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BEST
REALITY CHECKS
When selecting reality
checks, the most important properties of a
reality check are
reliability, speed, and
discreetness.
The
reliability of each reality check is how
likely you are to recognise the dreamsign's
results as showing that you are dreaming once
you do them in a dream. It changes for each
person but some reality checks are overall more
accurate than others. The figures in the table
above are rough only and differ for each
person.
It is
important for a reality check to be fast.
It wastes dream time if you have to search
around for a book or (perhaps worse) a mirror.
Plus, it could also give your subconscious more
time to produce real-life results, especially if
you believe that the check will give real-life
results.
Last of
all, a reality check should be discreet;
that is, it should not draw too much attention
to you when you do it in the waking world.
Suddenly jumping in the air or trying to walk
through a wall as a reality check could cause
much embarrassment!
On the table above, these are scored out of 5.
I have trouble remembering to do reality checks
throughout the day. What reminders can I use?
You are lucky to have an interesting day and
forget about lucid dreaming! It isn't advisable
to explicitly write “reality check” or “lucid”
on your hand, as this could create an
overdependence on this reminder, which may not
exist in a dream. However, you might want to
just draw a dot or small circle on your hand.
This should be enough to remind you to do a
reality check.
Another technique is to write down three things
you do regularly in a day. Examples include
hearing your name, going through a doorway,
turning on a TV, beginning to read a book, and
seeing a stranger. In the morning, choose three
such events and intend to do a reality check
whenever they happen in the following day.
I did a reality check in a dream but it said
that I was not dreaming. What went wrong?
Some reality checks work perfectly for some
people and awfully for others. These are mostly
the light switches one and the hands one. If you
find that the light switch works or that your
hands are perfectly normal, you need to change
to a different technique.
I did a reality check in a dream but I didn't
quite realize I was dreaming. What went wrong?
An example of this is looking into a mirror and
seeing some huge boils or a grey mist on your
reflection and not realising that you are
dreaming. This is rare if you actually intended
to look into the mirror as a reality check. You
need to be more careful when doing your reality
checks in real life or pick more reliable
reality checks which show more obviously that
you are dreaming. Also try to pick reality
checks that are easy to do. For example, don't
pick the Time RC (Reality Check) if you never
wear a watch, and don't pick the Mirror RC if
you hardly look in the mirror or you know that
you won't find a mirror in your dream.
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