^^ Don't try to suppress thoughts, let them happen, just notice when they happen, acknowledge them, and let them melt away & return your focus to the breath. |
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Thoughts are okay and in fact very helpful. That's your opportunity to exercise awareness by gently shifting attention back to breath. Acknowledge the thought but don't follow it. Don't be critical or judgmental. Simply shift attention back to breath. |
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^^ Don't try to suppress thoughts, let them happen, just notice when they happen, acknowledge them, and let them melt away & return your focus to the breath. |
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FryingMan's Unified Theory of Lucid Dreaming: Pay Attention, Reflect, Recall -- Both Day and Night[link]
FryingMan's Dream Recall Tips -- Awesome Links
“No amount of security is worth the suffering of a mediocre life chained to a routine that has killed your dreams.”
"...develop stability in awareness and your dreams will change in extraordinary ways" -- TYoDaS
I'm finding that if I don't at least have 20 or so minutes to decompress / meditate before bed then I don't even get any dream recall let alone LDs, so maybe pushing yourself a bit is good. |
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thanks for the tips guys. that should help me out quite a bit knowing that. i have been able to realize i thought flowed in, and bring myself back to breath concentration. hopefully i can get a good session in tonight! best of luck to you too |
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New goals TBA
DILD: 8 WILD: 2 DEILD: 1
DJ for the LDs this morning: both outside (kind of rare for me, both really amazing) |
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FryingMan's Unified Theory of Lucid Dreaming: Pay Attention, Reflect, Recall -- Both Day and Night[link]
FryingMan's Dream Recall Tips -- Awesome Links
“No amount of security is worth the suffering of a mediocre life chained to a routine that has killed your dreams.”
"...develop stability in awareness and your dreams will change in extraordinary ways" -- TYoDaS
Nice epic last night: flying/fighting: 2015-03-09 (semi-lucid) epic (flying/fighting), late weird sexy-contact moments - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views |
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FryingMan's Unified Theory of Lucid Dreaming: Pay Attention, Reflect, Recall -- Both Day and Night[link]
FryingMan's Dream Recall Tips -- Awesome Links
“No amount of security is worth the suffering of a mediocre life chained to a routine that has killed your dreams.”
"...develop stability in awareness and your dreams will change in extraordinary ways" -- TYoDaS
In fact in the spirit of full disclosure, I'm using 3 things now for "triggers:" the breath, each step when walking, and location(+ especially transitions). I hope I can keep this up. I'm trying to do it in a relaxed manner, not with a tight/scrunched up mind. With each step when walking I'll set up a rhythmic sort of mantra: "I'm lucid / I'm dreaming" alternating back and forth with each step. Taken together, they all three cover pretty much all waking moments and situations, helping me bring my mind back to the now more often than if I was only using one. |
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FryingMan's Unified Theory of Lucid Dreaming: Pay Attention, Reflect, Recall -- Both Day and Night[link]
FryingMan's Dream Recall Tips -- Awesome Links
“No amount of security is worth the suffering of a mediocre life chained to a routine that has killed your dreams.”
"...develop stability in awareness and your dreams will change in extraordinary ways" -- TYoDaS
It's probably no different than the principal of 'accommodation' when doing resistance training. Eventually the muscles become accustomed to the same movements, sets, repetitions and they hit a plateau where further gains are increasingly diminished. So you mix it up every now and then. |
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I'm maintaining my boosted daytme awareness, at least at higher levels than before. The "triple trigger" combo of breath, footsteps, and location seems a winner for this. |
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Last edited by FryingMan; 03-11-2015 at 02:31 PM.
FryingMan's Unified Theory of Lucid Dreaming: Pay Attention, Reflect, Recall -- Both Day and Night[link]
FryingMan's Dream Recall Tips -- Awesome Links
“No amount of security is worth the suffering of a mediocre life chained to a routine that has killed your dreams.”
"...develop stability in awareness and your dreams will change in extraordinary ways" -- TYoDaS
Well I fell off the wagon a little. I took 1x 4mg Galantamind capsule last night during a quick WBTB. I've been off of all supplements (except multi-vitamins) for about 4 months now. I've been missing the really awesome LDs and so gave in. As a result I had my best LD of 2015, and one of my best ever perhaps. I'm sort of bummed that it worked -- I really wanted to develop my natural ability. I'm sure all of my work led to this great LD so it's not really so bad in the end. |
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FryingMan's Unified Theory of Lucid Dreaming: Pay Attention, Reflect, Recall -- Both Day and Night[link]
FryingMan's Dream Recall Tips -- Awesome Links
“No amount of security is worth the suffering of a mediocre life chained to a routine that has killed your dreams.”
"...develop stability in awareness and your dreams will change in extraordinary ways" -- TYoDaS
Breathing awareness in-dream: in a non-lucid last night I was under "magical" water and was carefully testing my breathing: it felt a little weird but I could breathe. |
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FryingMan's Unified Theory of Lucid Dreaming: Pay Attention, Reflect, Recall -- Both Day and Night[link]
FryingMan's Dream Recall Tips -- Awesome Links
“No amount of security is worth the suffering of a mediocre life chained to a routine that has killed your dreams.”
"...develop stability in awareness and your dreams will change in extraordinary ways" -- TYoDaS
This is what I'm worried about, that simply being aware is not enough. I've also started doing breath awareness but I'm tackling it a bit differently, I don't really care how long I can keep breathe attention I'm more concerned about when I forget about it, at that point I go "oh right, breath", it feels like a "lucid" moment and I'm back in business. I'm assuming that rather than simply being aware of my breath in my dreams it will act more as a jolt of memory and I'll start wondering what it is that I'm forgetting -> lucidity. |
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re: breath awareness: I think of it both ways: 1) as a "trigger" moment when I realize I've lost it, and 2) as a continuous reminder to be aware of the moment and my state. It's great that it's showed up a few times, I hope that it will become more and more and stronger and ultimately associated with dreams. |
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FryingMan's Unified Theory of Lucid Dreaming: Pay Attention, Reflect, Recall -- Both Day and Night[link]
FryingMan's Dream Recall Tips -- Awesome Links
“No amount of security is worth the suffering of a mediocre life chained to a routine that has killed your dreams.”
"...develop stability in awareness and your dreams will change in extraordinary ways" -- TYoDaS
I'm starting to think this continuous breath awareness, any "all day awareness", is way too ambitious. This kind of mindfulness is the longterm result of intensive meditation practice, including retreats, I don't think it's plausible to force it from the word go. I'm switching to Puffin's sporadic awareness model now and I think perhaps it is more of a matter of the quality of awareness at sporadic points in the day and directly before a REM period than a more diffuse continuous awareness. |
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My Lucid Dreaming Articles/Tutorials:
Mindfulness - An Alternative Approach to ADA
Intent in Lucid Dreaming; Break that Dry-Spell, Escape the Technique Rut
Always, no sometimes think it's me,
But you know I know when it's a dream
I think I know I mean a yes
But it's all wrong
That is I think I disagree
-John Lennon
Well only 8.5 months to go, so we'll see. I've seen some hopeful results from my recent raised intensity (LD, semis, doing RCs in-dream [near misses]). It's all about finding that balance. I have no opportunities for retreats, ever, so I must make every day my retreat. |
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FryingMan's Unified Theory of Lucid Dreaming: Pay Attention, Reflect, Recall -- Both Day and Night[link]
FryingMan's Dream Recall Tips -- Awesome Links
“No amount of security is worth the suffering of a mediocre life chained to a routine that has killed your dreams.”
"...develop stability in awareness and your dreams will change in extraordinary ways" -- TYoDaS
I'm thinking the most important times to practice are when under stress, just like in a dream, it's easy when you don't have anything to do but when you're in the middle of something like talking to people or driving then those are the times you need to have a "lucid" moment. |
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These are clearly key times, any sort of engagement to the point of losing mindfulness, entering action/reaction "reflex" cycles. |
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FryingMan's Unified Theory of Lucid Dreaming: Pay Attention, Reflect, Recall -- Both Day and Night[link]
FryingMan's Dream Recall Tips -- Awesome Links
“No amount of security is worth the suffering of a mediocre life chained to a routine that has killed your dreams.”
"...develop stability in awareness and your dreams will change in extraordinary ways" -- TYoDaS
i think DV glitched out and my post never made it up, if there is a duplicate can a mod delete it? i cant see. but i hit post and it disappeared. |
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New goals TBA
DILD: 8 WILD: 2 DEILD: 1
^^ Glad to have a happy reader! Your dream was awesome, by the way. Very long, nice work! |
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FryingMan's Unified Theory of Lucid Dreaming: Pay Attention, Reflect, Recall -- Both Day and Night[link]
FryingMan's Dream Recall Tips -- Awesome Links
“No amount of security is worth the suffering of a mediocre life chained to a routine that has killed your dreams.”
"...develop stability in awareness and your dreams will change in extraordinary ways" -- TYoDaS
appreciate the feedback! Thats one thing i always liked to have as well, people who read dream journals i posted. its fun to share dream, no two are alike! and agreed, love the leggings lol |
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Last edited by Dodge631; 03-20-2015 at 02:52 AM.
New goals TBA
DILD: 8 WILD: 2 DEILD: 1
I think the more detail you write on a regular basis is good for your recall. You're also teaching your subconscious that dream memories are important to you. |
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FryingMan's Unified Theory of Lucid Dreaming: Pay Attention, Reflect, Recall -- Both Day and Night[link]
FryingMan's Dream Recall Tips -- Awesome Links
“No amount of security is worth the suffering of a mediocre life chained to a routine that has killed your dreams.”
"...develop stability in awareness and your dreams will change in extraordinary ways" -- TYoDaS
Hey FMan, check out this thread by cusp: http://www.dreamviews.com/induction-...usey-mild.html |
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My Lucid Dreaming Articles/Tutorials:
Mindfulness - An Alternative Approach to ADA
Intent in Lucid Dreaming; Break that Dry-Spell, Escape the Technique Rut
Always, no sometimes think it's me,
But you know I know when it's a dream
I think I know I mean a yes
But it's all wrong
That is I think I disagree
-John Lennon
I'm going to keep up with throat-dot/lotus. I've never gotten anywhere with body separation approaches: I'm always awake and when I move I lose the progress of the relaxation and have to start all over again. I'll keep this in my back pocket, though, thanks! |
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FryingMan's Unified Theory of Lucid Dreaming: Pay Attention, Reflect, Recall -- Both Day and Night[link]
FryingMan's Dream Recall Tips -- Awesome Links
“No amount of security is worth the suffering of a mediocre life chained to a routine that has killed your dreams.”
"...develop stability in awareness and your dreams will change in extraordinary ways" -- TYoDaS
Day work down a bit for a few days, but starting yesterday I picked it up again at high intensity. Lucid walks are excellent to re-establish WL awareness focus. |
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FryingMan's Unified Theory of Lucid Dreaming: Pay Attention, Reflect, Recall -- Both Day and Night[link]
FryingMan's Dream Recall Tips -- Awesome Links
“No amount of security is worth the suffering of a mediocre life chained to a routine that has killed your dreams.”
"...develop stability in awareness and your dreams will change in extraordinary ways" -- TYoDaS
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