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   Nick Argall to Wolfgang   
   Re: reality check   
   15 Oct 04 13:32:18   
   
   From: nick.argall@aplaceof.removedotcom.info.com   
      
   "Wolfgang"  wrote in message   
   news:81209b73.0410141326.5c37c728@posting.google.com...   
   > Hi,   
   > I've read a lot about lucid dreaming the last days and I'm very interested   
   > in this subject. I have had a few dreams in which I became aware of   
   dreaming   
   > in the past, but without my direct intension. So now I want to give real   
   > lucid dreams a try and for this reason I do various reality checks all   
   over   
   > the day.   
      
   A reality check is a way of finding out if you're dreaming.  You say that   
   you've had dreams where you knew you were dreaming.  I fail to understand   
   how doing reality checks would help your situation.  (Just sayin')   
      
   > I have also found a lot of stuff about reality checks in the   
   > internet, but I didn't find anything about a check which seems very   
   obvious   
   > for me:   
   >   
   > How about simply close your eyes and imagine that you are at another   
   (maybe   
   > well known) place in a completely other situation. Then open your eyes   
   > again, expecting that it's possible beeing in a dream... The question is,   
   if   
   > this would work as a reality check in real dream to become lucid?   
   >   
   > May anyone has experiences with this kind of reality check?   
      
   Experience, no.  But I agree with the reasoning, if that helps.   
      
      
      
   Nick   
      
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