I stumbled accidentally upon the benefit of mirrors in lucid dreams.
I was having a very ordinary dream about dancing ballet and I seemed to be simultaneously watching or videotaping myself dancing, or watching myself in the mirror. As I watched myself dance, I became simultaneously aware of having an effect on my motions and that self-awareness served to rocket me to lucidity. The effect this has on me is usually to make me feel pretty giddy, like a kid in school, which no doubt hurts the lucidity too but it feels so darn cool.
Anyways, after that any lucid dreams I had, I would run to a mirror. Watching myself in the mirror, with an occasional quick glance at the hands before they start melting, served to extend the avg time of lucidity from.. waking mere seconds after going lucid, to being lucid for several minutes and even lapsing back into a dream. (Which had never happened to me before) It's hard to fight the giddy reaction though, and the urge to make faces at myself. Also, I noticed that one night my reflection looked very tired and sickly indeed so I didn't really try to play around, because the reflection was also indicative of how I was feeling that day.
Anyways, it was then that I started reading here in the forum about the use of mirrors in lucid dreams to help turn it into an OBE. I was intrigued by this.. I had tried Robert Bruce's shopping mall method before and only lapsed back into dreaming, getting too distracted by the feeling that I was on a mission at the mall that wasn't associated with OBE-ing. I just think I'd have better luck with mirrors since I already associate that with lucidity.
So... if I understand this correctly... you look in a mirror, envision some scenery in it, then step through into the scenery? Anything else that you need to do?
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