Bemistaken's Workbook

Hello friends,

I’m so glad I have found this site…I feel like I am among friends. As you know, you just can’t hold a conversation with everyone about this type of topic. The world of dreaming is a fascinating world that I wish to try and understand. I have become lucid and have had OBE’s by accident, but I would like to have more control. I look forward to any advise which assist me in becoming enlightened…

The workbook of Bemistaken

Reality Checks

- Levitation is the RC I use the most because it is the most reliable for me
- hand check (finger count, melting, etc.)
- pinch nose
- thumb through palm

Dream Signs
- Water (for some reason, I always dream of large amounts of water. Huge waves coming at me, devastating floods, me in a boat or me swimming in an ocean…sometimes swimming as a fish. By the way…I can’t swim :blue: and I suffer from severe motion sickness:barf:)

Short-Term Goals
- Have a lucid dream and be able to stabilize it (Done!)

Long-Term Goals
- Astral project from a lucid dream and maintain it
- Teleport (Done!)
- Time Travel

New Long Term Goals 12/20/2013
- Meet my Higher Power
- Summon
- Telekinesis

Lucid/Dream Recall History
- I have very good dream recall. I have always been able to remember many of my dreams. I have kept a dream journal for some time now…only because I have always had strange experiences within my dreams, but didn’t know exactly what was happening until this year. For many years, I would OBE, but when I would tell my mother or grandmother, they would always tell me something scary and/or crazy (like it was the devil or a witch coming to see me at night). After awhile, I just stopped talking to them about it, but, the OBE’s never stopped. Just last year, I got tired of being afraid and decided to face this phenomena head on…that is when I realized what was happening. I would have never guessed what was happening to me was happening to several other people all around the world and this was a very occurrence. I continue to keep my dream journal in the hopes I can understand what my dreams may mean and how can I stabilize them.

Current Technique
- Try to meditate everyday
- Reality Checks
- Dream Journal
- From what I have been reading here, the technique is called MILD & WBTB
- Last night, I read about the technique regarding asking a dream character to assist you in reminding you to do a reality check, so I may try this in the future (don’t want to try to many techniques at one time).

* Update
I have been most successful using the WILD method. For some reason this is the only method (besides DEILD) that works for me.

My sleep times:

My sleep pattern sucks:cantsleep:…I have terrible insomnia and I am awake at all times of the early morning hours. I must work really hard at going to bed before 1:00am. Then, if I wake up in the middle of the night (and it’s a sure thing that I will) and stay up too long, I will have trouble falling back to sleep. The strange thing about this is when the sun comes up, my body shuts down and I’m unconscious…I normally don’t dream until it is time for me to get up for work.

Work days
Bedtime: 1:00am to 6:30a

Weekend
Bedtime: 1:00am-2:00am to 9:00am

I have the intent on me being lucid by practicing and practicing. I have waited this long...time to move forward because I won't turn back! :shakehead:

Hi bemistaken, glad to have you here. I feel alot of your pain, I really do. From the fear or water right down to insomnia. I will say, one area I had help with was when I was having strange experiences similar to your OBE's, my mom and brother were doing the same thing. So I didn't feel afraid like you unfortunately did. BUT, now that you know there's loads of people who have OBEs or related experiences (and even better, hone them in on a regular basis to enable them to have consistent lucid dreams), you're definitely going to be ok here :)

First thing I have is good news: I have most of my dreams once the sun has come up already as well (due to that blasted insomnia), and therefore most of my lucids are at that time. Not that I purposely try to have lucids at that time. Rather, that's just my way of coping, and having lucid dreams in spite of the insomnia. The downside is, I usually only have them on my days off, since I know I can sleep in as late as I want.

Second good news: your idea of WBTB is perfect for your situation. For starters, try to figure out when approximately you fall asleep, say, on the weekends when you sleep later. Then time your alarm for about 4-6 hours after that. THEN, stay up for a little bit and then go back to sleep while doing MILD. This little pattern helps get your mind aware enough while keeping your body tired enough, to be able to sleep and dream while maintaining just enough awareness to induce a lucid dream. Sounds a bit fussy at first I admit, but it mostly just happens naturally when you regularly set your alarm for that time, while practicing a higher degree of awareness for that brief period that you're awake.

I know I've just hit you with alot of info, so please let me know if you have any questions ok? And welcome to DreamViews :happy:

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Hi bemistaken, glad to have you here. I feel alot of your pain, I really do. From the fear or water right down to insomnia. I will say, one area I had help with was when I was having strange experiences similar to your OBE's, my mom and brother were doing the same thing. So I didn't feel afraid like you unfortunately did. BUT, now that you know there's loads of people who have OBEs or related experiences (and even better, hone them in on a regular basis to enable them to have consistent lucid dreams), you're definitely going to be ok here :)

First thing I have is good news: I have most of my dreams once the sun has come up already as well (due to that blasted insomnia), and therefore most of my lucids are at that time. Not that I purposely try to have lucids at that time. Rather, that's just my way of coping, and having lucid dreams in spite of the insomnia. The downside is, I usually only have them on my days off, since I know I can sleep in as late as I want.

Second good news: your idea of WBTB is perfect for your situation. For starters, try to figure out when approximately you fall asleep, say, on the weekends when you sleep later. Then time your alarm for about 4-6 hours after that. THEN, stay up for a little bit and then go back to sleep while doing MILD. This little pattern helps get your mind aware enough while keeping your body tired enough, to be able to sleep and dream while maintaining just enough awareness to induce a lucid dream. Sounds a bit fussy at first I admit, but it mostly just happens naturally when you regularly set your alarm for that time, while practicing a higher degree of awareness for that brief period that you're awake.

I know I've just hit you with alot of info, so please let me know if you have any questions ok? And welcome to DreamViews :happy:

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Thank you OpheliaBlue,

I see we have another thing in common...I from Texas also! I was born and raised in the sparkling 'City by the Sea' Corpus Christi. I also spent some time living in Dallas so it is good to see a fellow Texan. Thanks for your advise and I will let you know on my progress as I start tonight with my training. I will be utilizing the WBTB and MILD, however, I do believe that I have also had some success with the DILD. From what I read on this site, I believe I have also been doing the DILD. When I became Lucid those few times, I just remember feeling strong vibrations in my dream and I told myself I am dreaming. Before I could blink, I was in my room floating above my body. I use to be scared, but now I know this is natural. I will let you know about my progress this week and I do appreciate all your assistance. :)

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Originally Posted by OpheliaBlue

Hi bemistaken, glad to have you here. I feel alot of your pain, I really do. From the fear or water right down to insomnia. I will say, one area I had help with was when I was having strange experiences similar to your OBE's, my mom and brother were doing the same thing. So I didn't feel afraid like you unfortunately did. BUT, now that you know there's loads of people who have OBEs or related experiences (and even better, hone them in on a regular basis to enable them to have consistent lucid dreams), you're definitely going to be ok here :)

First thing I have is good news: I have most of my dreams once the sun has come up already as well (due to that blasted insomnia), and therefore most of my lucids are at that time. Not that I purposely try to have lucids at that time. Rather, that's just my way of coping, and having lucid dreams in spite of the insomnia. The downside is, I usually only have them on my days off, since I know I can sleep in as late as I want.

Second good news: your idea of WBTB is perfect for your situation. For starters, try to figure out when approximately you fall asleep, say, on the weekends when you sleep later. Then time your alarm for about 4-6 hours after that. THEN, stay up for a little bit and then go back to sleep while doing MILD. This little pattern helps get your mind aware enough while keeping your body tired enough, to be able to sleep and dream while maintaining just enough awareness to induce a lucid dream. Sounds a bit fussy at first I admit, but it mostly just happens naturally when you regularly set your alarm for that time, while practicing a higher degree of awareness for that brief period that you're awake.

I know I've just hit you with alot of info, so please let me know if you have any questions ok? And welcome to DreamViews :happy:

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Thank you OpheliaBlue,

I see we have another thing in common...I from Texas also! I was born and raised in the sparkling 'City by the Sea' Corpus Christi. I also spent some time living in Dallas so it is good to see a fellow Texan. Thanks for your advise and I will let you know on my progress as I start tonight with my training. I will be utilizing the WBTB and MILD, however, I do believe that I have also had some success with the DILD. From what I read on this site, I believe I have also been doing the DILD. When I became Lucid those few times, I just remember feeling strong vibrations in my dream and I told myself I am dreaming. Before I could blink, I was in my room floating above my body. I use to be scared, but now I know this is natural. I will let you know about my progress this week and I do appreciate all your assistance. :)

From 5/3/2013

Total Sleep Time: 8 - 8 1/2 hours

Method: WBTB and MILD

Bedtime was around 10:30-10:45pm
WBTB was at 5:30 am

I got up and went to bathroom, then stayed up repeating some mantra's like "I will recognize that I am dreaming" or "I lucid dream" I am only able to do this for about 15 minutes before I fall back to sleep. I realized that I must try and stay up a little longer than this, but I am only able to really practice on weekends when I am able to sleep in my days off.

Last night, I had a total of 3 non lucid dreams...I am not able to recognize any dream signs in my dreams. It's like I am a bystander and I am believing the most unbelievable events in my dreams...and this really pisses me off :mad:. My goal is to question my surroundings in terms of what makes my reality 'real' and what would make my dream world a 'dream' or 'un-real.' I'm hoping this will improve my mentality to question what is happening in my dreams and prompt me to do a RC and become lucid. I'll keep you posted...

Hello, welcome to the Intro Class! :]

Date: May 10, 2013
Method/Technique: MILD & WBTB, along with RC, DJ

Your Homework For Lesson II is:

1. Study up on all of the induction techniques listed here and find one that suits you.

The technique that I feel suits me is the MILD and WILD encompassing with WBTB. I have a late bedtime and I wake up naturally several times during the night, so I feel these are the best methods for me.


2. Practice your chosen induction technique for at least 2 weeks (although longer is preferred) before changing it to something else or ruling out that it's not working.

For now, I have been practicing only the MILD and WBTB techniques for the last few weeks and have not had much success (please see DJ entries at Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views - bemistaken - Dream Journals).

3. Continue to post all of your experiences, even failed ones, into your workbook.

All of my experiences so far has not been successful…I believe one problem is I stay up way to long from the WBTB. The least little bit of time I am awake will keep me up for the entire night, so I need to only stay up for just enough time to go to the bathroom and get right back in the bed. Any longer and my body will think it’s time for me to get ready for work and I’m up for the rest of the night.

Optional:

4. Discuss your chosen technique with the teachers by posting in your workbook. There are lots of ways to go about each technique, we will be able help you find a method that suits you!

Ophelia, I PMed you today…I need help! :help:.

5. Choose a second (and possibly third) induction technique that compliments your first. For example, if you chose DILD you will also be able to perform WILD.

I believe this may be the best thing for me at this point, so I have been reading the tutorials on WILD :reading:. I'll keep you posted...


Bemistaken’s Short-Term Goals
- Have a lucid dream and be able to stabilize it

Bemistaken’s Long-Term Goals
- Astral project from a lucid dream and maintain it
- Teleport
- Time Travel

Date: May 11, 2013
Method/Technique: WILD & WBTB, along with RC during the day and DJ

Attempted my first WILD session last night. I believe I made some good progress even though I was not successful at a full blown WILD. I went to bed around midnight and did a WBTB around 5:00am. I only need to stay up for about 10-15 minutes, or I will not be able to go back to sleep. Got back in the bed after a potty break and walking around the house repeating some simple mantras (again, if I do too much during WBTB, I will not be able to go back to sleep). Got back into the bed and started my process of WILD...

I relax my body and allowed myself to focus on the darkness behind closed eyelids. I focused on my breathing and sometimes, if I got distracted, I would start to count. It didn't take long for the HI to start and I started to try NOT to focus too hard on this. It was weird because I'm am still fairly new and I'm not sure how HI is suppose to look, so I will give you an example. I will see pictures (or short film clips) of people doing things. The HI would come during me counting my breathes and I would loose count because of this. I somehow would get sucked into the HI, but would quickly loose mental focus and had to regain control. Again, I would start counting and the HI would start back up. I would then try to create a dream scene from the HI and as soon as I would do this, a MASSIVE wave of of something (don't know the word, maybe something like energy?) would come out of my body and it would kinda feel like my physical body was being pushed down and my spiritual body was being lifted out (I hope I explained that correctly). This happened several time during my WILD attempts but I never quite got to the point where I was totally in a dream. I can say that I never lost consciousness and I was aware throughout the whole process. After a while, exhaustion and frustration gave in and I gave up. By morning I documented in my DJ the most weakest, fragmented, non lucid dream known to man...:?

So my question to anyone experience with WILDing is...was I close? Does this make any sense? Am I on the right path? Was I doing everything correctly :hrm:? Any help is much appreciated! :thanks:

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Originally Posted by bemistaken

So my question to anyone experience with WILDing is...was I close? Does this make any sense? Am I on the right path? Was I doing everything correctly :hrm:? Any help is much appreciated! :thanks:

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Yes you we close, and you did a great job not obsessing over the sensations and getting to HI. Yes it makes total sense, and you were indeed on the right path. The sensation you felt was pretty normal, like a wave of energy hitting your body right? You might even have some ear-popping sounds and buzzing but that depends on each person. In any case, when they do happen, try not to pay attention to them because they are physical sensations and if you focus on the physical, you'll ground yourself more into the physical world when you should be transitioning over into the mental aspect. So i suggest when it happens next time, just keep focusing on the dream, visualize and try to retain your awareness. You start getting those sensations because your body is falling asleep, and your mind is just awake to witness it happening.

I hope this clears it up, good luck!

Thank you so much Paigeyemps,

Yes, I did indeed get the ear popping thing...it sounded like 'crackles' in my ear.

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The sensation you felt was pretty normal, like a wave of energy hitting your body right?

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Yes again, I felt the wave of energy hitting me from the core of my gut and climbing upward...so strong it kinda took my breath away (startling).

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when they do happen, try not to pay attention to them because they are physical sensations and if you focus on the physical, you'll ground yourself more into the physical world when you should be transitioning over into the mental aspect.

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This is great advise! As simple as it sounds, I never thought to move my attention in this direction, but I now understand the more I focus on the physical, the more I will stay in the physical. Thank you so much for the advise! :)

I have a problem :undecided:,

I must be doing something terribly wrong because all I am doing is dreaming...just dreaming! This morning, I woke up remember three dreams and non of them were lucid. Last night, I did my usual routine...I go to bed around 12:00am (before bed, I will say my mantras (MILD), "I will lucid dream tonight" and/or "I will recognize that I am dreaming and do a RC") and WBTB around 5:00am. Stay up for no more than 10 minutes (remember? I will not go back to sleep if I stay up longer than that) and go back to bed. I will make my attempts at WILD during this time by looking behind closed eyelids and not really focusing on anything specific and trying to stay still. I will get to the part of some of the symptoms like floating, energy rushing, and numbness. As I am reading here on dreamviews, I have not gotten to SP during a conscious WILD (I am very aware what SP is because during ALL my experiences with lucid dreaming and OBE's, I would wake up with SP, HIs, and intense vibrations). For all of my spontaneous OBE's, I am one of those people that receive all symptoms (SP, HIs, Vibrations, buzzing, etc), but during my conscious WILD, I have not gotten to SP and only had a few weak HIs. I WBTB very sleepy, but still mentally awake, so I don't believe this is the problem. I believe my problem is that I sleep with my husband and he snores loudly and continuously bumps into me all through the night :furious:. My spontaneous OBE's have always happened when I was on the couch or during a nap...in other words, when I am sleeping by myself. The last lucid dream and spontaneous OBE happened when my husband was snoring so loud, I couldn't sleep and I went to get on the couch. They also happen around 4:00-4:30 am (I documented it in my journal). So I believe I have my timing down correctly.

So this is where I stand, can anyone give me advice on how to move forward. I believe that if I was able to focus on staying still during my WBTB, I could wait out the SP and HIs to go forward with WILD. :thanks:

I understand your frustration, but don't get too caught up in the lack of SP. You're much more likely to notice it waking up than going to sleep. I rarely notice SP during a WILD, but often during DEILD. In other words, SP is more likely to shut off late than to set in early. At least in my experience, but I have also read the same opinion from others.

Have you tried an afternoon WILD on the couch? That might work for you. Also, you might want to notice if you sleep in a different position on the couch than in your bed.

Hello friend,

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Have you tried an afternoon WILD on the couch? That might work for you. Also, you might want to notice if you sleep in a different position on the couch than in your bed.

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No, I haven't taken an afternoon nap...in months...it is hard for me to sleep in the first place. However, I do remember many of my OBE's occurring on the couch or during a nap. Yes, I sleep in a totally different position when I am on the couch (on my side) and I am never on my side in my bed (always on my back). From past experiences, I have always woke up in SP, after being sleep for a considerable amount of time. So, should I try to WILD when I wake up from a nap? Also, how long do you sleep in order to call it a 'nap?'

One more thing...
Being that most of my experience have been spontaneous, during WILD, am I actually 'looking' for HI's?

Sorry for all the questions, but I know that I am missing something very simple here. Thanks! :okbyenow:

Here goes...

I got absolutely NO SLEEP last night! :insomnia: I literally watched the sun come up! My insomnia is killing my WILD attempts, but this is pretty common. For the times that I have a lot going on in my life, my insomnia kicks in at high gear. However, I don't fret, my crisis has worked itself out and this will correct my sleep issues. I have learned not to rush things important to me (like my LD goals) because this only increases my insomnia symptoms. I have also re-started my favorite hobby...running. This always helps me sleep better, so I am looking forward to WILDing tonight. That's right! I'm claiming it! ;)

I know I can...I know I can...I know I can...:offtobed:

It'll come back soon, I'm sure. I'm having a crazy week myself, so my head just kicks into problem-solving mode as soon as I wake up.

I hope someone will be able to shed more light on your WILD questions. I'm a natural WILDer, so I don't really know the ins and outs of it, only how it is for me. But that thing about the fruit-shaped HI that you picked up on in my DJ, that was the first time I tried to shape the HI. Up until that dream, I had always just tried to ignore it.

You can try different things and see what works for you.

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It'll come back soon, I'm sure. I'm having a crazy week myself, so my head just kicks into problem-solving mode as soon as I wake up.

I hope someone will be able to shed more light on your WILD questions. I'm a natural WILDer, so I don't really know the ins and outs of it, only how it is for me. But that thing about the fruit-shaped HI that you picked up on in my DJ, that was the first time I tried to shape the HI. Up until that dream, I had always just tried to ignore it.

You can try different things and see what works for you.

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Hi friend,

I believe the most basic problem with me is that I am not sleepy enough, or like I stated earlier, I am sleeping with someone that continuously wakes me up during the night. For some reason (at least in the past) I am a natural at astral projecting or OBE's (but only spontaneously or unaware at what's going on, and that is no fun!). But, when it comes to lucidly dreaming and being fully in control...I suck. I KNOW I can do this! I WILL do this! I just have to find my sweet spot! :D

Thanks for your support, it really means a lot! When I do WILD, you will be the first to know!

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Originally Posted by bemistaken

Being that most of my experience have been spontaneous, during WILD, am I actually 'looking' for HI's?

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I find that the best approach is to simply relax, maintain your awareness, and gently wait for things like HI to come. Looking too hard to HI or getting too excited can delay how long it takes me to get to sleep.

In general, it's actually good with WILD to not go actively seeking much of anything. Gently take notice of HI when it arrives, but don't get too excited or involved with it right away. Just remember yourself and what your goals are, but let most of this happen on its own.

I'd suggest not even thinking about when you will fall asleep, since that can create a sort of self-sustaining insomnia feedback loop. Try to just be during the experience. Essentially, your only job is to keep your self-awareness intact. The process of falling asleep can just take care of itself.

At some point, HI will probably become more and more realistic. Here's how I enter during a WILD: when I think that the dream is ready, I generally will my dream body to interact with it in some way, making sure not to use my muscles. This is a bit hard to explain, but it's basically just like imagining versus really doing. This pulls me into the scene and then I'm ready to go.

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Originally Posted by bemistaken

I got absolutely NO SLEEP last night! :insomnia: I literally watched the sun come up! My insomnia is killing my WILD attempts, but this is pretty common. For the times that I have a lot going on in my life, my insomnia kicks in at high gear. However, I don't fret, my crisis has worked itself out and this will correct my sleep issues. I have learned not to rush things important to me (like my LD goals) because this only increases my insomnia symptoms. I have also re-started my favorite hobby...running. This always helps me sleep better, so I am looking forward to WILDing tonight. That's right! I'm claiming it! ;)

I know I can...I know I can...I know I can...:offtobed:

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Sorry about your insomnia, but you've got just the right attitude! Keep trying and keep us up to date on how you do! I know you'll hit one soon. Remember: stay aware, and fall asleep. That's what WILD really is down to.

Soon!

Thank you CanisLucidus,

I had to take a short break...I would read so much on dreamviews everyday that other people's dreams would filter into my dreams (and not in a good way). If I read someone else's dream journal, I would somehow dream their dream. One time, I remember just dreaming about how other people's Avatars looked on the site...weird :shock:. I guess I was taking in so much information, my brain just needed a time out. But in the process of that time out, I did DILD! (You can take a look here: Merry Christmas - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views). I am going to start back tonight now that I know, I can do it. A good friend of mine has given me some great advice and I plan on doing it (thanks Sibyline :)). I must say I did miss dreamviews...I was sooo lonely! Anyways, I will let you know about my progress...and I still...know I can...I know I can...I know I can! :offtobed:

I'm so glad you're back! It is difficult to be off DV, especially because most of us don't have people we can talk about these issues with IRL. But then again, as we have both experienced, it is possible too become too engrossed in the whole thing, so it's good to step back and lay low now and then, if it seems to have adverse affects on your dreaming/lucidity.

I have seen others mention dreaming about DV avatars too, so that seems to be a common thing.

But if reading other people's dreams causes you to dream the same thing, you should only read mine, because they are awesome! :rockon:

I try to steer clear of threads regarding people's LD problems right now, because I think that can rub off too. I try to read about the success stories, and of course it is also possible to filter dream journals so you only see the lucid ones, if that's what you need right now.

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But if reading other people's dreams causes you to dream the same thing, you should only read mine, because they are awesome!

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You are exactly right and I do that anyway! :lol:

Thanks Sibyline!

Okay, let's get to the good stuff, here's what happened...

I did my usual MILD & WBTB with WILD around 5:00am, stayed up for about 10 minutes and went back to bed with WILDing on my mind. It did not take long before the 'wierdness' happened. As I was laying their as still as a statue, I focused on the back of my eyelids counting my breaths. It seems like I couldn't make it to 15 without losing count and drifting off to no where and I had to continuously start all over. I never did reach HI (I know...HI isn't necessary), so I just kept trying to focus on my counting and breathing. All of a sudden, my breath was slowly getting sucked right out of me and I felt myself floating slightly above my body.

As I started to float, my hearing changed. I have had this symptom before so I tried to observe it passively like everyone says to do. As I was doing this, (this part is hard to explain) I felt my hearing go...distant? farther? slowly walk away from me??? I told you it is hard to explain! My hearing became muffled, like if you were to put your pointer finger in your ear (I hope you understand what I'm talking about). I could hear, but it was difficult. Once I felt like I was slowly finished floating above my body (note: should I have made an attempt during the feeling of floating or after?), I tried to carefully move my 'ghost' finger...but my physical finger moved instead. I figured, hmmm...maybe I'm not out yet. I was stumped and didn't know what to do next, because it really felt like I was still floating above my body. Now, I wasn't floating as high as the ceiling, maybe just right above my body (flat on my back), so I don't know if I tried too early to get out. I told myself, maybe I'm already lucid and just try to open my 'dream eyes.' So when I did this, I believe my real eyes opened because nothing looked different. I remember dreamview members saying that you could very well still be lucid, even when everything looks normal and I should do a reality check (could be a FA also). As I moved to roll out of the bed to attempt a different RC, my entire body (physical) moved. So I realized, I was still in the physical. I got back into my laying position and just started all over again by relaxing and counting breathes.

Again, within minutes, I felt like my breath was leaving, I was floating, and I was becoming deaf. I paid no attention and kept trying to count my very short breaths....but then a new symptom arises...my heart start beating like crazy like it wants to leave my chest and never come back. I can't help but be scared, not because of the symptoms, but because I really can't think of what to do next because I'm not sure if I'm out. Once the rapid heart rate subsides, I try to move my 'ghost' finger and my physical finger moves again. Then...ever so slowly...the floating stops, the hearing loss corrects itself, my heart decides it is not ready to leave me...and I'm back in the physical. Too worked up to even try another attempt, I toss and turn until I unconsciously drift to sleep.

Side Note: I do remember dreaming several dreams afterwards, but I was too tired to write them down and forgot them all...with my luck, I probably was lucid somewhere in there and I just don't remember it.

Question: "What the hell happened?" :roll:

Advised appreciated :thanks:

Hey there! So sorry for the late reply. Here's what I think happened. You were still in that transitional phase where your body is drifting asleep but you're not quite there yet. This could explain why your physical body moved once you tried to think of moving your dream body. It might have been good to wait a bit longer, perhaps not try anything physical for a bit, and instead do some visualizing such as try to change the scene you are seeing. If you are not seeing anything (if you're staring at the back of your eyelids), try to create a dream scene with your mind. That way, you'll have time to properly transition, as well as have a dream scene ready! About the ear sound and muffling and being distant, i think that's just your hearing turning into real time hearing instead of hearing the outside noises, it shifts into your inner hearing. This is also characterized by a popping sound or a loud whoooosh. Same goes for the beating heart. Pretty interesting eh?

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note: should I have made an attempt during the feeling of floating or after?

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After would probably be better, I think. Being in an unstable phase of sleep, you might be better off making sure first that you are in a dream before trying physical things. And the flosting sensations etc can be parts of that transitional phase that you don't really wanna mess with too much, so it might be better to let that subside first. :)

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Question: "What the hell happened?" :roll:

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First of all, I agree with everything Paigey says above. You were definitely on the right track here -- only a little bit further to go! Going through high-quality attempts like this will really help you learn what your WILD experience is like.

I have one major recommendation. When you're trying to move your dream body, see if you can perform it as an act of will rather than a motion. Rather than the normal way that you'd make a part of your body move, instead attempt to will your finger to move. Or better still, imagine that it is already moving. See whether you can make such a change. Make no attempt to engage your muscles. That way, if things aren't quite ready, you're less likely to physically move and distract yourself from your transition.

Great war story and excellent progress! You are on the right track and you're learning a ton from each of these attempts. Keep it up! :goodjob:

Great advice from both dream guides!

I would add that if you have not yet opened your eyes, you could also attempt to see through your eyelids. That works for me because there's no confusion as to whether I opened my dream eyes or physical eyes, and I use that whenever I WILD or DEILD with false awakenings. The scene just fades in that way.

Well, I have been unusually busy for the month of June in terms of responsibility. I have not been able to practice because I got stuck with a work assignment that took up all of my time for ten whole days...but that is no excuse to practice...yes, I know :roll:.

So, I made a commitment to challenge myself to putting everything I have into becoming lucid and obtaining more control. I made a contract with my family and had them sign it that they will not disturb me in the morning, during naps, or during meditation. My family have been aware of my OBE's and LD's for a long time now, so this is not at all strange to them. I believe that if I make this commitment, I will be more obligated to the time and effort of practice. Many times over the last two weeks, my son has been waking me up (school is out :() just to tell me he is leaving to go to a friends house. One time last week, he woke me up straight out of a FA...scared the sh#t out of me! So now and according to the contract they signed, they are not to wake me up and they can leave me a note on my door if the wish. During meditation, I had to be creative and create a space in my bathroom to meditate. I go into my bathroom and lock the door. Then, I go into my huge shower and place a chair in it and turn off the lights and meditate. Oh yeah, there is also a sign on the bathroom door that says, "Do not disturb...in the astral." I love my family, they don't question me about the strangeness or question what I'm doing...they just believe me. I am retraining my brain to think like a child and not question every single little thing that I feel or see. I can't tell you how important it is to be like a child sometimes when attempting the things we do in the dream world...just like a child, YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE! You have to believe that it is possible to fly to our solar system, believe that you have the ability to make anything appear, believe that you can see someone who have died many years ago, appear right in front of you like no time has passed..and most important, just believe that you can lucid dream.

If I believe all these things are possible and I have the capabilities to accomplish all of these things, I know I have already conquered the most difficult part of LDing. I will put to practice this new mentality tonight and be like a child and believe it will happen. If it doesn't, no worries, like a child, I will anxiously await my next opportunity...just simply believing. :)

That is a really impressive plan and commitment! A contract, what a great idea! And the sign too. Fortunately, I already had an agreement in place with my children prior to my current LD project. I had (over time) made them respect my wish not to be disturbed before the alarm clock on weekdays, and not before 9 AM on weekends, holidays etc. It took a while for the youngest to "get it", but fortunately, the oldest, who is 7, has been a great supporter, especially since lucid dreaming came into the picture, because she is very interested in it herself. So if they want to go outside, she will leave a note on the door and take her little sister with her. I'm glad to hear that you have the support of your family too.

I can't wait to see the adventures you will now embark on!

That reminds me of the scene in the matrix where Morpheus is showing Neo the ropes in one of the earlier scenes. The matrix is like a dream world where the rules have been created by machines but can be broken by the mind. Morpheus asks Neo "do you think that is air you are breathing"? The point being that when in the dream, expectations of a typical reality gets in the way of fully realizing hidden potential. That is where belief comes in because when you believe you can do anything regardless of perceived limitations, that becomes reality.
So yeah, that is some excellent perspective to have going into your dreams. It will make a huge difference in the long run. :)

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That reminds me of the scene in the matrix where Morpheus is showing Neo the ropes in one of the earlier scenes. The matrix is like a dream world where the rules have been created by machines but can be broken by the mind. Morpheus asks Neo "do you think that is air you are breathing"? The point being that when in the dream, expectations of a typical reality gets in the way of fully realizing hidden potential. That is where belief comes in because when you believe you can do anything regardless of perceived limitations, that becomes reality.
So yeah, that is some excellent perspective to have going into your dreams. It will make a huge difference in the long run. :)

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Great example Chimpertainment (by the way...love the name, love the Avatar),

I am on a mission and I had to realize, it's up to me. No one can really help me with this because it is such a personal experience. My thought process, attitude, and especially my belief will determine how far I go...and baby, I plan on going far, far, and away! ;)

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Well, I have been unusually busy for the month of June in terms of responsibility. I have not been able to practice because I got stuck with a work assignment that took up all of my time for ten whole days...but that is no excuse to practice...yes, I know :roll:.

So, I made a commitment to challenge myself to putting everything I have into becoming lucid and obtaining more control. I made a contract with my family and had them sign it that they will not disturb me in the morning, during naps, or during meditation. My family have been aware of my OBE's and LD's for a long time now, so this is not at all strange to them. I believe that if I make this commitment, I will be more obligated to the time and effort of practice. Many times over the last two weeks, my son has been waking me up (school is out :() just to tell me he is leaving to go to a friends house. One time last week, he woke me up straight out of a FA...scared the sh#t out of me! So now and according to the contract they signed, they are not to wake me up and they can leave me a note on my door if the wish.

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That's an outstanding post, bemistaken. I love the contract idea, love the commitment, and love the attitude. When you believe that it will happen, it really will.

I'm very excited for you! :happy:

It was around 5pm today, and I had just finished doing some light house work when I decided I will just lay down and ‘rest’ my eyes. I was not expecting anything at all to happen since I just finished doing my hourly RC and I have been in a dry spell for at least 6-8 weeks. I have never made it to the point to consciously be lucid, but I have been practicing MILD & WBTB. My main goal for the last two months was to WILD (King Yoshi's WILD method). I have not been deterred by how difficult WILDing can be so I was expecting to put in months (if not years) of reality checking, daily awareness, and meditation time if I had to…enough of this rambling, here’s what happened!

As I was resting my eyes, I had that old familiar feeling of vibrations starting from the bottom of my feet to the top of my head. I was in a shock :shock:, as I don’t remember falling asleep, so I knew I wasn’t dreaming. I knew what the vibrations meant because I would always have vibrations and the sleep atonia with my spontaneous OBE's. The vibrations were strong, but I held onto my composure until I felt my spiritual self wiggle itself free…like magic, I was out :boogie:!!! I immediately reminded myself not to get too excited and remember to stabilize myself (but, I couldn’t help but get excited, I have been waiting for this very moment!). I had practiced stabilization techniques in real life and what task I would do when (not if!) it was going to happen. Immediately I called out for 'clarity' and I needed to find the nearest mirror. I could tell I was still in my bedroom as I was able to make out my bedroom furniture and I had placed a big, full-length mirror in the living room 2 months ago just for this very moment. I already knew I was going to look at myself in the mirror…so that is exactly what I did! I ‘flew’ over to the mirror so I could look at myself and…well…I must be a vampire or the invisible woman because I didn’t have an image :shock:! I had no image whatsoever! This threw me a little and I felt myself fading away and I began to feel myself go into my physical body. So, I lay still in the physical paying no attention to my physical, kind of like I was playing like I was going to sleep. Then, I felt the vibrations return and I patiently waited to separate from my body and once again…I was out :boogie:!!! ‘Okay,” I tell myself, no bullsh#t this time, I have to go back to that mirror (TOTM or bust baby!)!!! I try to walk to the mirror, but instead I fly at warp speed towards the mirror (I tell myself, if I can’t see myself in the mirror at least I can teleport to the pyramids of Giza, like I had planned as backup). But, instead of going through the mirror, I over shoot my aim and I go over the mirror and go through the wall instead :uhm:! Frustrated, I lose focus and slowly I’m pulled back into my physical body…again. I tell myself, okay, let’s do this one more time! I play sleep and patiently wait and sure enough…the vibrations come back and I pop out for the third time :woohoo:!!! Yes, I’m out again! Okay, so I have a slight problem from here. I’m out for the third time and two of my attempts at my tasks have already failed. The only thing I can think of to do was to just get a little practice in with stabilization techniques (hey, this is my first conscious WILD!)…as I don’t have my ‘lucid-legs’ yet. I do stabilization drills such as focusing on my bedroom furniture and shouting ‘clarity now!’ just to see what happens. Then, something weird happens, some type of wind suction starts pulling me backwards with a force I can’t fight and I find myself being pulled off of my feet (if I have feet). This scared me because I did not know what this force was and why was I going backwards:eek:??? I called on JESUS, I called on my friend Sibyline, I called for my mama! All I felt and saw was wind (if you can see wind)! As I wrestled with this ‘suction’ I felt my physical body moving and WHAM! I was back in the physical. I sat straight up in my bed wide-awake now and not willing to chance me forgetting what I just witnessed, I get my dream journal and write down everything with a vengeance!

I know this was long, but I wanted to put everything in detail because someone out there is frustrated right now with their attempt in lucid dreamng and they believe they will never be lucid and all their practice is just in vain. I'm here to tell you that it is not! I practiced everyday and did everything the seasoned dreamview facilitators, moderators, and members tell us to do. You just have to wait and let your mentality decide what is correct...this takes time. It may not happen as fast as you want it to, but you must understand you are different from everyone else. Don’t try to keep up with anyone! Go at your own pace, nice and slow! I’m here to tell you IT WILL PAY OFF! Keep practicing! Keep doing! Keep talking about it! Most importantly, be thankful for your set backs and your advancements, never give up and KEEP BELIEVING!

My thank you speech:

First of all, I would like to thank my higher power that continues to give me faith, hope, and love. I would also like to thank my friends at dreamviews for your constant encouragement: Sibyline, MasterMind, CanisLucidus, Zoth, OphiliaBlue, King Yoshi, Mr.0Blonde, Checker666, Gab, Paigeyemps, Xaneous, realdeal magic, sivason, Sageous, Chimpertainment, Brandonboss, dutchraptor and all dreamview family members and friends. You may not think that your postings make a difference, I'm here to tell you...they do.

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One Love.

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Hahahahahahahah!

That was a very fun read :D I am very very proud of you! Congratulations :party:

Awesome!! :woohoo: Congratulations, bemistaken! I am so excited for you!

This is a great result in so many ways. I'm really impressed that in spite of all the excitement of what was going on, you remembered your goals and got it done. I think your waking life practice was a great idea because it seemed like it translated over remarkably well and left you well-prepared.

BTW, that Pyramids back-up goal could get you Task of the Year if you also remember to, oh, just fix the Sphinx's nose and ride her to the top of the Pyramid! :goodjob:

Great job DEILDing back in for another round, too. You did everything so well here! Including calling out "Sibyliiiiiiiine!!" when you needed help. :chuckle:

WOW, bemistaken, that was amazing. CONGRATULATIONS!!! :banana:

You were so focused and well-prepared for this big event. I'm so impressed at how you hung in there in spite of the difficulties you encountered. That was a fantastic feat! I am humbled to have been in your thoughts along with Jesus and your mama. Talk about being in good company! :D

WILD can be a really intense experience, but you made it through so well, and just got right back in there when you got thrown out. Great control and composure!

And, BTW - head on over to TOTM June if you haven't already, because I'm sure your mirror experience counts for wings! You described your reflection (none), and that's what counts.

I am SO pleased for you, I can't even. YAY! :goodjob: :clap::hug:

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Wow, really?! You got to be kidding me! I thought that I had to described how I looked (not being invisible!). I remember you said that you looked like a cyclops and I was so sure that I was going to look like something weird also. I will go and paste this experience to the TOTM section and keep my fingers crossed! Thanks 'Sibyliiiiiiiine!' :lol:

P.S. I believe I was so focused on staying lucid because I have waited for such a long time for it to happen, I knew I was not going to take 'no' for an answer when it happened, so I just kept refusing to go back in my body! I was going to have my moment damn it!!!:cheeky:

Thank you Paigeyemps and Canis Lucidus for your comments! :)

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P.S. I believe I was so focused on staying lucid because I have waited for such a long time for it to happen, I knew I was not going to take 'no' for an answer when it happened, so I just kept refusing to go back in my body! I was going to have my moment damn it!!!

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I love it. That is the perfect attitude! :goodjob:

And most importantly, always remember what you are capable of. You are somebody who lucid dreams, and have every right to think of yourself that way. You have no reason to take "no" for an answer ever again!

Again, great job, and enjoy the many lucids ahead! :content:

That sounds like it was an awesome experience! :)

Congrats on that lucid Bemistaken, Im glad everything has paid off for you! You really stretched it to the limit, Im impressed!

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Lookin forward to reading more of your lucid experiences :)

Thanks Chimpertainment,

I made that contract with myself (and family) and had to really change my attitude when it came to lucid dreaming. In other words, I had to be honest with myself and ask how serious I am with the attainment of lucid dreaming and what exactly am I willing to do to obtain it. I'm finding out that as 'humans' we fail to realize how powerful our mentality can really be. We must constantly nurture our mentality during the day, so we will be able to accomplish the task we set out to do in the dreaming world. Our mentality is a much stronger force because of this. Once I did this, I'm realizing that the possibilities in the dream world are endless. Thanks for your comments and encouragement! :)

June 23, 2013
Method: MILD & WBTB (too exhausted to stay awake for my WILD attempt )

Dream Frag:

I was in a car with someone and I told him that I wanted to go home, but we kept driving around in circles. I would look down at my clothes and they would change everytime I looked down (do you think this was my dream sign??? Uh...yeah!). It didn't seem to concern me that my clothes kept changing, I just wanted to go home...never did make it home .


Note: One of my famous recurring dreams about being lost and not being able to find home.

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I'm finding out that as 'humans' we fail to realize how powerful our mentality can really be. We must constantly nurture our mentality during the day, so we will be able to accomplish the task we set out to do in the dreaming world. Our mentality is a much stronger force because of this. Once I did this, I'm realizing that the possibilities in the dream world are endless. Thanks for your comments and encouragement! :)

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You're exactly right. And never will this be more true any place than in the dream! Even though in many ways we construct our reality as we live our waking lives, in dreams this is literally and immediately true.

Bit by bit, you will demonstrate to yourself that the possibilities of the dream world are indeed endless. You're going to love the journey. :content:

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You're exactly right. And never will this be more true any place than in the dream! Even though in many ways we construct our reality as we live our waking lives, in dreams this is literally and immediately true.

Bit by bit, you will demonstrate to yourself that the possibilities of the dream world are indeed endless. You're going to love the journey. :content:

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Thank you CanisLucidus,

LDing, APing, or OBEing (whatever you choose to call it) is not a game, it's not a test, or a "Let's see if I can make this happen this one time tonight" thing for me...this is my life-long journey. In attempting to LD, we must take ownership in the situation. Claim it, demand it, call it by it's name and it will answer. If failure happens (and I don't call it failure), it is really a sign for us to re-evaluate self. If we take our time and commit whole-heartedly, I PROMISE...you will succeed. I have not only changed the way I sleep, but I have changed the way I live! I can't afford to to take things slightly in my life, I choose to look at EVERYTHING with a curious eye. By giving up, I am telling myself I don't have control in waking life, so how do I expect to have control anywhere else? How much control I have in this world is my responsibility, no one else's...so control will follow me in my dream world. ONE LOVE. :)

Hello Workbook!

Last week has been absolutely crazy...I have had the pleasure of taking care of my five year old nephew for the last week and he has been sleeping with me every night, so between his 'foot in my back' and his 'hand slaps in my face' during the night, I haven't had much luck with becoming lucid :(. His mom needed a well deserved break, so I thought, "Why not?!" :roll: To make a long story short, he is back with his mom and now I can get back to my life :cheeky:.

Tonight I will get right back on track with WILDing. My goal is to try my best to maintain control and go off on my planned lucid adventure. My adventure has always included stabilization and teleportation, but as of right now, I have not yet been able to master neither one. I have been having problems with staying alert and aware and my environment fading to the black. If this is to happen again, I will pick up the first thing that I see and try to focus on it or do some hand rubbing and spinning (as suggested here on dreamviews). My experiences have always been weird, meaning that I always just wake up out of body. I don't remember a dream scene or nothing...I will usually just feel vibrations and boom, I'm either in the middle of 'popping out' of my body, or standing by my bed already 'popped out.' I don't care for this process too much because I don't have any control of when it will happen...it just happens. I never get the chance to fall into a dream scene (at least, that I can remember). I can be in a dead deep sleep and all of a sudden, vibrations will vibrate me straight out of my body...What is that about? :? On only a couple of occasions have I become lucid in a dream and I said, "Hey, I'm dreaming!" I feel like I'm am missing a sign somewhere along the way and I just don't notice it. Oh well, I will keep you posted...

I know I can, I know I can, I know I can...:offtobed:

It sounds to me like you're just a natural WILDer! That's a cool skillset to have and one that I had to really work at.

If DILD is not something that clicked for you right away, it only seems that way because you're comparing it to a strength. If you work at DILD, you will definitely become skilled at it as well.

Your ideas about picking up and examining objects are perfect. Just get really, really sunk into the dream scene. Marvel at all that detail and just enjoy this new environment. That is not only a lot of fun but will also really help keep you locked in like you want to be.

And when the dream does fade to black, don't assume that it's over. Keep rubbing your hands and probing at your dream body. Very often it will still be there... when this is the case, you have the chance to get to a brand new scene, possibly one of your choosing! I call this state "the void" and it took me dozens of lucids to get comfortably with the idea that the dream can keep going right through this state. Took a little practice, but opened up huge opportunities.

Keep us posted!

Thanks CanisLucidus,

I will do just that! It may be a natural ability to WILD, but what fun is it when you don't know when it will happen? It is frustrating because when I want it to happen, it doesn't, when I don't want it to happen, it does. This is what gets on my nerves! :mad: I know the ability is there, I just want to be able to control it. Before I found dreamviews, all of those sensations use to scare the sh#t out of me and I would just fight my way out of the vibrations and/or paralysis. Like my grandmother use to tell me, "Fight that devil off your chest!" Sigh:roll:

Now that I am practicing, it seems far and few in between when I get lucid (now that I WANT IT TO HAPPEN), and when I do get lucid, I have no idea how it happened because I wasn't even dreaming. Don't get me wrong, I do a lot of dreaming, but I never become lucid in my dreams and I have never done a reality check (AND I WANT TO DO A REALITY CHECK IN MY DREAM!). I know that I just have to stick with my ADA, which I must admit, I am not so great at. In my dreams, I believe anything and everything I see in what is happening (remember, the alien having sex??? :cackle:). My awareness sucks...

I know something great is in store for me when I am able to gain control and believe me, just like before, dreamviews will be the first to know!

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LOL. I do remember the alien. :lol: That's a good one!

I think that the awareness which truly matters is just the self-awareness of considering how you're feeling, whether it makes sense, and how you got where you are. Proving to yourself that you're not dreaming.

Throughout the day, remember that any given moment could be your opportunity to become lucid and have an amazing LD experience. Any moment, including right now! If you go through the day with this sense of anticipation and excitement, I think you'll find that DILDs come much more naturally. Consider that every single night you'll spend a couple of hours dreaming, and you'll feel much as you do right in this very moment.

Still sure you're not dreaming? Prove it to yourself.

I think that's the key... understanding that right now may be your moment. Then carry this attitude with you through the day so that it joins you at night when it really counts.

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LOL. I do remember the alien. :lol: That's a good one!

I think that the awareness which truly matters is just the self-awareness of considering how you're feeling, whether it makes sense, and how you got where you are. Proving to yourself that you're not dreaming.

Throughout the day, remember that any given moment could be your opportunity to become lucid and have an amazing LD experience. Any moment, including right now! If you go through the day with this sense of anticipation and excitement, I think you'll find that DILDs come much more naturally. Consider that every single night you'll spend a couple of hours dreaming, and you'll feel much as you do right in this very moment.

Still sure you're not dreaming? Prove it to yourself.

I think that's the key... understanding that right now may be your moment. Then carry this attitude with you through the day so that it joins you at night when it really counts.

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Wow, that makes a lot of sense! You just made ADA fun! I believe that has been my problem...practicing ADA has been boring and I was just kinda going through the routine of doing it for the sake of doing it. Since you put it like that, in terms of "Hey, I could be dreaming I'm on dreamsviews!" (which, by the way I have actually dreamed I was on dreamviews), it makes practicing ADA and doing RC's much more exciting. Thanks again!

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Wow, that makes a lot of sense! You just made ADA fun! I believe that has been my problem...practicing ADA has been boring and I was just kinda going through the routine of doing it for the sake of doing it. Since you put it like that, in terms of "Hey, I could be dreaming I on dreamsviews!" (which, by the way I have actually dreamed I was on dreamviews), it makes practicing ADA and doing RC's much more exciting. Thanks again!

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Great, I'm glad that helps! To tell you the truth, I can't even truly call what I do "all-day awareness". Every now and then when I have some free brain cycles I'll take a special effort to take note of my surroundings. But the idea of doing it all day is overwhelming!

The main thing, I think, is having your day punctuated with those moments of excitement where you say, "Whoa, I forgot myself there for a second! I could be dreaming right now!" And then really prove to yourself that you're not. It gives you the chance to get all excited and motivated, too, thinking about the fact that nearly two hours of your day will be spent dreaming, and this could have easily been one of those moments!

Opportunities truly are everywhere. All it takes is one! You will catch one, realize you're dreaming, and then you're going to have some fun! :goodjob2:

Ha ha, all this talk is getting me really motivated... :chuckle:

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I guess I found it boring because I am always in the same surroundings. What I mean is that when I am doing my RC's, I find myself in my usual places (my bedroom, in the shower, cooking in the kitchen, driving in my car) and my mentality will tell me, "Of course, you are not dreaming, you see these places every day in reality." I guess I am looking for something unusual to be happening to me for me to do a RC. My life is so predictable and I am sooo boring! I guess I am looking for me to be in a place that I am not usually in like at a Rihanna concert or attending a fashion show during Fashion Week in Paris. By the time I get to my RC's, I'm already in the mindset that whatever I'm doing is so common, I can't be dreaming. Like I stated earlier, even if something remarkable is happening, I probably still wouldn't catch it as a dream. I am going to take your advise and get excited about the possibility that I may be dreaming, everyday...no matter how boring the activity is around me! :)

On vacation with the kiddos at a water park for a few days of fun in the sun! Me and the family (about 30+ relatives) are having a ball...so, sad to say I haven't been doing much dreaming, but I have been doing a lot of eating (Oink! :(). Will be back home soon!

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On vacation with the kiddos at a water park for a few days of fun in the sun! Me and the family (about 30+ relatives) are having a ball...so, sad to say I haven't been doing much dreaming, but I have been doing a lot of eating (Oink! :(). Will be back home soon!

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Ooh, enjoy! Wow, 30 people! That's quite a crowd you've got going on there.

Have a great time. I will say that I've done some great dreaming on vacation from time to time. It seems to depend on whether you can get into a nice sleep rhythm. But if you can, all of the novel stimuli involved in travel and seeing new places can often provide some great dream fodder.

Either way, have fun and we'll see you when you return!

I was able to DILD while on vacation! This is what happened...

I didn't go to bed until way after midnight as usual :insomnia:, so I wasn't really expecting anything to happen. All I did was a MILD mantra without a WBTB...the reason being I don't sleep well in hotel rooms, if I was to wake up in the middle of the night away from home, I would just stay up until morning (I guess it has to do with me just being use to sleeping in my own bed). Anyways, I was dreaming and I became aware I was dreaming. All I remember was feeling the vibrations come on strong and I knew I was 'out.' As soon as I realized what was happening, I asked for clarity and tried my best to stabilized. Something was different though...usually, I 'pop out' in my bedroom, but I noticed I was still in the dream scene, which confused me. I'm not use to becoming aware in the middle of a dream scene (I have mostly WILD) so this caught me off guard and I didn't know what to do. I tried to think of what the TOTM was (and believe me, in real life, I am aware of what the TOTM is), but at that moment...I couldn't think of what it was...what is up with that :?? In my dream, I saw my mother-in-law talking to my nephew (she is currently on her death bed and she was telling my nephew what she wanted him to sing at her funeral, probably because he sings in our church choir in real life).

Shifting my attention as not to get sucked into the dream scene, I was still able to maintain my clarity and awareness but I just couldn't remember the TOTM, but I did remember my good 'ol back up plan (Remember? The pyramids of Giza?). So, I closed my eyes and set my intent on Egypt, took a deep breath AND...nothing. Damn it! Why doesn't teleportation work for me :uhm:??? I felt like my mentality was desperate and running haphazardly all over the place and I started just thinking about anything and everything in a last ditch effort to stay lucid. I believe that sucked all the energy right out of me and the dream just faded to the black and I woke up. Oh well, patience is a virtue! ;)

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Thanks CanisLucidus,

I would have never believed in a thousand years that I would have been able to become lucid with all of that distraction going on in my hotel room (kids)! Sleep rhythm is an area I must work with, but some how, the stars were aligned in my favor last night. Thanks for your comments! :)

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Awesome!! Am I right that this is your first DILD? That's fantastic! Congratulations on the milestone and on scoring it while on vacation (when I know you had your doubts.) This is really, really good stuff.

Heh heh, don't feel bad about not remembering Task of the Month right away. Keeping waking life memories alive in dreams is something that takes a little practice but you'll get better and better at it. Keep working those Tasks of the Month and you'll find that it's a skill which trains up nicely.

Hey, so when you tried to open your eyes after closing them and setting your intent on Egypt, what did you see upon opening them? Was it just the same scene or did opening them have bad results of some other kind? For teleportation, I'm a big fan of imagining the target scene in as much detail as possible. The more detail and determination you throw at it, the more of your mental energy gets poured into your goal. Keep trying!!

BTW, if you're interested in a more detailed treatment on teleportation, that was one of the topics of the Q&A podcast that we did a few weeks back: http://www.dreamviews.com/dreamviews...-sleepers.html. If you're looking for more ideas, check it out!

Well, congratulations again. Now that you've got both DILD and WILD available to you, you can keep hitting LDs from either angle. Enjoy!

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Awesome!! Am I right that this is your first DILD? That's fantastic! Congratulations on the milestone and on scoring it while on vacation (when I know you had your doubts.) This is really, really good stuff.

Heh heh, don't feel bad about not remembering Task of the Month right away. Keeping waking life memories alive in dreams is something that takes a little practice but you'll get better and better at it. Keep working those Tasks of the Month and you'll find that it's a skill which trains up nicely.

Hey, so when you tried to open your eyes after closing them and setting your intent on Egypt, what did you see upon opening them? Was it just the same scene or did opening them have bad results of some other kind? For teleportation, I'm a big fan of imagining the target scene in as much detail as possible. The more detail and determination you throw at it, the more of your mental energy gets poured into your goal. Keep trying!!

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I don't have any format or process when I try to teleport...I didn't know that I was suppose to 'imagine my scene in as much detail as possible.' That makes a lot of sense. I have DILD before, but it was during the first week of me becoming a member of dreamviews and that was 3 months ago. The rest of my attempts have been through WILD's.

For this recent attempt on teleportation, what I did was really a pathetic attempt to teleport. I thought of my goal of going to the pyramids, closed my eyes and opened them expecting to just be standing in front of the pyramids...you know? Kinda like poof, like magic and I'm there :poof:! Like I stated earlier, I didn't know that I was to help form the scene :uhm: (I guess I thought my long term memory of pictures of the pyramids would just kick in at any moment and take me there). When I did open my eyes, if I remember correctly, I think I was somewhere else...like in another dream or maybe another dream was starting...does that make sense? I don't think I like DILDs very much because I feel like I have to do a lot of work for me to get out of the dream, but when I WILD, I don't ever really recall me starting a dream or being in a dream. Usually, I lay down and within a few minutes, I am already out and in the room where ever I feel asleep in and I can go on my adventures from there.

Any other suggestions? Thanks for your comments! :thanks:

Cool... I think that the main thing is to simply have the right expectations in your mind. Know that you are already where you expect to be. So if you do the eye closing, know that you are already there, because if you believe it, you truly will be!

Teleporting in such a way that I imagine something is behind my back works well. I also love to teleport whenever I'm stuck in the void. Anything that makes me believe that the scene will be right, you know? That's why I think that looking away or closing your eyes makes teleportation easier. There's no visual information to interfere with the change you're creating. I talk about this a bit more in the podcast, but the short version is that there are some definite neurological reasons that this is easier.

It's so cool that WILD is quite natural for you! It's something I really have to put specific effort into and it always feels like a real treat when I manage one. We all have our style, and you've clearly found yours. But fortunately we can both travel outside of our comfort zones and discover great things!

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Cool... I think that the main thing is to simply have the right expectations in your mind. Know that you are already where you expect to be. So if you do the eye closing, know that you are already there, because if you believe it, you truly will be!

Teleporting in such a way that I imagine something is behind my back works well. I also love to teleport whenever I'm stuck in the void. Anything that makes me believe that the scene will be right, you know? That's why I think that looking away or closing your eyes makes teleportation easier. There's no visual information to interfere with the change you're creating. I talk about this a bit more in the podcast, but the short version is that there are some definite neurological reasons that this is easier.

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I will listen to the podcast tomorrow and read more of the tutorials on teleportation. I know I can do this, I am just not concentrating hard enough (or believing hard enough). I need to put more effort into it rather than just thinking that everything will happen on it's own without any help from me. Your explanation does bring clarity to this issue.

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It's so cool that WILD is quite natural for you! It's something I really have to put specific effort into and it always feels like a real treat when I manage one. We all have our style, and you've clearly found yours. But fortunately we can both travel outside of our comfort zones and discover great things!

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Thanks for that comment...but I don't deserve it. As I stated earlier, I want to control it, not just wake up freaked out, already 'popped out' and staring at myself sleep. Since joining dreamviews, I am making progress with seeing the signs of a WILD coming on and stabilizing it. I have also done a good job with DIELDing. That is more progress than I have ever made since childhood and I am thankful for this site, the moderators, members, and friends. Your right, we all have our specialty and as long as we are moving in the direction of gaining lucidity, no matter what the method, it's all good! ;)

You've got exactly the right idea and a great attitude. The secret to so much of this is to just keep showing up, keep learning, keep refining. You've got a great base, and lots of patience and practice will allow you to reach your full potential. You're gonna like it. :)

The month of July seems to be working for me to do DILD's. I was able to do the TOTM with a DILD! That's never happened before, but I am grateful! Check it out! :rockon:

Spoiler for Date: July 24, 2013
Method: MILD & WBTB with WILD
Total Sleep Time: 8-9 hours

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Date: July 24, 2013
Method: MILD & WBTB with WILD
Total Sleep Time: 8-9 hours

Dream #1

Well, I went to bed extremely sleepy, so sleepy, I broke a record by going to bed before midnight! I kept waking up in the middle of night, I guess because I went to bed so early, I kept thinking it was time to get up. I would use the bathroom and every time I would get back to bed, I would say my mantra and try my best to stay awake. Sometimes, I would go to sleep, but I would be back up in a couple of hours doing the same thing all over again. (that's just how my body works, I naturally wake up in the middle of night). Well, by the third time, in the middle of a dream, I felt my vibrations and I became lucid. I was in what looked like a hotel and I was talking to someone at the front desk. I couldn't get over how the person didn't really look like a human to me (and I can't explain what he looked like either). Somehow, my super lucid senses kicked in and I heard a voice in my head say, "Stop staring and hug the damn thing...NOW!" I flew over that counter and wrapped my arms around that 'thing' and held on for dear life! After what seemed a few minutes, I let go (I guess I thought if I didn't hold on long enough the thing would vanish or evaporate). I was so scared, but I had to wait for the reaction, so I just stood there ready to be vaporized or punched in the face by that thing, but instead, it just smiled at me. I lost lucidity soon after that, but when I woke up, I wrote down the little bit I retained and laid back down trying to see if I could continue, but I think the excitement messed that up for me. I was so excited! I don't know where that voice came from that told me to hug that thing, but THANK YOU! :banana:

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The month of July seems to be working for me to do DILD's. I was able to do the TOTM with a DILD! That's never happened before, but I am grateful! Check it out! :rockon:

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Awesome, well-deserved accomplishment! Great work! You are all over the DILDing this month.

I'll check out that DJ entry! :goodjob2:

Thanks CL!

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I know right? I have no idea what is happening, but like you all have always said, you must include ADA, RCs, study the tutorials, and any other exercise that will prepare your mentality for the dream world. I believe that was my subconscious talking to me at that very moment. I was too dumb struck looking at the humanoid to really pay attention of what I should do. Remember, I am notorious for believing anything I see in my dreams...I have been really reciting mantras for me to pay more attention and be aware while I am dreaming. It is paying off! :) With lucid dreaming, you can't do it alone by hoping luck will kick in, you must put in the work and believe it will happen. ;)

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Thanks CL!


I know right? I have no idea what is happening, but like you all have always said, you must include ADA, RCs, study the tutorials, and any other exercise that will prepare your mentality for the dream world. I believe that was my subconscious talking to me at that very moment. I was too dumb struck looking at the humanoid to really pay attention of what I should do. Remember, I am notorious for believing anything I see in my dreams...I have been really reciting mantras for me to pay more attention and be aware while I am dreaming. It is paying off! :) With lucid dreaming, you can't do it alone by hoping luck will kick in, you must put in the work and believe it will happen. ;)

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That all sounds perfect! You are forming very positive new habits that will help you in all kinds of ways with your dream practices. I think you'll find that greater level of self-awareness in dreams will help with recall too.

That hint from your subconscious was just awesome. :D Your subC is a very powerful ally to have on this journey!

Hello Workbook!

Awwww, baby, don't be like that! I know it has been awhile since my last post, but you must understand! I have been awfully busy...please let me make it up to you! I know...that's not an excuse, but it is the only excuse that I have. Baby, please believe me, I miss you...please let me make this up to you, somehow and in someway! You say, "How bad do I want it?" Let me turn off these lights and show you...

No bullsh*t! :lol:

Well, it is the truth, I have been busy, but I totally miss my workbook. I had to lend someone a helping hand recently AND I started back to work after being on summer vacation...so needless to say, my sleep cycle for my WBTB and MILD (with an attempt to WILD) is totally f#cked up!

But, as always, one must remember what is important to them. What is important to me is for me to have an 'intimate' relationship with lucidity. Just like any relationship in life, if you ignore it...it will die. I love lucidity and I want lucidity to love me back...so, the work must be put in so the relationship will thrive.

Until tonight...my love. :cheeky:

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Awwww, baby, don't be like that! I know it has been awhile since my last post, but you must understand! I have been awfully busy...please let me make it up to you! I know...that's not an excuse, but it is the only excuse that I have. Baby, please believe me, I miss you...please let me make this up to you, somehow and in someway! You say, "How bad do I want it?" Let me turn off these lights and show you...

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:lol: Love it! Welcome back, bemistaken! Lucidity and your workbook are always gonna love you back.

I'm also recovering from a fairly messed up (lack of) sleep schedule, but I think that things are starting to come around. We'll be getting lucid in no time!

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Thanks CL!

I do treat my workbook (i.e., lucidity) like it is a real person. My goal is to form a personal relationship with lucidity...even if it means getting emotional from time to time. Just like real people you love, you can't ignore them, you must spend quality time with them, and you must acknowledge them so they will acknowledge you in return!

I don't want to be a stranger to lucidity and I certainly don't want lucidity to be a stranger to me! ;)

Great words. The more you get attached to lucidity, the better you really understand how everything works. Kind of like how you tap a thing a certain way in order to get it to work, and only you really know how to make it work because you've been with it for a looong time. I think that's how lucidity is, too :D

Thanks Paigeyemps!

Progress is right around the corner...stay tuned! :)

Date: August 6, 2013
Method: WBTB & MILD (WILD)
Total hours of sleep time: 6 hours (WBTB 1 hour)

Well, I have a lot to talk about so let's get to the good stuff!

I went to bed at my usual time of 12:00am and I have to get up to fix breakfast and wake the kids. After getting everything done and the last child out of the house, I looked at the clock frustrated because I just knew I couldn't count this as a good WBTB to WILD technique/method. According to what I have read on DV, I should not do too much activity during WBTB and I should try to be silent and keep the lights dim. Well, with this being the first week of school, this morning my house was grand central station :( ! I was up cooking, waking up people, shouting that the bus was coming and every damn thing...sigh!


When everyone was out the door, I looked at the clock and realized a whole hour had passed. As I turned off the lights and got back in the bed, I said to myself, "You have done far to much to count this as a WBTB, no way are you going to become lucid now...chalk this up as another loss." However, my inner self told me to continue to say my mantra and just get a few minutes of sleep (It was 7:11am and I had to be up in an hour to get ready for work).

This is when the magic happened!

It seemed like mere seconds before I noticed that I was standing in front of my door screaming at my kids telling them the bus was coming. I had my hand on the couch which is in the living room by the front door, but I noticed that the couch was in a different position on the other side of the living room. Instinct (and I mean pure instinct) prompted me to do a RC. I told myself to levitate...AND I DID!!! That's when I felt the vibrations, and I knew I was lucid! I'm not good at my dream control, so I told myself to calm down and the next thing I knew, I was back in my bed. I stayed still and played sleep and like magic again...I was back in the living room! "Oh GOD, please tell me what to do!" I thought as I just floated there. I remembered that I wanted to gain some dream control so I started to touch the living room wall by the front door. As I was looking at the wall and the front door, I thought it would be fun to see if I can go through the wall...AND I DID!!! As I was going through the wall, I'm not 100% sure, but I think I saw like lights? sparks? flashes? Hard to explain, but also, as I want through the wall, it felt gooey :shock:. I did come out on the other side of the wall to my front yard and then I faded to the dark again and was back in my bed.

Well, you know my method for this by now DV, I laid still in my bed and DEILD my way back out of myself. This time, I was in a different scenery, but it was still my house. Everything was not quite right, so I knew I had to do something, or I would be back in my physical body again. So I'm standing there and my husband is just looking at me. He says, "Aren't you suppose to do something?" I look at him strangely, but for the life of me I couldn't think of what I was suppose to do (once I woke up, I realized for the TOTM, I was suppose to ask a DC what is the meaning of life? :doh:)! I stood there wondering what my husband was talking about and I realized I was losing my lucidity by getting wrapped up in my husband, so immediately, I refocused my attention on getting out of there! For some strange reason, one thing I can always remember is trying to teleport to Egypt and that is exactly what I tried to do.

Canis Lucidis told me to close my eyes and imagine Egypt down to the very last detail. I closed my eyes (tight) and kept thinking about how Egypt looked with the pyramids and the sand (kinda how it looks when I watch the Discovery Channel or National Geographic). I kept repeating these images in my mind and then I began to hear music, or people singing (this isn't the first time I have heard beautiful music while lucid, but every time I wake up, I can't remember the music or the songs)? Slowly I open my eyes and the first thing I see (hard to explain) is like a wavy image (you know how you look in the distance and it is really hot and you can see the heat waves?). The image clears up and I hear people say that Pharoh is a crook. I look down and a child is telling me to follow him (he looks like my God son in RL, but now he is my God son in Ancient times, his clothes are rags also). So I follow him. He stops by men that are working and building something and they are wearing tattered clothes and they look like prisoners. One of them looks like he is eating something and he gives him some of his sandwich to eat and the child says thank you. When the child let go of my hand to get the sandwich (I saw bread and meat, so to me, it's a sandwich), a new scene in front of me appears. I look back at the child who is running toward me and I start to walk toward the new scene, but the closer I got to the scene the more the scene moved further away. I guess I began to get too tired of what I just went through, because I faded to the black and opened my eyes to see my clock on my nightstand...7:46am.

I got up and lunged for my journal and wrote down all that I could remember. I have no idea why I am able to WILD in three's, but by the third one, my mental energy is shot!

A Special Thank you

To Canis Lucidis,
Thanks for sending me to Egypt, you (along with all the other facilitators, moderators, members, and friends) are appreciated. :thanks:

Love it! I know I've said all of this already in your dream journal, but I am just super impressed with this whole dream. You were making all the right moves on this one. I was particularly impressed with that eye closing teleportation.

Which brings me to the next thing I need to tell you about! I haven't journaled it yet, but I had a crazy LD chain last night and at the end thanks to your DJ entry I worked up the courage to try the eye closing teleport technique. Even though I didn't succeed at teleporting, I proved to myself that my fear of waking up was all in my head. I'll try to post that dream up soon, but I wanted to thank you for that one!

Looking forward to reading more of these great dream experiences from you!

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Which brings me to the next thing I need to tell you about! I haven't journaled it yet, but I had a crazy LD chain last night and at the end thanks to your DJ entry I worked up the courage to try the eye closing teleport technique. Even though I didn't succeed at teleporting, I proved to myself that my fear of waking up was all in my head. I'll try to post that dream up soon, but I wanted to thank you for that one!

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Hey CL!

I am so proud of you :rockon:! Remember the old saying, "If you don't succeed the first time..." This is truly one of my mantras for lucidity. You have already made this a success by proving to your brain that you are the master of your brain, not your brain being the master of you. I am humbled :content:.

I have such a long way to go...I have tried to teleport 100 times and I believe that I finally done it. The problem is that I question myself so much in my dreams. What I am trying to say is that sometimes, I convince myself that yes, it is a dream, but my mind tells me to stay sleep and let the dream continue as a dream (instead of becoming lucid and taking control of the dream). I have to gain so much mental strength while I am dreaming to be able to change buildings, make DC do something, etc. (which I haven't done yet).

I also am confused at why some of the weird things happen that I don't yet have answers to:

1. Why do I hear music (beautiful music or songs that I never heard be) and I can't remember them when I awake?
2. Why did an 'invisible wind/tornado' pull me backwards during one of my WILD's?

There are so many other things, but I will save that for later. If you can answers these things, it would be much appreciated :).

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I am so proud of you :rockon:! Remember the old saying, "If you don't succeed the first time..." This is truly one of my mantras for lucidity. You have already made this a success by proving to your brain that you are the master of your brain, not your brain being the master of you. I am humbled :content:.

I have such a long way to go...I have tried to teleport 100 times and I believe that I finally done it. The problem is that I question myself so much in my dreams. What I am trying to say is that sometimes, I convince myself that yes, it is a dream, but my mind tells me to stay sleep and let the dream continue as a dream (instead of becoming lucid and taking control of the dream). I have to gain so much mental strength while I am dreaming to be able to change buildings, make DC do something, etc. (which I haven't done yet).

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Thanks so much! Yes, not only did you teleport, but you did it so cleanly. You believed it would work, and you piled on the detail. And of course, it matched up with your expectations!

When I tried this, it led to a false awakening. But even as a failure, this teaches me a huge lesson! Opening your dream eyes doesn't wake you up! Opening your dream eyes does whatever you expect it to. A false awakening is an entirely self-produced phenomenon. That tells me that all I have to do is rewrite the rules in my favor and I'll be good to go. :goodjob2: I'm not where you are with this yet, but with practice I know it can be done. Here was my attempt by the way. (It's at the end if you can't wade through this ridiculous entry, ha ha...) Map of the World - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

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1. Why do I hear music (beautiful music or songs that I never heard be) and I can't remember them when I awake?
2. Why did an 'invisible wind/tornado' pull me backwards during one of my WILD's?

There are so many other things, but I will save that for later. If you can answers these things, it would be much appreciated :).

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I love dream music! If you really, really focus, you may be able to remember this music. I heard some amazing music in my one Egypt dream (it even included some jaw harp) and I was able to remember it reasonably well by focusing on it immediately upon waking up.

Did you know that the melody for The Beatles' "Yesterday" came to Paul McCartney entirely in a dream? He assumed that it was just something he'd heard somewhere and recalled, but as he checked and checked, nobody had heard it before. Original music from the subconscious. I think that you're enjoying some of the same stuff! :content: Are you able to play the piano or any other instrument? Maybe even write sheet music?

Hey, do you have a Dream Journal entry for the wind/tornado situation? I've had issues with wind at one time or another but I don't want to push any of my issues onto you by making the wrong assumptions. :D

Would you mind if we were to pick up one or both of these questions for the podcast? They're both excellent and would probably benefit from more perspectives than just mine!

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Quick question...you have never opened your dream eyes when lucid? My eyes are always open! I didn't know that I was suppose to keep them close, I mean, I didn't even know that we really had a choice in the matter. It seems like if I do keep my eyes closed, I see swirly images (hard to explain) and that's when the 'strangeness' happens. I can be blown away from behind or see 'things' (I can PM you about this). When my eyes are closed I'm scared to think, the silence seems to send me to another level or something (hope you can follow). If I keep my mind silent, it's like 'someone' else will make the decision of what I'm suppose to do or see next and without my knowing, I'm taken 'there'...involuntary.

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For the wind/tornado experience, click on my workbook at look at reply #30.

http://www.dreamviews.com/intro-clas...-workbook.html

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I have NO MUSICAL TALENT WHATSOEVER! I can't sing, dance, or nothing. I have no idea why I always hear music. It sounds like a million people are playing a million instruments, but at the same musical note. A weird pitch, but it sounds angelic :angel:

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Yeah, I just leave my eyes open, never really closing them. Sorry, should have been more clear! When I close my dream eyes and reopen them, I have this fear that my real eyes will open. :) All in my head, it turns out!

Your wind experience! I've dealt with hostile winds many times in the past, although it was always while flying. The more anxious I got and the more I fought it, the worse it got. What has worked well for me is to just deny entirely that it's happening or to imagine that the wind is gently pushing me toward something important and helping me. If you can flood yourself with positive emotions, the plot will tend to take more positive turns as well.

As to "why", my general feel is that a little something happens, we feel anxious about it, it gets worse, we feel more anxious and try to resist, and pour all of our attention and energy into the obstacle. Since it draws its strength from us, it becomes incredibly powerful and suddenly turns into a huge problem.

Here's one where I handled it poorly: Pants Gone with the Wind - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views
Here's one where I handled it a lot better, I think: On the Back of the Sphinx - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

Hope that helps!

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Your wind experience! I've dealt with hostile winds many times in the past, although it was always while flying. The more anxious I got and the more I fought it, the worse it got. What has worked well for me is to just deny entirely that it's happening or to imagine that the wind is gently pushing me toward something important and helping me. If you can flood yourself with positive emotions, the plot will tend to take more positive turns as well.

As to "why", my general feel is that a little something happens, we feel anxious about it, it gets worse, we feel more anxious and try to resist, and pour all of our attention and energy into the obstacle. Since it draws its strength from us, it becomes incredibly powerful and suddenly turns into a huge problem.

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Hello Workbook!

Well, not very much to report lately because I have not been able to practice much due to work schedule (no excuse :roll:). I did make an attempt to try to WILD this morning, but something about the 'hastiness' of it was not right. I only tried this morning because I was able to sleep a little later than normal. Once I realized my attitude was not right, I gave up. I realize that attitude has everything to do with me becoming lucid, so I decided not to waste my time with faking it. Again, I say, lucidity is like an intimate relationship...it knows when you are faking it :cheeky:!

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LOL, nice. Your workbook is highly quotable. :chuckle:

My work schedule lately started beating me up a bit, but I'm finally settling into a groove of getting to bed on time and trying not to wake up thinking about work. It takes time to adjust to these kinds of changes, but you'll get there! :goodjob2:

Thanks CL,

I hate it when I am not in my 'sleep zone.' It stresses me out and hinders my attempts at lucidity. I'm lucky if I can get lucid every couple of weeks with the way I'm sleeping and it can be so frustrating :mad:! I forget to RC at work, I can't meditate by the time I get home, and I'm breaking my own insomnia record with how late I'm going to bed! We all have been there, so I just have to get my sleep schedule in order and I know lucidity will follow. :)

Could I tempt you in joining the dream competition? http://www.dreamviews.com/general-lu...read-14-a.html

This is a great way to get an additional boost in our efforts to LD if one is at all competitive. Plus it is fun, and a good way to support each other. :)

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Thanks CL,

I hate it when I am not in my 'sleep zone.' It stresses me out and hinders my attempts at lucidity. I'm lucky if I can get lucid every couple of weeks with the way I'm sleeping and it can be so frustrating :mad:! I forget to RC at work, I can't meditate by the time I get home, and I'm breaking my own insomnia record with how late I'm going to bed! We all have been there, so I just have to get my sleep schedule in order and I know lucidity will follow. :)

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I'm the same way about my sleep. When I get out of my groove, I tend to kinda beat myself up about it... which makes me feel bad and messes up my lucidity. It's silly, but hey, that's me. :D

But of course, the past is the past. I can make the right moves tonight, and that is all that matters. :goodjob2:

When you mentioned that you forget to RC during the day it totally made me RC. :chuckle: It had been a while for me. No matter how much of this we do, it really takes getting used to the idea that any moment of your life could be a dream. It keeps you on your toes!

By the way... are you dreaming? :)

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Heh heh... yeah, me too it seems. But that's okay... some time soon (like tonight!) you're gonna ask yourself that question and it's gonna be go time!!

For me, so much of the DILD techniques are just about how often you can get yourself to consider the possibility that you might be dreaming. Then a little WBTB to reignite your wakeful and waking life habits, and you get good odds for an LD!

Attention DV!

I have lost something very dear to me and I need your help in finding it! If anyone has seen my AWARENESS, could you please inbox me and tell me where I can pick it up! :cheeky:

I once owned a bumper sticker "Of all the things I lost, I miss my mind the most." I put it on my suitcase, and it got stolen at an airport. No, not my mind. Nor my suitcase. The bumper sticker got stolen.

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I once owned a bumper sticker "Of all the things I lost, I miss my mind the most." I put it on my suitcase, and it got stolen at an airport. No, not my mind. Nor my suitcase. The bumper sticker got stolen.

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Ha Ha! :rolllaugh: JoannaB, that is hysterical!

August 29, 2013
Method: MILD & WBTB (DILD)
Total sleep time 8 1/2

Thank you GOD! Success! :banana:

Ok, you may think that I am over reacting, but I have been in a (dare I say it out loud?)...dry spell. I was dreaming that I was walking around someone's house and I did a RC to see if I can go through a wall and I did! I calmed down and stabilized the dream by focusing on my surroundings. I came out of the wall still in the same room as on the other side. I wanted to remember my task regarding how the wall felt so, I went back through the wall, but this time slowly. My task is to described how it felt and the only thing I can think of as a comparison is attempting to go through a wet sponge...not really wet, but there was some type of thick resistance. My next goal was to fly so I imagined I was Superman (arm pointed upward and all :superman:) and told myself to fly. I did fly, but I didn't go far and I slowly floated back down like a feather and I started to wake up from I guess all of my dream movement. I did go back into my body, but I DEILD myself back out. Once out my mind started to go everywhere (as far as what can I accomplish now?) and I tried to stay on task. I looked around my surrounding for stabilization and grounded my dream on paying attention to this old fashioned gold scuba helmut sitting on the floor...weird? For some reason this reminded me of the TOTM to ask a DC the meaning of life. Just my luck there was no DC to be found! I looked and looked and I even tried to make the scuba helmut magically turn into a DC to ask the question...but nothing. Frustrated, I made an attempt to fly out of there but I woke up again. "Okay you," I think to myself. "Third times the charm!" I DEILDed my way out and was just floating right above my physical body and couldn't do a damn thing anymore so I gave up and woke myself up!

Note: I'm thankful for this experience. Every fail is a potential an opportunity to learn! ;)

Congratulations! Glad to hear that things are looking up for you.

Date: September 4, 2013
Technique: MILD & WBTB (WILD Successful! DEILD x 2)
Sleep time: 8 1/2 hours

I was able to go right into a WILD from my WBTB this morning. This has never been this easy before and I really don’t know what I did for this to happen because it happened so fast. It may have been from what I read from GAB the previous night on DV (how she waits for a dream to form right in front of her and then she takes a leap into it).

Let’s get to the good stuff!

I saw myself in a dreamlet in a classroom and I was talking to an old friend and I mentally told myself it was time to go (jump into the dream). I felt myself entering the dream so I held steady as the vibrations gave me my warning that it was time. I did a quick RC of levitation (it worked) and I was on my way! I had told myself that I was going to start with the easiest task (for me, it was singing the ABC song for the TOTM), but I wanted to do it while climbing up the wall. I started off trying to keep the dream vivid by rubbing my hands across the wall for stabilization (almost like in a crawling motion). Then, I started singing the song and going up the wall, but I kept sliding down the wall! I finished the ABC song, but still could not get my feet to stick to that damn wall! So I tried again, this time while singing the ABC song I found myself on the other end of my room and instead of going up the wall, I was going up my bathroom door (but still not able to quite stick it.) Instead, I ended up going through the bathroom door :roll:! I gave up and felt myself losing control and I ended up back inside my body. I was able to DEILD out because I was not going to let lucidity get away from me…I had so many other tasks to complete, but that damn wall was still calling me! I decided to forget about singing (already done that…twice) and concentrate on sticking to the wall. I deciding to take off running (I wanted to run up the wall and across the ceiling), but when I did, (can’t quite remember here) I believe I found myself hanging to the top of my bathroom door :lol:. So, I had to take the wall and ceiling task as a lost…for now!

I was able to still maintain the vibrations once I ended up back in my body, so I DEILD myself back out of my body and decided to be adventurous. I decided to go outside, so I flew through a window and landed in the front yard. I saw children playing and somehow got wrapped up in what they were doing and lost control of the dream and briefly woke back up. My mentality can only maintain so much, so I gave up for the remaining of the morning and grabbed my DJ and wrote everything down!

All in all, I couldn’t be more proud of myself...I was able to WILD after a WBTB in the morning and complete the TOTM! Yeah! :rockon: Like I stated earlier, I have done it before, but never was it this smooth.

Thanks GAB! :thanks:

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My son had aged into an old blue eyed fair skinned man with a huge hole in the top of his head.

Hello Lucy!

I haven't been communicating with you lately, but that doesn't mean that I don't miss you! I have put in a great effort to increase my recall, increase my lucids, stabilize my dreams, and stay aware at all times (okay, okay, sometimes!). I decided that I will journal my dreams right here within my workbook, and just copy it to my DJ. I have only been writing my successes (mostly) in the workbook, but that is going to change. Now, I will write everything in the workbook and just copy the dream to the DJ. I probably should have been doing this from the start, but I didn't know. So please understand, I will now be spending more QUALITY time with you because you mean so much to me. Don't give up on my Lucy (yes, I named my workbook Lucy, short for Lucidity :cheeky:), because I won't give up on you.

Hi Lucy!

Well, just like I promised, I am here for our scheduled quality time! I had only a fragment to report to you today. I got married to Chris Brown (the singer), but I felt that somehow in the dream the wedding was wrong...but I didn't get lucid from that feeling. I just thought that it was normal to be a nervous bride who was marrying Chris Brown :?. I can't quite remember the other fragments...maybe later on today they will come to me and I will journal them then.

Edit: I also remember another fragment I had regarding eating the best sweet potatoes I ever ate in my life! These were like magical sweet potatoes, that already had butter, brown sugar, and marshmellows in them, all you had to do was cook them and eat them without adding anything! Ah, why couldn't sweet potatoes be like this in RL?

Hello Lucy!

Not much to report...a whole lot of fragments. I don't know if it is because I'm so horny right now, but I have been having so many dreams about :hump:. For some reason, my ex boyfriend (not my husband) is the one that I am :hump:. When I dream like this, I don't get lucid...this really needs to be my new dream sign. Hopefully, I can get passed this and move onto thinking more in the spiritual terms. Wish me luck!

Date: September 18, 2013
Method: MILD & WBTB
Total Sleep time: 8-9 hours
Fraggle = Fragment

Fraggle:

Something about my sister wanting to spoil my niece and I was trying to stop it.

Fraggle:

Something about me running a race (long distance?) and the people in the little town I was running in didn't want me there and tried to chase me out of their town.

Sigh...I've got to do better with my awareness...:sleepmeditate2:

Hey bemistaken! Sorry that I haven't been around nearly as much lately but I had a vacation, followed by back-to-school craziness, then lots of nights and weekends spent working... ayiee!!

So glad to see all of the success you've been having the last couple of weeks. Those wings suit you well! :goodjob2:

And I love that your workbook is named Lucy. :D

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Edit: I also remember another fragment I had regarding eating the best sweet potatoes I ever ate in my life! These were like magical sweet potatoes, that already had butter, brown sugar, and marshmellows in them, all you had to do was cook them and eat them without adding anything! Ah, why couldn't sweet potatoes be like this in RL?

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Ahh, dream food is amazing. Those sweet potatoes sound great! Food's a great thing to try in LDs. I once even picked up a rock in a lucid and chewed on it, and it was like the most delicious raisin bars that my mom made when I was growing up as a kid. Tried eating dirt once, too, and that wasn't nearly as nice. :)

Keep up the great work, bemistaken!

Thanks CL,

Everyone needs a vacation sometime, so no apologize are needed...I did miss you though! ;-)

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Thanks CL,

Everyone needs a vacation sometime, so no apologize are needed...I did miss you though! ;-)

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Aww, thanks... it's great to be back! It's especially nice coming back to see you guys having so much success. :content:

Wat up Lucy?

You will never believe this dream I had...

Dreamed I was at some sort of party and we all were talking about the difficulties of becoming lucid. Then we heard an alarm go off and someone said, "Excuse me, but you know what that means...I have to do my reality check." Then one of the DC looked at me and said, "Aren't you going to do yours." I replied, "I already done it and I know that I am not dreaming!"

WTF!!!!!!!!!!!! :mad:

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Originally Posted by bemistaken

Dreamed I was at some sort of party and we all were talking about the difficulties of becoming lucid. Then we heard an alarm go off and someone said, "Excuse me, but you know what that means...I have to do my reality check." Then one of the DC looked at me and said, "Aren't you going to do yours." I replied, "I already done it and I know that I am not dreaming!"

WTF!!!!!!!!!!!! :mad:

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LOL. I'm so sorry! What can I say? We've all been there at one time or another.

But I'll tell you something else... every time that this has happened to me it was because I really had lucid dreaming on the brain and was ready for another. You're building up momentum for another one, and these kinds of near-lucids make DILDs especially way more likely.

You'll get that next one! :goodjob2:

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LOL. I'm so sorry! What can I say? We've all been there at one time or another.

But I'll tell you something else... every time that this has happened to me it was because I really had lucid dreaming on the brain and was ready for another. You're building up momentum for another one, and these kinds of near-lucids make DILDs especially way more likely.

You'll get that next one!

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You are right...it is all I have been thinking about lately. I have so many things that I want to try, but my WBTB technique is so poor (I can't stay awake, sleep pattern is messed up right now). I know it is right around the corner, I can feel it, so it just pisses me off that I missed becoming lucid. However, it is funny when you think about it! After I said I know I'm not dreaming, I went right back to the party! :cackle:

Hey Lucy,

I Woke up running out of the bed because I had over slept. I had the entire dream in my mind and by the time my feet hit the floor it had turned into a fragment :roll: All I remember was my sister working as a nurse and I was her patient and she was trying to give me blood and I was refusing to take it. She was so adamant about the blood transfusion trying to encourage me that I will be alright if I take the blood, but I continued to refuse...I even remember her chasing me with the syringe full of blood.

Note: I'm seriously over due for a lucid...:?

Oh Lucy!

Why am I waking up to such f*cked up circumstances??? Day before yesterday I woke up hitting the ground running because I over slept...today, I woke up to my husband's phone alarm blaring some horrid music. The sad part is that he wasn't even in the house to turn the damn thing off :mad:! Needless to say, I woke with my heart racing in a panic trying to figure out what day it was AND of course I didn't have any dream recall! Usually, I can only sleep in on the weekends, so I really cherish my weekend time for practice. Lately, every time I attempt to become lucid, something happens. Oh well...come on Bemistaken! It's not like I haven't been in these situations before...I am just going to have to refocus on my WBTB time (and try not to fall asleep)...maybe even try my best to include some nap time. Practice WILL make perfect! I WON'T GIVE UP! ;)

Note self: Every failure is an opportunity to learn. :)

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Why am I waking up to such f*cked up circumstances??? Day before yesterday I woke up hitting the ground running because I over slept...today, I woke up to my husband's phone alarm blaring some horrid music. The sad part is that he wasn't even in the house to turn the damn thing off :mad:! Needless to say, I woke with my heart racing in a panic trying to figure out what day it was AND of course I didn't have any dream recall! Usually, I can only sleep in on the weekends, so I really cherish my weekend time for practice. Lately, every time I attempt to become lucid, something happens. Oh well...come on Bemistaken! It's not like I haven't been in these situations before...I am just going to have to refocus on my WBTB time (and try not to fall asleep)...maybe even try my best to include some nap time. Practice WILL make perfect! I WON'T GIVE UP! ;)

Note self: Every failure is an opportunity to learn. :)

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My wife gets up really early on the weekend mornings to run and it used to drive me a little bit nuts. The weekend was my only time to sleep in and her alarm would go off at the crack of dawn, waking me up well before her. I'd get annoyed by this, which would blow my concentration and sometimes prevent me from getting back to sleep at all.

What I finally did was just anticipate that this could/would happen, and consider it to be a WBTB and/or DEILD opportunity, depending on the length of the disturbance. While such "opportunities" have left me with far less than 100% success, they do mean that I keep a relaxed, even frame of mind, less fear and frustration, etc. to drive away my dream recall. It's more a moment of Ah, there it is...,w hich is a lot more pleasant.

I have to say, though, I still wish she'd just sleep in. LOL. But I've kind of built it into my expectations which has helped me form my practices around it and not feel so surprised or unhappy about it.

It's not a perfect approach, but maybe it'll help! Good luck! :)

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My wife gets up really early on the weekend mornings to run and it used to drive me a little bit nuts. The weekend was my only time to sleep in and her alarm would go off at the crack of dawn, waking me up well before her. I'd get annoyed by this, which would blow my concentration and sometimes prevent me from getting back to sleep at all.

What I finally did was just anticipate that this could/would happen, and consider it to be a WBTB and/or DEILD opportunity, depending on the length of the disturbance. While such "opportunities" have left me with far less than 100% success, they do mean that I keep a relaxed, even frame of mind, less fear and frustration, etc. to drive away my dream recall. It's more a moment of Ah, there it is...,w hich is a lot more pleasant.

I have to say, though, I still wish she'd just sleep in. LOL. But I've kind of built it into my expectations which has helped me form my practices around it and not feel so surprised or unhappy about it.

It's not a perfect approach, but maybe it'll help! Good luck!

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As usual CL, you have the correct advise to give me. I will keep this strategy in mind...the music from the phone was so loud, it scared the sh*t out of me, so my heart rate (and possibly blood pressure) was too damn high to allow me to go back to sleep. Then panic and confusion set in as I thought today was Monday instead of Sunday and maybe I was late for work. By the time I came to my senses...recall was a figment of my imagination. I don't want to have to bring up another, "Hey, would you mind if...I'm trying to get lucid" talk with my family (sometimes, I believe they get tired and frustrated with my 'practice' as I am the only one in the house with this hobby). As you are already aware, just because you find lucidity fascinating and attainable, doesn't mean that everyone else does.

Ohh, I totally sympathize! It's tough getting scared awake! When my kids were infants, they'd have this habit of shrieking in the middle of the night over the baby monitor for no reason. I'd bolt awake, totally confused and would have a tough time getting back to sleep. Eventually I got used to it, but hopefully this musical alarm thing you won't have to get used to. :)

I know what you mean about trying to keep your practice from becoming overbearing and requiring too much from the rest of the family. I think that in this case (and many others), it's good to shape it as, "Hey, would it be cool if we did X? That makes it easier for me to make sure I get my catch-up sleep on the weekends. You know how I never manage to get enough during the week..." etc. Even if people don't understand why you want to dream about walking around on the ceiling and singing your ABCs, they usually get the need for more sleep. :)

Date: September 24, 2013
Technique: MILD & WBTB (hoping to DILD...didn't happen)
Fraggle=Fragment

Fraggle

Something about Diana Ross...like I was at her concert and I was singing her songs :?

Ridiculous.

Date: September 25, 2013
Technique: MILD & WBTB (attempt to DILD...nothing happened)
Total sleep time: 8.5 hours

Dream 1

Me and my sis in law was working at an elementary school. We had cafeteria duty (were teachers just stand there and watch the kids eat). While standing up against a wall, a student looked at me and said, "Come sit with me, I saved you a seat and I got you an extra salad." I have no idea why the student was talking to me like I was a kid, but that should have been enough to get me lucid...it didn't.

Dream 2

Not sure if this was a continuation of the first dream, but I back with my sis in law again and this time she is working for the elementary school as a school nurse. She has to travel using her own car and I was holding a piece of blank paper. She took the paper from my hand and told me she was going to use it to hide how she gets extra money for driving her own car from the school system. Don't know what she was going to do, but she gave me a 'wink' like whatever she was going to do, it was going to be illegal.

Fraggle

Cats, cats, and more cats were everywhere inside my house.

Note: I'm so happy that I had such great recall that I haven't had in a long time :).

Congrats on improved recall. Mine was much ether too tonight. I guess it was a good night for dreaming and remembering.

Thanks JoannaB,

I have to be thankful for the little things...in return, I'm hoping for bigger things tonight! :)

Date: September 26, 2013
Method: MILD & WBTB
Total sleep time: Finally enough

Dream 1:

I was running in the weirdest race with a lot of people…mostly women. The race took place in a very large home…somewhat like a mansion. We had to go through all of these nooks and crannies of the home…racing up back stairways and secret passages. To thwart our efforts some men was offering runners a nice cold beer, and other men were their flirting with the women…some women fell for it and had to drop out of the race. I was sitting down taking a break from the race when I realized that I haven’t seen any of the runners in a while, I hopped up from my seat and finished the last lap to win the race.

Fraggle:

I was trying to thread a needle, but the needle disappeared in thin air. I got down of the floor to look for the needle and found it, but instead of being the straight needle I started out with, it was a curved needle…like the kind doctors use to close up stitches.

Fraggle:

I was in the kitchen making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich to eat.

Dream 2:

I was talking with my nephew when I noticed that someone was at the window trying to get his attention to come outside. When he did come outside, several people were there and started fighting him…it had to be around 5 or 6 people fighting my 1 nephew. It was a planned attack and I was so angry, that I went to go find the attackers all by myself. Once I found them, I made them sit down on the ground in a neat row and tell me why they had did what they did. It turns out that the attack was orchestrated by a female (don’t know if this was an ex-girlfriend or not) and she was not even sorry for what happened. I remember cussing her out and holding her down until the police came. The girl had stated that she was only in the neighborhood that day because she had special privileges at the prison…she was an inmate at the prison and she was allowed to be out in the community during the day, only to return back to the prison at night…and I noticed that she was pregnant. I didn’t care, I continued to grab at her and cuss her out. She kept a smirk on her face the entire time.

Dream 3:

I was riding in my car with my family when we noticed that a police car was pulled over to the side of the rode. I was speeding so fast that I almost ran into the back of the police car. The police car put on it’s lights and (can’t remember how) but I ended up at the police station with the police officer. The police officer was not dressed in uniform, he was dressed in some very casual shorts and a t-shirt AND he reeked of alcohol. As it turns out, the police officer was pulled over on the side of the rode for driving under the influence and he was waiting on another office to come get him and take him to jail!

Fraggle:

Something about me looking for a house to purchase and I had to choose between two homes…one of them was famous for serving the best seafood in town. I can’t remember anything about the other house except it was painted white on the outside.

Note: I couldn't be more proud of myself for improving so much on dream recall, I have been able to remember 3 dreams and 3 fragments in one night! Such an improvement for me! So sweet :content:

Date: September 28, 2013
Method: Nothing...decided to give it a break for the night.
Total sleep time: Went to bed at 2:00am and woke up around 9:00am.

I decided to give myself a break and really not struggle with doing a technique and a WBTB. I took a break this Saturday because I got a monster paper to write for school and I have been staying up very late with a friend while we work on it :reading:. I have to complete it by Monday, so this will be taking priority for right now until its completion. Once I'm finished with this, then I can get back into my ld practice.

When I woke up, I did remember having around 3 dreams, but I didn't force myself to remember them (as I wanted to give journaling a break also). Funny thing is, I remember two of them quite vivid, so I was happy about that. One was about a famous person sexually assaulting me (weird) and the other was about a famous model (two famous people...should have become lucid here :eh:).

Why is it taking so long to get out of the month September??? Ready to move on...:poof:

Date: October 2, 2013
Method: MILD & WBTB (Attempted WILD, but fell asleep, too exhausted. STILL working on my research paper from hell!)
Total sleep: Just 5 hours

Dream

Found myself in surgery with a Doctor and we were about to perform surgery on a low birth weight and premature baby (I believe this came from reading the TOTM of performing surgery on yourself). I was really nervous because it had been awhile since I had to work in the surgery department (in RL, I used to work with premature babies and I would have to assist with surgery), but the doctor was very pleased with me. After the surgery, the doctor came back to the unit and asked how the baby was doing. I told the doctor that the baby was off of oxygen and remarkably is not low birth weight and premature anymore and had gained all of the required weight to go home. (Yes...all in one day! Hooray for the baby! :sheepishgrin:).

Dream

I dream that I was watching the news and a report came on stating Gladys Knight (the singer from Gladys Knight and the Pips) had just died. The news report also stated that she was 62 years old and died of Cancer (I am not sure, but I think it was throat Cancer). I really don't want this to be true...:(.

That's quite a good recall for only 5 hrs of sleep. Most importantly, you didn't end up dreaming about writing your hellish paper! Wish you lots of concentration for both your paper and lds, bemistaken! :)

Thanks NyxCC,

I am doing so much that my lucidity is seriously suffering, but I have this paper priority. Hopefully things will be back to normal after this week...I turn the 'paper from hell' into my instructor on Monday. I have been working on this thing going on 3 weeks straight...minimum page count is 60 pages!

Date: October 3, 2013
Method: MILD & WBTB (no WILD attempt tonight)
Total sleep time: 6-7 hours

Oh Lucy! All I remember is two fragements:

1. Me in a corner with someone attempting to style my hair...it seems like I slumped over in the corner and drunk :(
2. My mother in law was driving a car. My mother in law is practically 100 years old, bedridden, has only one working leg, and senile. I should have become lucid...:uhm:

To the Great and Powerful Lucy :wizard:,

Please don't ignore my cry! It's so hot :P...I'm practically dying of thirst! If you can find it in your heart to quench my thirst and break this dry spell I will be ever so grateful :bowdown:!

Okay Lucy,

I am all yours! I have finished my 'research paper from hell' and you have my undivided attention! I believe I have broken my original record of the longest dry spell ever :?. I am hoping that now that I have more time to think about LDing that it will actually happen. Keeping my fingers crossed...

Note: I did end up with some pretty good dream recall last night:

I'm Sorry? - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

Date: October 11, 2013
Method: MILD & WBTB (Hoping for a DILD...nothing.)
Total Sleep Time: 9 hours


Dream 1

I was giving a group of young USA Olympians a motivational speech. The Olympians were of various ages...but still very young (I'm guessing around 10-18 years of age). I was telling them about how much they have already accomplished just by being in the Olympics and winning was going to be automatic for them. I started asking them questions like "How many are in the Olympics for the second time?" and surprisingly several of them raised their hand. They were all excited, ready, and willing to compete for their country.

Fraggle

Something about my brother driving somewhere.

Note: I have no idea why I was motivating a group of Olympians...maybe because I have been encouraging myself so much on being able to LD.

I know I can...I know I can...I know I can...:offtobed:

Hello Lucy,

So this has been my routine for the last couple of days:

Reality check several times a day (the reality check of my choice is levitation, this has worked very well with my successful LDs)

Stay excited, plan, and/or think about what I plan on doing in my lucid dreaming all day

I am getting at least eight hours of sleep :).

I have always exercised at least 45 min- 60 min every day.

Go over mantras before I fall asleep ("I lucid dream" "I recognize I'm dreaming")

Attempted WBTB in a different area last night so partner will not disturb my attempt (my 'lucid hide out' which is the couch or recliner)

WBTB routine includes waking up after 5 hours of sleep, staying up for 10 min., then attempt to WILD.

WILD routine includes getting rid of mental chatter, wait for dream to start, and jump in. This is were I am failing miserably! I either end up falling asleep after 15 minutes or end up being to awake and can't go back to sleep.

Back up plan in case WILD doesn't work...I hope for a DILD. I have very rarely DILD in the past, mostly WILDs and DEILDS.

Does anyone have advice for improvement :??

Forgot to mention, my recall is great...I can remember at least 2-3 dreams every night.

Date: October 13, 2013
Method: MILD WBTB (Attempt WILD)
Total Sleep Time: 9 hours

Dream 1

Gorging myself on shrimp and buttered Lobster. OMG it was so yummy! The more I ate the more I felt like I had died and gone to heaven. I tasted every element of the seafood...and the Butter :cheeky:! It coated every bit of the inside of my tongue. I can go on and on about the food, but I'm making myself hungry!

Dream 2

I was in the home of my sis in law and I was extremely tired and I just wanted to lay down. There was no where to sleep, so I just got in the bed with my baby nephew. She kept calling my name for breakfast, but I couldn't move, the bed was so comfortable.

Dream 3

My niece and I committed a crime, but I can't remember what the crime was. It was really bad though, it may have been along the lines of either kidnapping or murder...for the life of me I can't remember what it was :?. We were hiding out in a store until it closed in the hopes that we would break out when the doors where locked.

Note: Good recall :)

Date: October 15, 2013
Method: MILD WBTB
Total Sleep Time: 7 (ish) hours

Dream 1
I was at the beach with my nieces and my kids (back when they were babies). My grandmother (who is deceased and never met my children in RL) was there also. We were just enjoying each other fishing and playing on the beach. Then my grandmother decided to take all the kids with her so she can by them some new clothes.

Dream 2
I was with a man and he was washing and styling my hair...I looked beautiful! He had an amazing talent in hair styling..almost magical and I wish I could find this person in RL to do my hair :cheeky:.

Hi Lucy,

Change in plans...my goal tonight is to go to bed early (and not at my usual midnight or 1:00am bedtime). I believe my problem started when my hours changed from day shift to evening shift last month. I didn't mention it before because I love the change. I am really an evening person but I believe this schedule is not agreeing with you Lucy. So, my goal is to still get to bed at a decent time and rise at a decent time. I will take a nap if I get sleepy before I go to work. Hopefully, this will help :wink:.

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So this has been my routine for the last couple of days:

Reality check several times a day (the reality check of my choice is levitation, this has worked very well with my successful LDs)

Stay excited, plan, and/or think about what I plan on doing in my lucid dreaming all day

I am getting at least eight hours of sleep :).

I have always exercised at least 45 min- 60 min every day.

Go over mantras before I fall asleep ("I lucid dream" "I recognize I'm dreaming")

Attempted WBTB in a different area last night so partner will not disturb my attempt (my 'lucid hide out' which is the couch or recliner)

WBTB routine includes waking up after 5 hours of sleep, staying up for 10 min., then attempt to WILD.

WILD routine includes getting rid of mental chatter, wait for dream to start, and jump in. This is were I am failing miserably! I either end up falling asleep after 15 minutes or end up being to awake and can't go back to sleep.

Back up plan in case WILD doesn't work...I hope for a DILD. I have very rarely DILD in the past, mostly WILDs and DEILDS.

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Your routine looks great, bemistaken! Really, really good, in fact. You are motivating me to improve my own practices, which haven't been quite as on point lately as they should be.

Okay, let's look at the WILD attempts. For falling asleep too fast, I don't have a great tip to recommend apart from staying up longer during WBTB. This one does create the risk of insomnia, but I have generally had higher percentages with a longer WBTB.

That being said, don't do anything that compromises your sleep. Find your sweet spot. Tiring yourself out won't be worth it. Lately, I've been using quite short WBTBs simply because with a little more life stress going on, I can't afford to give up much sleep. This does drop my LD rate a little lower, but in the end getting more sleep makes up for it.

I can give a few more tips from the other direction (too awake.) For this, try to at all costs remove any frustration or anxiety from your mind about the fact that you're not asleep. If I'm not careful I can get caught up in a cycle of being annoyed that I'm awake, which makes me more awake, which makes me more annoyed... :)

Try to just make it your goal to passively observe and enjoy hypnagogic imagery as it pops up. Don't force it, but rather just kick back and relax. Have no expectations about when you'll fall asleep. Treat it like settling in for a movie.

I mostly DILD rather than WILD, so I have a few DILD-related tricks you might want to use. The chief one is that while you're observing HI, gently remind yourself that it's all a dream. Even imagine yourself as part of the scene and becoming lucid. The more you play through this, the more likely it is that the thought will occur to you during the dream. You'll want to do this with a very light touch, very passively in order to keep yourself sleepy. Just gently toy with these thoughts, don't "concentrate" too much, and stay just aware enough as sleep starts to overtake you.

Something else I like to throw in is backwards counting. So I do "99... I'm dreaming... 98... it's all a dream... 97... this is a dream...", etc. As soon as I lose track of what number I was on, I don't worry about and simply start over again at 99. (I lose track very frequently, and it's totally fine. Just start again rather than doing a bunch of concentrating that might throw you off.)

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Okay, let's look at the WILD attempts. For falling asleep too fast, I don't have a great tip to recommend apart from staying up longer during WBTB. This one does create the risk of insomnia, but I have generally had higher percentages with a longer WBTB.

That being said, don't do anything that compromises your sleep. Find your sweet spot. Tiring yourself out won't be worth it. Lately, I've been using quite short WBTBs simply because with a little more life stress going on, I can't afford to give up much sleep. This does drop my LD rate a little lower, but in the end getting more sleep makes up for it.

I can give a few more tips from the other direction (too awake.) For this, try to at all costs remove any frustration or anxiety from your mind about the fact that you're not asleep. If I'm not careful I can get caught up in a cycle of being annoyed that I'm awake, which makes me more awake, which makes me more annoyed...

Try to just make it your goal to passively observe and enjoy hypnagogic imagery as it pops up. Don't force it, but rather just kick back and relax. Have no expectations about when you'll fall asleep. Treat it like settling in for a movie.

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CL,

Your suggestions are right on point! I have been needed assistance with these very things. I have not tried staying up a little longer with WBTB, but I have thought about it. I will try this for a few days and see what happens. Your other points regarding the HI and DILD are very helpful. Being still a newbie, sometimes you just don't know how to explain what you are doing, let alone what exactly you see and what you may need help with. It's like the "You don't know what you don't know" scenario. Thanks for pulling out the issues that I have been having a hard time trying to identify. :)

Date: 10/19/2013
Technique: MILD WBTB
MILD Mantra: "I lucid dream tonight" & "I recognize I'm dreaming"

Dream
I was in the car with Chris Brown and Rhianna and I was dropping hints from the front seat (yes, Rhianna was sitting in the back seat like she was on punishment or something) on how I would love to drive his car. His car was totally wicked and I really wanted him to pull over and let me drive. Of course he paid me no attention :?.

Date: 10/21/2013
Technique: MILD & WBTB
Total Sleep Time: 8 1/2 (ish) hours
MILD Mantra: "I lucid dream tonight" & "I recognize I'm dreaming"

Fraggle
Was at a party and some ex-NBA players were there dressed in drag. I was holding one of the player's hand for some reason :roll:.

Dream 1
I was with some boy who wanted me (sexually) and I was dressed really weird. My niece was there and they were having some kind of parade and I was working for the parade or organization planning the parade. I recall seeing my son with his friends looking through some sort of peep hole in the wall. They were laughing and giggling so I decided to take a look into the peep hole and I didn't see anything but a row of chairs.

Dream 2
I was in some really weird car that looked like a skate board (missed my lucid opportunity here) and I was having problems with my car (skateboard). I even remember pulling over to the side of the road with my car (skateboard) in my hand trying to fix it so I can get back on the road :lol:.

Date: 10/22/2013
Technique: MILD & WBTB (failed WILD)
Total Sleep Time: 8 1/2 (ish) hours
MILD Mantra: "I lucid dream tonight" & "I recognize I'm dreaming"

Dream 1
I was with my ex-boss and we were shopping for vintage designer handbags. I saw what looked like a black hefty bag on the floor filled with vintage Gucci bags. I crawled on the floor and retrieved a beautiful blue vintage Gucci shoulder bag. I ran to show my ex-boss who turned around and told me that she was wearing that exact bag at this very moment except her handbag was 'authentic' and mine was a fake. Sure enough, she had the authentic Gucci handbag on her shoulder (she has always been jealous of me :roll:).

Dream 2
I was fishing with my husband and the rest of our family and I was doing very well catching several fish. I remember how real it felt with the fish nibbling on the bait and me yanking the fishing pole to hook the fish and reel it in. Soon, we ran out of bait and started using anything available and the fish were still biting. We were still catching a lot of fish and I told my husband that the next time we go fishing I would like us to go by ourselves and spend the entire weekend with just us fishing (I have always loved to fish :)).

Lucy,
I have implemented the changes that we had previously discussed. Let's do a quick recap shall we?


Reality check several times a day (the reality check of my choice is levitation, this has worked very well with my successful LDs) meh...somewhat. When I am at work I tend to get so caught up in my work that by the time I remember to do a RC, the day is practically over.

Stay excited, plan, and/or think about what I plan on doing in my lucid dreaming all day YES

I am getting at least eight hours of sleep. YES

I have always exercised at least 45 min- 60 min every day. Not everyday...maybe every other day, but I am still happy with this goal

Go over mantras before I fall asleep ("I lucid dream" "I recognize I'm dreaming")YES

Attempted WBTB in a different area last night so partner will not disturb my attempt (my 'lucid hide out' which is the couch or recliner) Okay, this one I definitely have been slacking. I have not been going to my 'hideout' because lately my husband has been leaving for work earlier and I have the bed to myself. I only go to my 'hideout' if I am sharing the bed during my WBTB with my husband. I have been pushing my WBTB later, so I can time it to when everyone has gone to work/school and I am alone for a little while in the morning before I have to go to work. When I do this, I still try not to sleep no more than 6 hours before attempting a WBTB

WBTB routine includes waking up after 5 hours of sleep, staying up for 10 min., then attempt to WILD. Modified...I am now trying to stay up a little longer with my WBTB...now I am going to track each WBTB to see exactly how long I need to stay awake for optimal lucidity. Tonight, my goal is to do a WBTB and stay up for at least 45 minutes and then work my way down from there.

WILD routine includes getting rid of mental chatter, wait for dream to start, and jump in. This is were I am failing miserably! I either end up falling asleep after 15 minutes or end up being to awake and can't go back to sleep. Please see above.

So let's see what happens with these changes...I am doing very well with my recall and I am always pleased with that. I need to note that I have not been able to meditate for the last couple of months and this really played a huge part in me attaining lucidity. I really need to start back meditating, but with my screwed up hours at work, it is hard to find an appropriate time. I do miss my 'me time' terribly!

Date: 10/24/2013
Technique: MILD & WBTB
Total Sleep Time: 9 hours

Welp...

Last night, I did my WBTB and tried my best at staying awake. I believe I only stayed awake for 15 minutes and the main problem was that I didn't get to sleep until at least 2:00am (not trying to make excuses but my insomnia was in full effect). By the time I did get to sleep, I believe I timed my WBTB too early and I just was too sleepy to stay awake. I also didn't get out of the bed and walk around so my my next attempt will have me getting out of that damn bed!

The only recall that I have is me looking at a couple riding in a really old car. Their dress and car looked like they were from the past...early 1900's and this fragment was even in black and white. It really was neat to look at, it didn't last long, but I really enjoyed it because it was so vivid. I don't know why, but I really need to stop getting so wrapped up in my dreams. I will be working on my awareness all this week in the hopes that I will not be so 'fascinated' with what I see. The second fragment was of some woman dancing and she lifted up her skirt and exposed her thong...I was not interested :?.

Date: 10/31/2013
Technique: MILD & WBTB (stayed up for 1 hour and had successful WILD twice)
Total Sleep Time: 6 hours

Lucy, I can't thank you enough for teaching me how much patience is a virtue. I had two beautiful WILDs that are so special and 'different' that I don't think it would be appropriate to post them. I would like to say that I am grateful and thankful for the long wait because this was probably the best WILD experience I ever had. To have this experience on the last day of the month (and being Halloween) makes it even better. So humbled to my higher power....:)

This is really wonderful, bemistaken! Congratulations on your special WILDs! :)

Thanks NyxCC!

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Date: 10/31/2013
Technique: MILD & WBTB (stayed up for 1 hour and had successful WILD twice)
Total Sleep Time: 6 hours

Lucy, I can't thank you enough for teaching me how much patience is a virtue. I had two beautiful WILDs that are so special and 'different' that I don't think it would be appropriate to post them. I would like to say that I am grateful and thankful for the long wait because this was probably the best WILD experience I ever had. To have this experience on the last day of the month (and being Halloween) makes it even better. So humbled to my higher power....:)

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bemistaken, I'm so happy for you! I'm so glad to hear that you had those two excellent WILDs. Hard work, patience, and persistence pays off indeed!

Even if the dreams aren't ones you'd want to share, I'd still highly recommend writing them down if you haven't. It just makes it so much easier to keep the experience cemented in your memory for the long-term.

Keep up that great work!! Happy lucid Halloween to you!

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bemistaken, I'm so happy for you! I'm so glad to hear that you had those two excellent WILDs. Hard work, patience, and persistence pays off indeed!

Even if the dreams aren't ones you'd want to share, I'd still highly recommend writing them down if you haven't. It just makes it so much easier to keep the experience cemented in your memory for the long-term.

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Thanks CL!

You are always a great motivator and support person in all of my times of need! Your advise is cherished and I thank you...if it wasn't for your encouragement (and the moderators, members and friends of DV) I know I would have given up long time ago. Those dry spells can be awful, but what I have learned from my long dry spells are the next time I do get lucid...the experience is so unique and extraordinary!

BTW, I did indeed write them down in my personal home journal ;).

What a nice thing to say, bemistaken! Your positive attitude, consistency, and excellent attentiveness to Lucy inspire me!

Date: 11/07/13
Technique: MILD & WBTB (failed WILD)
Total Sleep: 8 (ish)

Getting it together Lucy,

For some reason, I had a feeling that I was not going to be successful getting lucid because I went to bed in such a terrible mood. Mood really does have an effect on your motivation and obtaining lucidity. I woke up for my WBTB and went directly back to sleep (like this was totally normal and going to sleep was exactly what I was suppose to do :(). I don't even remember when I actually fell asleep. To make matters worse, I can't even remember any dreams I had. I should have gotten out of the bed and gone to the couch...I believe my chances are always better moving away from my bed. Oh well...tonight is another night to make it right! Back to work!

I know I can...I know I can...I know I can...:offtobed:

Note: Mood and attitude is everything!

Lucy,

I woke up with absolutely no recall this morning. I had a very restless night thinking about all the work waiting on me in the morning...sigh. Oh well, today is another day to get it right. My goal for this week is to focus on my ADA. I must admit...I have been slacking in this area. My second goal is to get enough sleep at night for my WBTB. My normal bedtime is 1:00am (insomniac), so my new goal is to at least be in the bed (lights off, no music, no TV) by 11:00pm. I have a problem not doing my WBTB properly. I will let you know about my progress...because there will be progress!!! ;)

Date: 11/12/13
Technique: MILD & WBTB (WILD??? :?)
Total Sleep: 7 (ish)

Lucy you didn't tell me you had an evil twin named 'Goosey!' Last night, I went to bed at my usual insomniatic time of 1:00am. During the day I continued to do my RC and really focus on making the RC as real as possible. Then before I fell asleep I would replay my mantras in my head. I did a WBTB and don't really know when I fell back asleep, but I remember being 'faintly' lucid in a dream, but not lucid enough to count as a 'lucid.' To me ninety-nine and a half lucidity will not do! For me, it must be 100% lucid for it to count! I'm saying this because I remember that I was trying to do the task of the month...I remember reciting all of the months...BUT NOT BACKWARDS like the rules of the TOTM had required. I recited the months in their regular order. I faintly remember telling myself that I was dreaming, but I don't recall taking control and the dream just continued on. I felt like I was watching everything happen like a bystander and not really participating in the dream. It was like I was lucid...but I wasn't lucid and didn't do anything to be a true part of the lucidness (if that makes any sense :?). That is why I said I met Lucy's evil twin "Goosey" because I was being 'goosed' or 'tricked' into thinking I was clearly lucid, but really I wasn't.

However, I will count this as progress! And Goosey...please stay the hell outta of my way!

Date: 11/12/13
Technique: MILD & WBTB (failed WILD)
Total Sleep: 8 1/2 ish

I believe all of these were fragments or a couple of them were connected to each other (not sure because I kept waking up).


1. Helping my niece get a new job by calling people on the phone about something...working three 12 hour shifts a week.

2. I was with K's children and my sister cooking at her apartment, then we were in the car parking at her apartment and I needed to part in the back the driveway.

3. Cooking potatoes and shrimp for some type of soup.

4. Was checking my email and saw a job offer notification of job interview notification (hopes this comes true).

5. Talking on the phone to a doctor about my future employment.

Missed opportunity for getting lucid

6. My foot was stuck in an elevator as the door closed on my foot I tried to pry it out but I couldn't. The elevator started going up and that's when my foot just 'popped off.' I was glad that my foot was gone...now that I'm out of that jam I can get back to doing whatever I was doing! :cackle:

Well, I don't know whether you are Christian, but the bible does say "If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away." So you were just taking such guidance for how to live a bit too literally in your dream perhaps. :)

Hee hee, I believe it was preventing me from doing something, so I believe you are correct! Cut the damn thing off and get on with it! :chuckle:

Your awesome Lucy,

Date: 11/20/2013
Method: MILD & WBTB (WILD + DEILD Success :))

I had went to bed at my usual insomniatic time of 1:00am, but I was not going to be moved by feeling doubtful. I had told myself all day that 'Lucy' was going to visit me tonight and I must prepare myself. I said my mantras until I fell asleep and did my WBTB. I did wind up staying up for about 45 min. quietly telling myself that I was going to see Lucy. Sure enough at some point I remember feeling the vibrations and I concentrated on them and soon I was lucid. I did my faithful reality check of levitation :flyaway: and I flew off into pitch black darkness. I began to see an image trying to form in front of me, but then I felt my physical body and within a flash, I was back in my body. I laid still and was able to 'get out' by a DEILD. Once out I tried my best to move around, but the lucidity was just too weak and I was back in my body and couldn't get out again. As always, so grateful and humbled. I will see you again really soon Lucy...

You know what, if you don't mind, I'll ask your Lucy to come visit me tonight as well. She seems like an eager sort, and as you know from my workbook, I could really use a lucid dream tonight. :)

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You got it JoannaB! From this point on, "Lucy, please spread your love to JoannaB's direction!" I will say a mantra for you...get ready JoannaB, believe she is on her way! ;)

Date: 11/26/2013
Method: MILD & WBTB
Total sleep time: 9 hours

DREAM
I was in a terrible car accident (somewhere in NYC...BTW, I have never been to NYC). Funny thing was I survived the car accident without a scratch even though my car flipped across several lanes hitting several cars in the process. At some point during the collision, I was thrown from the car and landed on top of a NYC sky scraper! I even remember looking down at the car accident thinking how lucky I was to survive all of that...sigh, the more I think of it, the more I believe this was another stupid way I missed an opportunity to become lucid.

Lucy, I have a new mantra for tonight: "Pay attention damn it!"

Let's do this...:offtobed:

Date: 11/30/2013 (Afternoon Nap)
Method: WILD & DEILD

Lucy, this happened kinda quick, so I hope I got all the details correct. I recall I was watching TV and I was so sleepy I couldn't hold my eyes open...I have been on a 'marathon eating fest' and I needed a nap something terrible. I closed my eyes for a few seconds and I started seeing HI. I recall right before my nap I was watching the movie "The Jungle Book" and the HI I was watching were of some animals playing in the jungle...wolves to be exact.

I said to myself, "Is it possible for me to be so close to sleep already :dreaming:?" I decided to do a reality check of levitation and sure enough...I levitated :flyaway:. For some reason, my control was really weak and I just kinda flopped around like a wet dish rag. I ended up in my physical body and I DEILD my way back out again. I decided to go on an adventure to my son's room to see what he was doing (he is home from college and he was the only other person home with me when I decided to take a nap). I recall seeing 'someone' laying in the bed watching TV, but the room really looked different. The bed was in the wrong location and instead of being a queen size bed, it looked like a big recliner. This freaked me out and I ended up back in my physical body again. I waited to DEILD and I was back out. I decided this time to practice my summoning technique (which I have never done). I thought of the person I wanted to see and to my surprise I couldn't think of that person's name..sigh :?. In RL, I know this person like I know my own child, so why can't I think of that person's name? Because of this, I became frustrated :furious:. I do recall when I was thinking about that person, an invisible wind tossed me around the room and I woke up.

Note to self: Every lucid exercise is an opportunity to learn whether it is a success or not. Also, STOP GETTING FRUSTRATED!

Congratulations on the lucid, bemistaken! I tell you, that post-overeating dreaming is fertile ground for lucidity. :D (I went lucid myself Thanksgiving night!)

I really like the way you approach your WILD. Even when you feel like you just have to still be awake, you still remember to give yourself a chance to just float away into a lucid dream. No worries on the recall trouble... it really takes a lot of practice for memories to cross freely between waking life and dreaming life. There's just no substitute for practice, I imagine. Still have a lot to learn on this myself, but I've definitely found that you get better at it the more you do it.

I hope you enjoyed Thanksgiving as well as that lucid! :goodjob2:

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Congratulations on the lucid, bemistaken! I tell you, that post-overeating dreaming is fertile ground for lucidity. :D (I went lucid myself Thanksgiving night!)

I really like the way you approach your WILD. Even when you feel like you just have to still be awake, you still remember to give yourself a chance to just float away into a lucid dream. No worries on the recall trouble... it really takes a lot of practice for memories to cross freely between waking life and dreaming life. There's just no substitute for practice, I imagine. Still have a lot to learn on this myself, but I've definitely found that you get better at it the more you do it.

I hope you enjoyed Thanksgiving as well as that lucid! :goodjob2:

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Thanks Cl!

Happy Thanksgiving to you also...I had ate so much I thought I was going to put myself into a coma! For some reason, I have always used levitation as a RC mainly because it never fails. I still have to practice everyday some type of technique to keep 'Lucy' on her toes! Thanks again!

So are you coming to Scionox's competition, bemistaken?

Date: 12/07/2013
Method: MILD & WBTB (anticipating a WILD)
Total sleep time: 6-7

So close...

I was dreaming that I was sitting in my front yard...it was snowing (should have become lucid because if it snows where I live...the world must be coming to an end). I look up in the sky and i thought I saw a reindeer :shock:. Turns out it was not a reindeer but a camel and I thought to myself, "Whew, for a minute there I thought I was going crazy." I know...Stupidest ways I missed becoming lucid...again. To add insult to injury, then airplanes and helicopters started falling out of the sky and crashing in my front yard :?.

Hi JoannaB,

I have been sooo stressed lately...but how can I refuse you? Sure, why not!

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I have been sooo stressed lately...but how can I refuse you? Sure, why not!

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I too have been sooo stressed, so I can relate. Glad you decided to join.

Welp Lucy...Today I just found out that I have the chicken pox :(. To make matters worse, I have caught this as an adult which I hear the symptoms of the chicken pox are much worse. I'm going crazy with this itching and burning sensation AND I just signed up for the lucid competition! Boy, this is going to be a fun week :?.

Yikes! My condolences. I had the chicken pox as a teen (I think I was like 15 or so) and for me it was not so bad, but I know that it does have the reputation of being worse in adults, though I think the severity varies among individuals to some extent - I wish you that yours will be a milder case. Did you get the medication already that one administers which reduces the itching somewhat? Also how long did the doctor say it will last? Maybe it will be over before the competition? Also who knows what effect this will have on dreams - it might give you wild vivid dreams? Of course, if need be, I am sure you can ask your doctor to write you a note to the effect that you have the chicken box, and if you send that to Scionox, I am sure he will consider whether it is a valid excuse from the competition. Just kidding. I do remember even after all these years that I did find that a sense of humor helped me during the chicken pox.

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Did you get the medication already that one administers which reduces the itching somewhat? Also how long did the doctor say it will last? Maybe it will be over before the competition? Also who knows what effect this will have on dreams - it might give you wild vivid dreams? Of course, if need be, I am sure you can ask your doctor to write you a note to the effect that you have the chicken box, and if you send that to Scionox, I am sure he will consider whether it is a valid excuse from the competition. Just kidding. I do remember even after all these years that I did find that a sense of humor helped me during the chicken pox.

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Hi JoannaB,

Thanks for your concern! Yes, I am on medication...several. I'm still itching, but I believe it is all mental because every time I look at myself I start feeling like something is crawling on me and I start scratching. The doctor said that I'm in the early stage and get ready for the misery to start within the first few days. After that, I will start to heal and it will get better. I just got up from a short nap and I was having some intense HI...then the itching started. I think this could be to my benefit because I am on so many medications :). Ha Ha on the part about the doctor's excuse to Scionox :chuckle:! No, I'm here to stay in the competition...chicken pox and all!

Hi Lucy, I just woke up from one of my 'drug induced chicken-pox' naps and I did have some recall, but it was just a fragment of me trying to find a bathroom. In the dream, everywhere I looked I thought I saw a bathroom, but when I got ready to 'go' the bathroom disappeared. When I woke up, I had to go to the bathroom really bad. Thank GOD I didn't find that bathroom in my dream or I would have woke up in a wet bed! :cheeky:

Oh no, I'm so sorry to hear that you've got the chicken pox, bemistaken! :( As usual you have a great attitude and you're still getting that dreamwork in! Best of luck in the competition!

By the way, you might have actually been okay on that peeing dream! I even became lucid once because I was dreaming that I was just peeing and peeing forever with no end in sight. :chuckle: Wound up walking around peeing all over the place (even while lucid!) for a bit before I figured out how to get my dream bladder to calm down, ha ha...

Anyway, wishing you a speedy and not too itchy journey as you get through this chicken pox and back to normal life!

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Thanks CL, and you always know the right thing to say to me when I'm feeling down! ;)

Date: December 13, 2013
Method: MILD & WBTB
Total Sleep Time: 81/2 hours

Fragments

1. I was filling out an application for something...
2. I saw the letters UAE...
3. I was putting grades into my grade-book for my students...

Let's see if I can improve on this tonight.

Date: December 14, 2013
Method: MILD & WBTB (WBTB failed WILD attempt)
Total Sleep Time: 81/2 hours

Woke up to my husband hammering the hell out of our front door...sigh :?

Fragment

1. Someone was shooting at me...

Dream

1. I was in my bathroom changing clothes and really upset because nothing would fit. I recall all of the clothes being short and tight...like summer clothes. I was so disgusted with myself that I took the clothes off and had chosen to not wear any clothes and just be naked from that point forward! (should have become lucid with the naked dream sign)

Date: December 15, 2013
Method: MILD & WBTB (WBTB failed WILD attempt)
Total Sleep Time: 9ish

Dream 1

J's daughter had lost her tooth and in place of the tooth was a maggot hanging from her top gum (gross). I called a doctor and asked if she was seeing new patients and the doctor said, 'no.'

Dream 2

Trying to find my way home and I was using a flower as a landmark. I found the flower, but I still could not find my way home.

Dream 3

I had to do a presentation in school in front of my professor and I was really nervous about it. I did a good job and the professor didn't even act like I did well...the professor remained silent.

Fragment

A dirty bathroom (you get the picture :?).

Date: 12/16/2013
Method: MILD & WBTB (Successful WILD!)
Total Sleep Time: Almost 7 hours

I did a WBTB around 7:30am because I had an appointment with the exterminator coming at 8:00am. It only took the exterminator around 15minutes for him to do what he needed to do and I was back in my bed around 8:25am. I had been telling myself since yesterday that I was going to WILD AND be successful at it. Before my WBTB, I had actually gotten close to 7 hours of sleep. I realize the more I sleep, the more successful I am at WILDing. In my mind while I lay there I told myself to stay AWARE and not AWAKE. It may have taken me thirty minutes for my body to get relaxed, but soon after that I felt my body kind of ‘drop’ and the vibrations soon followed.

I felt myself holding on for dear life as the vibrations where stronger than ever and soon…I was ‘out.’ I did a quick RC of levitation and it worked. I recalled going through my bedroom wall (which is not too hard because my bed is right next to it) and I ended up ‘somewhere’ (very dark place and I don’t really know where I was). I then recalled I had a few task to do and for the life of me…I couldn’t remember the TOTM. I decided to concentrate by looking at my hands and things became clear. I was in some type of room that had a tree growing in the middle of it. The tree was strange…it was a tree that bore fruit AND vegetables (:shock:???). I distinctly recall me saying that the tree had watermelons, cantaloupes, and cucumbers growing from it. I looked up to the highest limbs on the tree and sure enough…there was all the fruit and veggies growing. I decided that since I can clearly see to fly at super speed and I raised my arm up like superman :superman: and took off! Everything was going past me a warped speed and I saw the brightest stars in the universe flash past me. I felt almost nauseated from the speed (in real life, I suffer from extreme motion sickness) and I guess that is what made me feel my real body and before I knew it…I was back in my body breathing heavy like I just ran a race.

To my higher power and Lucy…thanks.
:thanks:

Congrats on the ld, bemistaken! Fantastic dream with the vegetable and fruit bearing tree, that must have been a super cool sight. And flying at warp speed, yeah!!! Awesome stuff! :banana:

Date: 12/17/2013
Method: MILD & WBTB (Fail :()
Total Sleep Time: 8 (ish) hours

Welp...I tried to duplicate my success from yesterday by planning all day with intent to WILD and doing my WBTB for at least 45 minutes. So would someone please tell me why the hell my job called telling me they needed something emailed to them within the hour (and the job would take me 2 hours to do) :mad:???!!! By the time I got finish with the work there was no way in hell that I was able to go back to sleep. Oh well, there is always tomorrow...

Dream 1

I was surrounded by alligators and I decided that I would eat them so I started skinning their hide and removing their guts to make a soup. There were all sizes and shapes of alligators, but I wasn't afraid. I told myself the more the merrier for my alligator soup :cackle:.

Dream 2

I saw a baby in a woman's uterus and I was able to see this with my naked eye. It was so vivid...his facial features were so clear to me. I saw that the baby was holding a miniature sword in his hand and smiling...like he was going to be a knight. Even though this was a very short dream I must admit, I believe this one was one of my favorites because the baby looked so confident and brave :).

12/21/2013
Method: MILD & WBTB (fail :()

Dream 1

I was talking to someone (like an interview) and they were arguing with me about where I was from. I kept telling them I was from Texas but they did not believe me. I so happen to be wearing a University of Texas Longhorn t-shirt, hat, AND my car keys were attached to a University of Texas Longhorn key chain. For some reason they still did not believe me and I was ready to fight :pissed:.

Dream 2

Talking with my sister about if she was going to correct way to our mother’s house. We drove and drove but we never could make it to our mother’s home. We drove further and further away and continue to be confused about the directions.

Dream 3

I was with my nieces cooking in the kitchen. We were getting ready for some type of event (don’t know if it was Thanksgiving or Christmas) and there was food everywhere. We were having such a great time that I didn’t notice we were cooking outside…:?

12/25/2013
Method: MILD & WBTB (Failed)
Total Sleep Time: NONE!

Fragment
Something about me fixing my hair

Fragment 2
A woman needing a tracheotomy

Fragment 3
Writing a story

I am confused: how did you get three dream fragments when getting a total sleep time of none? ;-)

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Originally Posted by JoannaB

I am confused: how did you get three dream fragments when getting a total sleep time of none? ;-)

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Ha, Ha! Hi JoannaB!

Well, I was in and out of consciousness because I was staying up looking for Christmas presents...I had forgot where I had hide them all year. Then I would lay back down again and think of another hiding place and had to get up all over again to find the presents (they were little 'odds and ends' I would place in the kids stockings)! I got so little sleep it wasn't even worth counting the hours because it didn't feel like any! :cheeky:

Hi Lucy, my recall is a lot better since the holidays are ending. I had two dreams and a fragment...and that is a big improvement!

Dream 1
My baby was hungry and I was looking for something to cook in the refridgerator. All I could find was squash and flour. Every time I touched the squash it would turn into a different shape and type (butternut squash, acorn squash, yellow squash) but was I concerned about that (which I should have been because this probably would have made me lucid)? Noooo! I was just trying to figure out how would I cook that squash with only flour! :lol:

Dream 2
With one of my nieces and I was helping her do an pretend interview because she was trying to find a job. All she did was laugh instead of answer my questions. Every time I asked her a question, she would bust out laughing. :cackle:



Fragment
Something about robots...

Hey bemistaken! Congratulations on the improved recall! Mine went to zero for a while (holiday craziness, got sick, etc.) but as we settle back into our old routines and take the time to rebuild our waking self-awareness, the dreams will come back.

And so shall your skepticism about squash. :chuckle:

Keep up the good work!

Well hello Beautiful! I missed you so much Lucy :hug:!

It has been awhile since I have last talked with you, but the 'human' part of me had to take an unexpected and much needed break. Even though I may have been gone, I thought about you every day and I never forgot all the time we had spent together. I worked hard to get back into shape to come back to you and now I am here and I am in better shape than ever before. I am so glad that you are still here waiting on me so let's not waste any time...back to work! I will try to play 'catch-up' with you tomorrow because I have indeed been keeping track of all my lucid experiences since January. So Lucy, get ready to be 'fingered' tomorrow (I have a lot of typing to do! LOL!) :tongue: :chuckle:

Hey Lucy,

Just jotting down a quick dream fragment...the only thing that I can remember from my dream last night is my sister bothering the hell out of me for 'something :uhm:.' Can't remember exactly what is was, but damn was I annoyed in that dream! Until tonight my love!

Yay, it's great to see you back! I'm glad to hear that your dream life's been coming along so well the past few months. From you I'd expect nothing less! Great work.

To your continued success! :goodjob:

Thanks CL! :)

Hello Lucy,

Thank you for blessing me with your presence on Mother's Day. I recall saying my mantras while I was getting ready to take a nap. Somewhere within the 'nodding off' I woke up to some intense vibes and before you know it, I was floating above my body :D. My first goal was to stabilize, but of course I forgot all about that! My thoughts went crazy as I was like a kid in a candy store trying to go 'everywhere' with my mind :bliss:. I saw my nephew come into vision and he was just looking at me as to say, "Well, what are you going to do now?" I got really excited and of course the dream collapse all around me :furious:. Oh well...I tried my best to DEILD my way back out, but that didn't work at all. Welp, I'm still grateful and look forward to seeing you again Lucy...soon!

Nice, congratulations on the lucid! :goodjob: I hear you on feeling like a kid in a candy store. I've worked hard on self-control and still most of the time I'm all :bliss:

Great job! You are back, no doubt about it! :D

Lucy,
At one point this year, I felt like I had lost everything...even my mind. Through pray, meditation, and absolute desire, I found myself again. Even when I felt like I had nothing and everyone had turned their back on me...it is always good to know that I still have a place to come home to. Thank you Dreamviews for still being here waiting for me. You are the breath of air I need when I am breathless, the voice I desire when I am voiceless, and the love I need when I have no love left for myself. You just don't know how important this website is to someone like me and it feels so good to come home, no matter how many times I get lost, I can always find my way back home to you :content:.

Always,
Bemistaken

It's so wonderful to see you back, bemistaken! :content: I was just thinking of you earlier today and hoping that you were doing well. Can't tell you how happy I was to see a post from you pop up on my newsfeed!

And what a great message. Your great attitude makes me realize that I've been somewhat taking for granted the sanctuary and personal growth that I've found here on DV. Thank you for the timely reminder!

How've you been? And now that you've helped me, how can I help you? :)

Hello My Love! (every time I see your Avatar, I'm reminded how you help me teleport to Egypt!)

I must have felt your vibes when you thought of me today :). The words I speak about Dreamviews are the truth...I had some serious health issues that tried to turn into mental issues. However, sometimes you have to go through something to understand just how strong you really are! And I must be really strong because I'm still here! I can't tell you how the tears were rolling down my eyes when I read some post in the forums and saw the familiar names of the moderators (I call you all friends) ;-). I'm already motivated and ready to get back to my old familiar...it may take me a little time, but I know I have all the support that I need right here.

You ask how can you help me? You just did :hugitout:.

Hi Lucy! (boy, it feels so good to type that!)

I woke up and had very little recall, but this is not a bother to me. All I remember is dreaming something about a baby crying. Today is a new day and I will start with my reality checks and meditation. I don't want to stress myself out by trying to immediately have a lucid dream, instead I will just EXPECT it will happen. Right now my focus is to start from the beginning. You can never go wrong by starting all over to get it right! ;)

Aww thank you so much! I'm so glad to hear that you overcame your health issues and that you're back with us safe and sound!

The teleport to Egypt! I still remember that well! That was amazing! :D I should review that and try to take a trip back to Egypt of my own. I never did manage the Egypt portion of Task of the Year that year.

It sounds like you have exactly the right approach and mindset. You'll build it all back up again. I'm convinced that the best lucid dreamers are masters of the basic. I'm looking forward to following along with you as you continue your journey! :content:

Bemistaken! Welcome back! :)

So happy to see you again. We all missed you. :hug:

Thanks Canis! Hi NyxCC! If feels soooo good to be back! I was miserable without Dreamviews...Dorothy was right, there is no place like home (clicking my heels!).:content:

Hi Lucy,

Guess what? I have a little dream recall! It was fragmented as hell, but I count this as a success! It was very fragmented, but I know this will improve over tim.

DREAM RECALL:

I was in a school cafeteria and I was eating school lunch. I had the most buttery bake potato, and a big juicy steak with fruit (I think the fruit was something like a fruit cup). I don't know what school has lunches like this, but it wasn't the school I went to! :lol:

MEDITATION (Y/N)?

Yes, I was able to get in 25 minutes of silence and concentrated on my breathing or the ringing in my ears. Boy was I rusty with trying to keep noises out of my head and all those other issues that comes along with being still (cob webs, itching, accumulation of spit in my throat...gross). I feel like a newborn baby all over again trying to get back in the swing of things. I have not meditated in awhile, but let me tell you Lucy, when I was finished, my body felt as limp as a noodle. I Loved It!

That's all for now Lucy, until again my sweet :bedtime:

Oh Lucy! Why, Why, Why?! :bang:

I have been questioning my surroundings with reality checks, looking at my hands, and counting my fingers over the last six or seven days. Would someone please tell me why did I freak out in my dream when I saw my fingers :confused:???!!! In my dream, I just remember talking to someone and I looked down at my hands. You may ask, "What did she see?" CLAWS! Yes...claws folks. My fingers were red, fat, swollen, disfigured, pointy, creepy claws! In my dream I started freaking out so bad I started running to a fire station. Guess what Lucy? The creepy claws were not finished scaring the hell out of me yet. When I looked down at my hand again (yes, I looked at my hands twice and still didn't get lucid), my pinky finger had what looked like a big blister or boil 'hanging' from the tip of the claw (gross). A fireman laughed as he took my pinky in his hand (yes, this is another hand that I saw which now makes three), and 'popped' the boil/blister. It seems like every time I looked down at my hands, they grew even more creepier. I stood there so freaked out that I literally scared my ass awake :eek:...Sigh. I still love you Lucy.

You've got half of the task done, successfully incubated looking at your hands.

Now that you have spent additional time thinking about your hands and that you should become lucid,

the next time you see your hands you will realize this is a dream! :goodjob2:

Thanks NyxCC, I hope it sticks! :)

Hi Lucy,

It has been a busy week for me! Last week I was so busy with grading finals, inputing grades, graduation, etc. (I'm a teacher) that I could barely get any practice in. I still have good news because I have been keeping up with my dream journaling. Last night all I can remember was dreaming about sex. A type of sex dream so intense that I woke up 'throbbing, thumping and pumping.' I also woke up pissed because I was reaching for my husband and he was not there. Of all the Saturday mornings my husband had to work, this was the one!

By the way, this wasn't any old type of sex dream and I'm not talking about a scene of 'gentle' love-making...I'm talking about raw, primal, nasty, sloppy, acrobatic/contortionist, stop what you are doing and stare SEX! It was the type of sex that started on the bed...then falling on the floor...forced up against a wall (upside down by the way)...then finally ended in a closet buried in clothes. Do you have a visual now? Oh yeah :tongue:. Welp, I have to go now...I have to have sex :cheeky:!

Hey Lucy,
Last night was brutal! My insomnia kicked into high gear and like a Vampire :vampire: I stayed up all night and watched the sun come up. However, not all was lost because I spent most of my day focusing on ADA and RC's. I even got a chance to meditate! Let me tell you, I forgot how wonderful meditation can be...I was truely in my own element yesterday :content:.

I went to bed at 8:00am (insomnia is a B#tch) and slept for 4 1/2 to 5 hours. I did my WBTB for about 10 minutes because if I stay up any longer I will not go back to sleep. As I lay in bed focusing on my breathing, I felt myself slip in and out of consciousness. Then I had some weird 'limb jerking' movements. I felt the numbness, the tingling, and the feeling of floating. Two or three times I had a feeling of my breathe being taken away (cut short?). If I could have just laid there a little while longer, I have no doubt I would have had a WILD. It just reminds me of how all my other WILD's use to be. School is out and the neighbors kids woke me up playing outside. I know that if I would have not had my insomnia issue and went to bed at a decent time like regular human beings I would have been successful. My WBTB would have been at 4:00am instead of 1:00pm. I would not have been interrupted with kids playing outside at 4:00am in the morning :lol:.

I love getting back to the basics because my dream was so vivid before my WBTB. I have learned that I wake up after every dream cycle so my planning is crucial.

Dream: I was on the telephone talking with either a credit collector or someone from a bank. I was giving them advise on how to get their credit cleaned up and I was talking about Credit Karma. I even remember telling them that they can put in writing how they want the credit collector to communicate with them (via by phone, email, or snail mail). In other words, I started giving the credit collector credit advise on their credit and how they can get their cedit score up :chuckle:. I should have caught this as a dream sign, but in RL I talk so much that I just didn't see this as being unusual...this is truely something I would do in RL :cackle:.

That's all for now Lucy, I know I will see you soon! :kiss:

Date: 12/22/2014
Sleep time: 8:00am-1:00pm
Methods used: WBTB (10 min), MILD (Mantra: "I am recognizing I am dreaming")
Other techniques: ADA, RC's and RRC's, and practice a walk-through OBE

Lucy,
Why is it that I have spent the last two weeks questioning my reality (ADA, RC's, and RRC's) and all I'm dreaming about is stuff that I would do in RL? Example...

Last night's dream:
I was about to get into an argument with someone about them almost hitting my car in a parking lot. Then we both realized that we knew each other from childhood and began laughing and hugging. Later on she asked if I would help her hang wall paper at her home and I said, "Sure!"

And yes, I do hang wall paper in RL...Sigh. What the hell is going on ???!!! :uhm:

Date: 12/23/2014
Sleep time: 2:00am-10:00am
Methods used: WBTB (10 min), MILD (Mantra: "I am recognizing I am dreaming")
Other techniques: ADA, RC's and RRC's, and practice a walk-through OBE

Lucy, you gave me a Christmas miracle!

A MIRACLE ON MY STREET! (copied and pasted from my reply in the WILD forum to the all knowing :sageous:)

Sageous, I did it! I don't know what technique I used (beside DEILD), but maybe you can tell me what I started off using.

Here is what happened:

Stayed up until 5am wrapping presents and cooking Christmas dinner. My kids woke me up at 8:00am (so yes, just like you told me not to do, I slept for only 3 hours). Thank GOD my kids and husband were going to a family members house where others were gathering for Christmas breakfast. I was using my ,"I had to stay up all night cooking and wrap presents by myself" as an excuse for them to leave me alone. It worked, because they all left by 11:00am. I thought to myself, "Could a WBTB even be possible? I have been up for 1 ½ hours for a so called WBTB and felt a little more alert than my usual WBTB." Even though I was up watching them open presents, I still felt that I could go back to sleep, but it would take an effort. So, I gave it a shot. I laid back down in the bed and continued to repeat a shorter mantra, "I am Lucid" and "I am aware." Kids next door was making noise riding their new bicycles, but I was determined to see if this super long WBTB would work. So, I moved to the back of the house in another bedroom and kept back at it with the mantra. I remember you said that something HAS to happen if you just stay aware on the edge of sleep and keep your anchor (or did you say mantra?). So, I was not giving up on this experiment. I kept at the mantra. Then, the magic happened...:dreaming:

It seems like I may have been napping, maybe 45min to 1 hour. I keep bobbing in and out of consciousness. But I held onto the mantra! I would say a mere 15-20 minutes in I 'free fell' into some strong vibrations! I knew this was IT because vibrations are my signature sign. I lay still until I felt myself float out . "Finally!" I thought. I came out into darkness, but I didn't even care...I was blind, happy, and out! Then of course you know what happened next...my excitement sucked me right back into my body. I DEILD my way back out by being still and this time when I came out I asked for sight. I got a little clarity and I remembered my rehearsed plan. I came out into my bedroom and I saw a pillow and focused on that and things got a little better with my sight. I hadn't been lucid in so long I was moving like a floppy rag doll. Got frustrated and lost focused and went back into my body (Damn it!). Third time has always been the charm for me to I lay still again and the vibrations came back, but they were weak. I thought to myself, calm down, be still, focus on your third eye. Vibes grew stronger and I was able to get out again! I focused on my exact rehearsed plan by the letter. Somehow, I ended up in my bedroom closet (probably because I just got out the hidden Christmas present that night and took them out in the wee hours of this morning). I was thinking to myself, "Keep cool and follow your rehearsed plan...and hurry up!" When all else seems to fail me, my back-up plan is to always just practice moving or flying around and/or touching things in close proximity. I stuck out my arm and started flying around like a drunk superman :superman:. I went through my bedroom wall and flew into what looked like my yard (not sure). I don't know how, but I ended up back in my bedroom...I tried to focus on my bed but my lucid eyes slowly became my physical eyes and I was back in my body. Not willing to push my luck, I got up and grabbed my journal on my bedside table and thanked GOD and THE WIZARD...:sageous:!

A few questions Sageous:

1. What technique did I start off with (I know I was using MILD, but when I first became Lucid, was it a DEILD or WILD), I know I continued to link the lucids with DEILDS.
2. What information can you give me regarding the extended WBTB? Was this just luck? Did I take advantage of sleeping a little longer and gain the benefit of the Lucid?
3. What could I have done better? It seems that I am always coming out blind or in darkness...what should I have done different?

Sorry this was so long, but I know someone out there is frustrated just like I was and I don't want them to give up! Keep practicing, keep asking questions to the facilitators, moderators, guides, and members, and most important KEEP BELIEVING...no matter how long it takes, it will happen!

Again, thank you for your knowledge and thorough advise :kiss:.

One Love.
Bemis taken

Awww, that's fantastic Bemistaken! :bliss: Congrats on the lds!

And wishing you a Merry Christmas! :santa:

He's My Husband.

Dream:
I was in a beauty pageant and police officers were the judges. The judges were doing the contestants interview sessions and while he was interviewing me he was eating dinner. He offered me dinner and I thought that if I did not take his offer, he would disqualify me. So I ate dinner with him while trying to answer his interview questions. When he finished eating I made sure to finish eating everything on my plate also (we were eating cheeseburgers by the way...which I have not had a cheeseburger in years...one of many missed dream sign). When the interview was over he was getting ready to leave and another contestant came in dressed in a bikini and gave the officer a long wet kissed and looked directly at me. I said, "What the hell?!" and she said, "It's ok, he is my husband." Then I woke up.

Great job, bemistaken! Excellent execution on that WILD. When I was reading your story about the nap opportunity, I was getting this little smile knowing (or at least hoping!) that you were going to get one of those long OpheliaBlue-style WBTBs. Those have proven really effective for her, so I'm glad to hear that it worked so well for you here. I thought that it would! :D

Sounds like you had a great Christmas! :santa: I'm just back catching up on all things DV after my holiday craziness! So glad to see this piece of good news! Keep it up!

Thanks :canislucidus:!

Now, I am working on having places appear right in front of me...this is so difficult! This reminds me of teleportation, however; I don't know if this is the same thing. My focus is extremely limited, but my goal is to have this ability in the year 2015. I didn't know OpheliaBlue did long WBTBs?! I have never done a long WBTB before because I always thought that I would not be able to get back to sleep. I will be experiementing with this also in 2015.

I hope you have a wonderful New Year!:happyface:

Lucy,
I have grown so much since finding you through Dreamviews...I know that I can only improve even more in 2015. I remember a time when I did not believe in the ability to control your dreams and now I am (ever so slightly) doing it! Thank you for my failures and my accomplishments with lucid dreaming in 2014 and may we all have MANY, MANY, more in 2015.

I will lucid dream tonight! :)

HAPPY NEW YEARS DREAMVIEWS! :breakitdown:

Welp Lucy, you've done the impossible...you allowed me to DILD today! I haven't DILD in months so I will take any type of lucid that I can get. I was napping and I remember in my NL dream I was singing...and I mean I was singing like I was Beyonce! In RL I can't hold a note. I instantly thought in the dream, "Hey, I can't sing so how come I can sing now? I must be dreaming!" And poof :poof:, like magic I am lucid. Only for a few seconds because I ended up in the void. I tried to visualize, but I only kinda 'swirled around' in the grey. Then I tried to remember the TOTM and I mistakenly opened my eyes but my physical eyes opened instead. Oh well...still ever so humble and ever so grateful!

Yay, congratulations, bemistaken! I love that you not only had a lucid dream but also got to unleash your dream singing voice! :happy: Isn't it amazing how well you can sing in a dream??

I love to use singing during lucid dreams to help me narrate, stay focused on my intentions, maintain lucidity, and keep my mind on goals. If this comes to mind for you, I'd definitely recommend giving it a try! It's so much fun hearing how we sing with our true voices, the ones that aren't constrained by this thing we call reality. :)

Great job with the DILD! Keep up the good work! :goodjob2:

Thanks CL,
I was thinking in my dream, "Wow, this is how it would be IF I could really sing in real life." I think I'm just going start singing when I feel like my lucidity is becoming unstable! :)

COPIED FROM TOTM JAN. 2015

Ok guys I need your help...I don't know what I did or what this counts as...

Went to bed earlier than usual (before 12:00am) and I had intentions all day to make sure to keep the TOTM on my mind. After about 5 good hours of sleep, I did a WBTB. I keep up with my mantra (I lucid dream) then every now and then I would add (I walk and fly backwards). Somewhere within the nodding in and out of NL's, I recall being lucid and I told myself don't forget to walk backwards. I did walk backwards and then for a second I stopped and told myself, "Not like that!" BTW, I have no idea why I said that. Then I kinda 'skated' backwards (like on an escalator going backwards) when I was telling myself to fly. Then all of a sudden I lost Lucy and found some guy telling me he was going to marry me and I involuntarily went with the non-lucid :wtf:

So...I have no idea what this counts for (if it counts at all :hrm: ).

Just trying to be honest because being an honest person has always had a lot to do with me being lucid or not.

Even if this doesn't count, I am still willing to keep trying because my stability sucks lately. One Love :).

Nice job, bemistaken, certainly sounds like it counts to me! I mean, counts as TotM... because if you're asking whether it counts as a lucid, there's no doubt about it.

Great job remembering the goal and getting right to it You've been doing really well lately. Hopefully the dream-hubby was dreamy! :smitten:

Keep up the great work, I love seeing your success! :)

Lucy, Look...:flyaway: I got wings! Singing, "I BELIEVE I CAN FLYYYYYYYYY!" :bliss:

Woke up with the sh!t scared out of me because I was almost late for work (thanks snooze button!) and totally forgot the dream I had. Have you ever had that feeling that the dream you forgot was really, really, good? :uhm:Hmmm...

Bemistaken!! Congratulations on the wings! :woohoo: Great job... you are totally back! :happy:

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Have you ever had that feeling that the dream you forgot was really, really, good? Hmmm...

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Ha ha, yes... the good news is that there's no scarcity, and there will be many many many more dreams to come. And so very many of them will be amazing. :content:

Thanks CL! I hope so and I wish many, many lucid for you too in 2015!