Thread: Lucas(Potter)'s Workbook

No lucid dreams last night... but I didn't really try...

Going to bed!

How'd it go?

Hey, Zaq! I've been sleeping less than five hours and I can't even remember my dreams of those last two nights! I know that tomorrow I'll be able to sleep more, so I'm hoping tonight will be better...

Maybe you should try keeping a specific log of:
-amount of caffeine/chocolate you had on the specific day
-time you went to sleep
-time you woke up
-what you did during the day (intentionality, drank water before bed, focused before bed, etc)
-whether you used an alarm or not
-etc

Idk. Just to try and make things work out. Might all be completely superfluous, but it might help if you're having trouble.

That's a good plan, actually! I'll make a list of things that could be affecting my sleep and then I will update it everyday.

Speaking of things that could affect it, my stupid body decided to remind me I'm still a girl and now I have my period AND cramps. C'est la vie, eh?

But I also have an interesting experiece to share. I wason the phone with my girlfriend until 6AM, I turned off the computer and it was dark, I was still on the phone, but in my bed already. I closed my eyes because I hate being in the dark and I saw a wall with a lizard on it. It freaked me out a bit, so I decided to hang upand try to WILD, I figured that I was already hallucinating.

I started relaxing and, for the first time ever, an image came to my mind. I guess I should mention that I felt a little numbness on my arms and legs and a light pressure on my chest, but nothing more than that. The image was of a beach, it was night. I'm not exactly a beach person, but I was okay with the scenario and decided to simply enjoy it.

That didn't work that well, though, because suddenly there were tornadoes everywhere. I thought "well, I'm going to die then, but no problem, it won't be for real, I'll just wake up". That made me realise that 1) I could still feel my body, so I could "wake up/get up" if I wanted to and 2) I could try to control this scenario, whatever it was.

I started thinking that the tornadoes would come towards me, but nothing would happen. So my mind must've decided to make things more interesting, aaand... tsunamis, tornadoes and lightning bolts EVERYWHERE. I was still telling myself I had the power, but I could feel that I was going to lose control of it.

So I decided to focus on meeting my celebrity crush, Lea Michele. I thought I could see her at a park or something, but I kept finding myself in a flat. Very frustrating. Then I remember seeing the Statue of Liberty, which made me happy, cause that meant I was in NY, at least.

Finally, I was in a groceries store and Lea was there. The problem was that I couldn't actually see her. I couldn't hear her voice either. After lots of tries, I managed to see her and imagine her voice, so I decided it was time to imagine myself talking to her. At first, I was a little boy. Awful. I tried again, but I couldn't see my face, I wanted to be me, but at the same time, I wanted to be hotter... and male.

It took me some time to simply accept to not see my face. So I said hi to her, asked for a pic, she was really nice and I was proud of myself. Then, I was in my bedroom and there was a girl floating above my bed. She wasn't above me, it was like she was standing next to my feet. I knew she wasn't real, but I didn't want that image, so I moved, because I could still feel my body.

Is there such thing as a semi-lucid dream?

Sorry for the typos, btw... It's 7AM, I'm exhausted and I'm on my iPad.

I should've gone to bed already, but I'm stupid and I'm still here... but I'll go soon, I'm really hoping I'll get something like last night... maybe even more!

Okay, time to go...

No progress made... but I can't say that I REALLY tried.

Wow, that is definitely an interesting experience you had there. That sounds pretty similar to a lucid dream. It kind of reminds me of sometimes when I first fall asleep I go straight into a dream where I knock my foot on a rock while walking or something and am instantaneously jolted awake and my foot physically jerks back too. Guess sleep paralysis hadn't set in.

Well sucks to hear that you have to deal with your period right now. Maybe it'll help to try and set specific goals for weeks/days so you continue to make progress.

I've been really bad about reality checking and dream recall this past week. Like REALLY bad.

That's definitely a lucid dream, cool experience!

Wow, I haven't been here in ages! I'll try to continue this thread and my journal... I'm sure I'm way out of practice, but it can't hurt to try, right?

Anyway, I'm going to bed soon, it's around 3:15AM. I've had some crazy dreams recently, but nothing worth mentioning, IMO. I've had sleep paralysis a couple nights ago, although I have to admit it had been a long time since the last time. I ended up reading some scary stuff about two hours ago, so I expect some nightmares tonight.

(...and when I say scary, I mean scary to me. I'm such a wimp that I'm surprised I'm not scared of unicorns and rainbows.)

Not going to try LD tonight, I'll just work on writing on my journal for now. I used to remember my dreams VERY well, but I've been remembering just fragments/emotions lately, so...

I went to bed last night, I thought it wouldn't hurt to just lie there without moving. Then I got a little numb, which was fine, but after that, I heard someone breathing on my ear. I wasn't in the mood to handle scary stuff, so I moved and gave up on it.

I had lots of dreams last night, but I managed to write on my DJ, so I'm happy!

I've found a very interesting thread about SP and it showed me how I barely understand it. I've decided to just let go of certain definitions for now.

However, I've also decided to educate myself a little on Lucid Dreaming, so I've gotten a few books online. No idea if they're good, but I'll post here as I read them. The books I got are those:

The Art Of Lucid Dreaming: A Manual - Carolus M. den Blanken
Lucid Dreams In 30 Days - Keith Harary, Pamela Weintraub
Lucid Dreaming Manual - Marc VanDeKeere
A Course In Lucid Dreaming - Stephen LaBerge
Exploring The World Of Lucid Dreaming - Stephen LaBerge

I've posted that list of books here, hopefully I'll get some opinions on any of them.

Almost 2:40AM, going to bed now. Saw a very crappy and terribly stupid film about aliens. I'm not scared of alien films at all (surprising, considering the fact that everything scares me), but the whole "people are dying/it's the end of the world" thing might give me some nightmares. Hopefully, it won't. Anyway, still planning on just working on remembering my dreams, no trying to LD for now, so I'll write down all I can remember when I wake up.

Just updated my DJ. Long story short, I met a really cool girl in my dreams last night, she kind of left me in the dream, but I still wish she were real. Is it possible to develop real feelings for a dream character?

Had a nap and met the girl again!

Oh, I forgot to mention: last night, I was going to try to WILD, but my cousin was sending me messages on FB and my phone wouldn't stop buzzing, so I gave up after ten minutes.

Anyway, I have to get up early tomorrow, so I'll go to bed soon.

Ready to sleep now, hopefully I'll see the girl again.