Thread: Another 30 day trial. :)

Hey everyone. I've been searching and browsing DV forum for a pretty long time now...
Unfortunately I didn't stick with a method of lucid dreaming for more than 5 days...
I really want to get lucid..it's just so awesome to be lucid, I can't let this life changing..thing..escape me again.
I actually had two LD's since joining DV. Both were WILD's and I just loved the sensation of entering the dream world and actually be in the dream world.
It's pretty hard for me to stick with something more than a couple of days...So I'm making this risky attempt to dedicate myself to LD for 30 days. It's not that long right? 4 weeks,pheh
I will post everyday my progress and my dreams. Actually I'm going to post the dream I had today right now. I'm REALLY curious how much I'll progress in 30 days. Wish me luck .

I would say go for it, that's a good length of time to test out a technique. Stick with it and you'll really start to see some progress. A week isn't really long enough to get into a good rhythm and let your body know what you want (I think I remember reading somewhere that it takes 3 weeks to make/break a habit, which this shouldn't just be habit but it is probably about the same for adjusting your body to a new system).

You could even test out a couple techniques during this time to see which really fits you. Example: do MILDs before you go to bed to tell your mind to remember dreaming, try WILD/WBTB/DEILD after a few hours of sleep to put yourself into the dream, and do reality checking/awareness during the day to better understand the difference between waking and dreaming. You don't have to try them all at once but at least try each one a couple times and see if it's something you think you could get into and really stick with for long enough to see progress. And you may even find a good system by combining a couple of them together.

Personally I try to do a a few of them together (MILD/WILD/Awareness) to get the most benefit from it and keep my mind constantly focused on dreaming.

Hope you find something that works for you, and good luck!

Thanks for the advice I am thinking to MILD before falling asleep, meditating during the day, try maybe some auto hypnosis and wild after 6 hours of sleep. And constantly reminding and visualizing that I want and that I achieve lucidity

Sounds a lot like my plan too. I hope it works for you. I've been seeing a steady increase in my recall (2 full dreams and 3 fragments last night!) and lucid moments in my dreams which is a huge improvement. I'm excited for the next few weeks to see if I can start becoming more aware of my dreams and really have a good lucid. So far all mine have been short but I just need to work on keeping calm and stabilizing when I become lucid.

Meditation is also a great addition to the schedule. I try to meditate when I wake in the mornings and before I go to sleep and I find it's way easier for me to fall asleep with a clear head and be able to focus just on dreaming.

Not sure if this interests anyone, but I said I'll post daily so I will.
My recall has improved allot, from just fragments to a dream and a fragment.
If I recall correctly, I had some very-dull-semi-lucid moments, but that's all.
Today I will try ADA nonstop and MILD during the day +meditate. I really want to succeed because I try to LD for a year and so and I only had 2 lucids each about 2 seconds. So yeah.

Also I posted last night's dream in my DJ.

Update: ADA is friggin hard I try it for only one hour and already my head aches.

Write down somewhere your intention - a binding contract, with yourself. eg; I will have a lucid dream by the end of this month.

Date it.
Sign it.
Profit.

Thanks for the tip. I'm gonna do this right now.

Update 11.02.2012 (2nd day)

Last night, 30 minutes after going to sleep I almost entered SP. My limbs were very heavy and I also started having hypnagogic imagery.
After 6 hours of sleep I woke up. I tried WILD and almost succeeded. I started having hypnagogic imagery. I also heard strange noises. My alarm started yelling so I had to stop...
So yeah, after 1 day of ADA, meditation and constant MILD and asking myself if I'm in a dream or not had some effect. I can't wait to see what happens tonight.

Well done dude, progress is progress, practice makes perfect!
Stick with this technique, like you said for 30 days, and you're guaranteed to have atleasssst one lucid dream! Keep it up!

Thanks for the encouragement

Update 12.2.2012 (3rd day)

No lucids yet, but my dream recall is improving. Also I tried to WILD this morning. I started having HI and I felt heavy... and that's all.
I'll try to be more aware today. I really like this ADA technique even if it's pretty hard.

Recall is improving, thats the important part!

Remember to reality check a lot, I like to think 'Am i dreaming?' and keep asking in my head whilst I scan around and be aware of everything. The longer you keep that up the more chance it will cross over to the dream. Rather than the quick 'Am I dreaming? Erm.. nope' which has a low probability of transfering to a dream.

Hey Shadow, that's exactly what I do. To ask myself if I'm dreaming and scan everything and be aware. I just need to remember to do it more often.

UPDATE 02/13/2012 :
I did remember a dream but I didn't write it down because I was in a great rush to go to school.