Lucid Task for the Month of October 2007

[Seeker]

Introduction: This topic is for the Lucid Tasks I assigned this month. During this month, please attempt one or both of the tasks. Report back in this thread, even if you didn't successfully accomplish the task, your efforts should make interesting reading! This is required in order to get credit, it is no longer sufficient just to say that you did it. Whoever completes either of these tasks gets the following goodies until the end of the month: *** Your name will be displayed in ORANGE in the online members list at the bottom of the main forum page. *** You will receive a special title and badge *** You will receive access to the "Lucid Task Club" which is a limitted access forum for people that complete the lucid task each month. Tasks for this month: Lucid Task: Find a haunted house and enter it, report back your experiences. Advanced Task: Find your reflection in a mirror, pull it out and ask it why we dream.

[Adam]

Advanced task completed last night Okay so I had about 7/8 really long vivid dreams last night, only have time to type up the lucid though.. Wow how weird was this, okay so I went to bed and set my alarm for 3:50am. I had so much trouble getting to sleep though, and don't think I got to sleep for like 45 minutes after getting to bed. My alarm woke my at 3:50 - Checked DV, toilet break and a sip of my water. Usually I can get into a lucid dream after about 10 minutes, but last night, OMG an hour later and I was still awake, like really awake - I was getting annoyed with myself for trying to LD on a school night. I think it might be because I have a head ache and a cold coming on, either way I decided to give up, kinda.. As I rolled onto my side I felt no more comfortable, and still awake, then I felt the change, you know when you can tell you are about to go to sleep, so I thought right, I will catch you out on this, and waited a little longer and could feel myself falling asleep more then tried to jump on this and WILD. But what happened next was weird. I like to call this the 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang WILD' for those who have seen this will know they ride on a bed? Or that might be Wizard of Oz? If someone could correct me that would be great! Bedknobs and Broomsticks WILD (Thanks Oneironaut). I felt a shift in my body, like it jolt forward, I don't know if anyone else gets this, but I usually get feelings of me jolting in my bed, and I was moving forwards and backwards at some force, however when I moved forwards I was making a grunting kind of noise, and was at that confused stage where I didn't know if I was lucid or not at that point so went with it. Then I felt my bed shift, now normally it is me doing the shifting, and I will like fall head first backwards to something similar sometimes when WILDing. However this was my bed moving, Okay I thought I will roll with this, and made myself move faster, like really fast in this bed, shooting round corners and all sorts, then when it felt ready stopped the bed moving and I was in this other room, it wasn't mine, I was lucid, I had gotten her by flying my bed?? WTF? Either way, it was an interesting WILD. So I sat up in the bed, did the finger RC (because I love the way it feels lol) My vision was still a little blurry, so steadied myself, everything because clear. I was naked though, which happens a lot - I think it might be because I sleep naked? So I stood up, my goal was to do the advanced task for October, and had waited till tonight (1st October) to try it, I looked up on the shelf for a mirror, and sure enough there was one there. I tried to look into it, but there was this force pushing me away, not letting me look in the mirror - There was like this EVIL presence around, I could hear like a strange growl type noise and a black mist over the mirror. I think this is because I have always been worried about looking into mirrors in dreams because I have had a lot of nightmares from doing so - However I was dreaming and I knew it and nothing was going to stop me achieving my goal! So I stood up again (this force had pushed me onto the floor) and moved towards the mirror, it was only small too, about a bit bigger than my head. I looked into it and saw myself looking back. I reached in, my hand went inside the mirror and pulled my head out... I had no body just a floating head of wisdom - or so I thought... Me "Why ..409p sd kjsk njs jf " I couldn't get my words out, I don't know what was wrong, maybe it was because initial conversation in lucids are hard to start? I tried again, Me "Why do I dream?" Head "You don't" Me "WHY DO I DREAM?" Raising my voice as I get a little frustrated at myself/head Head "You don't" Me "Okay so if I don't dream, what am I doing now?" Head "You're not dreaming!" Damn stupid head of wisdom I thought, I let go and let it fade away. I was gutted!! I really thought I would come back with some smart ass answer!! So anyway I had the rest of my dream to explore, I went into my flat mates room, looked into her mirror, thought about trying again, then though I best write all this down, so woke myself up. Damn if I meet my dream head again, I am going to seriously interrogate it till I get some answers I want haha! Anyway, advanced taslk complete I will try the basic one on my next WILD attempt

[DeadDollKitty]

-_- damn you adam i wanted first post i will defenitly be doing this one. how exciting!

[Adam]

Sorry DDK

[Seeker]

I can see this month is already off to an interesting start! Floating head of Wisdom

[DeadDollKitty]

no worries, im going to go up to a fun mirror in my haunted house and pull out my self. More exciting that way. Maybe, I'll be a vampire! :O

[little_philosopher]

I mentioned that I had a dreams with me pulling myself from the mirror before in: http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...ad.php?t=42622

[iwishicouldld]

DANG!! I was actually in a haunted house last night. (Not lucid. Never lucid.) Still...maybe had I realized it was the months task I might have become lucid. Too bad i didn't check this yesterday. Whats really wierd is that Ive never dreamt of a haunted house before. Is it just a coincidence that I did when it was October's task?? Strange.

[Moonbeam]

DANG!! I was actually in a haunted house last night. (Not lucid. Never lucid.) Still...maybe had I realized it was the months task I might have become lucid. Too bad i didn't check this yesterday. Whats really wierd is that Ive never dreamt of a haunted house before. Is it just a coincidence that I did when it was October's task?? Strange. Keep trying! Think about that dream before you go to sleep, and try to get back there!

[Kyhaar]

I'm going to try and do this tonight- I WILL have a lucid dream, I WILl!!

[HakktHazard]

I definitely want to pull myself out of a mirror. There are other things I would like to ask myself.

[Lunalight]

Both done! Nailed the advanced, but the standard is kind of weak. From My DJ: 9/27/07 Tasks Of the Month October Most all of it is task related, it's kinda long, sorry. I used the DEILD method to induce a lucid this morning. So, I have an FA, and do the nose RC, just to make sure. Of course, I'm dreaming. I remember the tasks, and decide to do the adavanced, since I have a mirror in my bathroom, less than 20 steps away. I step in the bathroom, and casually try to turn on the light, and it doesn't work. Typical. I look in the mirror, mess with my hair and such, and my reflection mimics me. I try to stick my hand through, to no avail. I try a few times, but just hit hard mirror every time. I punch the mirror in anger, and it makes a tiny crack, like a baseball hitting a car window, but not breaking it. I put my hand up to the crack, and ease my hand in the window. I remember thinking, "Hmm, mercury," because my hand was covered in silver, like Neo in the matrix. My reflection looks frightened, and backs away. I lunge for her hand, my arm in the mirror up to my shoulder. I'm able to grab it, but she resists. I put my other arm in, and grab her with both hands. I brace myself against the counter and pull with all my weight. She tumbles out of the mirror and onto the floor. I accidentally let go. She stands and looks at me. I say, "Hey! Why do we dream?" She shakes her head and darts back into the mirror even as I lunge to stop her. (I figure this stills counts because it never said they had to answer...) Without thinking, I throw myself into the mirror. I'm still not sure if this was a good idea or a bad idea, because I am suddenly in a world of darkness. The sky is black, there are dead trees everywhere, the road is crumbled, and the house in front of me is falling apart. Best of all, my reflection is nowhere to be seen, but I can hear her voice. "I can't tell you, " she says. I barely hear this before I back into the mirror and return to my bathroom. I start yelling at her through the mirror. I yell, "I'll make you a deal! Tell me and I'll never bother you again!" I hear some sort of inaudible mumble through the mirror. I take the plunge and enter Scary-Ville again. Somehow I know I have to enter the house. I go inside, and suddenly I see nothing but pumpkins on a black background, with no jack o lantern features, like some sort of a computer game. There are jack o lantern pieces in corner, like eyes and noses. A voice tells me I have to win the game. The pumpkins shuffle, and stop on one. I have to pick a piece right for it. I did this for about five shuffles, making no progress, when the scene changes. I am looking at a colorful 'screen' with beans of all different shades, like a colour palette. When a bean appears in the corner, I have to pick the bean that matches that color. The catch is, I only have a certain number of tries, and it's the dream world so the colors can say they're wrong when they're right. I woke up while losing at this one. Both are kinda not as good as I'd hoped, so I'm gonna keep trying this month.

[Twoshadows]

I think this counts at completing the basic task. I'm going to include the whole experience (even though the Task part is near the end) for those interested in my WILD expereinces. If you want just the Task part, skip to the blue. First of all, I woke up at 5:00, then went back to sleep at 6:00...and then slept in til 9:30...haha. I know that having a really lazy morning helped me do this. First WILD... I was laying in my right side in bed and not really planning to WILD. I was starting to slip into sleep. I started to picture myself looking out of the window. I realized that I was still awake yet I was seeing the window. I was totally aware of my body still in bed still. It was then I started to feel the vibrations. It was strong and somewhat uneven, like sitting on a motorcyle. At the same time I started hearing a high pitched whistle. I remembered my last experience while WILDing where the sound was so loud that it freaked me out. This was not that loud. I also remembered seeing that scary face last time. This time I already had an image of my window in front of me...so I saw no other HI. I decided to try to completely enter this dream now. I looked out the window and then flew out of it. I was extremely high. I saw snow on the ground. I wanted to try to attempt the Task of the month for October (early). But I still was too aware of my body laying in my bed. I drifted back awake. Second WILD.... I decided to relax and try again. Again I heard that whistle and felt the vibrations. I saw the window again. But I couldn't enter the dream this time. Third WILD... I laid in bed for a while. I wasn't really trying at this point. But I realized I was feeling the vibrations again with the whistle. Then suddenly: I was in a parking lot with friends. I was conscious that I was dreaming. I remembered the Find and enter the Haunted House Task and set out to find a haunted house. I was flying at this point. I was in a city that reminded me of Salt Lake City. I could see houses on a hill. I looked for one that looked old and possibly abandoned. I finally found one that looked the part. I got closer and landed by the front door. At that moment I realized that there were Halloween decorations on the house. A family that I know (the Solomons) came up to the door all dressed in costumes. I suddenly felt a little angry. They were going to mess it up for me. I didn't want this house to be a regular house, just decorated. I had the urge to enter the house before anyone could open the door. I was afraid if someone came to the door and passed out candy to the kids I would look past and see everything normal inside. So I walked right through the door leaving the kids outside. (This is kind of a big deal for me since the last few times I tried to go through things I failed). It was kind of dark and eerie inside. "Good!" I thought. It was going to be haunted after all. Sure enough, as soon as I thought that, I heard spooky organ music start playing. I flew up the stairs. The rooms looked unlived in. The furiture was covered with old white sheets. I could see spiderwebs. I flew though hallways and into various rooms. I noticed the music changed, and it sounded recorded. I even found a speaker in one corner. "But it's still scary music." I thought. I flew down the stairs to the basement. I found it decorated with a large tree made out of what looked like wrought iron. I thought it really fit the mood of the haunted house. On the wall were some large ghosts made out of a glittery purple felt. But the lighting was low and it looked very classy. Finally I sank down to the floor, and said aloud, "Okay...are there any real ghosts here...?" As soon as I said that I had this creepy feeling. I looked around. I felt like I was being watched. But at that point I woke up.

[Oneironaut Zero]

Nicely done, TS. And your subconscious took it easy on you. Heh. I can only imagine what kind of crap I'm probably going to run into, whenever I try this. Lol.

[Serith]

I completed the advanced lucid task Saturday morning, and wrote it up in the Lucid Task Club subforum, but I forgot to save it anywhere else, and can't get in that subforum anymore, and I'd rather not have to write all of it up again. I'd appreciate it if someone could let me go get it, or at least edit it onto the end of my post. I've tried pulling my reflection out of a mirror before this. The first time, my reflection tried to pull me into the mirror, and I only began to pull my reflection out by accident. After that, I decided it would be interesting to try and confront my reflection again, and did so several times. The next time I tried, I made sure I was armed (I had a dagger), and my reflection was invisible except for the eyes, and rushed at me menacingly when I tried to question it, waking me up. Later, when I tried again, it started out normal looking, but began to start looking vampiric. Despite it's efforts to stop me(it backed off, and sent small electrical shocks into my hand), I grabbed it by the hand, held it in place, and asked it why it had been attacking me. It's response was bizarre and nonsensical("Because you have bad teeth"), but I left it at that. After that, my reflection wasn't nearly as hostile, at worst, somewhat unfriendly, and occasionally even attempted to be helpful. I successfully got it to try to summon objects, create portals, and hand me things I was looking for, although it was even less successful at doing those things than I could on my own. However, it was still slightly different in personality and behavior patterns each time, explaining the contrast in it's behavior in my attempt at completing the task, which you'll see as soon as I can get what I wrote in the Lucid task club subforum to this thread.

[eppy]

ohh, yey, a lucid task( the basic one) i finally want to do and was going to do! ha.

[Citizen]

How do you guys know what the tasks are before the month has started?!

[therpgmaker]

In the first post: You will receive access to the "Lucid Task Club" which is a limitted access forum for people that complete the lucid task each month. That is where we brainstormed/chose the tasks of he month.

[Mes Tarrant]

I can't believe this month's tasks... WOW I am going to have to confront some REAL fears in this one!! I am afraid of seeing ghosts and things in lucid dreams, and I am deathly afraid of mirrors in lucid dreams, and even a little bit in waking life... I know it's weird.. In conclusion, I CAN'T WAIT!!

[A. Diver]

I can't believe this month's tasks... WOW I am going to have to confront some REAL fears in this one!! I am afraid of seeing ghosts and things in lucid dreams, and I am deathly afraid of mirrors in lucid dreams, and even a little bit in waking life... I know it's weird.. i knnow what you mean. things can really be haunted in lucid dreams and the last time i was near a mirror in a lucid. I broke it and a gang started coming after me and i lost lucidity lol. oh well its halloween right? we are suppossed to scare ourselofs shitless lol

[Amethyst Star]

Well, it seems like a lot of people are trying to drag themselves out of mirrors. Has anyone tried offering a hand to help them out or request that they exit the mirror for a quick chat? I don't know if anyone's dream self would agree to that, but it just strikes me as funny that you have to use force to ask a question.

[Adam]

My Mirror was scary But I managed to get me out of it. I was going to try get to a haunted house, go to one of the mirrors there and pull myself out, kind of a 2 for 1 deal lol.

[peppy]

I shall try these tasks next lucid, but the advanced shall be my first one to complete. Not to sure on the haunted stuff...

[TempleGuard]

I dont think about the tasks in my dreams, but if i do remember i will try the advanced one - its a lot easier. Easier to find a mirror than a house for sure. And less scary.

[pj]

From my DJ 29 September 2009 LUCID (Nailed the October Advanced Task during a nap yesterday afternoon! Oops - I can't really say that until tomorrow, can I?) I get up from a nap to go use the bathroom. The toilet is plugged and nearly overflowing, so I grab the plunger and start trying to unclog it. As I work on it the plunger is acting oddly, as though it is returning to its normal shape in slow motion. Then I notice that the mirror and sink are on the wrong side, and that I am actually in our bathroom at home rather than at our cabin. I do an RC and am lucid. I step in front of the mirror, reaching in and wrapping my fingers around my reflection. I pull it out, holding it with my left hand by the top of the head. It looks like a large two-dimensional cutout of me, but seems to be made of something very flexible. It is just grinning at me. I ask it, "Why do we dream?" It is unresponsive. I grab a leg and find it can be stretched. It snaps back to its normal shape when released. I spend a few minutes stretching and releasing the limbs before waking up.