A double bluff I see ! The British Government <| sep |> Yeah dude . I went to a private school then a selective public school . At both I saw ridiculous amounts of bullying going on in front of staff . Not once did I see any of them even try to intervene . I even saw some participate . <| sep |> Why is it on fire <| sep |> Confirmed XIV mimicsDark Souls mimics . Jesus . <| sep |> Nice , mine is Zen HeadbuttPsychic but I figure it will evolve into blissey soon so it ' s not that big of a deal . <| sep |> You seem to be in a pretty good place in terms of results and expectations of ongoing effort . You will find different opinions on the subject of daytime awareness work . A vocal minority thinks it ' s all BS , others believe it is critical . I ' m in the latter camp to be lucid on a regular basis at night , we need to be lucid on a regular basis during the day . It ' s common sense , backed up by the hundredsthousands of years of LD practice by the Tibetan dream and sleep yoga practitioners , the original onpurpose lucid dreamers who gave us the notions of daytime visualization of dreams , setting strong intent at bedtime and every time when falling asleep MILD , basically , dream recall , WBTB , WILD , awareness work , and much more . Our dreaming self is our waking self , with the added baggage of the physiological impairments of access to memory and a foggy awareness common to the dream state . Develop a much higher awareness in waking life , and you will carry this higher base level of awareness into the dream state as well . If you live your waking life on autopilot , reacting mindlessly to the day ' s experiences without reflection , you will live your dreams in the same way . To be sure , lucidity requires a perfect storm of conditions and preparation , all coming together , which takes planning and intent to carry out . It always seems to require effort , both in noticing wakings during the night , and in awareness work during the day . Everyone needs to find their own path to balance all these things . The great thing about mindfulness is that it is not just for lucid dreaming . It benefits your waking life just as much as your dreaming life . So you don ' t have that baggage of doing all this just for dreaming . It doesn ' t take thinking about LDing all day , but having the subject on your mind does help , clearly , as this is a form of incubation . If you ' re never thinking about LDing during the day , odds are you won ' t be thinking about it in dreams , either . I believe a holistic approach is the strongest people who try to live one way autopilot , nonreflective , lowawareness , nonmindful during the day , and hope to have a bright , strong , stable , lucid awareness at night during dreams are the ones who are fooling themselves . To be sure , WBTB , SSILD , DEILD , and all the ILDs have their place and add extra chances for lucidity . But being a lucid person , 24 x 7 , exercising selfawareness , reflection , and memory as much as you can , will additionally increase the chances , considerably . It will also lead to much more satisfying , vivid life experiences , both waking and dreaming . Yes , it is a life long effort , but it ' s well worth it . Only you can decide if it ' s worth it to you .