Thread: Bharmo's Workbook

Yesterday woke up with no recall, even if I tried to remember, but today I can remember fragments (some feel like 90% of the full dream, some like only 5%) of five dreams, they felt more "real" than usual. It's like I was more "awake" last night... Difficult to describe.
Anyways, I'm very happy with that sensation of being more aware in my dreams, and not feel I blacked out all night and then woke up remembering some story but not feeling like I was really here.

Congratulations, dreambh! Yeah, I know exactly the sensation you're describing. It's great when you have a night like that where you manage to latch onto these dream memories before they slip away from you. Being more "awake" is a good way to describe it.

Roll with this feeling. Next stop... lucidity!

Originally Posted by CanisLucidus

Roll with this feeling. Next stop... lucidity!

CanisLucidus, the Dream Guide Prophet!!
Last night got lucid through microWBTB+MILD, and I think I got a TOTM as well!
http://www.dreamviews.com/blogs/drea...taurant-55756/
I need to add some notes on how I got lucid on that entry when I get a chance.

Sweet, congrats, keep the momentum going, don't slack off on your daily practice!

Originally Posted by FryingMan

Sweet, congrats, keep the momentum going, don't slack off on your daily practice!

Thanks! Looks like I'm back to my "get one lucid per week" goal, so yes, I need to keep my daily practice going, and reach out for "two lucids per week"!!

You know a great way to get those two lucids per week would be to join this competition: http://www.dreamviews.com/general-lu...read-17-a.html - are you coming?

Originally Posted by JoannaB

You know a great way to get those two lucids per week would be to join this competition: http://www.dreamviews.com/general-lu...read-17-a.html - are you coming?

If you put it like that, how can I say no?

Originally Posted by dreambh

Thanks! Looks like I'm back to my "get one lucid per week" goal, so yes, I need to keep my daily practice going, and reach out for "two lucids per week"!!

A couple of days after I said this, I got a flu that's why I have been keeping quiet here. On the other hand, the flu was a very good excuse to sleep in, and I've tried MILD, SSILD and WILD in these three days, but nothing worked, which is quite normal specially with WILD and SSILD which I never try.
Anyways, the flu made me slack off quite a bit on my awareness practices so I'll be really happy if I get one LD per week after this, especially as I'm joining the competition.

Competition 17 has started and once more I forget about my Workbook with all the excitement
I've been busy as well, that's why I delayed one day in setting my 3ST and missed one opportunity to do it... Because I got lucid the second night of the Comp!!
http://www.dreamviews.com/blogs/drea...-battle-56050/
As I explain in the entry I was not fully lucid, but well, I'm still a student so I'm happy enough with that dream. BTW this dream is a milestone - I've had now 16 lucids before joining the DVA and 16 after (I've decided to merge the count on my profile) and I'm happy I've had one lucid per week for the past five weeks. I need to consolidate that, and also work to get two per week!

Wow, more than one month without updating here

I've been doing some statistics, so in the last 6 months this is the amount of LDs:
Nov13 - 1
Dec13 - 2
Jan14 - 0
Feb14 - 4
Mar14 - 2
Apr14 - 3 so far

And yearly LDs:
2012 total LDs: 8
2013 total LDs: 17
2014 total LDs: 9 so far

I've known Lding since 2010 but practicing on and off since then, in July 2013 I joined the DVA, but still have struggled with practicing constantly through large periods of time.
Lately I'm taking a more "chill out" approach, doing the minimum DJing, RCs and intention (not doing very well with RCs lately) to see if I consolidate the minimum habits of a lucid dreamer so that they finally stick. Something I'm finding useful is using Habitrpg.com to shape/reward/punish these and other habits.

Last night I worked hard on intent: while falling sleep, when my Fitbit One woke me up (twice, even though I think I just set one alarm... FA?) and on some other natural awakenings I told myself calmly "I will realize I'm dreaming" and specially "I'm dreaming".
Looks like the affirmations and multiple awakenings resulted in this brief lucid: http://www.dreamviews.com/blogs/drea...carnage-57295/
I'm happy that I'm *again* back to 4-5 LDs per month, and even though there is a problem with length and level of lucidity, I will keep working on getting the basic habits stick and keeping quantity up, and I'll worry about / work on quality in the future.
Oh, I almost forget, two LDs in three days!!

Tonight I tried to do just as I did last night, but no result.
I honestly think someone should do some research on why something never works two nights in a row, at least for noobs

Anyways, just got this advice from CL:

Well improvisation can be fun too! If you're looking for a good goal that dovetails with correcting the problem of short lucid dreams, one I like is to be determined to interact deeply with the dream scene and draw out as much detail from it as possible. It's really cool to find out just how far into them you can go and just how vivid they can become!

I'll try to keep it in mind!

^^ That' great advice, one of my favorite LDs of all time so far is just me *looking around* really deeply. What a trip.

So I've decided to use my workbook again. I need to establish the habits and mindset necessary to LD regularly again, this time for good. Oh, and I've changed my username!
Sharpshoey has proposed to work together on the Gravity RC, although I think both of us are combining it with other techniques.
I'm on holidays and do not have a reliable internet (worse than usual ) but wanted to post this to get started!

Got lucid last night! That was quick!

http://www.dreamviews.com/blogs/bhar...m-flute-61806/

Waking life anecdote:
We got some friends visiting this week, and today while preparing breakfast my wife said to us: "Last night I dreamt that I had to do a lecture but I didn't have any notes or remembered what I had to say, so I realized I was dreaming and tried to wish myself awake. I still feel terrible for that dream"
Ovbiously I was like "Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?!?!" She saw my face and added "Yes, it happens from time to time, I'm going through a bad time and I sort of know am dreaming, so I wish myself awake"
At this point I knew I had to seize the opportunity, but I know my wife opinion on dream-related stuff, so I just said "As it was a dream you could have just got to fly away" They laughed like that was ridiculous, so I added: "When I have a fly dream, I wake up feeling wonderful. I you had flown away you'd feel great now" They giggled but I believe I made them think about it.
Five minutes later we were talking and joking, and my wife said something to tease me, so I paused and said "I better just fly away from this" and extended my arms superman style. Everyone got it, and burst in laughter
I think I'm going to use the "I'm just flying away from this" joke from time to time in the hopes that it sticks in my wife's SubC, pops up in a dream, and she gets a taste of lucidity!

I love it! Great story, and what a great way to just subtly get dreaming, lucidity and flight on your wife's mind. Brilliant plan!

I hope she really gets to enjoy her next LD!

I'm on my phone so I'll be brief.
Still working on my "new technique", this morning woke up a few times because of rain and I can remember being more aware than usual in those dreams, not lucid, but I think I was closer.
I believe the awareness training is working well, but I need to integrate LD goal setting and memorization in my routine somehow. I'll try different ways and see what feels good.

Here I am again, frustrated about not getting lucid, but I'm just checking and it has been... 10 days from my last one? Well, that's not too bad taking into account my current rate is one LD per month
Anyway, I've decided to just get a couple of LD goals here for inspiration and motivation:

1) Do some more funny, wild parkour.



2) Shape-shift into a coati, I've petted two temporarily and I love them, including their excellent climbing skills and voracious, bottomless curiosity.



So, I'll keep working on my technique, which by the way is evolving to something very similar to Sageous' RRCs but I guess that is a good thing!
Anyway, I will keep reminding myself to be patient, thinking about my goals and stay positive!

Oh, oh, and:

3) Create a portal and go through it!

Note to self (from another thread):

By the way, reviewing the Dreamy Feeling thread which discusses more or less the same topic I found out something very similar to what OneUp said about his recent "nothing technique". Here is what he said:

In the end, I gave up my best efforts with Self Awareness.
I decided to try something out, since I didn't have time for the techniques associated with lucid dreaming, I went ahead and tried out nothing. By nothing I mean everynight I would go to bed and just have the intention to have a lucid dream. I wouldn't think about it really, or worry, I would just go to bed. I was surprised by the results this brought. Lets just say I still use this "nothing" technique now, and it gives about 1 LD a night.

I believe OneUp's self awareness technique was basically having in the back of his mind all day the possibility to be dreaming, or something like that, wasn't it?
Now compare with this quote from EWOLD:

«Practice in attaining the critical-reflective frame of mind is only necessary in the beginning phase, which may last a
number of months. Later on, lucid dreams will occur even if the subject has not asked himself the critical
question during the day. The frequency of lucid dreams then depends to a large extent on the will of the
subject. Most subjects who consistently follow the above advice experience at least one lucid dream every night.»

Interesting, isn't it?

Oh man, great goals, bharmo! Parkour and portals are awesome for such obvious reasons, but I love the coati goal for a lot of reasons, particularly the expression of curiosity and positivity.

If you can carry that attitude with you in your awareness practices, it's really a wonderful thing! IMO awareness work should always feel easy and happy, like you're engaging with the world in a positive, happy way, exploring it to seek out the dreams you'll inevitably find yourself in. The coati seems like a perfect expression of this really happy, curious mindset!

Great stuff, man, and you've really got me wanting to parkour now!

Thanks CL! I definitely will include that positivism in my practices!

I got lucid last night!!
I still cannot post it in my DJ, but here's how I got it and how it begins:

This is my 46th lucid. Had a beer for supper, did some pre-bed LaBerge MILD and woke up 5 hours later for a bathroom visit (I slept through my vibrating alarm set up for one hour earlier, or rather turned it off unconsciously, but I've been using it too many days in a row) I had a lot of trouble to fall sleep so I had the chance to MILD several times in between daily live worries going round and round. I've been mixing my home-brewed technique with classic LaBerge techniques for less than 2 days and here we are!

I'm walking back home with three friends, I think we might be in our early twenties. We are playing some kind of game where we play with a soft, small ball which cannot be touched with hands and arms, like soccer style, and there isn't a clear goal to the game, just keeping the ball in your team as much as possible while the others try to get it for them. I'm enjoying my complicity with my teammate which is a girl, and actually, I think I have feelings for her, teenager feelings to be more accurate. We and the other two play and laugh and jump on urban obstacles and loose the ball and get it back and have a lot of fun