My present theory is that dreaming is an active, tho unconscious, deed. So step 1 is to make the unconscious, conscious. And then step 2 is to stop dreaming.
More mundane examples : Turn off the movie. Quit the game. Close the book. Alarm clock goes off.
But that’s just me. I want to hear your opinions on this subject.
I remember a dream as a kid, I was trying to read a poster on the wall, but the letters were blurry and/or gibberish. I kept trying to get closer to the poster and focus so I could read it, and in all my struggling to see, I opened my eyes for real. Im still pissed I never found out what the poster said.
“Be sure to drink your Ovaltine.”
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
It didn’t say anything because your brain didn’t know what to put in that text, it just knew there should be text there.
Was likely a lucid dream, can’t you not read in those
It wasn’t lucid, I didn’t know it was a dream until I woke up. I have had lucid dreams before though. They are a blast.