Can anyone explain to me how being Aware in waking life will make me Lucid in my dreams?

[IHadADreamWhere]

Like i know being aware in waking life will transfer to my dreams, therefore my Lucid. I got that part down lol Just its this that confuses me: What will make me 'know' im dreaming and not think that i am just being aware in waking life rather then being Lucid in a dream? Hope i didn't confuse you with this question haha

[Darko22]

Not sure about this but i think that when you are aware in your dreams you can see and question things that look wrong/weird. Usually you would just ignore those things because everything feels so real that you think it cant be a dream. + when you are in a dream, you normally never think about that this might be a dream. You just think that everything it real. But when you are aware, you always have the thought in your mind that this all could be a dream and you start questioning your surroundings and do some reality checks. In my case, i get aware and know that i'm in a dream without the need of a RC because i found something which shows me that its a dream.

[Goldenspark]

I think the difference between RL awareness and dream awareness is that in normal dreams the conscious brain is pretty doped up and slow, so getting the conscious part to have that "ah-ha" moment is the key to lucid dreaming. I've not really cracked it yet, or I'd be getting lucid a lot more often, but often the lucid moments for me have been something unusual where it's been enough to jolt the conscious brain. Often very bizarre things go unnoticed, but slightly less bizarre things have triggered lucidity in me. One was when the page on a manual that I was reading suddenly became animated like the paintings in harry potter. I think the point about trying to be more aware both in RL and bleed across into your dreams is that you're then more likely to have your conscious brain just a bit more skeptical and a bit more awake than normal.

[dolphin]

In all non-lucid dreams you recall, you had awareness during that dream. In all lucid dreams you recall, you not only had awareness during that dream but the concept of dreaming came across your mind at some point during the dream which allowed you to have a working memory of what a dream is so you can identify it as such. For example, in a non-lucid dream, you might become aware of a monster, become scared, and run away. In a lucid dream, you might become aware of a monster, remember monsters only exist in dreams and use that fact to conclude you must be dreaming. So, awareness and working memory of dreams together is what makes a dream lucid.

[IHadADreamWhere]

Thanks now i know