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zachharmonic:
Have any of you taken a line from Inception and tried using an object to do RC's? My friend was telling me about him doing that last night and he was saying it worked out fairly well for him, he ended up getting lucid because of it. I'm going to start trying that today, anyone else have any experiences with this?

zachharmonic:
Following up on this, I usually never remember to do RC's and today I must have done at least 20. So, this seems like it should work, for me at least  :D

iadr:

--- Quote from: zachharmonic on August 12, 2011, 07:53:55 PM ---Following up on this, I usually never remember to do RC's and today I must have done at least 20. So, this seems like it should work, for me at least  :D

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Most people are probably like you zachharmonic and hardly ever remember to do reality checks. If the thing you are using for your object is something that you often dream about, then this will probably work very well.

zachharmonic:
I've never had a dream about it, I actually just found it today in a bag I meant to take to school. But I figure if I keep it on me at all times and spin it (It's a top) arbitrarily, with the connotation of it being a RC then I should dream about it eventually?

Rebel Seven:
I have a necklace that I sort of use as a "Totem," not as a reality check but as a kind of power up in dreams.

In my daytime meditation I "imbue" the necklace with positive energy. When in the dream (after becoming lucid) I can rely on the necklace as an energy boost in the interest of Dream Control. This has worked wonders for me, in fact I haven't had to use it in quite a while because my control improved so readily with the use of it.

Hope this is helpful!

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