One of the problems that dreamers face when using the practices of achieving awareness in a dream is the realization of the very fact that you are in a dream. Not all dreams are fragmentary, illogical, and marked by weak awareness. Sometimes they are so clear and vivid that it is possible to determine the very fact of being in a dream only using certain “reality testing” techniques, for example, trying to read texts or periodically examining the clock readings. It is clear that if the text begins to change, and the clock readings are very different, it means that you are in a dream. But at the same time, all sensations, emotions, visual picture, sound scale and even smells can even surpass in their clarity and intensity our perception in everyday reality.
This is the case, for example, with the Russian researcher of the practice of lucid dreaming and out-of-body travel Oleg Kuyava at the very beginning of his conscious dreaming activity. This is how he describes it in his book “Phase. Reality Improvement Tool :
This very realism of some dreams should not mislead you. That is why, in spite of everything, it is necessary to periodically “test” reality. By the way, remember, in Oleg's experience he had a strange thought that wanted to prevent this "testing"? This is exactly how a certain force acts, preventing our awareness of the state of dreaming. Therefore, do not pay attention to the bad thoughts suggested to you and bring the techniques of "testing" reality to automatism. Along with this, your ability to distinguish between dreams and everyday life will increase, even if they are very similar.
What is all this for? Yes, because, using lucid dreams, you can do many things that are inaccessible to us in an ordinary state. This includes healing from incurable diseases, changing one's destiny, mastering skills and gaining knowledge directly from their source, traveling to the past and the future, communicating with deceased friends and loved ones, and much more. But this will be discussed in other posts.
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