Thread: Lucid Task for the Month of September 2007

Cool tasks, I'll probabbly try them tonight.

These are just two fragments from an epic lucid dream I had last night. The complete thing took half a page in my Word document of a dream diary.

I was standing in my garden, giving my PA (I don't have one, but in my lucid dreams, I am a successful businessman) lessons on how to make money the way I do. I saw massive black clouds and told her to watch them. I turned the clouds into a tornado, first they swirled slowly, then got faster and faster until I couldn't control the tornado. A TV fell from the sky and smashed into my neighbour's garden along with a lot of black dust, and a chest of drawers fell into my garden and the garden was covered in the same black dust. I looked at my PA who was freaking out, asking whether I had done that. I told her I did and she freaked out more. I saw she had a glass of water and remembered the challange. I made a horse appear on the surface of the water. It was transparent, like the water. I made it gallop on the water for a few seconds before my PA's screams distracted me and it collapsed back into the glass of water.

Later on we were following a professor and a man being interviewed for a job at a university. I told her I could influence the man to get the job. She asked how. I told her it was like a magician, who forces a card on an unsuspecting victim. She frowned and asked how. I told her to pick a card and not tell me. I "sensed" her, then "sensed" the pack of cards and from the middle of the pack I pulled out the king of clubs. She asked me how the hell I had done that, I told her it was just something that only worked in the dream world.

Is this what you were after?

Okay, I have to just make a water animal, seems way fun!

And with time allowing ...ride a lolloping emu (now with 50% more english gentlemen).

If I ever get lucid again.. i will surely try advanced task.. that sounds fun.

I did the first one but thought the advanced one was something different

Lucid Task!!!

I have done the lucid task after over a month long dry spell. My dream started out with me being in the middle of a forest, it was very dark and there was no stars. I heard the sound of bombs in the background. Suddenly looking out into the forest, I saw a cloaked man with a hood on. He started running towards me as if he was going to attack me. I then realised I was dreaming and punched him. I started to completely annialate him. He then jumped into a tree. I went to the tree and phased my arms through it trying to grab him but he had disappeared, the tree then stuck to my arms like glue, when I tried to pull my arms out the the tree. The exterior of the tree would stretch and follow my arms. I then leaned backwards using my weight to free me arms. I then made myself really strong and pulled the tree out of the ground and I spun around and threw it into the air releaing my arms. I then set fire to the tree just because I was annoyed. I then had the lucid task come into my head, I reached into my pocket and pulled out a pack of cards and grabbed the ace of spades from the top!!!

I then tried to remember the advanced task but thought it was summon an animal, so I summoned a dog made from glass. Then I woke up, I got excited because I just did the lucid task

Originally Posted by NeAvO

I then tried to remember the advanced task but thought it was summon an animal, so I summoned a dog made from glass. Then I woke up, I got excited because I just did the lucid task

Oh no!!! I was JOKING about that, because it was a random event in my dream!

Methinks you should get credit for this. I'll certainly argue on your behalf.

Ahem...

I think he should get credit for this.

Originally Posted by pj

Oh no!!! I was JOKING about that, because it was a random event in my dream!

Methinks you should get credit for this. I'll certainly argue on your behalf.

Ahem...

I think he should get credit for this.

Oh no it's fine, I don't need to have done the advanced task, I'll just try again

Besides I still did the pick the card one, so that's still the smaller task.

Originally Posted by DrTechnical

I realize I'm dreaming and head downstairs to grab a card and perhaps do some flying. I grab a deck from the desk in the library and proceed to the night light in the kitchen. I open the deck and pick an arbitrary card. An ace of clubs. The A's are in the right locations (UL, LR). However, above and below the club are two puzzle piece characters. I grab one more card out of curiosity and it's more bizarre. A wild card with four options, one of which was a jack of diamonds - I forget the others. Anyway for the record - ace of clubs.

Ok.. ACE of clubs and the JACK of diamonds! Congrats!!

Originally Posted by Moonbeam

I go to the telephone table, open the drawer, and pull out a deck of bicycle cards. I open the box, and the cards spill out, with one left in my hand. On the back it is just a regular blue bicycle card, so I am worried that it will just be a three of diamonds or something when I turn it over. Instead, most of the card is covered with leaves and vines. At the top is a man's head, and the leaves and vines are growing out of his head instead of hair. There is writing under his face, but it keeps changing and I can't get a good idea of what it says.

A card that is alive and changing.. now that's cool!!

Originally Posted by MisterHyde

I saw she had a glass of water and remembered the challange. I made a horse appear on the surface of the water. It was transparent, like the water. I made it gallop on the water for a few seconds before my PA's screams distracted me and it collapsed back into the glass of water.

That horse sounds so beautiful.. I'd love to have seen it!

Originally Posted by MisterHyde

I told her to pick a card and not tell me. I "sensed" her, then "sensed" the pack of cards and from the middle of the pack I pulled out the king of clubs. She asked me how the hell I had done that, I told her it was just something that only worked in the dream world.

"something that only worked in the dream world".. very nicely put, and you pulled the KING of clubs!

Originally Posted by NeAvO

I then realised I was dreaming and punched him. I started to completely annialate him. He then jumped into a tree. I went to the tree and phased my arms through it trying to grab him but he had disappeared, the tree then stuck to my arms like glue, when I tried to pull my arms out the the tree. The exterior of the tree would stretch and follow my arms. I then leaned backwards using my weight to free me arms. I then made myself really strong and pulled the tree out of the ground and I spun around and threw it into the air releaing my arms. I then set fire to the tree just because I was annoyed. I then had the lucid task come into my head, I reached into my pocket and pulled out a pack of cards and grabbed the ace of spades from the top!!!

Nothing like a beat down to start a lucid dream off right (but what's with the trees?) and you pulled the ACE of spades!

Congrats to you all!

I had thought that the "card" task would be pretty boring but now I'm kinda psyched about giving it a try.

I really want to do the "sculpt a water animal" task as well! I will definately give both a go this weekend!

I will be doing this tonight Can't wait!

LOL Neavo's dream! I think you should get a gold badge, since you did what you thought was the advanced task.

sweet, i wanna make a liger!

I'm trying for a snake, that is the easiest animal I think. I tried last night in a basin of water, but no go.

Originally Posted by Moonbeam

LOL Neavo's dream! I think you should get a gold badge, since you did what you thought was the advanced task.

I'm happy to just get the card one, it's the first time I've done the task and I am just happy to have completed the basic one

I completed the first task last night... in a ND, without any intention to :

I was in a large open plan office type building, I'd just slumped down in a soft chair, when I noticed this weirdy guy in the corner grinning to himself... I ignored him, next thing I remember he's come up behind me and dropped a whole deck of playing cards all over my lap, laughed to himself and walked away. I collected them up and stood up to pick up the last ones from the floor, the guy was just going out of a door on the far side of the room so I flicked a card at him. (It's a trick I remember from school, where you spin the card on its edge very fast as you throw it, it makes it fly in a fast spiral towards your target) It hit him on the back just as he was going through the door. I sat back down in my chair thinking that was it, and the next thing I know he's looming over me again grinning madly while holding the card in his outstretched hand with the cards face inches from mine, and says - COOL! I look at the card it's the Ace of Coins. He drops the card in my lap and is gone.

Playing cards developed from Tarot cards, diamonds were originally coins in the tarot: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suit_(cards)

Originally Posted by Moonbeam

I'm trying for a snake, that is the easiest animal I think. I tried last night in a basin of water, but no go.

Remember playing with clay in grade school? Snakes were always the easiest animal to make!

Great start everyone!

This was my first LD ever since I know that term, and joined the forums. Which was about a week ago. But I've had several before without really knowing what it was, or doing anything to get them. Natural LD's baby! This one was natural as well (besides doing RC's during the day I did nothing, and I didn't become lucid because of an RC) but it didn't last long.

The dream events before I became lucid are irrelevant IMO, because I was teleported to my room just before that happened. I had been dreaming for a long time already.

So at some point in the dream I was teleported to my home. Just before entering my room I became lucid.I look around, and see a girl/boy lying next to my bed. She looks dead. 'Nevermind that, I should complete the lucid task!'. So I told myself there was a pack of cards on my desk. And hey, there it is! I pick it up and drop several cards while doing so. I draw one card and it is... Er... It was smaller than what a playing card should be, and it was white with small black lines on it (to write on). 'How boring'. I took another card and it was an ace spades. 'Hmpf. It'll have to do'. Suddenly I become very dizzy and just before I hit the ground (the girl/boy was gone) my dream ends.

If I get a LD with more control and time I'll try the advanced task.

Originally Posted by Iamerik

I look around, and see a girl/boy lying next to my bed. She looks dead. 'Nevermind that, I should complete the lucid task!'.

LOL!! Way to prioritize! And you also got the ACE of spades!

Congrats on completing the task!!

Yay! I did it ^.^ Usually I`m not a very good lucid dreamer, but I got it.

The dream started with me as a dolfin. Don't ask why, it's a dream. As I moved around, I noticed I was in a swimming pool. Apparantly I was supposed to be doing tricks or something. I thought of the deck of cards, but I didn't know how I was supposed to get them if
1. I had no hands.
2. I was stuck in a swimming pool.
Suddenly I looked down and saw something red on the bottom of the pool. I swam down, and saw it was a deck of 'Bicycle' cards. I think that's the brand name. I saw that they were open, so all I needed to do was get my card out.
I did it with my nose.
XD.
I know dolfins can sometimes dig with their noses up to over a foot deep, so I pulled out the third card from the top. It was the Ace of Spades. The picture of the big spade had a ribbon around it that said something, but I didn't read it. Or didn't remember.
Then I turned around and swam right out of the pool, into space.
I was still a dolfin, so I had to get back down. When I was halfway there, something started pulling me backwards, but I pushed against it and landed on the ground as a little girl.
Apparantly I was the 'spirit' of the dolfin. I represented it's personality or something like that. Playful, fun, I even had blue hair. You know. Stuff like that.
I remembered the second part of the Task, which I was looking forward to. I looked around for some water, and found a small pond a few feet away.
I walked over to it and began sculping a chicken, but when it flew, it wasn't normal.
Next I sculpted a dog, but it's legs didn't work right.
Suddenly, I remembered something someone told me once about putting your soul into artwork. Once, my mother told me that mine was quiet, calm, and graceful. At first I thought of a swan, but I sculpted a fox.
I couldn't believe it when it came to life, it was amazing. The detail was unimaginable. It's movements were fluid, and it began running around my feet. Then everything evaporated into white. It began running away, so I followed it into a forest that just began from nothing. I followed it all the way through the forest to a waterfall.
When I looked around, the fox was gone, but the woman in the black dress from my dream before was standing across the water.
I tried to run towards her, but I tripped and fell back into consciousness.
Finally. First task of the month completed.

My friend and I decided to play cards and then I became lucid(more like semi-lucid, I remember thinking, well I'm not dreaming but I'll do the task anyway). The first card I drew from the deck was a 10 of Diamonds, I drew several others later, but I can't remember what they were. As I was doing this with my deck of normal cards, my friend started to shuffle a deck of steel cards, I thought it was pretty cool at the time.

Originally Posted by Adam's Dream Journal

I found myself back at this space station, again standing in this room with this stand in front of me with the TV screen. I remembered I had already been here before, maybe they had called me back to do some more tests on lucid dreamers?

I looked to my right and NeAvO was there, but he was not happy, he couldn't get lucid for them, I chuckled to myself as I knew I could hehe. Poor NeAvO walked out... So again I looked into this screen and when I saw the words lucid, I became lucid!! I looked up at this woman monitoring me, and smiled. She smiled back. I took it that was my cue that I could leave. LUCID TASK! I thought to myself, but where the hell am I going to find some cards on this space station.

There were a couple of weird people about now, I said to them "I really need to do the task of the month, can you tell me how to prolong this dream and increase the vividness?" and this guy looked at me and say "push the button."

I looked over at this other stand and there was a button on there, so I pushed it. Things didn't really get any clearer, but they were fine anyway so I thought I would just get on with finding some cards.

There was this big fella, he said he would help me get some and took me outside. So we were talking around and I was talking to various space DC's asking them questions but no one would reply!! "You're all so boring, you're not talking!!" I kept saying to them, they hardly even acknoledged me! There were some really ugly space people too, really weird guys.

I felt like punching one of them, because I knew it was a dream and wouldn't be real, but I couldn't bring myself to do it, so I just kept calling them names instead. The big dude walking me around decided enough was enough, opened this door and told me to enter, I walked in and woke up

I think he did this on purpose because I was insulting all the other DC's? Either way I was gutted, I thought I was this close to getting some cards

Damn space DC's

Okay - this dream followed the one above, I thought I would post them both as the above was an attempt and made me laugh, this is my achieved talk!!!!!

Originally Posted by Adam's Dream Journal

FINALLY!!! I have completed the lucid task of the month, after 9 months of trying haha! And I thought I was some kind of lucid guru - guess not!

I am going to be doing this again as I was disappointed with how I did it, so will no doubt try again on my next LD trip


So I was in this room on the space station (OMG how many more times am I going to be back here?!?!) and I am sitting on the floor, on this chair in front of me is a girl, she is very pretty, I tried to talk to her as she was really upset, and I wanted to hug her, but she was pushing me away - You can't do that, I thought, then I realised its because I was not lucid yet - and with that, I became lucid. Don't you just love that transitional feeling of reality within dreams when you go from dreaming to lucid, feels amazing, it reminds me of the matrix, you know what Agent Smith takes over another body, I kind of feel a little like I would expect that to feel when I get lucid from DILD.

Anyway, now she is a bit happier to comply, since I now OWN her and this dream. She smiles, I give her a hug and ask her if she would like to help me find some cards to do the lucid task. She smiles and nods and we stand up. Now in my flat there are a set of cards sitting on top of my DVD player in the lounge and have been for months, so I know how to find them, but we are on this damn space station (AGAIN, for those who have not read my DJ, I had about 5 separate dreams on this damn thing, the DC's are funny though).

So we get to the door, and know when I open it, it will lead to my door in the lounge. We open the door, but it opens out from my flat mates room, never mind I think, close enough.

We walk down the hallway and into the lounge and BINGO - the cards are there, and for the first time in YEARS I get a little too excited and feel the dream fading!!! NOOOOO this is NOT happening to me! I stop walking, try to stabilise but it is not working, damn, I rush to the cards, some are already face up, others are face down, I know I don't have time to sort them, so ask this DC (since she was upset) if she would like to pull out the card for me.

The smile on her face increases, she pulls out a card and turns it over....

Its a Jack of plums cross with King of clubs!!! Yes, I am going to have to photoshop this, because it was weird, but not as exciting as I had hoped it would be. I was a little dissapointed because I wasnted to come here with a good story, but I said she had done well and I let the dream fade.

So finally did the task, after 3 LDs last night I got closer with each one! It has only taken me 9 months to get here!!! But with my new technique I think I will be able to nail them all now

This is as close as I could get to it lol

I haven't been able to get lucid in a while (probably because I haven't been able to WBTB, since I have school.) But since this is the weekend, I'll be able to do it tonight.

Originally Posted by weelilhazel

I haven't been able to get lucid in a while (probably because I haven't been able to WBTB, since I have school.) But since this is the weekend, I'll be able to do it tonight.

I have faith in you my young apprentice

I tried the basic task this morning. When the dream started, I was approaching the border of two lands. One was like our world, more specifically, I think it resembled the western USA. The other was much stranger, a supernatural forest realm, inhabited by all sorts of strange things. I was on the less strange side, going closer to the border. I passed through some sort of building, going to the uninhabited border zone, where I was caught and arrested by the military. I was handcuffed right next to the border, which was a thick stone wall, with the only entrance a thickly barred doorway. I was left alone by the border, where I realized that I wasn't from the ordinary side, I was from the forest, and could call for help from the other side.

When I did, I found myself in the forest. Several creatures, which I remember little about, broke through the gate, and the border moved forward, with the forest quickly growing. The former borderland, where the forest had been comparatively lifeless, grew even more until it looked more like a jungle. I became aware that I could use the magic in this area, and used it to make a tree grow very quickly. At this point, I realized the only explanation for these events was that I was dreaming.

Fully lucid, I decided to practice telekinesis, and noticing a pencil sitting on a table in front of me, I easily lifted it with my mind. Then, I decided to try and turn it into something else, and remembering the basic task, attempted to turn it into a deck of cards, but instead it became a single bicycle playing card, face down, which I brought towards me and dropped into my hand.

The back looked mostly normal, but the white border around the edge was about twice as thick as normal. I turned it over, and the other side was nothing like any playing card I've seen. The background was the same as on the back but lighter. At the top, it said Tomatoes, and there was a picture of several tomatoes on the bottom. In the center, in smaller font, it said, "use tomatoes to teleport instantly in lucid dreams" (I wonder if it'll work?). After studying the card a while to be sure I'd remember it, I once again lifted the card into the air with my mind, and attempted to transform it into a sphere of water, so I could try the advanced task as well. While trying this, I blinked, and woke.