Welcome to the DILD workbooks Ari! It sounds like you have your own unique set of practices so definitely take any advice we give you, consider it's value and use what fits with your own unique path. |
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Hello fellow dreamers, |
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Welcome to the DILD workbooks Ari! It sounds like you have your own unique set of practices so definitely take any advice we give you, consider it's value and use what fits with your own unique path. |
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Something important for every newbie: http://www.dreamviews.com/general-lu...-read-imo.html
Listen while you work or before bed? http://www.dreamviews.com/dreamviews-podcast/
More great audio: http://www.dreamviews.com/dreamviews-audio/
My lucid dreaming journey: http://www.dreamviews.com/members/fo...boutme#aboutme
Welcome, Salvoa! To echo what fogelbise wrote, it sounds like you have a fairly developed practice that yields results for you, which is fantastic! Taking it to the next level might be just a matter of increased dedication, and paying attention to day/night work. I find that regular lucids come with regular day AND night work. It's hard to say which is the more important of the two, if I had to pick, I'd say perhaps night work (but that depends on you having already built a firm base of self-awareness via day work). |
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FryingMan's Unified Theory of Lucid Dreaming: Pay Attention, Reflect, Recall -- Both Day and Night[link]
FryingMan's Dream Recall Tips -- Awesome Links
“No amount of security is worth the suffering of a mediocre life chained to a routine that has killed your dreams.”
"...develop stability in awareness and your dreams will change in extraordinary ways" -- TYoDaS
You both have good information for me. So with the journal I open up a word doc before bed and put tomorrow's date on it and close my laptop so it's easily excessable. I already have a glass of water next to my bed and I drink throughout the night usually having to go to the bathroom when I wake. |
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Hmm. Half-joking: move out? Other than that, 1) adjust your schedule so that your key dreaming times are in the middle of their quiet time (if there is one?); 2) invest in high quality ear plugs. Are you in a room by yourself or a shared room? If a room by yourself then maybe you can put up sound insulation. You could perhaps try to get them to understand? Ah, maybe the best thing would be to get them into lucid dreaming then they'll be going to bed early |
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FryingMan's Unified Theory of Lucid Dreaming: Pay Attention, Reflect, Recall -- Both Day and Night[link]
FryingMan's Dream Recall Tips -- Awesome Links
“No amount of security is worth the suffering of a mediocre life chained to a routine that has killed your dreams.”
"...develop stability in awareness and your dreams will change in extraordinary ways" -- TYoDaS
Ear plugs do the trick for me. I can hear enough for my morning alarm and drown out enough to sleep easy. Experiment with how far to stick them in (while following the instructions on the package. Many come with a free storage case to keep them soft. |
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Something important for every newbie: http://www.dreamviews.com/general-lu...-read-imo.html
Listen while you work or before bed? http://www.dreamviews.com/dreamviews-podcast/
More great audio: http://www.dreamviews.com/dreamviews-audio/
My lucid dreaming journey: http://www.dreamviews.com/members/fo...boutme#aboutme
HahA I thought about moving out. In the last few months I have gotten them to understand more so they have quieted down and do respect my sleep more, it's usually the people they have over that keep me up. |
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Heh! Yeah I can easily see myself like Martin Freeman's character in The Good Night (any LDer who has not seen that movie MUST watch it), covering my windows, walls, etc. with black-out sound insulation if I were single....haha |
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FryingMan's Unified Theory of Lucid Dreaming: Pay Attention, Reflect, Recall -- Both Day and Night[link]
FryingMan's Dream Recall Tips -- Awesome Links
“No amount of security is worth the suffering of a mediocre life chained to a routine that has killed your dreams.”
"...develop stability in awareness and your dreams will change in extraordinary ways" -- TYoDaS
hello again, its been a while, I meant to post earlier but the holidays got me out of the groove. |
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FryingMan's Unified Theory of Lucid Dreaming: Pay Attention, Reflect, Recall -- Both Day and Night[link]
FryingMan's Dream Recall Tips -- Awesome Links
“No amount of security is worth the suffering of a mediocre life chained to a routine that has killed your dreams.”
"...develop stability in awareness and your dreams will change in extraordinary ways" -- TYoDaS
alright so my daily awareness still consists of the nose plug and the check of the necklace i have on, its a spherical stone with 2 cones on each end and i squeeze it to see if i can flatten it. along with that ill take a look around and check out the people and objects nearby and then ill turn away and observe whats behind me then look back again since ive notice my dreams tend to change alot when i look away and look back. im noticing that im having a easier time just being aware in general, like when im doing something, out of nowhere ill notice myself just being aware of where i am if you know what i mean. As far as meditation goes i plan to spend 10-30 minutes a day (which i dont always get to) focusing on my breath mainly while taking note of the sounds around me, i notice some grey moving around in my eyes after about 10 or more minutes which im guessing its just my mental visualization kicking in or something. |
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Hi Salvoa, you have a nice set of day and night practices there. For your WILD questions Sageous is the go to guy and he is great about answering questions. I have some WILD experience but my strength is in DILDs currently. Sageous has decades worth of experience. People post their experiences and questions here: http://www.dreamviews.com/wild/13309...-bad-here.html |
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Something important for every newbie: http://www.dreamviews.com/general-lu...-read-imo.html
Listen while you work or before bed? http://www.dreamviews.com/dreamviews-podcast/
More great audio: http://www.dreamviews.com/dreamviews-audio/
My lucid dreaming journey: http://www.dreamviews.com/members/fo...boutme#aboutme
thnx for the link definitely some good information there. soo back to the DILD questions, ive been having dreams now where im either a very low level lucidity where im doing things knowing I can manipulate and perform certain things in the dream without having that ah ha moment that I know im dreaming. or I come across something that is unusual and question it a bit but never get to the thought or the question of whether im dreaming or not. idk if this is because im not doing my daily RCs correctly cause I know sometimes I half ass it and don't get through the full check, but most of the time I do, or maybe im not doing it enough during the day cause some days ill get about 15-20 in and others ill only get about 5-8. |
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My $0.02: in order to have more "ah ha!" moments in dreams, you need to have a lot of them in the waking state, on a regular basis. It's not the RC that gets you lucid, it's the raised self-awareness that precedes the RC. The RC is just a quick check to confirm what your state is. Definitely, when you feel an "aware moment" in the waking state, pay attention to it and don't just do a quick nose pinch and move on. You want your awareness to be maintained at higher levels in the waking state for longer periods of time, not just a quick "AHA!" spike that immediately returns to "zombie mode." |
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Last edited by FryingMan; 01-11-2015 at 06:52 PM.
FryingMan's Unified Theory of Lucid Dreaming: Pay Attention, Reflect, Recall -- Both Day and Night[link]
FryingMan's Dream Recall Tips -- Awesome Links
“No amount of security is worth the suffering of a mediocre life chained to a routine that has killed your dreams.”
"...develop stability in awareness and your dreams will change in extraordinary ways" -- TYoDaS
Some questions to keep always on the back of your mind are: 1) "How odd is this?" and 2) "Why do I think I'm awake?"[/QUOTE] |
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FryingMan may have some additional ideas but my thought in the meantime on your latest question is to continue to do it when your moving between places as you have been but then also try to tell yourself that you will stay more aware and mindful of what you are doing when you get to the task at least for a little while. You may notice things you have never really paid much attention to before...perhaps like how good fresh dough feels in your hand or the beauty of bubbles in your mixes or whatever. Don't stress over maintaining it though. It takes a lot of practice apparently. Start small and build it up. |
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Something important for every newbie: http://www.dreamviews.com/general-lu...-read-imo.html
Listen while you work or before bed? http://www.dreamviews.com/dreamviews-podcast/
More great audio: http://www.dreamviews.com/dreamviews-audio/
My lucid dreaming journey: http://www.dreamviews.com/members/fo...boutme#aboutme
Well, you do it…. by just doing it! Set firm resolve to notice during those especially hectic times to just take a deep "mindfulness breath," appreciate and become present in the moment. It's possible to be mindfully busy, being aware of your business and that you choose to be busy and revel in your busy-ness! |
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FryingMan's Unified Theory of Lucid Dreaming: Pay Attention, Reflect, Recall -- Both Day and Night[link]
FryingMan's Dream Recall Tips -- Awesome Links
“No amount of security is worth the suffering of a mediocre life chained to a routine that has killed your dreams.”
"...develop stability in awareness and your dreams will change in extraordinary ways" -- TYoDaS
and id say boths of your suggestions have helped wildly I had 2 lucid dreams last night one ill post here. |
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Wow, congrats, that's one awesome dream there! I'd love to meet an Ent (as a friend!)! Somehow I've never worked in LOTR themes to dreams, yet I'm such a huge fan. Well done, again, keep it up! |
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FryingMan's Unified Theory of Lucid Dreaming: Pay Attention, Reflect, Recall -- Both Day and Night[link]
FryingMan's Dream Recall Tips -- Awesome Links
“No amount of security is worth the suffering of a mediocre life chained to a routine that has killed your dreams.”
"...develop stability in awareness and your dreams will change in extraordinary ways" -- TYoDaS
Hello DILD class member, |
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FryingMan's Unified Theory of Lucid Dreaming: Pay Attention, Reflect, Recall -- Both Day and Night[link]
FryingMan's Dream Recall Tips -- Awesome Links
“No amount of security is worth the suffering of a mediocre life chained to a routine that has killed your dreams.”
"...develop stability in awareness and your dreams will change in extraordinary ways" -- TYoDaS
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