I have been trying to purge thoughts from myself for a while now. Very often I lose myself in the craziness of life and get sucked back in. A couple days ago I started listening to the power of now and decided to really give this everything I have. There are a couple of great posts on awareness and the importance of it for lucid dreaming. I believe that this is a great factor for all aspects of lucid dreaming. Every technique used to achieve lucid dreams are greatly influenced by the awareness of the person. I am going to start posting my attempts at clearing my thoughts and the effects of this toward my lucid dreams. Anyone is welcome to join..

Day 1: I started listening to the power of now. I have a lot of practice on clearing my mind and living in the moment so it was not too hard for me to clear my mind for the night (not completely) I ended up falling asleep with hypnogogic sounds of my thoughts (hearing my thoughts out loud but not reacting to them)

Day 2: I woke up feeling good but thoughts came rushing to my head. I spent the day in pain with thoughts of school, work, money, my girlfriend. When I say pain I mean being consumed by my thoughts and not in the moment. I ended up listening to more power of now before bed and fell asleep happy. I woke in the middle of the night feeling very rested. I could easily get up and drink water to prepare for a mild. I had several very vivid dreams today.

Day 3: That is today. My mind is very clear this morning. I have several thoughts that rush into my head but I am more aware of them and it is easier to bring myself back into the moment. I will continue this and try for a wild or dild tonight.