The Dream Magic Experiment

11:12 pm

I got 3mg melatonin tablets. I'll test them to see if they produce lucid dreams. So far, people have told me that they experienced realistic and/or wild vivid dreams. Also, I was told that 3mg is supposedly too much, as we only need to take 1mg. There is an option to cut the tablet in half, but I will start with the tablet's dose (for convenience; no other reason).

Time and techniques.

I had varied results from using various techniques. None were ever consistent. Results fade away with time, and the techniques simply become repetitions. So far, I've had the most vivid and memorable dreams when I sleep after 6 a.m. and wake up a little before noon.

Alarm.

Dreams also scatter quickly when I use an alarm clock, depending on the tone. When I use music, I quickly forget and just sing or listen to the music. Music also brings various images that could have changed the dream images. LD-related sounds, e.g. "Are you dreaming?", helps me focus on what I was dreaming before.

Light.

I sleep lighter with the lights on, and the dreams also seem more memorable. When the lights are off, I can barely get myself to move to turn on the lights or at least grab a pen and a notebook and "blind write" some keywords. It seems ideal to keep the lights on, but I'm concerned how this will affect the dream process.

Practice.

I won't be working on this daily. I have a limited supply of tablets, and at the same time, I'm concerned how long the effects of the tablet last in the body. I don't want it to accumulate as it could ruin the data for this experiment. I also have other activities IRL. However, I plan to stick to a consistent time for the week for sleeping, e.g. 11 pm the entire week, 3 am the next, and 8 am after.

Techniques.

Test 1: Melatonin alone, no other practices, e.g. meditation or WILD techniques. Sleep before 12 mn.
Test 2: Melatonin with meditation before sleeping.
Test 3: Melatonin with WILD technique.
Test 4: Melatonin with LD-related alarm.

Time part 1.

Test 1-4: Same as above except sleep after 2 am.

Time part 2.

Test 1-4: Same as above except sleep after 6 am.

Start date: Next week, August 6, 2014 (Wednesday).

I did not hear the first alarm, which was set to 4 am. I heard the second one at 5:30, but did not bother turning it off, since it was set to ring mildly anyway, and the snooze was turned off. That's when I had my first dream, Cool School.

The second one was after I woke up at 7:00 am. It was cold and raining, so I went back to sleep. That's when I had my second dream, Enemy Allies.

I woke up around 8:30 am, with the alarm. It was still cold, so although it was the last alarm to completely wake me up to work for the day, I went back to sleep, and dreamed my last dream for today, Summon Battles.

I woke up around 10:30 am.

I played MILD induction and autosuggestion last night when I slept around 12:00 am. I recall relaxing my body, but I fell asleep, like I usually do, before anything else. Which didn't really help, since I was supposed to visualize a scene. Or maybe I did, but that's when I fell asleep.

The scene includes a guy I know, JA, on the beach, which is supposed to be a dream sign. Interestingly, based on some recent dreams, it's not JA who appears, but LM. It seems they interchange in my dreams for some reason. And instead of a beach, I only some some rivers, or situation near the sea.

Tonight, instead of visualizing JA, I change it to LM. It will feel weird though, but at least I think I can visualize him better. And instead of a beach, I think I'll visualize a river populated with buildings and houses and factories. With some people.

I'll record what happens tomorrow.

I did not hear the first alarm, which was set to 4 am. I heard the second one at 5:30, but did not bother turning it off, since it was set to ring mildly anyway, and the snooze was turned off. That's when I had my first dream, Cool School.

The second one was after I woke up at 7:00 am. It was cold and raining, so I went back to sleep. That's when I had my second dream, Enemy Allies.

I woke up around 8:30 am, with the alarm. It was still cold, so although it was the last alarm to completely wake me up to work for the day, I went back to sleep, and dreamed my last dream for today, Summon Battles.

I woke up around 10:30 am.

I played MILD induction and autosuggestion last night when I slept around 12:00 am. I recall relaxing my body, but I fell asleep, like I usually do, before anything else. Which didn't really help, since I was supposed to visualize a scene. Or maybe I did, but that's when I fell asleep.

The scene includes a guy I know, JA, on the beach, which is supposed to be a dream sign. Interestingly, based on some recent dreams, it's not JA who appears, but LM. It seems they interchange in my dreams for some reason. And instead of a beach, I only some some rivers, or situation near the sea.

Tonight, instead of visualizing JA, I change it to LM. It will feel weird though, but at least I think I can visualize him better. And instead of a beach, I think I'll visualize a river populated with buildings and houses and factories. With some people.

I'll record what happens tomorrow.