Thread: Objective's DILD Workbook

A'rright, let's do dis fo' serious.

General

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Hello, I'm Objective, or Matt. I'm 14, an oversea student in New Zealand from Thailand. I have been trying lucid dreaming on and off for over, hmm... 5 years I think? There had been periods where I had been able to lucid dream regularly, to the point where I was able to do the goals in my former site, Dreamerbase (I guess this don't count as promoting since the site is dead). However, I became stressed due to real life issues, and then forgot about lucid dreaming. To say I had a "dry spell" would be an understatement. I didn't even think about lucid dreaming.

Then one day, lying on my bed, something hit me. I nearly forgot about lucid dreaming!

So here I am back again.

I have a fairly potent dream control power, if I may say. Maybe they have eroded over the time, but I remembered that I once was able to will the Moon to explode . So control certainly isn't an issue. In fact, I don't really care much about it. I just want to be able to observe my dreams in an aware state and enjoy the view in the landscape of my mind.

I used to RC incredibly frequently, but they were all mindless RCs, and soon they began to result in negatives in my dream. I now instead practice in ADA, and frequently question my surrounding, before doing reality checks.

My problem, however, is my sleep. I think I might have insomnia, and often I sleep in. I am in the process of healing my messed up circadian cycle, and so I will not be doing WBTB for quite a while so as to not stress my brain .

The effects of mantras on me is pretty inconsistent. They don't seem to work before I go to bed, but they work in combination with WBTB. They also make it harder for me to sleep if I repeat them before bed, though this might just be my anxiety.

Spoiler for Status:

Go-to Reality Checks: Counting fingers, breathing with pinched nose, recalling the location/date/situation
Lucid dreams since workbook: 0
Regular Sleep time: 11PM-1AM
Regular Waking time: 8-10AM
Goal Sleep time: 10PM
Goal Waking time: 6AM
Mantra: When I go to sleep, I will ask myself if I am dreaming, and then I will do reality checks.
Stabilization Method: I will first pry my eyes open with my hands, because when I become lucid I get aware of my closed eyes. Then I will rub my hands together and take note of the details of my surrounding.

Rules

These 'rules' will be updated over time.

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Read rules after I'm done meditating in the morning.
Repeat reality checks three times.
Don't faff around after bed time.
Practice ADA for at least 10 minutes per day.
Write at least 20 sets of my bedtime mantras line-by-line before bed.
Meditate for at least 5 minutes after waking up, and meditate until feeling sleepy before going to sleep.
Perform at least 30 reality check rounds in day.
Leave a noticeable interval before performing reality checks again.
Remember the date.
Reality check after recalling dream.
Add at least one more rule to this list every week until I am absolutely unable to think of anything else.
Do RCs every time I change location.
Always write my DJ, even if I can't recall anything.

Mission Statement

This is like my 'curriculum'. It is the outlines for what skills I should gain from this workbook before I move my focus on to other aspects of the academy.

Spoiler for Objectives:

To maintain Awareness throughout the day regularly.
To recall at least one dream per day vividly and coherently.
To get a new DG.
To have a working mantra.
To have an LD that does not end immediately upon lucidity, and where I can do something, like, say, finish a goal.

Personal Homework

I'll be trying to give myself at least 2 homeworks per week, and more if I'm particularly bored or enthusiastic.

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Homework

None.