Great thread! Meditation is something I've done on and off for years.

I have had an interesting idea floating around my head for while now. I use it when I remember, but I haven't taken the plunge into lucid dreaming like some of you have and therefore you may be able to make better practice out of this.

I call it Presence Anchors, but you can think of it like Presence Checks instead of Reality Checks. I started off by naming a flower, a tree, my keyboard and my bathroom mirror. Each time I encounter one of these things I would be reminded to become present if I wasn't already. Often times I would be plowing through my day without having a present moment that day at all then look at a tree for a moment and remember to be present.

I don't know about you, but I get a little freaked out when I become present after a long period of being lost in thought. I always think, 'when was the last time I was present?' 'this must be what people get lost in and live out the majority of their lives without ever stopping to become present' 'I must focus on this more, I don't want to forget about it!'

It seems like such a gift that we forget about, being present to the moment, aware of the life around us. I feel like lucid dreaming is a normal part of life that we have forgot about, just like being aware/present.