Thread: DJ's workbook

Ah still a good lucid Good job!

Dreams for Wednesday night/Thursday morning

Was on some kind of school trip. We'd all packed our stuff after lunch and about 5 of us go in the lift. We started descending. After a few meters the lift slowed down to a near stop and started to tilt. It was like it was going through glue or something. Once it had got through it straightened up and carries on. Then it stopped again and promptly started spinning like a washing machine on some kind of axis. We shot down the lift shaft at high speed, all being thrown around inside the lift. A map appeared in front of me as to where we were, it looked as though we were going through air vents. Then we reached a dead end and the spinning got faster and faster until the dream ended.

I was walking along this road with one of my friends and every few feet there was a monster that you would see in one of those haunted houses at the fair. We went past each one and they all in turn scared my friend. Then the dream ended.

I was in a white room with two of my friends and they came over to me to arrange meeting up. Once that was done one of them made an insult towards fat people. It was then I noticed she couldn't really talk because she was fat herself. Didn't make me lucid though

I was at the park with one of my friends and my brother. I saw a cupboard and decided to lock my friend in there with a load of lit fireworks. Once everything was in place and the fireworks lit, I ran away as fast as I could to a safe distance. I turned around just in time to see the cupboard explode violently. My friend fell out…got up…and then came charging towards me really angrily. I don't know what he was so angry about, there was barely a scratch on him

Dreams for Thursday night/Friday morning

Me and JT needed to cross a road, but this huge huge train was in the way. We climbed aboard, standing on one of the platforms between carriages. The train started moving just as we were about to get off the other side. I told her to jump but she wouldn't. I jumped in the hope it'd encourage her to jump but it didn't. The train left with her still on board and I looked after it in despair. My friends appeared around me and said it'd be alright. A little later something strange happened and I knew it was JT who'd come back. But she was invisible. When I grabbed her she became visible and then the dream ended.

Not prepared to talk about the other one I had.

Not bad, slowly getting my recall back

I became lucid from the start of the dream (Lucid - 5 Points) but I RC'd anyway just to make sure (RC - 2 Points). My first thought was to fly for some reason. I launched myself into the air and had the same problem as felicity, I floated slowly back down and hovered above the ground. I worked out that this was still flying and flew around for a bit (Flying - 4 Points). Then I lost lucidity and I ended up talking to some water and meeting a princess. The the dream ended. (Full dream - 1 Point)

I was on some kind of pirate ship and we were alerted to monsters nearby, but we couldn't see them. We were all given small communication devices and then sent down into the bowels of the ship. We found that there was a small hole where the monsters or in and took some of our supplies. We got rid of them an boarded up the whole just in time for the end of the dream. (Full dream - 1 Point)

I was making myself some toast and my toaster was acting strangely. Unfortunately I took no notice and happily munched through my toast in bed ^_^ then my cat came in and pulled the covers off of me, she wanted to go outside even though it was late at night. I was like -_- finnee but then when we got outside it was daylight and for some reason I decided o go exploring. I found a new geocache with some co-ordinates in it and I got really excited as I ran back home to see where the co-ords lead. Then I remembered that it was a Tuesday an I still had to go to college then the dream ended. (Full dream - 1 Point)

I was on my paper round and I couldn't quite make out one of the names on the papers. I asked a passerby and he had no clue either. Then his whole family came out and wished him happy birthday. I brought a card out of nowhere and have it to him before heading on my way. The dream ended shortly after with me still not having a clue who the paper was for. (Full dream - 1 Point)

I also had a false awakening

Lucid - 5 Points
RC - 2 Points
Flying - 4 Points
Full dream x4 - 4 points

TOTAL = 15 Points

Congratulations on the lucid!

Also, like the geocaching in the dream XD Did you have to avoid any muggles?

Thankyou! and nope, the place was deserted which was strange because it was a beautiful place

Okay so as it happened I woke up at 2 in the morning for some unknown reason. I decided to try a WBTB since I was up and awake. When I closed my eyes I saw nothing, I can't remember hallucinations or anything like that but I do remember feeling really really heavy. Next thing I knew I was in a dream, but not lucid.
I was sat on top of two pillars which were on top of a huge red block/skyscraper, there were people below me all listening to me talking about 3D design.

I tried to shift my position but misplaced my hand and fell backwards. I toppled over the edge of the skyscraper and fell to my to what I thought would be my death.

I smacked into the top of the next skyscraper some distance below, I was alive! "That's strange I thought, lets do it again and try and find out why I'm not dead." I took a run up and launched myself off of the top of the skyscraper I was stood on. I plummeted towards what looked like four large pads in different colours

and someone shouted to me from below "DON'T TRY AND HAVE A LUCID DREAM!" I instantly became lucid as I hit the ground (WBTB + WILD + Lucid = 11 Points) I then talked to the person that shouted to me

I can't remember what was said though (Interact with DC - 2 Points)Then the dream ended. (Full dream - 1 Point)

I did not make the character in these shots, all credit goes to who made them! Also the person I spoke to did not look like that, it's just the only character I happened to have in my model library.

In Dream 2 I was lucid from the start (Lucid - 5 Points) What was strange was that I was waste deep in snow! I thought "I am not wasting my precious time trying to walk through this!" So I thought I'd try to fly. I put my arms out in front of me and imagined me flying just like I'd been told to do. I shot up in the air at high speed, lost control and fell, landing face first in the snow. Dusting myself off excitedly I gave it another go, this time I was more gentle and managed to hover about 5 feet above the snow. Then I tried to move about, as I imagined it I flew forward slowly for a few metres. (Fly - 4 Points) Then the dream ended (Full Dream - 1 Point)

Dream 3 was non lucid. I was in an RPG game with lots of death and snakes, I only just survived. (Full dream - 1 Point)

1x WBTB - 3pts
1x WILD - 3pts
2x Lucid - 10pts
1x DC Interaction - 2pts
1x Fly - 4pts
3x Full Dream - 3pts

TOTAL = 25 Points

Despite being in the heat of exams right now I've been having more LD's then ever before! Here's the one from last nights adventures ;D

I was lucid from the start of the dream which surprised me a little (Lucid - 5 Points) and I was at work. I then went upstairs to see what was upstairs and found row upon row of computers. I used them to design some stuff and the glanced out of the window. What should have been a sunset was actually an earthset, The earth was setting!! it was such a beautiful sight. Anyway I looked at the time, it was 7.20pm my last bus was at 6.20! I thought I'd try and text my mum to come and pick me up but then I ran into some friends. They were messing about with bins outside, clearly heavily intoxicated. Once I had got bored and moved on I looked at the time again to see it was 2pm the next day! I had been missing an entire day! I decided not to bother phoning or using the busses and to earn myself some points instead.
I looked towards home and sped off, running at super speed (Super speed - 4 Points). I couldn't keep that up for long, it was very tiring. So I decided to fly instead (Fly - 4 Points) after a while though that got tiring too. I was very close to home and just thought "Screw home I'm getting more points!" I decided to summon my armour since it may come in handy. I said loudly "Archers armour, Release!" and blue crystals shot out of my chest, legs and arms as they completely covered me forming my armour (Basic summon - Now I don't know if this would be advanced summoning or not, but since it's my first time I'll put it at basic - 4 Points). Then I decided to try and teleport which I remembered held alot of points with it. I tried to summon the Archers system that would usually help me open teleports and things but it didn't appear so I decided to fly again (Fly - 4 points) unfortunately I knocked a few baubles off of this christmas tree I flew past which brought me to the ground. Giving up on flying I went and spoke to a DC (Interact with a DC - 2 Points) Then the dream ended. (Full Dream - 1 Point)

Points:
1x Lucid - 5pts
1x Super speed - 4pts
2x Fly -8pts
1x Basic summon - 4pts
1x Interact with DC - 2pts
1x Full dream - 1pt

STEP TASKS COMPLETED!
Basic summon +5 Points
Super speed +10 Points

TOTAL = 39 Points

I've got the hang of it now! Another lucid I don't have time to type it up in my workbook and DJ at the minute so I'll just write it out here and copy it over later.

I was at the radio station I work at, the boss came in and told me to do something for him. It was strange because all of the screens in the place had turned into those huge box tv's. By the time I was done it was *looks at watch* MIDNIGHT?! I was meant to be home hours ago!! I shot up out of my chair but then thought "Hang on a minute why on earth would I be here at midnight?" I RC'd (RC - 1 Point) I could breathe! I became lucid (Lucid - 5 Points) I ran outside in the hope to teleport and find my team mates. I tried one last time with the archers system (see previous dream in my workbook to see what this is) but to no avail. I set about trying to find a phone, (because that's how I teleport) stopping to think for a minute as to where one would be in a dream. I had an idea and set off towards the reception, unfortunately it was taking time so I used my new found power of super speed (Super Speed - 4 Points) and I was there in a second. Unfortunately I massively overshot the reception and ended up in a sweet shop. Here I got distracted and lost lucidity as I chewed quietly on the sweets I'd stole (I wouldn't really steal, but it's a dream and thought I might as well). Then the dream ended because my alarm woke me up (Full Dream - 1 Point)

Points:
1x RC - 1 Point
1x Lucid - 5 Points
1x Super Speed - 4 Points
1x Full Dream - 1 Point

TOTAL = 11 Points

Wow, it's been a while but I'm back! I forgot the wonders of LDing but having remembered them again I'm going to join the next competition! I'll also update my workbook with any LD progress, just like before See you all soon

Welcome back man! I've almost forgotten how amazing LD's can be too. It's been weeks since my last one. Hopefully we can do it together!

I look forward to it very much! When you putting the next competition thread up?

Thought it'd be nice to post in my workbook:

First Lucid In Months! - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

Yes I had my first lucid in such a long time last night and it was amazing!!
Watch out all those participating in the competitions, the DJ is back!!

Oh man that was one nice LD! I'm so jealous of you right now... The way you dropped to the floor is just like I used to do. Also I'd love to fly around like that for a long time, I always lose the dream if I fly too far.

This one came completely out of the blue. Did not expect it at all since my last lucid knocked my recall out for about a week.

Anyways from what I remember I was falling, after being fired out of a cannon by my friends. I was falling fast and I looked below me to see some play equipment, this made sense since I was at the park. The play equipment was a metal cube with metal bars going across the inside, a little bit like this:

except it was flat on the ground. I decided that falling on that would be extremely painful, this is where I became lucid. Not wanting to feel the pain made me realise it was a dream, how strange. Anyway I didn't have long to react as the metal cube came rushing up pretty quickly. The only thing I could think to do was to fly, the skill that I'd practiced for so long, would it work when I really needed it to?
It did, I slowed down and hovered just a few metres above the metal cube. I breathed a huge sigh of relief and flew over to my friend who was stood nearby watching me fall. He was gobsmacked that I could fly, I landed and walked over to him. He told me it was cool and then walked off still slightly amazed. I then lost lucidity and remember no more.

I've decided it would be useful to put the conditions under which I slept so I can try and find what works best for me so here goes:

Time I went to bed: 11.12pm
Listened to Beta Binaural beats for 20 mins whilst reading
Set up the app Dream:ON on my iPod for the Lucid Rainforest soundtrack
Set the app's alarm to 6am
woke up at 6, turned the alarm off
slept again until 7.30am

You should have let yourself hit the ground, it's a pretty cool feeling Nice notes!

Is it? I thought it would have woken me up or I'd feel pain beyond belief, Oh well I'll have to try again some other time. Thanks!

Finally found time to post this one, came as a complete surprise to me since I wasn't trying at all (I had college early the next day).

Dream time:
I was on a pirate ship but digging for something, there was a lot of sand/ dirt on this ship for some reason and I was digging in it with around 6 or 7 other people looking for something. Looking around I could see empty or half empty bottles of alcohol, I think it was mostly cider or beer.
Then the captain of the ship came down some steps into the area we were working with what I'm assuming was to be his first mate. She was a witch, wearing purple and holding what seemed to be a crystal ball in her hands. She came over to me and told me to go to the back of the room and when I got there I was overjoyed to see my girlfriend Katie. The witch looked at us both and asked where we wanted to go and I said a forest. Two portals opened up in the wall in front of us and they both had changing images of scenery in. They eventually slowed down and settled on a forest like area, the witch then told us to walk through.

We landed on a small gravel path with open grass land all around us. Looking off into the distance me and Katie could see the forest we asked for at about 11 o' clock. Looking past that we saw 3 huge tornados but neither of us were panicked or frightened. This is where I became suspicious, I looked again and realised that no way could this happen in real life (well not where I live anyway) and that I was actually dreaming. I was about to carry on walking when surprisingly I remembered to stabilise, quickly dropping to the ground to feel the rough gravel path beneath me. Katie gave me a questioning look, without wasting time in waiting for her to ask I said "Look around you, does this look normal? You're dreaming Katie!" I didn't think it was a shared dream but worth a shot anyway. I expected the usual DC reaction of "Don't be silly of course you're not dreaming" but instead Katie gasped in shock and amazement. We both jumped up and down in excitement which didn't wake me up like it normally would, This is probably due to the fact that I've never managed to stabilise myself so well before this dream. We both continued to walk forward (clearly not a good connection to the conscious brain, usually I would have flown). Then the tornados hit us, they were so powerful, it was like running into a brick wall several times over. Luckily after a couple of seconds it passed and we decided to head back. On the way to the portals we had to make our way around this massive dinosaur that had fallen on the path. It was laying on its side and wasn't moving so we thought it was dead.

We went back through the portals but instead of being back on the boat we arrived in Katie's garage... in her dads car. The dream carried on but at that point I'd lost lucidity and the only other thing I can remember about this dream is that Katie's dad was throwing bricks at windows O.O

Dream 2 from the same night:

I was playing a game, but no normal game (this one will make you laugh). I was holding this + or cross, whichever you want to call it. It was about the size of four hands in a square and on it in every direction were small LED lights. What I had to do was stick this device behind a window and then lick the window in a specific way to get all the lights to light up. So whilst I was licking the window (look I wasn't lucid okay!! ) a few of my friends came down the stairs laughing at my "poor" attempt of window licking. We then ended up discussing techniques and how to win.
Strange right?

EDIT:
Forgot to mention - Conditions

None at all, the only thing that could possibly help me is that all day I was wondering if reality is in fact just a huge dream. This must have been what made me lucid!

Okay so with only a few days left until the start of the competition my recall is fluctuating like crazy. 2 nights ago I remembered 2 full dreams, but then last night I remembered nothing.

So with 3 days to go until the competition I need to get my recall back and fast if I stand any chance of winning. So, here's the plan:

I've noticed that the amount of recall I lose seems to depend on how much I change my bedtime routine. 2 nights ago I went to bed at 11pm (normal time) but last night I went to bed at 11.30pm. So from now on I think I'll go to bed around 10 every night until the end of the competition. This will hopefully stabilise my recall and extend my REM periods by another hour.

If things have not changed by the start of the competition then I'll have to change things again to make it work!

Wish me luck!

~DJ

Ooooh, best of luck with the competition, DJ

Also, remember to keep an eye out for the things you do before bed each night, along with foods or drinks you consume. They can affect recall too :3

Yeah you'll dream more as your body is used to waking up after a certain amount of sleep. Good luck man

Originally Posted by paigeyemps

Ooooh, best of luck with the competition, DJ

Also, remember to keep an eye out for the things you do before bed each night, along with foods or drinks you consume. They can affect recall too :3

At the bottom of my DJ entries I do put the conditions, not noticing any patterns yet though

Thanks, good luck to you both too! Although I highly doubt you need it

As chances were dwindling for me to enter the competition with a good start....suddenly, a flash of recall!

Yes that's right my recall seems to have returned for now, and in bulk too. Remembered 6 dreams and possibly a lucid from last night! I'll write them all up later after college

Originally Posted by djpatch999

As chances were dwindling for me to enter the competition with a good start....suddenly, a flash of recall!

Yes that's right my recall seems to have returned for now, and in bulk too. Remembered 6 dreams and possibly a lucid from last night! I'll write them all up later after college

Awesome! Things are lining up for you

Haha these competitions have always done you good. Nice work man I haven't been able to recall 6 dreams in a single night for a year or so.