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    Thankful

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    CanisLucidus
    , 11-04-2013 at 07:03 PM (914 Views)
    Color legend: Non-dream Dream Lucid

    Lucid #158: Thankful

    Wife and I are starting a company that will manufacture a brand new type of video game console. I'm standing in the middle of a park with her while we pitch the idea to about a half dozen investors while they ask us questions about it. Wife's doing all the talking and I'm impressed with how well she's presenting the idea.

    The console is apparently based entirely around a light gun. (Think Duck Hunt from the old Nintendo Entertainment System days.) We present several potential light gun designs, all of which have very kiddie designs. One even has a little plastic teddy bear sitting on top.

    Wife is going over the details of how we stack up against our competitors when I see my friend "CV" about fifty feet away, looking around. I believe she's come to support us so I walk up to greet her. There's a glass tip jar nearby which supporters of our project can shove money into.

    CV puts two dollars in the jar and I thank her. "I think this project is going to be a huge success," she says, explaining why she contributed money.

    I respond, "It's only money, right?"

    For some reason she finds this hilarious. "My husband doesn't see money that way! But he'll spend money on... <can't recall this part>" I thank her again and walk back toward where Wife is giving her presentation, but now she and the investors have vanished. I feel terrible, thinking that I've been gone so long Wife had to finish everything up without me and it looks like I rudely walked out on the meeting. Fortunately,     I realize that it's all a dream.

    I begin walking along a path in the park and take a moment to look over my left shoulder. A beautiful sunset is taking shape over the trees and the rooftops near the park. That means I'm walking north.

    Far ahead of me on the path I see two ladies in their late 60s. They look almost exactly alike, with wild hair and somewhat thick glasses. Their appearance reminds me a bit of Professor Trelawney from Harry Potter. I remember the Task of the Month about asking a DC what they're thankful for. I become distressed for a moment that these DCs are too far away and I'll have trouble reaching them. I focus my vision on the two DCs and then imagine myself "zooming in" toward where they are. Immediately I'm standing right in front of them.

    "Hi! What are you thankful for?" I say, my words a bit of a nervous, hurried jumble.

    One lady immediately answers, "Youthful <something>."

    "Youthful what?" I ask. "Can you say it again?"

    "Youthful reef," she says firmly.

    Huh? "What is 'youthful reef'?"

    "It's an activity," she answers. Oh wait, is she talking about Task of the Year Australia? Should I be doing that one next? I thank her and keep walking along the path. The dream feels like it has thinned out, though, and I am soon in the void.

    I rub my hands together and keep moving forward, trying to stay relaxed. After perhaps 20 seconds I get the sensation of my feet walking through desert sand. It feels like a scene might be taking shape, but a sudden gust of wind catches me hard on the left side. I feel like I'm losing my balance and become fearful. I mentally decide that I don't feel any wind at all and it quickly dies down.

    Unfortunately, at the same time I also lose connection with the ground and now it feels like my feet are no longer walking but flailing at empty air. I keep trying for a while but eventually lose connection with the dream and     wake up.
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    Comments

    1. fogelbise's Avatar
      You basically said you were going to go for an LD last night, and sure enough you had one! Nice CL!
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    2. Highlander's Avatar
      Congrats on TOTM.

      "Youthful reef," she says firmly.
      It is a good job she didn't say 'reefer!'
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    3. CanisLucidus's Avatar
      @fogelbise - Thanks, man! It worked out! I think that reading about the adventures of a certain lucid dreaming astronaut yesterday helped get me in just the right frame of mind!

      @Highlander - LOL. Bemistaken said the exact same thing. That is so funny. The lady did after all say "It's an activity!"
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    4. NyxCC's Avatar
      Congrats on the ld and TOTM!

      Really cool trick with the zoom in movement. You never stop to impress! Also, I liked how you completely ignored the wind and made it disappear. Awesome!
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    5. CanisLucidus's Avatar
      Thank you, Nyx! The zoom in trick is one that I picked up a long time ago from Robert Waggoner in his "Gateway to the Inner Self" book. I really, really need to remember it more often, particularly when I see something on the distant horizon that I badly want to get to. Flying there is fun, too, don't get me wrong, but sometimes you just want to blitz your way there to get to the next thing! It's perfect for that.

      Oh, it also comes in handy for shrinking down! I did that before a long time ago. It's really quite a cool way to bend the rules in a way that flows so nicely with dream logic.

      And thanks on the wind... that is my old nemesis, so I'm glad that I'm at least getting a little better at dispelling it.

      I swear, I've learned so much dream control from talking with you guys on the DJs!
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    6. Bubble's Avatar
      The zoom in trick is great. I recall a friend of mine talking about how he focuses on a point in order to teleport there. What he was talking about must be similar. I've never done it myself, but I want to try.

      I'm impressed by how well you tend to handle the void. I've never really thought about trying to continue to simply shuffle through it until I'm simply somewhere else. I've tried everything else - I think I'll try that, next.
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    7. CanisLucidus's Avatar
      The zoom in trick is great. I recall a friend of mine talking about how he focuses on a point in order to teleport there. What he was talking about must be similar. I've never done it myself, but I want to try.
      Agreed! After I read it in Waggoner and talked with Xanous about it a bit, I had to try it for myself. It worked very well the first time that I tried it and I bet that it will for you too! There's something very natural about "zooming in" to a spot in order to get greater detail. Once you do that, I think it's easy for your mind to assume that you're already there.

      I'm impressed by how well you tend to handle the void. I've never really thought about trying to continue to simply shuffle through it until I'm simply somewhere else. I've tried everything else - I think I'll try that, next.
      Thank you! It took me such a long time to get comfortable with the void, but when I finally realized that it was just one more type of dream scene, I felt much more relaxed about it. And its formlessness, something that once seemed kind of threatening, actually now seems empowering. There's no pre-existing scene that I have to fight through the change anything.

      I definitely recommend the hand-rubbing as a starter. After that, you've got so many possibilities! Lately I've been excited about trying a swimming motion since I want to go for the Australia Task of the Year in the Great Barrier Reef. Good luck with your void play!
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    8. NyxCC's Avatar
      Thank you, Nyx! The zoom in trick is one that I picked up a long time ago from Robert Waggoner in his "Gateway to the Inner Self" book. I really, really need to remember it more often, particularly when I see something on the distant horizon that I badly want to get to. Flying there is fun, too, don't get me wrong, but sometimes you just want to blitz your way there to get to the next thing! It's perfect for that.

      Oh, it also comes in handy for shrinking down! I did that before a long time ago. It's really quite a cool way to bend the rules in a way that flows so nicely with dream logic.
      Excellent application of a seemingly unknown tech then. You know I believe we have done tons of things while non-lucid, but the challenge is noticing how they happen and then being able to execute them while lucid. I even think I've got this zoom in on record in a few non-lds, but haven't tried it so far. Once again you are tempting me to add another thing to those all over the place "things to try" notes. Shrinking? Now, you totally got me here... That's so cool! How the heck did you do that? I know, I know...hard to explain. The key is intending...then something clicks. Yeah...fascinating stuff!

      I swear, I've learned so much dream control from talking with you guys on the DJs!
      I love those discussions! There are still so many ideas I want to try out, just need to extend my ld lenght a bit. Interstingly, related to Bubble's post, I destroyed another lucid with the void today. That got me thinking even more. I am really enthusiastic about playing with it in the future. I now use my mini visualization sessions to also think about dreams. Hope to come up with testable explanations eventually.
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    9. CanisLucidus's Avatar
      Excellent application of a seemingly unknown tech then. You know I believe we have done tons of things while non-lucid, but the challenge is noticing how they happen and then being able to execute them while lucid. I even think I've got this zoom in on record in a few non-lds, but haven't tried it so far. Once again you are tempting me to add another thing to those all over the place "things to try" notes. Shrinking? Now, you totally got me here... That's so cool! How the heck did you do that? I know, I know...hard to explain. The key is intending...then something clicks. Yeah...fascinating stuff!
      Ha ha, yeah, believe me do I get you about having a million "things to try" notes! And each "thing to try" often takes several... well, tries! I tell you, I need at least 5 lucids a night if I am going to start making serious progress on that list.

      My best explanation for the shrinking was that I visually "zoomed in" on the object. Just thought I'm going to look at that from up close. Google Maps and its zoom is a pretty good model, probably. And then I just assumed my size changed along with my field of view, and of course if I believed it, the dream world believed it.

      Here's the LD where I did, way back in February it looks like. Paigeyemps cameo too, ha ha... The Scorpion - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

      I love those discussions! There are still so many ideas I want to try out, just need to extend my ld lenght a bit. Interstingly, related to Bubble's post, I destroyed another lucid with the void today. That got me thinking even more. I am really enthusiastic about playing with it in the future. I now use my mini visualization sessions to also think about dreams. Hope to come up with testable explanations eventually.
      Oh now I really want to know more! I've been teased!! I won't be able to stop trying to figure out what you've got planned.
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    10. NyxCC's Avatar
      Wow, CL! That Scorpio dream is absolutely hilarious! I liked that it's like a story from beginning to the end. Very funny and enjoyable read, mini Pagey and zooming in/shrinking and the sand becoming like rocks. Cool!

      And about the teasing, those things with the visualization take some time to develop, but I am trying to be as consistent as possible. Will share as soon as there are any results.
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    11. CanisLucidus's Avatar
      Thanks, Nyx, it really was a fun one! Just goes to show that even the lucids where my IQ isn't the highest I can still have a good time!

      Cool, I can't wait to hear how your experiments go. It's great that you're always into something new and reaching for new abilities. Makes stagnation impossible!
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