Thread: Patjunfa's workbook

Short WILD last night. Not v remarkable but nice anyway. Wasn't best conditions/sleep in general. Woke early enough and didn't seem to be getting back to sleep. Put on a yoga Nidra meditation, not expecting to sleep but more as a body awareness/relaxation. Had that nice floating upwards, nice sensations, took a bit for body to form and voice to feel stable. Tried getting out window but it bent outwards with me. Other bits n bobs in the dream, tried going to Pandora via doorways. In a cupboard I closed the door back on myself to black out the dream hoping Pandora would form. Some purple luminescent stripes formed giving a sense of a tiger. I had some concern about blacking out the dream and waking so I left the cupboard and went back to window where dream dissolved.
Should have committed to what was happening in cupboard, 1/2 registered doubt controlled my actions. All learning and will hopefully commit more next time or recognise doubt/concern and respond, rather than have it control me
Nice spell of lucidity this week and going to Pandora tonight!

Originally Posted by Patjunfa

Should have committed to what was happening in cupboard, 1/2 registered doubt controlled my actions. All learning and will hopefully commit more next time or recognise doubt/concern and respond, rather than have it control me

It's easy to second guess yourself. If you found Pandora through the window, then it would have been a great decision. Thinking back though, I do seem to have found the most success by trying something a little different but while staying in the same spot. You simply thinking this: "commit more next time" will help you to next time around, especially if you are also thinking about it in a positive "can do" sort of way before bed and at any WBTB.

Regarding the previous post on expectations and length of lucid: expectation is definitely a key ingredient, so try to know that you can have long lucid dreams. I don't know how you feel about supplements, but the fact that I can have long lucid dreams frequently really set in after I started experimenting with Galantamine plus Choline Bitartrate (I currently experiment with it no more than once every 2 weeks, though once every 4 days is the recommended shortest time between doses for lucid dreaming, in order to reduce possible tolerance). By knowing it is possible with the great brain chemistry the supplements provide, I found myself having consistently longer lucid dreams on nights when I was not utilizing the supplements.