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      $HOME/Documents/DVA/Intro/Workbook.txt

      checking support of edit_post ... ok
      Performing reality checks...
      checking stability of critical functions... ok
      checking for paralyzed state... no
      checking plausibility of audio sources... ok
      checking plausibility of visual sources... ok
      checking number of fingers... l:5 r:5
      checking integrity of body image... ok
      checking for proper collision detection... ok
      checking consistency of acceleration... ok
      checking consistency of environment... ok
      checking support of fly... no
      checking support of levitate.... no
      checking plausibility of basic movement ranges... ok
      All reality checks passed.

      Updating dream journal...
      - [DETACH] De-outlining of recent entries in progress.
      Updating workbook...
      - Not found, creating.


      I first dipped my feet into the waters of lucid dreaming in 2010, and up until later in 2011, was doing a fairly okay job with dream recall and WILD and DILD. Nowadays, I only have—and remember—a lucid dream, at most, about three or four times a month. It would be quite fun to experience these more often—and, of course, improve dream recall, and getting in "mo' practice, mo' practice, mo' practice" is never bad!

      One of my goals, aside from becoming a better lucid dreamer, is to find more fantasy and adventure in my dreams, which is, for some reason, quite a tricky feat in my dreaming mind. I have no problem visualizing in my daydreaming as I let my imagination run off, but my dreams have a strong tendency of being stuck in realism and nostalgia of past times.

      As for dream signs, the big three I often see in my dreams include:

      - Being on a school campus should be largest sign that I could be dreaming, yet, when I am there in the metaverse, I don't even remotely consider this, which never fails to astound me.

      - The rendering of my hands in dreams are often distorted when I look at them. They will be missing digits or have digits of incorrect sizes. If that doesn't catch my attention, sometimes when I move my fingers out I notice they can bend outside of their expected range of movement. For these reasons, taking a look at my hands is my favorite reality check, and when I'm aware and reasonable enough, this does a good job of triggering a DILD.

      - The oddest sign yet: restrooms in public places (including dorms) are frequently maze-like (did I just walk into the Fibonacci sequence?) and often contain, in addition to the standard restroom apparatuses, features such as furnished study areas, mini-libraries, private computer rooms (there always seems to be at least one Macintosh PowerPC somewhere in here), and shower areas. The actual toilet ends up behind one or more corridors of other stalls. This strangeness is a bit better at making me at least question if I'm dreaming or not.
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      Awesome, welcome to the class Exotiraan.

      I'm loving the fully furnished bathrooms you dream about.

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      Due to being forced awake (ugh!) these last two days, I haven't gotten a chance to remember any of my night's dreams. I attempted to WILD earlier at around 1040 this morning, but ended up falling asleep. I got two dream fragments out of it, though, which is at least something.

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      So have you considered what I mentioned in #DVA about eating or drinking something before bed that can enhance dream recall?

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      Your workbook name.. make babies with me! Welcome to the class, man! Glad to see you finally participate in on-topic

      Any questions about lucid dreaming? Drop me a PM here!

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      Despite my silence on the forum since the last time I've posted, my dream recall slump has gotten a little bit better over the last few days, probably due to the fact I've been going to bed more often at sane(-ish) times. I still perform the trusty hand-check when I feel something is strange, cleverly masked as the stretching of my arms and hands down in front of me.

      Yesterday morning, I decided to attempt to WILD. It was actually super-effective! On top of that, I managed to have my first-ever DEILD! Even a day later, I'm still quite pleased, even though the dreams themselves were both a bit short. This was worth finally getting around to de-outline from my dream journal. The second dream got a bit... saucy.

      [18 May 2012] Lucid, Magazine / Bathroom, Lust - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views
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      Whee, I've made some progress this morning and I think I have a new method to utilize to help me with dream recall. It involves playing loud music and going to back to sleep after I first wake up.

      Music and School Dream Fragments - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

      I will start doing this in the mornings, in addition to, at some point in the day, with daydream naps, and see how things go. Perhaps I can utilize this method to leave myself some messages of dream tasks I should be trying to accomplish...
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      I tried the music experiment after I first woke up and went back to bed. Unfortunately, it didn't go as well it did yesterday. I'll still include the log here, for progress. Maybe I'll have better results next session.



      [Session] [No event] [Information] [Non-lucid] [Lucid]


      [mpd-timelog session started on 2012-08-09 at 07:32:53 UTC-0500.]


      [T+00:01:28: Depeche Mode - Peace]
      Started music player, and getting comfortable and ready to drift off.


      [T+00:05:52: Soilwork - Spirits of the Future Sun]


      [T+00:11:48: sToa - Stoa]
      I don't remember anything from here.

      [T+00:17:33: The Sin:Decay - Cold Dead Skin]
      [T+00:21:17: Disturbed - Stupify]
      [T+00:25:47: Peter Bjärgö - Withdrawal]
      [T+00:29:54: Turmion Kätilöt - Lepositeet]
      [T+00:33:33: C-Drone-Defect - Mirror, Mirror]
      [T+00:38:29: Peter Bjärgö - VI]
      [T+00:42:41: Korn - Innocent Bystander]
      [T+00:46:04: Servo.Hatred - Genesis [Zwartmix]]
      [T+00:50:40: Nirvana - Aneurysm]
      [T+00:55:11: Apoptygma Berzerk - Backdraft]
      [T+00:59:26: Decoded Feedback - Breathe (In Strict Confidence remix)]
      [T+01:05:27: The Pussybats - Dead by Dawn]
      [T+01:09:28: Dark Illumination - Another Mystery]
      [T+01:15:38: Tamtrum - In a little skull box (feat. Rose Hreidmarr)]
      [T+01:21:46: Grendel - The Judged Ones]
      [T+01:26:23: Grendel - Demands]
      [T+01:30:30: Psyclon Nine - Requiem for the Christian Era]
      [T+01:33:41: Susumu Hirasawa - Cambodian Limbo]
      [T+01:39:06: Amduscia - Impulso Biomecànico (Grendel mix)]
      [T+01:43:54: Aesthetic Macabre - AZAZEL]



      [T+01:48:19: Dulce Liquido - Macabre Secrets]
      I've woken up and am still lying in bed, trying to get back to sleep. I can't remember anything that's happened since I went to bed, except a single moment where I was sure that I was in a grocery store, and I also remember seeing a young woman that looked like a receptionist, but I have no idea where I was or what I was doing.


      [T+01:54:09: Diskonnekted - Religion (Mildreda mix) (feat. Suicide Commando)]
      [T+01:58:25: Mastodon - Colony of Birchmen]
      [T+02:02:45: The Ludovico Technique - This Life]
      [T+02:07:48: Grendel - Guilt by Association]
      [T+02:12:08: Turmion Kätilöt - Härkä]
      [T+02:14:10: T.W.Z. - In Lak'ech M.R.T.]
      [T+02:19:03: Warforge - Eraser (club mix by Empires in Defeat)]



      [T+02:24:43: Endanger - Fool]
      I've given up trying to get back to sleep at this point.


      [mpd-timelog session ended on 2012-08-09 at 09:59:10 UTC-0500.]

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      Last edited by Serpentoj; 08-09-2012 at 05:15 PM. Reason: Pedantic grammer edit.

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      Wow, that's alot of music. I wonder why you couldn't get back to sleep this time.

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