[center]Introduction[/center]
This is a technique that I thought up while I was lying in bed sleepless for two hours. It started off when I was thinking of how the dream state is like amnesia. You hardly remember anything from WL when you are in the dream state. And how do people overcome amnesia? They have a reminder to remember things, such as a string around their finger. In a dream, however, you do not have such a reminder… or do you?
[center]The Reminder[/center]
The fact is, you can have a reminder like that, you just have to create it. Most people use dreamsigns for that, which is called DILD. That technique, however, is problematic. Dream signs do not often happen in WL, and as such you will not get the practice that you need to associate them with the dream state. Instead of dream signs then, you should use a common, everyday thing, and associate that with dreaming. An example would be the color green, because it is everywhere. You would then use a mantra to firmly make it clear to your mind that green=dreaming. From then on, whenever you see green you would think of dreaming. And when you think of dreaming, you will do RCs. Eventually this will become a very automatic thing, so that whenever you see the color green in your dream, you would become lucid.
[center]But What If There is an Overwhelming Amount of Green?[/center]
If you happened to walk through an area where your selected item was very common, would you do RCs every few seconds? Certainly not. What really is important is for the object to get you thinking about dreams. My example, green, would be extremely prevalent in a forest. So, if I was walking in the woods, I would think about dreaming, and acknowledge the fact that I could be dreaming. I might also do RCs every once in a while if I felt inclined to.
[center]Have You Tested this Yet?[/center]
Well, I am in the process of testing it righting now. I started as soon as I came up with it, which was last night. Of course, there were no successes yet, as it would probably take at least a week or more for the assocation to be firmly planted in my brain.
[center]The Steps[/center]
Here are the steps in list form, for your convenience.
[1] Come up with an item to associate dreaming with. This can be anything, as long as it is fairly prevalent. For example, I am using green.
[2] Use a mantra, such as “When I see green I am dreaming” many, many times to firmly create the association in your mind that the Item=Dreaming.
[3] When you see the item think about dreaming, and acknowledge the fact that you might be dreaming. Be sure to do some RCs.
[4] When you have done this enough, in perhaps a week or two this association will start happening in your dreams.
[5] When this happens, you will become lucid.
Feel free to ask me any questions you might have. Also post your experiences with it. I will update this page as soon as I have successes, which should happen in about 2 weeks time.