Thanks for the thoughts folks (try saying that quickly&#33 - I think its confirming what I suspected...

As i mentioned - I'm trying to get my head around the subtleties of this after something that came up in another post The Fatal Flaw With RCs

I've also been doing alot of reading on DV (unfortunately the search engine won't let me look for "RC" as its only two letters long).

In summary - it seems that there are several things that performing waking life RCs are ideally trying to achieve:

1. To get into the habit of questioning reality.
2. To develop/ fine-tune whatever senses or processes you use to do the RC.
3. To improve your ability to set intentions - "I will question reality regularly, whether awake or asleep."
4. To become more present-centred and aware generally.

Note - many people on DV are suggesting that setting a clock to remind you every so often to RC is a good idea. Others thought it was not - because a) there is no intention, b) you would need a clock to beep in the dream to remind you to RC. I.e. its a habit like smoking - not an intention or an increased awareness in the present (and thefore will probably not carry over?)

So it is not necessarily the RC per se that will create a DILD - but the habit of questioning reality and the tuning of the senses that will make you suspect that you are dreaming? If necessary the RC may confirm this suspicion and/ or thereby increase lucidity?

If you disagree and think your DILDs are RC induced, then can you say what made you think to perform the RC in the dream in the first place? I know Stephen la Berge recommends getting into an RC habit by setting reality checkpoints; like every time a dog barks/ you pass a door frame etc... Does this translate into the dream? I.e. do you hear a dog bark, do an RC then realise you are dreaming? Or is it simply that you are becoming more aware - more present-centred? I would suggest it is entirely the latter - what say ye?

I've set up a poll here to try to explore the relationship, if any, between LDing and the dreamer's leraning/thinking mode (visual, auditory, kinesthetic). Part of this is the hypothesis that the most effective RC, (because it is really about tuning your senses in the moment), should be one that plays to the strengths of your dominant learning mode.

Still thinking about it...





One question , you said you have smoked mj in dreams , did it get you high ? [/b]
No

I took a magic potion once - some kind of nectar of the gods - and it was VERY psychedelic.