Thread: All Day Awareness, A DILD Tutorial by KingYoshi

I now practiced ADA consistently for about 20 days and it's finally taking its effect into dream - I'm more observing my dreams more.

And ADA helps me to stabilize so much

Originally Posted by Azul

You seem to be doing everything just fine, remember the key here is "awareness." The reality checks aren't what make you lucid it's the awareness, reality checks just confirm it. There really isn't a set amount of sessions that you should do per day as everyone is different. Just do however many sessions that you're comfortable with, you don't want to drain yourself because it can happen lol. Engaging the 5 senses would be ideal here but if that's too much then pick a few to focus on instead.

Oh, alright, thanks a lot for answering my doubts, I thought I was doing something wrong for a moment. lol. Well, thanks!!

Thank you so much for the Tut King Yoshi, but I do have questions. I just started two days ago on this technique and wanted to ask if I was doing it correctly. This is how I usually go about with my sessions. I try to have a session every two-three hours for maybe 2-3 minutes. In this two to three minutes. I try to notice how thing feel, going around feeling random items I usually don't. or how my feet feel.. Sliding or touching the cold tile beneath me. I look outside my window, and take in the scenery. How the trees look, the sky, everything around me. different color hues. I also question my reality. As if I could possibly be in a dream. I do multiple RC's (Nose Plug, Gravity test, counting hands, looking at clock.) I came here to ask am I doing this correctly? and if so, would should I start doing to benefit more from ADA. Like you said. You pay attention to how you breath, the expansion of your longs. Smells. Clothes. I'am just looking for a guide because since I've came over this tutorial I think I've found the one I love! Thanks for anyone who replies!

I cant do the sight part of ADA because i get too much eye strain but i can do everything else. What can i do to make up for it?

You have made a great tutorial. It is very similar to mindfulness.

I've been practicing mindfulness for some months now. A coach learned me some amazing tricks to be aware all day. I learned step by step, by meditating, to be aware of my whole body and thoughts. At this moment I'm practicing to be aware all day, wherever I am, by feeling my body. That is a bit tricky, because there are a lot of distractions that snap me out of my concentration. And just like you said, sometimes you get lost in your thoughts and your body goes on autopilot. But it's amazing how fast you make progress if you practice it daily.

Mindfulness do got some great methods to stay aware easily. It's worth trying some of these methods.

I never knew this helped with lucidity and dream recall. The tutorial gave me some great new insights. Thank you!

Thank you so so so so so so much KingYoshi!!! After only one day of practicing ADA a had a lucid dream this morning. It was short and I lost my lucidity but this is my first lucid dream since last year. I was searching the best thechnique for me and I think that I found it! THANKS A LOT!!!

Originally Posted by MindGames

Cool thread, I'm actually researching this right now in the "Becoming a Natural Lucid Dreamer" thread. Most of the basis for my research is what you are describing, with the primary tool being constant awareness. I'd really like for you to check it out and leave some comments on your technique and progress.

Also I have something to contribute to your tutorial. I think that if you were to be constantly aware of your environment in the context of whether or not aspects are dreamlike, it would be more effective in producing nightly lucid dreams. This would train your mind to focus primarily on dream-related aspects in your environment, thus increasing the effectiveness of your awareness. This would allow you to effectively be constantly performing a reality check, in the sense that your mind is constantly questioning if your environment is a dream, rather than just primarily paying attention to your environment. Awareness is key to all DILDs, but how you use it is also important.

Test this if you want, or comment on my contribution. I want to advance the technique of constant awareness as much as possible.

I assumed that's the way it's supposed to be done. As I'm looking at my surroundings I wonder how it would be in a dream, and I try to manipulate it in my mind as if in a dream. This tutorial seems solid, I wish I found it sooner.

I've been practicing ada for 2-3 days now, try to combine it with rc and am keeping a dj. I hope to the first ld is not far away

This is an amazing technique, i'm paying attention to every shadow, every sound, even now i'm paying atttention to how hard i'm pressing the keys and what sound they make, their texture. This has seriously changed my life.

Idd it's so awesome, knowing that normally you are on a auto-mode and now you pay attention to all the incentives. It's still hard to keep the attention all day long. It's funny how I lose the attention and pick it up later on :p

I'm toying with ADA and want to see people's experiences with using it but 26 pages is a lot of reading! Could someone go through all the posts in the thread and highlight the key points in one post? Thanks.

Originally Posted by Bobblehat

I'm toying with ADA and want to see people's experiences with using it but 26 pages is a lot of reading! Could someone go through all the posts in the thread and highlight the key points in one post? Thanks.

Good luck trying to get others to do what you don't want to do. The key points are all in the first post.

I have some questions about ADA.

First some background, when I was in middle school, I wanted to be a Ninja so I would passively look around where ever I was, in essense being aware of my surroundings in case some enemy assassins came my way Fast forward to high school, I wanted to be a Spy, so I would take note of every detail of what people wore or what cars might be following me. Finally, I joined the Marine Corps and basically ADA is a skill that can save your life.. etc..

..but I digress. Aparantly I have been practicing ADA to some degree or another since middle school and so I thought once I found out about ADA it would be easy for me to adapt to. My question is, I wonder if I am missing something. I am either looking at too much detail or looking at too many things to examine. Maybe I'm not even sticking to it long enough. I have so many questions and the guide is great, but I think or at least I feel that I have always been doing this already so there must be something I am missing or maybe I'm just over thinking the process?

Also, I wonder if people who suffer from PTSD, especially those who got it from being in a combat zone for a long period of time, should be careful of this technique. ADA is 24/7 for troops in a combat zone and maybe it's no big deal, but I can't say since I'm no shrink, hence me just asking the question.

I have been trying this technique for a week and I'm not claiming it is not working yet, I am only asking if there is something I might be doing wrong.

Originally Posted by Machine1k

I have been trying this technique for a week and I'm not claiming it is not working yet, I am only asking if there is something I might be doing wrong.

Well, what exactly are you doing? First of, how long have you been trying to lucid dream? are you keeping a dream journal? how is your dream recall? do you practice ADA throughout the day, as in, do you take 10 minutes occasionally to focus/become aware of your surroundings, or are you doing that all day long?

I suppose I should have given more information; I have been attempting to LD since October '13. Since then I have had six LD, three of those being accomplished using the WILD technique. Since starting, I have kept a dream journal and I am able to record up to three dream nightly.

As for ADA, I practice pretty much when I remember to which is multiple times a day, sometime 2 minutes, other times 5, but I set aside at least 10 minutes in the middle of my day to just practice ADA. I think I have read this entire thread and I get the concept, but I can't help but think there is just one little detail I am missing.. maybe not, maybe I got this down, I just need more time for this to kick in while I dream.

Truthfully, I have a grasp on the WILD technique, but I think LDing using DILD would be better and more frequent and this is why the ADA has caught my eye. It is just something I feel I have always been doing, but like I said maybe I am missing a detail.

So, what I do is, I sit in my car (parked) and look around I start picking up on things, like trees, cars, people, etc.. I look at the shapes in them, like the round tires, square doors, and so on.. then I scrutinize the colors and then the textures, etc.. Now maybe what I am doing wrong is looking at to many things in a session? Maybe not enough observing? Again, I'm not saying it not working, because I have a good amount of dream recall to being with and my dreams are pretty vivid already before starting ADA, but since starting this technique I have yet to become aware in my dream. This is why it is hard for me to give any credit to this technique just yet, I need a few more weeks I think before I move on to other techniques, maybe a month or two.

Although I may not give up ADA if it doesn't pan out, because before I even knew what ADA was every thing I read on meditation or other LD techniques pretty much lead to the same end, one must be aware and build their awareness while awake to recognize awareness in a dream.

You need to give it time. Everyone's different. For some it's a month, for others 2, 3, or even more. I know that for me, when I started ADA/RC (a variant of ADA where you only focus on one specific aspect), my lucids stopped altogether for between 3-4 weeks, followed by 6-7 LDs within a 2 week period, for me a frequency record. I tribute this to my brain "rewiring" for the change in awareness doing the ADA/RC. Once the rewiring gets far enough along, the increased daytime awareness turns into increased dream awareness and lucidity. At least that's the theory.

I think (and with lucidity there is not really much "science", just personal experience) that the key thing is not what we notice doing ADA and variants, but rather that we're *aware* and critically examining our state. That's why I think ADA-RC works as well as ADA (although of course I have no proof, and for me it hasn't kicked in in full force yet because of other sleep and dream-affecting things in my life).

For me the goal is not to have to wake up for night-time tech, but sleep all night and dream lucidly all night. So ADA/RC is the way for me, and I intend to give it a thorough run for a year at least as my main daytime practice.

Going to give this a try starting a few days from now, tomorrow as a warm-up. This could be the technique i have been looking for all this time!

Is it really necessary that you engage in examining all 5 senses? Or, could I just constantly notice my blinking, and therefore use that as my constant awareness?

Originally Posted by seank12

Is it really necessary that you engage in examining all 5 senses? Or, could I just constantly notice my blinking, and therefore use that as my constant awareness?

You can do whatever works for you. "ADA" as described in this thread does involve all the senses. "Continuous RC" focuses on just one aspect of you and/or your environment. IMHO I think the continuous awareness and developing an attitude of continually evaluating your state is what matters.

Originally Posted by FryingMan

You can do whatever works for you. "ADA" as described in this thread does involve all the senses. "Continuous RC" focuses on just one aspect of you and/or your environment. IMHO I think the continuous awareness and developing an attitude of continually evaluating your state is what matters.

Awesome, thanks a lot dude
you're the best

Hey guys,

I've been trying this for a few days now and I think I'm getting better at it. However, I cannot focus on all of my senses at the same time. When I try to focus on the things I see, I automatically pay less attention to the things I hear and feel. Are you guys able to do that? And do you think it's a problem? Also, I cannot do it while I'm doing homework or while I'm watching tv or browsing the internet.

Originally Posted by Silentium

Hey guys,

I've been trying this for a few days now and I think I'm getting better at it. However, I cannot focus on all of my senses at the same time. When I try to focus on the things I see, I automatically pay less attention to the things I hear and feel. Are you guys able to do that? And do you think it's a problem? Also, I cannot do it while I'm doing homework or while I'm watching tv or browsing the internet.

It is not a problem at all! You will be able to focus on all of your senses at the same time after some practice. The most important thing is still the fact that you are constantly aware of yourself and your environment. If you have trouble focusing on your homework, it is alright to stop practicing ADA for a little while. Practice it when you have the time, and you will definitely get better at it!

This must be the most simple yet difficult thing to do.. I always forget, no matter how much I try I keep forgetting to remain aware sooner or later, it's so frustrating.

Thanks for the great tutorial :p
but there's a thing i dont get
are we supposed to be aware in the full body at the same time?
that is a bit hard lol