Lucid Dreaming Technique | Critical State Testing

Critical State Testing Technique

The Critical State Testing Technique is an easy technique that will increase the odds that you will have a lucid dream each night. This technique comes from Stephen Laberges book “Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming.”

This is how you do this technique.

Choose about 5 to 10 different occasions during the day to check whether or not you are dreaming. Try to pick occurrences that resemble a Dream sign in some way. This could be through unusual occurrences like whenever you see someone walking their cat. Of course if you never actually see that during the day you’ll never actually do a dream check which would make this one virtually useless, so make sure whatever you pick has a realistic chance of occurring at some point while you’re awake. You can also pick more mundane occurrences that appear in your dreams frequently, for example if you often see blue cars in your dreams it would make sense to pick seeing a blue car as a time to do dream checks during the day. Also, as a quick side note, if you ever do see someone walking a cat, it’d probably be a good time to do a dream check regardless. It is a good idea to do a dream check anytime you encounter something similar to a dream sign or whenever something surprising or unlikely occurs. It’s even a good idea to do a dream check whenever you feel a powerful emotion, given how closely associated strong emotions are with dreams.

Going back to the five or ten occurrences you’ve chosen. Make sure you do a dream check every time these occur. Make sure the check is not just a mindless mechanical motion. Really take a moment to ask yourself am I dreaming with the full intent of discovering whether this is a dream or not. Do the dream check, look around for any oddities and try to remember what you were doing before that moment. Do these with as much focus and meaningful attention as you can manage.

And that’s is all there is to this technique. It is simple but it will help you a lot on your Lucid Dreaming journey.

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