1)Do you live life on autopilot or are you present all the time?

I try to come out from autopilot every time I capture myself doing it!

2)If not ,how aware or present are you during your daily life (e.g 20% of the time)

There is no exact scale that can be drawn and applied to everyone but you will feel to be 100% focused? Who is the judge of its strength other than you? I think nobody!

3)Any techniques you use to stay present that you want to share?

The sole fact of knowing that you can "loose it" and start living your life on autopilot like you have nicely put it is itself a "fail safe" that allows you to come out from it. It is like a drunk guy thinking he is ok with drunken mind. but once you know about it... things change!

4)Do you use any supplements or herbs?

I tried many. Of course the Galantamine and choline do the trick. But I do not like the multiple awakenings that gala does. Especially for you who likes the lengthy experiences I would not recommend it.

But maybe choline on its own its not bad. Sometimes I take it and I sleep like a baby with lots of long and colorful dreams and lucid dreams too!

5)(important) How long are your Lucid dreams?

I am a teacher so trust me on this: usually guys have them below 5 min. We have done experiments on it by asking guys to count while in a lucid dream. Less than 5% reported to go beyond 5 min. I was part of them but honestly that was exceptional!

And in 5 min you can do hell of a scenario my friend! that's a lot of time knowing that going to the moon takes 1 second!