Thread: Elaol's DILD Workbook

Hey guys, I have some bad news.

I have been praying less and less attention to my practice in the last few days. As the consequences, my dream recall is getting worse and I've fallen out of my GRC practice.

For example, today I was carrying a bag and I didn't notice that weight, I used to notice the weight all the time, while I was walking.

What are your advice in synchronising your life with your lucid dreaming practice? I'm having hard time finding that balance. When I have a lot on my mind, I just forget about lucid dreaming.

LD is something awesome and I've made real progress and I've learned a lot. You've been great and I would like to get back on the right track.

^Agreed

Originally Posted by Elaol

What are your advice in synchronising your life with your lucid dreaming practice? I'm having hard time finding that balance. When I have a lot on my mind, I just forget about lucid dreaming.

Mindfulness like FM said here and/or elsewhere has many waking life benefits so it is great to keep working on that, even if you can't do it much on a particular day. We also recommend to find a practice(s) that you enjoy more than the others and keep that going at times when your waking life is super busy by setting random reminders. At the busiest of times you can put in strong nighttime efforts during weekends or days off. To be honest, I am at a stage where my day work is very minimal (some of it runs in the background with little thought perhaps) and I put most of my effort into WBTB with MILD. I recognize that the quality and the length of my LD's are strengthened by putting in a little more day work though and will periodically say okay today I want to focus a little because I really love those highly present dreams and highly aware lucid dreams.

It is better to slow down a little bit if you feel like you are getting to a place where you might feel burned out by putting in too much effort. Slowing down but not stopping will allow you to progress, even if it is more slowly…that is okay! Getting burned out and stopping altogether is what you want to avoid. We see it all the time and people start over months or years later as the try to remember what was working for them.

Happy dreams!