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    by , 09-10-2014 at 05:34 PM (777 Views)
    Date: 3 Sept

    Mini-wbtb: lecithin

    Decided not to wbtb, no latte, but had a natural wake. Didn't quite concentrate on lding, but had some thoughts about it.

    LD Frag: In a classroom and I see one of the classmates that greets me. At some point my awareness increases and I realize that I'm in the room with my class and dreaming. One of the long term goal experiments comes to mind (learn to recognize DS by experience from the dream). The room is full of classmates sitting behind the desks and I start my mantras despite there being some instability "I see classmate, I know that I am dreaming, etc." and make them all repeat this with me. I list a number of classmates and stress the dreaming part. One thing that strikes me is the synchronisation between my thoughts, my words, and the words that come out of all classmates - it all happens exactly at the same time, and it's as if I can feel this invisible causality connection.

    After going through a number of names in alphabetical order, I decide that this amount of information is enough for now and that no more should be repeated. An unknown DC teacher wearing grey comes closer, not a very pleasant one. I decide to change him a bit and give him a hug. He seems so touched by this that he sheds a few tears that fall down his shirt, leaving realistic wet marks.

    At this point, I recall the shoe task and start looking around for shoes. The are shoes scattered around but from different pairs and sizes. The room becomes someone's apartment. In addition, again, I become too picky trying to find a pair of shoes that I like. (And we know what this usually means). Finally, I find a pair of colorful moccasins, very nice ones and get on with the task. There are papers into the first one, so I have to take them out before putting the shoe on. I grab the second shoe and as am about to put it the dream ends.


    FA: I have a task of the month thread FA where I read my current dream post and another dream that includes OpheliaBlue and Schmaven.

    Another fragment/mini-dream: I appear somewhere more like outdoors and realize that am still dreaming, though I have the definite certainty that am going to lose lucidity (like feeling your mental sharpness going down) and I continue forward focusing on maintaining the alertness.

    Frag: It's like the same apartment again as I figure out 'dreaming, same place'. These are like wildlets in reverse as I'm in the process of waking up.

    Wake up, brief review.

    Frag: Only remember the ld part. In an appartment again, this time I find a pair of slippers and put them on without any issues. Wondering what to do next, I exert a great deal of effort to recall the other tasks that I didn't plan on performing tonight. The fortune cookie task finally comes to mind and I head towards the kitchen. There's lots of stuff on the counter including pieces of cookies but for some reason I decide to have a DC do the work for me and skip the cookie altogether. I look to my left and see two DCs (think they were from the non-ld part), both of them holding a piece of paper in their hands. I take the one from the nearest DC and try to read it, the words change to something like 'crazy couple'. I consider the task complete and get distracted with the dream to lose lucidity.


    Shoes & Cookies Part II

    Date: Sept 10

    Decided to skip wbtb due late bedtime. Woke up naturally and had trouble falling asleep until couple of mins before the alarm.

    LD: I finally fall asleep and find myself starring at...myself. There is a doppelgänger DC right in front of me, seated near where the desk used to be in my old room. But she looks more like doll, an object rather than a real person even though she is looking at me. I decide to ignore her and turn to the other side where under pressure (due to alarm), I go to recall immediately my tasks. The ones I had planned to try don't fit the place and current time constraints so I decide to go with basic totm instead.

    I recall the shoe task and have a look at my feet - bare, the next second my mind produces a pair of shoes exactly like the slippers I had when I lived in that room. I take them off and look for another pair of shoes next to me. There are a few actually and I'm conveniently facing the wardrobe. The ones that look from the same pair and right size are orange flip flops that I put on. My attention is briefly caught by another pair of rather fancy high heel shoes that I figure belong to my mom. I'm excited to try them but at this point my feet's motion translates into physical motion...Yet, the dream still holds together despite a brief wave of instability.

    Since I'm still here, I decide to do the the fortune cookie task, moving on to the place of the old desk. There are lots of items on top of it and I scan for a fortune cookie while thinking about one. There is a misshaped fortune cookie and a piece of paper coming out of it. I notice at first that there are only black and white drawings of snoopy or a simialr character but the other side of the fortune reveals a conversation next to the character. The drawings disappear to leave an ever changing text. In its last version that I try to memorize it is an old German proverb that repeats the same word three times. It looks like an old Latin proverb (dream knowledge) translated into German.

    After completing the task (though later forgot the saying), I get a surge of confidence and decide to try another pair of shoes this time with laces for the bonus wings. There is a pair of purple sports shoes on the floor and I grab and start to untie one of them. It feels pretty accurate and not messy at all. This excites me that once they are untied I will put them on and tie them, no problem. As I prepare to put one on, I notice that there are papers inside again. I take one piece out and decide not deal with the rest of the paper, but rather press my foot inside. My foot presses against the papers to make space and then my physical foot moves again and this time dream is gone for good.


    Disappointed but after a while with closed eyes, sleep resumes.

    DEILD: I'm back into the same room, but this time it's dark as if midnight. This is not welcome as I hope to find my shoes somewhere nearby. With a touch of sarcasm I decide to order more light, though I know it's rather difficult to turn on the lights either by a switch or by command. To my surprise the space in front gets lit up as if there is a screen behind me that casts bright light ahead.

    Alas, the alarm rings at that very moment...

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    Updated 09-10-2014 at 05:53 PM by 61764

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    Comments

    1. Xanous's Avatar
      Congrats on TOTM but why so many times?
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    2. NyxCC's Avatar
      Thanks! Well, in the end wanted to get bonus wings with the laces...

      And possibly because once I start dressing or undressing it is very hard to stop. Must be a woman's thing.
    3. ThreeCat's Avatar
      Awesome, Nyx. Glad you completed your task!
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    4. Highlander's Avatar
      Ladies and shoes.

      Congratulations on the TOTM.
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    5. CanisLucidus's Avatar
      Nice job, Nyx, congratulations on all of the lucids and your multi-TotM!

      Did I count right that you did the shoe task, bonus shoe task, and then 2x the fortune cookie task? Great job!

      I finally fall asleep and find myself starring at...myself. There is a doppelgänger DC right in front of me, seated near where the desk used to be in my old room. But she looks more like doll, an object rather than a real person even though she is looking at me.
      Heh heh, we've been getting a lot of these lately haven't we? It looks like it's spread beyond just us now. Dreamer wound up making out with hers!
      http://www.dreamviews.com/blogs/~+dr.../#comment90461

      Congrats on the (latte-free, whoa!) lucidity!
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    6. fogelbise's Avatar
      Congrats on the nice long series of LDs!!

      One of the long term goal experiments comes to mind (learn to recognize DS by experience from the dream).
      This sounds like a very smart thing to experiment with!!
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    7. ~Dreamer~'s Avatar
      Congrats on the tasks!

      I really loved that sweet moment in the classroom with the teacher.

      That's a really interesting idea about recognising dream signs while dreaming, I look forward to following your progress with that!
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    8. NyxCC's Avatar
      @ Threecat

      Thanks! I'm sure you will have some joyful moments with your advanced task soon!

      @ Highlander

      Thanks! Spot on!

      @ CL

      Thank you! Still need to do my work for the bonus/advanced wings though. Need to set my mind of those tasks - they sound pretty exciting.

      Heh heh, we've been getting a lot of these lately haven't we? It looks like it's spread beyond just us now. Dreamer wound up making out with hers
      Could this be a coincidence, schema infection, attack of the doppelgängers?

      Lol, she did? Must read that one, was it one of the dares?
    9. NyxCC's Avatar
      @ fogelbise and Dreamer

      Thank you guys.

      Hopefully this in-dream DS recognition will bring nice results eventually. Let me know if you decide to try it.
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    10. ~Dreamer~'s Avatar
      Oh LOL! I just read Canis' comment above. How embarrassing, now all of DV shall know me as Narcissus.
      I really went for it too, my DJ version was slightly cleaned up for public viewing, haha.

      Can you describe the in-dream DS recognition in more detail? Or is it written in your list of goals?

      I attempted the shoe task again last night and got them both tied! It was actually really tricky! Hopefully I'll get that posted later.
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    11. NyxCC's Avatar
      Oh LOL! I just read Canis' comment above. How embarrassing, now all of DV shall know me as Narcissus.
      I really went for it too, my DJ version was slightly cleaned up for public viewing, haha.
      Lol, and he posted the link on top of that! Haha, let me see what's going on. Blame the DV paparazzi, looking for spicy dream details.

      Can you describe the in-dream DS recognition in more detail? Or is it written in your list of goals?
      Well, the idea is to bring all those dream signs that we encounter during non-lds to lds whether it's on purpose or they just happen to be there and put an emphasis while in the dream that this is a dream sign. A bit like the classical autosuggestion, but it also relies on your memory. I'm sure you've had dreams where you've come across a familiar dream place and said hey, this was a dream of mine and then become lucid. I hope that doing this in-dream recognition exercise will help forge stronger associations to the lucid dream state.

      I attempted the shoe task again last night and got them both tied! It was actually really tricky! Hopefully I'll get that posted later.
      Awesome, congrats! Looking forward to reading it!
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    12. ~Dreamer~'s Avatar
      Thanks for elaborating on that, I will be sure to give this a go and report back!

      I've been meaning to update my DVA thread with some new goals actually, and give my thanks to you for helping me get back into the swing of lucid dreaming with all your encouragement.

      Sleep time for me now... maybe I'll get to try some DS recognition very soon!
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    13. NyxCC's Avatar
      Cool! It's awesome that you have gotten back into the swing of things so fast. I'm sure Canis has a hand in this too!

      Sweet lucid dreams!
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    14. ~Dreamer~'s Avatar
      Thank you!

      Canis has definitely played a massive role, I have never had such constant positive reinforcement and strong motivation for lucid dreaming before.
      Best dreaming partner everrr!

      The whole DV community is so inspiring to me, I love picking up new ideas and seeing what's working (or not) for different people.
      I'll be very excited to see how you progress with these dream signs!
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