have to change?
When I first came here I was thrilled to find that their were techniques to induce something I knew was very possible. Because I had had a LD before, I saw no reason why the technique shouldn’t work. If I was able to LD without them, there was no reason why the technique should fail.
I tried technique after technique, each with successes until I realized the common denominator. I was LD’ing because I believed I could.
The techniques weren’t even necessary.
So don’t lose motivation. You are capable of anything. All you need is that belief in yourself. The limits are all in your head. Get rid of them.