Totorobens Workbook

**CanisLucidus** · 10-20-2012 02:59 PM

Originally Posted by totoroben

I haven't been practicing the last few days. The last dreams I logged were from the 17th. I'm going to try and refocus my intention and get back on my lucid dreaming again.

Yeah, if you're not maintaining a dream journal regularly, I can't recommend it highly enough! I'd even go back and write down those two lucids from a few days back if you haven't already. The lucids are especially important to write down and relive IMO because this keeps the experience fresher in your mind and will help a great deal with training the habits and skills you'll need for control, stability, etc.

Fortunately, it's never too late to get back on the wagon! I'd say start by writing down (and reliving) those two lucids. Then once you make regular journaling a part of your routine, it will give you something to review before falling asleep. Lots of benefits there!

**Chimpertainment** · 10-23-2012 08:08 PM

well totorobens, you keep practicing, and we will keep lurking in the forum waiting for your return.

Keep it loose, keep it real!

**totoroben** · 10-26-2012 04:28 PM

Finished reading Lucid Dreaming Gateway to the Inner Self by Robert Waggoner. Good book. This weekend is going to be pretty busy for me. I have a lot of social things going on, but I'm going to make an extra effort to be more aware of my waking state by engaging my senses more and looking at my hands throughout the day. This morning I woke up from a dream at 4am and I tried to go back to sleep continuing where I left off, but I didn't attain lucidity. Before I go to bed I think to myself "tonight I will become concious in my dream. I will look at my hands and become lucid." I go to sleep focusing my awareness on my breath.

**totoroben** · 10-26-2012 05:13 PM

Originally Posted by CanisLucidus

I'd even go back and write down those two lucids from a few days back if you haven't already. The lucids are especially important to write down and relive IMO because this keeps the experience fresher in your mind and will help a great deal with training the habits and skills you'll need for control, stability, etc.

I wrote down two dreams from this morning. Except for a few days I have been logging in my dream journal every night. I will go back over and reread some of the entries and look for dreamsigns. I will try to revisit those two dreams. I think they occured when I was already waking up.

**CanisLucidus** · 10-26-2012 07:26 PM

This is all sounding good to me, totoroben! I'm glad that you're staying consistent with the dream journal. That'll help you in so many ways going forward. This morning I spent a few minutes reviewing some entries from early September and found some fun ones that I hadn't thought about in a while. Reading them brought it all back for me. It's amazing how much dream content you retain once you take journaling seriously.

I'm glad to hear that you enjoyed the Waggoner book. This is one that I'm also very excited to read!

**totoroben** · 10-28-2012 02:49 PM

First sustained lucid dream. I wrote it in the dream snippets. Fun fun fun.

**Xanous** · 10-28-2012 03:30 PM

Yes! All your work paid off!

**totoroben** · 10-30-2012 01:38 AM

bat totoro

**paigeyemps** · 10-30-2012 04:21 AM

Originally Posted by totoroben

bat totoro

Hahahahahahahhah!! Dat avie. So cute. I wanna eat it.

Also, congrats! :3

**totoroben** · 11-09-2012 12:57 PM

haven't had too much dream recall lately. I think it's because I had a lot on my mind lately and things going on. I haven't been bringing much awareness in the present lately. When I started this workbook I would write a couple paragraph dream description in my journal and now it's just one or two sentences. Gotta work at it a little harder.

**OpheliaBlue** · 11-09-2012 08:34 PM

I know that dream recall and even the right amount of sleep can be hard to attain when your mind is preoccupied with real life stuff. I'm sure your progress will pick back up as soon as you have the freedom to focus on it again.

**totoroben** · 11-13-2012 01:55 PM

I had a very short lucid dream this morning before I woke up. The setting of the dream was a little off, so I looked at my hands and began to float around. It didn't last very long.

**paigeyemps** · 11-13-2012 02:21 PM

Congratulations toto

**CanisLucidus** · 11-13-2012 06:33 PM

Originally Posted by totoroben

I had a very short lucid dream this morning before I woke up. The setting of the dream was a little off, so I looked at my hands and began to float around. It didn't last very long.

Congratulations!!

Enjoy it, relish it, and shamelessly congratulate yourself for your success!

Be sure to write down every detail that you can remember. Studying it periodically, especially before bedtime, will also help cement the experience in your mind.

This will be the second of many for you... looking forward to hearing about more!

**totoroben** · 11-18-2012 07:45 PM

okay I'm going to sleep. Hoping tonight is going to be the night to get another lucid.

**Xanous** · 11-20-2012 07:37 PM

How did it go? Any lucids?

**totoroben** · 11-25-2012 08:27 PM

Nope. I'm still working on it.

**totoroben** · 10-11-2013 04:31 AM

I'm back. Sorry I haven't been here for so long. I haven't been practicing lucid dreaming lately, so I'm going to get back into it. While I was gone I was living with a fancy lady, but then we broke up after 5 months. We were too different.

**NyxCC** · 10-13-2013 06:51 PM

Welcome back, Totoroben!

**totoroben** · 12-22-2015 02:34 AM

Logging in my dream journal again, and I will be doing more reality checks during the day. My younger sister appears in many of my dreams, sometimes my first ex girlfriend appears in my dreams (I'd rather she didn't, but it's not quite as hurtful anymore because I have a better girlfriend now

). I dream a lot of places I'd rather be. Sometimes they are tropical warm climates such as places with palm trees, or the other night I distinctly remember walking along the coast of Africa and checking where I was on Google Maps on my smartphone. I was right next to the water and actually a meter below sea level because there was a retaining wall I was next to. Where I wanted to be was right across from a gulf course.