Thread: Lucid Task For The Month Of September 2006

Sort-of yay!

Had a brief LD and remembered that I had to go to the crossroads - unfortunately, I had to get up at that point, so didn't get there. But I remembered to do it, so I'm pretty confident that I'll get there next time I'm Lucid. Fingers crossed...

BTW, the Guestbook thing is really interesting. No-one has really mentioned reading the names in it or writing their own name (except mountain, who wrote it in blood *hail rock n' roll* ).

Anyone else check out the Guestbook?

I'm heading straight for the guestbook when I get there. That's what interests me the most. Want to see what's written in it and leave my autograph to hopefully be seen by those who come after.

Does it have to be a vegemite sandwich, or can it just be vegemite? I like to eat vegemite straight from the container (yes, I'm from Australia), and just wondering, you know, out of curiosity?

Sorry about the delay getting your badges out. I am out of the country and have VERY limitted access or time right now. I'll return this weekend and hopefully get caught up.

I almost... ALMOST... made it to the Crossroads last night.
The scene of it from high above had just began forming from my HI... someone walked into my bedroom and woke me up.

*sniffles*






I'm not saying it counts but it was close. any prizes for an almost accomplished task?

I did the Vegemite task!

I was standing on top of a hill next to a tollbooth. I looked down and saw a hand sticking out the ground holding a sign. I read the sign and learnt the the hand belonged to the owner of the tollbooth. They didn't like going outside so had build a house underground instead. This struck me as odd, so I did an RC and became lucid. I spent a little while hanging around thinking what to do (I tried dreamspinning, didn't work. I tried staring at my palm to give the world detail and that did work.) Then I remembered the vegemite. So I turn around and there is a pot of vegemite floating in midair. I picked it up and a slice of bread and knife appeared too. I scooped out some vegemite (it was pale pink for some reason) spread it on the bread, folded the bread in half and ate. I only got a couple of bites before waking up but I remember that it tasted exactly like paté. I have never seen or tasted vegemite so that probably explains it.
Do I pass?

If only I could actually make myself lucid dream...

vegemite tastes shoe polish! who is the sadist who invents those tasks?
uh well. dunno if i'll try it

Pieman, I said I'd go easy on this one, so, I'll let you have it.

Vex Kitten, close, but not quite enough. Maybe tonight?

My two cents :

Attempt #1 (five nights ago) This was the first lucid in which I found myself near the sea. So the first thing I tried was swiming. Didn't feel much like the sea, though. It wasn't cold, there were no waves in it and staying afloat wasn't a problem. Anyway my objective was to reach the Lucid Crossroads. It would be time consuming to go look for a door, so I thought I'd dive and later come out from that pool in the reception area. Taking underwater breathing for a granted dream aspect I very soon found myself choking with water. It was then that my surroundings turned pitch plack. I hurriedly swam forward for a short distance, then tryed to imagine climbing out of that small pool. Everything remained black. Then I lost the feel of my "dream body" and stood up in the bathtub, coughing out water. I felt very dizzy and my throat was very sour from drinking all of that soapy water. I stumbled out of the bathtub, shocked by having nearly drowned at home. It was a bad idea to go take a bath that tired, I concluded. That was the most interesting false awakening I have ever had.

Attempt #2 (two nights ago) This time things went smoother. I headed for the nearest house of a rural village. By the time I reached it, it's door was gone. As I thought about pushing in a section of the wall in order to make a passageway, I found that wall to be missing as well. The former house now seemed to be some sort of a hay container. Not bothered much I thought of the Lucid Crossroads and lunged into the pile of hay in an attemp to change the scene. When I stabilised the new surroundings I found myself to be in the Lucid Dojo. There were statues and some other object placed around me in the room, a bit like a museum exhibition. I looked at a one meter tall elephant statue, which was black like the other statues, yet covered with patterns of golden lines. It didn't give the place the oriental feel that I would have expected. The reception area should be just down the stairs and then down a hall. I tried to reach it, but the suspense killed me before I could get there. I have to work on that.

All tunnel, no light.

seen the crossroad site
O's arena is more beautiful

My dead cat stopped me reaching the crossroads last night.

I was successfully WILDing, and had drifted down and sideways through the bed, landing gently on the floor of my bedroom.

I stood up, all ready to go to the crossroads, when my cat started miaowing at me from the bed. I went over and scratched him on the head. I stood there looking at him, considering the wider meaning of what was happening. Being that the cat died three weeks ago, that is.

I’m fully Lucid at this point and the environment – in particular the sound of the cat - is absolutely real. I can even see myself sleeping in bed. So the possibilities that go through my mind are:

1. This is just a dream. The cat is being made up by my mind. Cool.
2. This is an OBE. I am on the astral plane, interacting with the spirit of my dead cat. Cool, but creepy.
3. My cat never died, in fact he has spent three weeks dragging himself back from the vet. Creepy, not cool.
4. A neighborhood cat has jumped through my window while I was sleeping, and the sound he is making is filtering into my dream. Not cool or creepy, in fact considering the realism of the sound, this is very probable.

Things got a little muddled at this point and I woke up. Of course, there was no cat.

I’m still getting used to the immediate realism of the WILD – in particular the audio. Its actually quite mind-boggling how the WILD, as opposed to a regular DILD, seems to sit exactly on the borderline between the waking world and the dream world.

But yay anyway, because I finally got the WILD to work properly. And when I see my dead cat in future, I will pat him on the head and say hello, then go look for a red door.

Congrats on the WILD. Those things are probably one of the WILDest things in lucid dreaming. Sorry about the dead cat

i reached the description of the crossroads. i was in a wierd dream in which i found a dog that was actually a crocodile, anyway so i got my lucidity by relizing crocodiles dont eat through wood . long story. anyway i tried to go to the crossroads. I had a marble ground with a huge firepit filled with water. there were several doors. i tried to open them but they were locked. i am P Oed. what does this mean? was i not trying hard enough? was i trying to hard?????????? oh well i will try again tonight and maybe the vegimite very soon.

Finally! After all month i've completexd the avanced task! If you think it counts

From my dreamjournal:

I was standing in some bushland, next to a valley. It was a hot dry day, and i was quite bored. I then remembered the luid task.
'Why not try and visit the crossroads?' i said to myself
I levitated in the air a bit, the bush extended in all directions. I flew ap abit higher, then accross the valley looking for a patch of desert. Not after long, i saw a long yellow-coloured streak in the bushland and swooped down through the air to it. I could feel the sun on my back as i landed near the dojo and walked over to the pool and mirror area. I tried to cliomb up onto the round platform, i could see Clem standing next to the pool and glad behind the desk, but as soon as i pulled myself onto the platform the dream was shrouded in a thik white mist untill i could feel myself lying in bed. [/b]

09/25/2006
"First Peek at the Crossroads"

In the last dream, the first thing I could remember was being one of the TMNT. Pretty sure I was Leo. We were on a long NYC street with tall buildings on either side. It was night time, and everything looked as detailed as a live-action movie, but the background and atmosphere were colored like a surreal CGI movie. At the far end of this long street, what seemed to be miles away, was a massive, red, Japanese-styled building that towered into the sky. The four of us took off toward the building, using combinations of all types of ninja moves to get from here to there; climbing fire escapes, jumping rooftop to rooftop, wall running high over the city street – all kinds of cool shit.(It was kinda like the trailer for the new CGI movie) Finally, I stopped at the edge of the last rooftop on the block, looking out over a long field which separated us from the Japanese building that was lighting up the night like a huge Vegas casino.
I stood there looking at the sky, which was a sort of neon purple, when I suddenly realized I was dreaming. The first thing I did was try to think of what to do. I’d known I planned on doing something, but what was it? I figured I’d have some fun while I was thinking, though, so I dove straight off of the top of the building, holding my fists down in front of me and speeding toward the ground. I broke through the earth and burrowed deep into the rocks below. As I was traveling through the ground, I suddenly remembered what it was I was trying to do. The Task! I have to get to the Crossroads! I wasn’t about to risk teleporting, so I figured my best bet would be to fly there.
I changed direction and arced back upward, busting back up through the ground and streaking straight up into the (still nighttime) sky, leaving a long trail of dust behind me. When I broke through the cloud-cover, it was still the dead of night. I could see the stars above and all the clouds were below me. As I was flying, I thought about the Crossroads. I remembered that it’s usually (always?) daytime there. Turning night into day would be my best bet. So, using the clouds below me as a veil, I shot myself straight down toward them, still holding my fists down below me like Superman - flying probably as fast as I’ve ever flown, but aimed straight down.
As I broke through the clouds, I could see the ground, and it was instantly day time. I was soaring down out of the heavens like a meteor and I could see that there was nothing but vast desert coming rushing up toward me. In the dead center of this desert, I could see the large grey disc. It was the reception area of the Crossroads. More details began coming into view as I plunged out of the sky…
….And, of course, just as I was beginning to thinking about landing on the grey stone surface, I woke up.

DOES IT COUNT???


Edit:

Originally Posted by italianmonkey

seen the crossroad site
O's arena is more beautiful
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!!!!
Thanks, Monkey!

Okay, this is a bit embarrassing, but here goes.

I had a full-on WILD last night and I couldn't get to the crossroads.

I tried to spin there twice, and landed up in arbitrary desert-like locations. Twice I had to run away from DCs who were trying to distract me. I looked for a door, but couldn't find one that opened onto the crossroads. I even looked for that little brass badge and couldn't find one. (I resorted to emptying my pockets looking for the thing - no badge, but of course I had my keys, wallet and cellphone. lol).

Eventually I gave up and decided to do other stuff. I feel like I've been focussing on getting to the crossroads so much that its actually developed into a kind of mental block.

But I'm not giving up yet. I'm just going to take it a bit slower and not do any spinning, because it seems to throw all kinds of random variables into the dream. The two things I didn't try were going through a mirror and flying there - I'm still working on my flying, but it is a possibility.

As the month end looms... lol

I wonder what the possibilities are of me becoming lucid tonight and completing the task on the last day, with almost no lucid experience (and no induced lucidity to date&#33



Should be an interesting night ahead.

I'm going for it too. I was thinking we had two nights left but I guess this is it. Come on, vegemite sandwich; I heard the song this morning on the radio, that has to be a good omen...even tho I never did find a damn can of vegemite.

(Vector88 I'm sure you have just a good a chance as me...I'm rooting for you too...)

EDIT: Hey I just saw you are from Australia--you have an advantage!

'twas a no-go... Didn't sleep very well and only had a vague RC. Oh well, I'll keep these tasks in the back of my mind for when I start being able to have LDs.

Moonbeam: I guess I do, I have Vegemite every now and again. I actually tried having two sandwiches last night before I went to bed for the B Vitimins and also to try and get that idea into my head... Didn't seem to work.

Originally Posted by Vector88

'twas a no-go... Didn't sleep very well and only had a vague RC. Oh well, I'll keep these tasks in the back of my mind for when I start being able to have LDs. [/b]

I guess September is over in Australia. I have one more night. Woowee I could wear the badge for one day if I do it tonight.

Originally Posted by Vector88

I guess I do, I have Vegemite every now and again. I actually tried having two sandwiches last night before I went to bed for the B Vitimins and also to try and get that idea into my head... Didn't seem to work.
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Unbelievable! I thought that would have worked for sure.

Okay. This is actually the first time I've tried out a 'lucid task', as in something assigned by someone else. So I ate the Vegemite sandwich standing next to the..ahem.. Crossroads last night. Hypothetically let's say the Crossroads are for real in another realm, how do you even know you actually were there anyway? It could have just been your brain creating the image in the dream couldn't it?
I saw Ray Charles at the Crossroads; what the phuque?

i arrived to see the desert. just while it all was fading for the umpteenth time
damn! i crossed about a dozen doors to reach that damn place, even my dad's terrible secret door that managed to work in a more violent way than ever... and did i succeed a single one?
NAY!
grunt....