Thread: Task of the Month for April 2013

Originally Posted by OpheliaBlue

That's so awesome Aly that you became lucid when all the food was already there. I usually have the opposite problem as you, and the food FEELS fine, just the taste is somewhat diluted. I don't believe I'll ever lose my fascination for lucid dreaming. And I love how folks are paying attention to other senses alot more now because of these tasks. Enhances the whole experience.

Right? What luck! That's interesting though.... When you eat in a lucid, do you take it slow and try to savor your food? I'm thinking that part of the reason I had so little sensation is because I was just trying to shove it all in my mouth as quickly as possible lol.

That is good too! The other senses can definitely be just as engaging in dreams, all kinds of wacky things can happen.

Originally Posted by Alyzarin

Right? What luck! That's interesting though.... When you eat in a lucid, do you take it slow and try to savor your food? I'm thinking that part of the reason I had so little sensation is because I was just trying to shove it all in my mouth as quickly as possible lol.

You know, I think with my dream food, it's not so much an issue of speed as it is the quantity. Like one time, I tried to summon a bagel and cream cheese. I was so focused on the bagel and nothing else, and I only took 2 bites. But it was more for the science of it than the pleasure of it. So I guess you could say that I also took my time. But it's really about the intense amount of focus on one thing, and the goal orientation that helps. I remember the bagel was perfectly crunchy and toasted on the outside, and chewy on the inside, but with little flavor. And the cream cheese tasted very faintly like sour cream. I just gave up after 2 bites to go do something else, flying I think it was

Originally Posted by OpheliaBlue

You know, I think with my dream food, it's not so much an issue of speed as it is the quantity. Like one time, I tried to summon a bagel and cream cheese. I was so focused on the bagel and nothing else, and I only took 2 bites. But it was more for the science of it than the pleasure of it. So I guess you could say that I also took my time. But it's really about the intense amount of focus on one thing, and the goal orientation that helps. I remember the bagel was perfectly crunchy and toasted on the outside, and chewy on the inside, but with little flavor. And the cream cheese tasted very faintly like sour cream. I just gave up after 2 bites to go do something else, flying I think it was

Makes sense, makes sense! I'll have to put my all into it next time, I want it to count lol. I'm pretty good at vividly imagining food tastes while I'm awake, so maybe that'll help me if I start practicing at it a lot.

That bagel sounds like it'd be so disappointing, but I'll bet the experience was interesting. XD