 All right, what's up guys? I'm gonna make a video about reality checks now a reality check is very important to lose a dreaming And first of all the way if you're new here, hi, I've seen a lot of new subscribers lately So I just want to say hello to you guys Anyway, back to the video reality checks are a way of testing whether you're awake or whether you're dreaming Okay, and they're very important if you want to learn how to control your dreams and Generally for being more aware during the day, you know, that's not just for lucid dreaming They also help you be more aware of, you know, what you're doing Because a lot of a lot of our lives and what we're going to spend on autopilot We don't really think about what we're doing. So The first reality check I'm going to show you is what's known as the finger palm push now This is probably the most effective one and by the way, if you're new to this, I know this kind of sounds a bit crazy I know that, you know It's very strange to think about, you know, because people think well I already know whether I'm awake or dreaming, but you don't really Otherwise you'd be lucid dreaming, right? Otherwise, you'll always be aware that you're dreaming while you're in the dream so the finger the finger palm push Is a very basic reality check in which you as the name suggests push your finger through your palm Um, but obviously in real life your finger won't go through your palm So the way it looks like is like this you have one hand here And this this hand obviously the other one you try and push your finger through the palm You really push against it and what you'll notice is that in in real life in reality You'll always feel the same resistance, you know, it's always going to Push back if you like, you know, it's always going to feel the same You're never going to be able to get your finger to go through your palm Um, and the idea is if you do that enough during the day if you do that often enough during the day Um in the dream, right? And this is the idea behind reality checks in the dream Um, you'll have like an echo of what you've been doing throughout the day So you'll actually find yourself doing that reality check again When you're already while you're already dreaming, okay? And normally your your conscious mind would be asleep during this process Uh, but because you're training yourself through reality checks to be aware of it Um, you actually get yourself right in the middle of that process So in layman's terms you wake up, but only your mind wakes up The rest of you stays asleep and you obviously remain in the dream So with this there's a really important distinction to make And that is just doing the action so that is in this case trying to push your finger through your palm And combining it with the question which is known as the The critical critical awareness or critical question, which is am I dreaming? And you need to really ask yourself this like as you're doing the reality check the finger through the palm Otherwise it won't really do anything, you know, you'll just be sort of Pushing your finger against your hand, which doesn't really get anything done So make sure that when you do this as with any reality check ask yourself am I dreaming look look around Sort of the environment you're in and ask yourself is this real, you know, is this Normal is anything weird going on? Am I Feeling okay really like pay attention to your awareness and to your senses as you're doing this Um, and then obviously when you do the action when you try and push your finger through the palm Really expect it to go through Every time you do it And what will happen is that inevitably when you do this in a dream If the finger will go through you'll ask yourself the question as like a sort of a habit by then am I dreaming And you'll conclude yes, I am dreaming and at that point you become lucid you wake up in the dream And you can control it and do pretty much whatever you want So really with a reality check all you have to do is Do something that you know would only have a certain result in the dream Do try and do something impossible Okay, so either try and push your finger through your hand or trying to pinch your nose and breathe through your nose Trying to you know jump up and jump and then float Um, these these sorts of things, you know trying to spin a spinning top and expect it to keep spinning just like an inception Anything that is impossible in waking life It is a good reality check, okay Obviously the more subtle ones are the ones you can do without people noticing So you don't get you know put into a padded room or anything because you're crazy So the best ones I find are either mental reality checks where you just look around And sort of mentally ask yourself, you know, is any of this weird? Is anything incongruent or anything like that? Or you can just do the subtle trying to push your fingers through your palm Pinch your nose and try and breathe through it those sorts of things And as long as you ask yourself, you know am I dreaming while you're doing these three reality checks When they come up in the dream They'll make you lucid, you know, you'll be able to control the dream and you'll be able to have fun. So That's really all you need to know about reality checks since the 2018 because There's a lot of content out there just showing you like the detail behind it and everything like that really all we need to know in order to have lucid dreams with reality checks is just Ask yourself the critical question am I dreaming? And whatever the action is the impossible action really expected to happen And then when it doesn't you can conclude that you're awake when it does you can conclude that you're lucid So I hope this has helped guys if you have enjoyed this video, please subscribe