side notes

My strategy for this month is simply using autosuggestion-telling myself what I want to dream about and then going to sleep. My strategy for dream control is making commands for what I want to happen. Lazy month! I'll keep track of how I do here:
1-0 LD
2-0 LD
3-1 LD (Caught FA)
4-1 LD (DILD)
5-0 LD
6-1 LD (DILD)
7-0 LD
8-0 LD
9-0 LD
10-2 LD (2 DILDs)
11-3 LD (2 Caught FA, DILD)
12-1 LD (DILD)
13-0 LD
14-1 LD (Caught FA)
15-0 LD
16-1 LD (Caught FA)
17-1 LD (Caught FA)
18-1 LD (WILD)
19-1 LD (WILD)
20-1 LD (DILD)
21-0 LD
22-1 LD (Caught FA)
23-2 LDs (2 DEILDs)
24-1 LD (DEILD)
25-2 LDs (DILD, DEILD)
26-2 LDs (2 DEILDs)
27-3 LDs (Caught FA, DILD, DEILD)
28-1 LD (DILD)
29-0 LD
30-1 LD (DILD)
31-0 LD

Last month I wanted to see how I would do if I only looked at my alarm clock to LD. I stuck with it for most of the month and had 34 LDs, 11 of which were caught FAs. I'm happy with this but I know I can do better if I weren't so lazy. This month I won't be as lazy.

I'll try this routine this month:

1.When I go to bed, I'll remind myself of my dream goal and go to sleep.
2.When I notice an awakening, I'll try to see through my closed eyelids for a few seconds in attempt to catch FAs or induce DEILDs.
3.If no more LD, I'll recall what proof of dreaming I missed during the dream and write it down.
4.For each proof of dreaming I missed, I'll reimagine that part of the dream again, only with me become lucid, telling myself that when this happens again, I'll become lucid. When I have a lucid dream, I'll analyze my dream control and try to learn from my mistakes.
5.Repeat 1-4 until the night is over.

1-2 LD (Caught FA, DILD)
2-0 LD
3-0 LD
4-1 LD (Caught FA)
5-0 LD
6-3 LD (Caught FA, 2 DILDs)
7-1 LD (Caught FA)
8-1 LD (DILD)
9-2 LD (Caught FA, DILD)
10-1 LD (Caught FA)
11-2 LD (2 DILDs)
12-0 LD
13-2 LD (2 Caught FAs)
14-0 LD
15-2 LD (Caught FA, DILD)
16-1 LD (Caught FA)
17-0 LD
18-2 LD (2 DILDs)
19-0 LD
20-0 LD
21-1 LD (Caught FA)
22-0 LD
23-1 LD (Caught FA)
24-0 LD
25-0 LD
26-1 LD (DEILD)
27-0 LD
28-2 LDs (2 Caught FAs)
29-2 LDs (2 Caught FAs)
30-4 LDs (2 Caught FAs, 2 DILDs)
31-0 LDs

I want to see what happens if I completely depend on catching my natural FAs to have LDs. To LD, all I'm doing is looking at my alarm clock every time I wake up.

1-2 LDs (Caught FA, WILD)
2-3 LDs (Caught FA, 2 DILDs)
3-1 LD (DILD)
4-0 LD
5-2 LD (Caught FA, DILD)
6-0 LD
7-0 LD
8-1 LD (DILD)
9-2 LD (Caught FA, DILD)
10-0 LD
11-2 LD (DILD, WILD)
12-0 LD
13-0 LD
14-0 LD
15-0 LD
16-3 LD (Caught FA, 2 DILDs)
17-3 LD (Caught FA, 2 DILDs)
18-1 LD (DILD)
19-0 LD
20-2 LD (DILD, DEILD)
21-2 LD (Caught FA, DILD)
22-0 LD
23-1 LD (Caught FA)
24-1 LD (WILD)
25-0 LD
26-1 LD (DILD)
27-1 LD (DILD)
28-1 LD (DEILD)
29-2 LDs (Caught FA, DILD)
30-3 LDs (2 Caught FA, DEILD)

I've been having success with autosuggestion again as I'm trying to come out of an extended period with less LDs than usual.

The technique I'm trying is simply making my dream goal my last thought before I fall into unconscious sleep.

I had 4 LDs last night to reach #1000!

RelaxAndDream asked about this LD so I'll share it in case anybody else is curious about it.

I woke up from a dream and heard a child in my room screaming some nonsense. The little (Caribbean?) girl came up to me to where I could see a part of her from under my blanket. I tried to get up but could barely move. I asked her to pull the blanket for me so I could see. She pulled the blanket to reveal a male adult dc beside her covered with white make-up it seemed. I asked his name out of curiosity and he said something I couldn't understand. I asked which country he was from as he spoke with a bit of an accent. He said he was from France and Costa Rica. I woke up.

So, yeah, my 1000th LD was less special that I was hoping it would be. That's okay, though! I had plans to summon and eat a cake and then summon and ride a dolphin in search of a cave to explore, but barely being able to move and being distracted by DCs made a dent in those plans.

5 more LDs and I'll be up to 365 for the year. It's been about 3 in a quarter years since I joined Dream views. When I joined, my LD count was at 20.

As far as LD technique, I've gone back to simply setting my dream control intention and then staring at the blackness behind my eyelids until I start dreaming. With this, I had and caught 3 FAs last night. I've had multiple LDs the last few nights after a dry November and start of December so I'm excited about the future. I really want to get better at dream control and stabilization, though. It's kind of frustrating!

Dreaming has been good lately. I had 4 DILDs last night. They were short though because I decided to do sexy stuff. I'll try to focus my attention back to Dreamer's dare of though of meeting the statue of the Commendatore and having him lead me on an adventure through hell.

I've been able to summon the graveyard a couple of times and met with the statue once but haven't been able to get past that. When I met with the statue he didn't lead me to hell, he led me through a city. I need to take charge of my dreams and tell that dc, "No, we're not going downtown, we're going to hell!"

Non-Dream
Dream
Lucid

I recently had the longest dry spell I've had in a while. I think it lasted over a week. There was even a few days where I couldn't remember any dreams at all! So, I had to start all over from the beginning. First I had to figure out how to fall asleep which is the first step of lucid dreaming for me. I remembered, to fall asleep its best that I simply focus on relaxing my body and my mind. Once I figured out again how to fall asleep, my recall jumped back up to 3-5 dreams a night. With my recall back, I had to figure out how to become lucid. I went back to autosuggestion as my technique, telling myself before sleeping that I would simply try my best during the night to become lucid. If I become lucid, great! If I don't, I tried my best.

Then, one dream, I was on a golf course in the hills. I was at the tee of a spectacular hole. A dogleg right par 5 with huge waterfalls beyond the hole. I flew to the corner of the dogleg to see the green several hundred feet below next to the ocean at sea level. I woke up, and while thinking about the dream, I suddenly found myself back in the dream and became lucid. I jumped off the cliff and flew to the left to find some flat land. I told myself I was going to let myself land. I hit the ground on my feet and skidded a bit on the gravelly ground before stopping. Then, I uncontrollably started to float in the air but again told myself I'm going to let myself fall down and land. I remembered my goal of getting a girl to kiss me. I looked around and saw several DCs walking around. I found a middle aged woman with dark hair. I asked her to give me a hug and she gave me a hug. I asked her to give me a kiss and she kissed me on the cheek. Then, I put my hand behind my back and called for my crush. There she was, short with medium length blond hair. She looked 20 years older but, whatever. Immediately I felt her hand and turned around. I asked her to give me a kiss and she kissed me on the cheek. Then, I asked for another kiss. She questioned this but gave me another kiss on the cheek. Then, we gave each other a few kisses on the lips. Satisfied, I left and walked around a bit, having no goal in mind. I danced a short tango with a very short DC before deciding I was done with the dream and woke up.

This was the most satisfying lucid I've had in a while. I had been either waking up before I could get to the girl or had been getting refused by the girls. But, now I feel I'm back on track and am ready to have some good fun again.

Non Dream
Dream
Lucid

I've written out the nighttime routine I created. I'm trying to set it in stone, so to speak.

1.Fall asleep trying to think about as little as possible.
2.Upon becoming lucid, make sure the dream is vivid. If it's not, make it vivid by rubbing hands, looking around and focusing on details while saying "stabilize". Try to remember to keep it vivid during the dream.
3.Upon waking, attempt to DEILD by making the ringing in the ears as loud as possible.
4.If DEILDing fails, stay still and mentally back track as far back as the dream could be remembered.
5.Write down the dream in as much detail as I can going forward. Assess whether to get a snack or drink.
6.Repeat 1-5 until it's time to get up.
7.Type dreams in online Dream journal.

I'll keep a dream count going for the entire month to see how well the routine works. It seems to work well for me. I'm going to try to write down all of my dreams this month. My goal for the month 75 dreams, 20 of them lucid.

Dream #1-I was walking through a suburban neighborhood towards a somewhat elaborate one story home. I walked through the backyard of their house, through a side door, and through a quaint kitchen to find my niece and nephew. I asked my nephew how his trip to Santa Cruz was. He seemed to enjoy it. My attention turned to the television in the living room. On it was what looked like a commercial for a baseball glove. It showed a second baseman making great plays would the glove. He described the glove as being a 12 (out of 10, I suppose). The end of the commercial turned to slapstick comedy as it showed the second baseman and the glove quickly growing proportionately. Then the player threw another player through a distant mountain. I found the stupidity of this amusing. I woke up.

Lucid #1-I was in my bed when I felt something brushing me. I tried to do a nose plug but I couldn't move my arm. "Obviously, I'm dreaming", I thought. Next thing I know, I'm flying in the night on the broom that was brushing me. I quickly found that I could fly higher if I brushed the broom downwards. I saw a pool complex that looked familiar somehow, but I decided I wanted to fly to the ocean. I flew a bit higher and looked from it. I conveniently found I was just about flying over it. I dove into the moon lit water. Immediately I could see dolphins swimming around as usual. My plan was to ride one and transform into it. Out of the corner of my eye a spotted one that looked like it was going to pass me. I reached out my right hand and grabbed it's dorsal fin as it passed by. I got onto it's back and hugged it to hold on. The feeling of it's silky skin was incredible. I started to lose the dream at this point but could still feel it's skin. I tried to hold on to the dream like I was holding onto the dolphin. All of a sudden, the dolphin started biting me, it didn't like being held. My dream logic told me maybe if I let the dolphin eat me, I'll transform into it. I let the dolphin bite my arm off. The next thing I know, I can't move my arms or legs. Completely spent, I wanted to wake up. The scene changed to me being in a Japanese arcade. I was taunting a couple of kids at a game, explaining to them I wanted to wake up. I woke up.

Dream #3-On a hilly open field next to an amusement park, there was an explosion which started a fire. Fire trucks rushed to the scene to put out the blaze. As I was watching this near the fence, a camel walked by. Since it was on higher ground than I was, I was a bit concerned it would poop on me. Next thing I remember, I was in the amusement park with a new backpack watching a mine train roller coaster. A boy asked me if I could guard row 8 for him. We then decided we would ride together. I woke up before we got the chance.

I'm going to add all the LD's I remember before I registered for Dreamviews. There were 19 different lucid dreams I remembered where I was completely sure I was lucid. I'll also add 1 lucid I've had since registering that I didn't count originaly and one I had a couple nights ago. I will only add to my lucid count if I'm completely sure that the dream was a lucid dream and if I am lucid for more than a few seconds in that dream. I believe these changes will result in the most accurate count. In the future I will also be posting only my more memorable and interesting lucids. I might make a couple changes in the layout of future entries as well. I feel doing these things will result in a better experience for those who choose the view my dreams.

Hopefully I'll be able to post lucid #41 after tonight!

I almost had success but ended up not having any last night. Counting my breaths helped me become completely relaxed and still while also keeping my awareness level where it needs to be. My first dream I was instantly aware I was dreaming. The only problem was I was also half awake! I realized this as I was started to stabilize and ended up just waking up. I found it tough to sleep as I couldn't find a comfortable position and I believe I was anticipating the dream too much rather than going to sleep naturally. Regardless of this, I still managed to enter sleep paraysis to enter another dream! I was not lucid however because as my dream started, my tv (which was turned off) was blaring loud with baseball commentary. I immediately rushed to turn the tv volume off and therefore forgot to stabilize which quickly ended the dream.

So, I make some adjustments-

Adjusted technique-
1.During my day, practice all day awareness and work on my visualization when I can.
2.Wait until I naturally yawn to go to bed. Review my dream goals in my dream journal.
3.Lie in my bed and clear my mind. Once mind is clear, take 10 deep breaths while mentally counting each one.
4.Lie on my side, close my eyes, take 10 more deep breaths while counting each one.
5.Take 290 slow breaths, trying to relax my body and mind more with each one. Count each breath as well. If I lose count, I get up from bed, work to increase my awareness and start over.
6.Think,"The next thing I see will be a dream" and go to sleep normally. Think, "The next thing I see will be a dream" if my mind starts to wander.
7.When I enter a dream, look at my hands and say,"stabilize now". Increase clarity if neccesary by saying "increase clarity".
8.Say, "This is my dream, I'm in control, and anything's possible."
9.Stabilize every minute or so by rubbing my hands and saying, "stabilize now, anything's possible".
10.While in my dream try to keep control of my emotions.
11.When I wake up, lie on my back with my eyes closed and mentally gather all the details of my dream. Slowly get up and write down dream in dream journal.
12.Repeat steps 3-11 if still tired. If not, go back to step 1 and repeat.

I also need to work on finding a comfortable and consistant position to sleep in. Working on these adjustments, I'm sure I'll find success tonight!

Throughout the last few days, my technique has been working reasonably well. But, seeing some flaws in my technique, I want to make it better. My main flaws are that some nights I'm too mentally tired and therefore lack the awareness to get lucid, in my dreams I lack control, and occasionally my dreams will end because I lose control over my emotions, usually due to frustration. I revised my technique somewhat to address these flaws. I believe it will work. If it doesn't I could go back to my old technique. This new technique is designed to help me consistantly find the proper awareness to get lucid in my dreams and to improve my dream control and stablity. It's perhaps a bit extreme but I believe I could be consistant with it.

My Technique
1.During my day, practice all day awareness and work on my visualization when I can.
2.Wait until I naturally yawn to go to bed. Review my dream goals in my dream journal.
3.Lie in my bed and clear my mind. Once mind is clear, take 10 deep breaths while mentally counting each one.
4.Lie on my side, close my eyes, take 10 more deep breaths while counting each one.
5.Take 290 slow breaths, trying to relax my body and mind more with each one. Count each breath as well. If I lose count, I get up from bed, work to increase my awareness and start over.
6.Think,"The next thing I see will be a dream".
7.Think,"Here comes the dream" in between breaths until the dream starts.
8.Look at my hands and say,"stabilize now". Increase clarity if neccesary by saying "increase clarity".
9.Say, "This is my dream, I'm in control, and anything's possible."
10.Stabilize every minute or so by rubbing my hands and saying, "stabilize now, anything's possible".
11.While in my dream try to keep control of my emotions.
12.When I wake up, lie on my back with my eyes closed and mentally gather all the details of my dream. Slowly get up and write down dream in dream journal.
13.Repeat steps 3-12 if still tired. If not, go back to step 1 and repeat.


My dream goals right now is simply improving my teleporting, summoning, and telekinesis skills in baby steps. I've already mastered flying.

I found out the girl I refered too in Lucid #5 quit her job! That makes me want to summon her even more. Luckily my work still has a good depth of attractive young female co-workers to keep my eyes happy, so to speak.

I've already yawned while writing this. Time to go to bed!

Commentary-
So, yesterday I carried out the adjusted technique I explained yesterday. Falling asleep seemed easier and smoother with the visualization techniques. Prior to my first two awakenings I had strange dreams-random sounds but no visuals at all. The second awakening was disappointing because I was excited to find myself in sleep paralysis but I couldn't DEILD because the tv was on! So I turned the tv off, went to sleep and the fun began...

Lucid #2-
I almost immediately recognized I was dreaming when I found myself in a dark empty living room at night with a random child with me. "Do you want to play?" he asks. "How about golf!" I suggest. "Okay," he says. So, I go outside, pick up speed and jump up to fly, leaving the poor kid behind. As I start to gain some elevation, I look around at my surrondings. At first, there seemed to quite a lack of detail in the layout of the area with just a single light for each of the homes in a grid like pattern. But, as I see some skyscrapers for the downtown area, I find myself landing there as the buildings start to increase in detail immensely. Soon I was surronded with beautiful architecture everywhere. Inexplicabily I found myself walking down a street in similar in layout to Market Street in San Francisco heading towards Embargadero Street in daylight. Only, this city looked different as it was a tropical oceanfront city. As I approached what would be Embaragadero Street I simply hopped right over it. I hopped around a couple more times, testing this ability. There was a party type atmospere with a lot of people at a plaza type area I found myself at. I walked to the left and saw at a shaded oceanfront park a long line of pairs of people getting ready for what looked like a water balloon fight. After presumably a go signal the water balloon fight began. Some people were holding grocery bag sized water balloons which their partner simply poked with a pin or scissors. The dream ended as I was viewing this.

Commentary-
So, the technique worked just as I had planned. I trained my mind to differentaite the waking world from the dreaming world so I was almost immediately lucid when I had the dream. I didn't have to do any reality checks. If my earlier dreams this morning had visuals, I might have been lucid in those as well.

The tv habit really has to end.

After my lucid dream I tried to go to sleep again but couldn't. As I was relaxing and visualizing, I started to get hungry. Since I convinced myself anything was possible when I was in dream mode, I visualized myself eating a bowl of cinnamon roll flavored oatmeal. My hunger went away!

Prior to my lucid dream, when I was visualizing to relax myself, I imagined going to sleep at night at Santa Cruz Beach and occasionally at a tropical beach in daytime. This probably had an effect on my lucid dream as it started at night and ended at a tropical city in daylight. I've heard about dream incubation but I haven't read about yet. I'll be sure to today. Hopefully, my technique will continue to work!

Commentary-
Last night I tried to go to sleep later so I could fall asleep easier while repeating my mantra. It didn't work. It's seeming increasingly likely my lucid dream a few nights ago was more a chance occurance than a product of the technique I used. I did have a very short non lucid though so that's better than nothing!

Non Lucid Dream-
I was watching a Giants baseball game on tv when the announcers went to a commercial break. Instead of going to a commercial though, the screen went black but I could still here the announcers talking to each other as if the television crew was having technical difficulty...)

Commentary-
Which is interesting as my technique for lucid dreaming was having technical difficulty! My mind probably tied that with my excitement for how well the Giants are doing. Some dream interpretation there!

I took a nice bath today and was thinking about what I could do enhance my technique. My technique as it is right now isn't working. By repeating "I'm dreaming, I'm trying to put my mind into dreaming mode as I'm sleeping but I still not lucid. Thats when I had an aha! moment!

I'm not lucid in my dreams because my mind can't differentiate the waking world from the dreaming world when I'm asleep. If I'm thinking "I'm dreaming" at night when I want to be in dream mode, when I'm awake during the day I should be thinking "I'm awake" when I'm in awake mode! That way over time I can train my mind to differentiate the waking world from the dreaming world so I could become lucid every night.

Also the essence of dream control seems to be completely believing that anything is possible. So I should train myself to believe anything is possible when I'm in dreaming mode.

I know that when I'm repeating "I'm dreaming" at night in between breaths I can't go to sleep. This is because I need to relax more.

So a new technique forms. I believe the logic behind the following technique is promising so I'm pretty sure it will work eventually.

My adjusted technique-
This technique is an all day cycle. When I wake up, I do a reality check to make sure I'm awake. Then I write my dreams in my dream journal. As soon as I done with my dream journal I think "I'm awake", enter "awake" mode and I start my day. As I'm in "awake" mode, as much as possible, I take slow breaths and in between my breaths, I think "I'm awake". As soon as my day is over, I relax and make sure my mind is clear. When I'm relaxed and I'm just about to close my eyes to go to sleep think when "I close my eyes to enter dreaming mode, anything is possible". I close my eyes and take deep breaths at first thinking "I'm dreaming" in between breaths. I take deep breaths until I feel completely relaxed. Then I switch to slow soft breaths still thinking "I'm dreaming" in between breaths. If I still have trouble going to sleep doing this I visually transport myself to the most relaxing location possible and continue with slow, soft breaths until I go to sleep. Then I hopefully lucid dream at will all night! When I think I'm awake, I do a reality check to make sure I'm awake and the cycle continues until I become proficent at lucid dreaming. If I need to work on my dream control, when I have time, I will relax and think "As I enter dreaming mode, anything is possible". I will then work on my visualization and daydreaming thinking "I'm dreaming" in between slow soft breaths. When I'm finished, I'll think "I'm awake".

I seems simple enough that I can be consistant with it every day. Hopefully, I see some results!

No dreams for me last night! Last night was just a bad night for recall. I was ampted up and excited going to bed to try to induce another lucid dream. It also didn't help that it was one of my days off and I got less exercise than usual which might have impacted my recall as well. I still have the habit of going to sleep with the tv on which I read also impacts recall. I went to bed trying hard to induce a lucid dream repeatedly thinking "I'm dreaming" which probably impacted my recall as well. As I said in my first entry-no recall equals no lucid dreams. So I make some adjustments.

I'll lay this out to make it more clear

Reasons for poor recall-
1.Not as tired as I should have been
2.TV habit
3.intense repeated thinking creating tension, making it more difficult to go to sleep.

Adjustments-
1.Got a lot more exercise today, being a busy work day as a waiter. I should get more exercise on off days too that way I'm tired when I go to bed. I should also use yawns as a cue to go to sleep.
2.TV off
3.Rather than simply thinking "I'm dreaming" repeatly, I will only think "I'm dreaming" in between slow breaths. This should also help me to go to sleep. Rather than trying to force a lucid dream with repeated thoughts alone, I'll focus on the technique rather than the lucid dream itself to induce the lucid dream.


I've also been experimenting with a new sleep position designed to "lock" my body in a comfortable position bringing WILDs and DEILDS into play. I find I can keep my lower body still by interlocking my kneecaps and my upper body relativily still by putting my hands in a praying position and resting them on my forehead as I sleep on my side. This is a work in progress though.

I believe these adjustments will improve my dream recall and allow me to lucid dream tonight. But, like I said, I'll focus on the tehnique rather than the lucid dream itself.

Happy dreams for me tonight!

Welcome to my dream journal! I'm still relativily new to lucid dreaming. I've had some lucid dreams here and there by chance but nothing until recently purposely induced by any technique. My curiosity compelled me to surf the web and caused me to stumble upon this great site! I lurked around for a bit and tried some techniques to find something that worked. Trial and error caused me to discover a simple technique that made one of my first fully lucid dreams almost effortless! This success really motivated me and let me know that I can do this. So like many others, my goal is to master lucid dreaming.

My goal is to dream about whatever I want whenever I want. Whose isn't! After a bit of thought, acheiving this goal comes down to mastering two things...

Lucid Dream Induction Technique-to dream whenever I want
Dream Control- to dream whatever I want

Mastering my Lucid Dream Induction Technique
My new lucid dream induction technique inspired me on this quest to master lucid dreaming. My technique is simple. I simply think "I'm dreaming" as many times as possible as I'm falling asleep. When I enter a dream, the very first thing that comes to my mind is "I'm dreaming" which immediately causes me to become lucid. As of right now I've only tested this technique once. But, it worked so well that I feel it will be reliable in the long haul. If this technique ends up failing consistantly I'll have to find a new technique but I'm convinced the former will work. As I have tested this technique only once, it might evolve over time if I find ways to improve it.

Mastering my lucid dream induction technique and dreaming whenever I want means mastering these things...

Technique Reliablity
How reliable the technique is. The success/fail ratio.
Dream Recall
I know dream recall has nothing to do with my lucid dream induction technique but if I can't remember my dreams, I can't have any lucid dreams!

Mastering Dream Control
To me to be able to dream whatever I want to me is the essence of dream control. My dream control as of right now is not too good and is the place I can most improve. After a bit of thought, mastering dream control consist of mastering the control these things
Environment
The setting and all the important objects of the dream.
Plot
The storyline of the dream and all the characters, including myself.
Dream Quality
This is the quality of the vividness and the stabalization of the lucid dream.

Occasionally to see where I am I'll give myself a score on each category (1-5) to see where I am and where I can improve. When I give myself a 5 in all categories I'll have achieved my goal! Here are my initial scores
Lucid Dream Induction Technique
Technique Reliablilty-5
Dream Recall-3
Dream Control
Environment-1
Plot-2
Dream Quality-4

In future journal entries I will only post lucid dreams and a bit of commentary when needed.

That's it for now, gotta go to sleep