Welcome, Zachlew! |
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Last edited by Zachlew; 04-17-2015 at 07:22 PM.
Welcome, Zachlew! |
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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
Thanks FryingMan! |
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I can't point to any threads about intentions, but it's pretty simple: you just repeat a phrase to yourself to try to "set" in in your mind as something you want to do during the night. Sort of like autosuggestion. LaBerge talks about this in Exploring The World of Lucid Dreams. He recommends the following ones, which I've more or less used during my entire practice every night: |
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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
I give that a try this week and see if it helps any. Thanks! |
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I figure I should try to do the long updates once a week since this will probably take a while. I'm guessing it's going to take a couple months before I start seeing noticeable changes. |
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Last edited by Zachlew; 04-23-2015 at 03:59 PM.
Sounds great, keep up the good work! Sticking with it without quitting is really important as all the effects of the daytime and nighttime work accumulates slowly over time. |
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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
Thanks FryingMan! I'll still working at it. Just doing 10+ state checks a day, a little intention before sleep/after awakings, and recording my dream recalls in my journal(about 2-3 a night). No new lucid dreams but did have a few useful non lucid ones. |
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Hi Zachew. You seem to be on the right track. The only things I can think to add are in regards to your reality checks and setting intentions. On the reality checks gab recommends not flat out answering yourself "yeah…I'm awake" as it is more likely to also happen when you RC in a dream and just go on non-lucidly in your dream. I think she suggests when setting out to do RC's throughout the day, after RCs that indicate that you are awake, simply saying 'hmmm…the next time I am dreaming I RC and realize I am dreaming' or some variant. |
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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
Taking out the 'will' does make a little more sense than what I was doing. I'll give that and the added bit to the RCs a try. Thanks fogelbise! |
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Last edited by Zachlew; 05-15-2015 at 07:54 PM.
Congratulations Zachlew!! SSILD was what really got me started LDing in adulthood. 30 minutes is a great achievement!! I will move over to your DJ link and maybe respond more about the dream characters there but in general I am pretty much in the camp that they are just part of our subconscious. There are a number of people on here do think that they can be something more including members like sivason and PercyLucid. |
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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
Thanks fogelbise! |
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First month recap |
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Last edited by Zachlew; 05-17-2015 at 02:13 PM.
Nice! I like your current practice! I recommend posting the exact steps that you used for that first SSILD session that was so successful…not only so that you don't forget exactly what you did, but also for others to learn from! I may even want to tweak how I do it. I tweaked SSILD and have my own way of doing it but I would recommend that you try to replicate what you did since it was so successful hitting right away and with the length of your lucid. It sounded like you only did a few cycles on that occasion, which sounded like it was shorter than the standard technique as posted and that may be a key for you. There could have been some other variables though. |
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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
Good idea fogelbise! |
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Last edited by Zachlew; 05-19-2015 at 02:10 PM.
That is a nice overview of SSILD with your own little flavor added for each of the senses! I like the sinking eyes adjustment and especially the relaxing body for the tactile sense! Being able to tie in your nada yoga meditation experience for the hearing sense definitely seems like a bonus. I also find that the initial cycles can set up an easier transition after the next awakening if it doesn't produce a result in the sleep cycle you enter from the initial cycles. |
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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
Week 5 update: |
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They can be fun to look back at but also can help you to identify general or specific dream signs to improve your ability to catch dream signs and realize that you are dreaming more often when other elements are also in place and going your way. |
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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
How do you work with dream signs that you never see in normal day to day life? |
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Last edited by Zachlew; 05-29-2015 at 05:10 PM.
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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
^Agreed! Additionally, if you aren't doing SSILD on a particular night, you could also do what FryingMan suggested during WBTB where it seems to be very effective. That said, I also enjoy thinking (during day practices) of all the fun things I could be doing if this very moment were a dream and I will sometimes also simulate an RC showing that I am dreaming. |
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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
Thanks guys! Great tip! I've been doing MILD as my intention method before bed but I didn't even think about using my dream signs in my visualization. |
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Week 6 update: |
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Last edited by Zachlew; 06-01-2015 at 06:03 PM.
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