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    Midnight lucidity

    by , 05-31-2013 at 05:05 PM (844 Views)
    Date: 31 May

    Pre bed: multivitamins (included gingko and ginseng), SJW, two drops of peppermint oil

    Side effects: increased heart rate, heavy insomnia

    Other: I think the multivitamins I took stimulated me too much before bed time. I was also dehydrated which made the situation worse. The heart rate wasn't too fast, but it was noticeable when going to bed and made it difficult to fall asleep.

    Dream quality and recall: WILD, too dark, which made it harder to engage in the dream. The two DILDs after that were vivid and of higher quality. I woke up after each one. Then had about two hours of insomnia, went into very deep sleep and had little recall.

    Impressions: It was an interesting experience, although I wouldn't repeat it again (because of the insomnia)

    Sequence: multivits > heartbeat> WILD> about a hour of sleep/or trying to sleep> DILDs> insomnia> deep sleep> WBTB> dream

    Dream1 WILD: In bed, dehydrated and with a noticeable heartbeat which made it difficult to fall asleep. I was still for some time, paying attention to the heartbeat, then found myself in darkness. It felt like my consciousness was split in three sections. Part of it was asleep, part of it knew exactly what to do, giving me instructions, and part of it followed the instructions. A bit like having three different thoughts at the same time.

    I am in the darkness, and I say to myself how exactly I should grab the scene. The instructions are now vague, but I remember struggling with the darkness, and performing some bodily movements until I end up on a solid street. I find it a bit strange that I am now on this street, a city from my past, I notice that I am sitting on the pavement. It is dark, and there is nobody in sight. I decide to walk a bit, choosing another street I know. I spend some time walking, and reach a bus station. I look around once again, everything is still very dark, so it is hard to see, and there isn't a single light on.

    I am a bit worried that the dream will escape, because I almost cannot concentrate on anything here. Then the "interact with a DC" task comes to mind. I know Xanous would probably not be asleep at this time, but decide to try to reach him nevertheless. I call out Xanous a few times, and look around. I cross the street and there are some DCs there, I stop one and try to ascertain if this is Xanous. It is dark, so hard to tell any facial feature, and the guy's face is also blurred. Well, it doesn't feel like him so I let the DC go. I stop another one and hold him for a while. His face gains a bit more definition and I try to analyze it in the darkness. I say that whatever I am doing makes no sense but still hold on to the DC. The dream slowly fades and I wake up.

    I go to drink some water then back to bed. Reviewed the dream in mind. Fell asleep.

    While I had begun to question whether some of my short lucid moment memories that I couldn't recall in the past few weeks were real, I now have an absolute certainty because I woke up shortly after these two.

    Dream2 DILD: In some version of the same city, but everything is much more vivid now and it is day time. I am supposed to meet a friend of mine like the last time we did that. But somehow our plans don't work out. Instead I end up facing a threat from an invisible enemy. I am lucid now, and have a greater sensory perception. Initially it was as if I am on the balcony, but it quickly changes into multidimensional walled space in front of me, hard to describe. The energetic entity is not visible because it is behind the wall, yet I feel it because I stretch move with my entire being through the wall that feels like just space, and come in close contact with it. It is not pleasant, I feel its energy. I am trying to move it away by manipulating the matter. I get rid of the thing and find myself between four walls with creamy tiles on them. I notice that there is no door, but don't care much. I can move through space.

    Dream3 DILD: In the more or less the same city, some kind of scenario is developing. People are still using horses instead of cars, they are leaving the city because of some emergency. I watch while this is happening, there is some blue stuff of the floor. I remember that this is the second time this is happening. I am lucid, I spill more blue stuff on the floor, and enjoy it for a while. I make a strange posture to show/explain something to one of the DCs in the room? I turn and look to the other side of the room where there is a window. I decide to stabilize the dream by intending it. I check the overall feeling, yes, stable. My mind is also clearer now. I look out the window, and see three boys in the distance. "Interact with a DC", on my mind again. (I really wish I could remember more tasks! ). I climb through the window and slide down. It feels like the roof of a building or on top of a train. The boys are playing soccer, so I shout that I want to play with them. They kick the ball towards me and I see it coming, but it is too high, I control its movement so it is easy for me to catch it. As I am preparing to have a kick, the dream falls apart and I wake up?

    Fragment4: I am having a short dream where I am discussing the three boys. I identify one of them as a neighbor kid from the past, but I know he is grown up now.

    I wake up and review the dreams, I am super awake and cannot fall asleep for two hours. When I finally do, I slip into unmemorable dreams.

    WBTB: I wake up tired about one hour before the planned wake time. Upset that I messed up the plan for tonight. I decide to take one p.oil capsule, then go to bed concentrating on having an ld.

    Fragment5: A classmate is wearing strange clothes

    Fragment6: I am in some water, and there is sand around. My bf is also swimming with me in this strange place. I try to get out of the water, climbing strange sand dunes. Then we go to an indoors swimming pool where I plunge into the water, a bit worried about hitting the bottom.
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    Updated 05-31-2013 at 07:55 PM by 61764

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    Comments

    1. Highlander's Avatar
      Congrats on the WILD and DILD's.
      I'm amazed by the timing of the WILD! - it is probably good that you recorded how you felt in case you ever want to try achieve the experience again.

      Sorry to hear about the insomnia issue, although that might be one of the main reasons you had such eventful dreams?

      Regards.
    2. CanisLucidus's Avatar
      Nice, congratulations on all those lucids! I'm always impressed by these early in the night LDs, and a beginning of the night WILD -- awesome! You'll have to mention this to Xanous. He has had a couple of these as well. His was very abstract and strange, actually... like almost a pure white light experience with voices.

      Sorry about the insomnia! I'm sure it doesn't sting quite so much when you pull off 3 lucids. I have had little bouts of early morning insomnia off and on since the weekend but last night was finally some really solid sleep (and solid NLDing.) It was also the first time in several days that I've been able to exercise hard -- wonder whether that normalizes my sleep schedule somehow? Do you think yours was really just down to that particular blend of supps? Does your multi have a ton of B-vitamins in it?
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    3. NyxCC's Avatar
      @ Highlander, CL. Thanks! I was also surprised the WILD happened, especially because I didn’t plan for it. I was just trying to fall asleep. I think the insomnia/wakefulness indeed contributed to me having lds so early in the evening.

      @ Highlander. I was inspired by your recent entry as well, which is why I took two peppermint oil drops pre bed. I am amazed at the results! (So you have a contribution to this as well!)

      @ CL, white light, voices? Is there an entry that I missed? There really is something more abstract about those early vivid lucid dreams. The first DILD tonight was something along those lines, multidimensional with an energy entity instead of DC. I also had another early one, about two weeks ago where I felt very strange, looking at some aura thing behind a DC, some knowledge involved. Very poor recall though, mostly the feeling and my presence there.

      I am really not sure about the trigger for all of this, I think it was the combo and wakefulness. Those multivitamins have pretty much everything in them, though the levels of B vitamins are not as high. Maybe the gingko and ginseng in the multivitamins helped too. The feeling of having 3 more or less decent lds in the beginning of the night was great, but I have never felt so wakeful in my entire life! I am sure that if I take the same combination during the day, it won’t have the same stimulating effect.

      I suppose you mean physical exercise, I think it helps a lot, increases dopamine levels and contributes to some neural development in the brain. Happy to hear that you are in much better shape now mentally and physically. Looking forward to CL’s return!
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    4. CanisLucidus's Avatar
      Thanks! I'm ready for a good night's sleep and hopefully some more serious dreaming. You've left a high bar to clear with your 3 LDs. I don't wish to be held to these standards!

      Xanous' dream is an old one actually, so I doubt you'd have seen it. Ah yes, here's the one: Lucid #90 The White Void - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views
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    5. Highlander's Avatar
      @NyxCC.
      Thanks for that. Me in turn I guess I'm probably inspired by Aly's Menthol thread - plus the contributors to it, etc.
      Maybe the effect works both ways after reading your entry here.

      @CL.
      Hope you got over that recent sickness.

      Happy dreaming all!
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    6. NyxCC's Avatar
      @ CL Thanks! I still have to work hard to reach your dream length and control!

      I checked out the link, very interesting dream that white void! And the conversation below shows how much you guys have learned, it's awesome!

      @ Highlander. We are certainly caught up in a virtuous circle. I wish you a great set of dreams and lots of cool HI!

      And lots of long, vivid lds in June to everybody!
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