CanisLucidus

Awe you chickened out.

At least you remembered something. Its still a really cool dream. I cant believe the nose pinch failed. Thats my main one. I guess I better remember to do other RCs.

Awe you chickened out.

LOL. I really did. I just started feeling like I was going to get pancaked and had to get the hell away from there. I seriously think that I got a little jolt of stress from memories of driving on the left-hand side of the road in New Zealand.

At least you remembered something. Its still a really cool dream. I cant believe the nose pinch failed. Thats my main one. I guess I better remember to do other RCs.

Man, I know. The memory of the nose pinch failure blew my mind when I woke up. I remember that this happened to Art in one of her dreams so I at least had it in the back of my mind as a possibility. But still, actually experiencing it was a whole different deal.

In an LD a long time ago, I had a semi-malfunction on the nose pinch that was caused by me sleeping face-down on the pillow. But I was side-sleeping for this one. I'm wondering physiologically what was actually going on with my body during the misfires this time... crazy stuff.

Good job with the lucid. Tough break about the failed RC.
I think if I couldn't remember a task, I'd just keep kissing the chick, but that's just me.

Thanks, Sandman! Yeah the failed RC was pretty insane! Considering how well everything worked out in the end, I can't complain. This dream seemed pretty set against me becoming lucid, so I'm just glad anything worked! That finger-through-palm one has bombed out on me before, too!

I think if I couldn't remember a task, I'd just keep kissing the chick, but that's just me.

Apparently I hadn't yet accepted the fact that I had no clue what I'd intended to do in this LD! It's pretty funny when you put it that way.

That finger-through-palm one has bombed out on me before, too!

You know, the whole RC thing is kind of funny. I've heard of RC's failing people. I always use the hand. I count my fingers and typically there are five, but somehow, I know to keep staring until they look weird...and they always do.

On the other hand, I have had trouble phasing one time. I hit my head on a wall. That's the same thing as an RC. If you can phase through a wall, you are dreaming, right? I think I was lucid that time too. Very strange. What I'm getting at though is that I think physical things may fail. I bet visuals never do.

I once read a tutorial about looking at details of something to stabilize. I find this to be much like a reality check. Exactly the same really, but again, the point is, you may be able to look at a dream scape and it will look great, disproving my theory on visuals. Look closely at anything though. I bet the story changes.

I'm no expert on LDing, RC's, or anything else for that matter, but that's what I believe to be true.

By the way, I'm including a fourth step to my cycling. I'm going to do a hand RC after the formatted 3rd step each time.

You know, the whole RC thing is kind of funny. I've heard of RC's failing people. I always use the hand. I count my fingers and typically there are five, but somehow, I know to keep staring until they look weird...and they always do.

That's interesting. So the trick with that one is to keep looking then. A couple of dreams ago, I looked at my hands when I knew I was dreaming and they looked perfectly normal. I should have given them more than just a glance, it sounds like.

On the other hand, I have had trouble phasing one time. I hit my head on a wall. That's the same thing as an RC. If you can phase through a wall, you are dreaming, right? I think I was lucid that time too. Very strange. What I'm getting at though is that I think physical things may fail. I bet visuals never do.

Oh man, I'm still working on my phasing in-dream! That'll make a better reality check once I'm more consistent with it. I'm pretty good with glass but walls have been tricky for me before. Alyzarin gave me some really good tips on that, though, and I'm eager to try them out.

By the way, I'm including a fourth step to my cycling. I'm going to do a hand RC after the formatted 3rd step each time.

So you're going to look at your hands after you perform the "touch" phase of the cycle? Pretty cool! I'll be looking to see how that goes.

Would respond now, but it's 2:23 am. I have to log a dream and GBTB

Ha ha, nice! I'm hoping to hear a good morning report.

That's interesting. So the trick with that one is to keep looking then. A couple of dreams ago, I looked at my hands when I knew I was dreaming and they looked perfectly normal. I should have given them more than just a glance, it sounds like.

I believe you have better control than I do. I would love to see if my prediction is right. It shouldn't even have to be the hands. The mirror trick or a clock should work just as well. I just like the hands. A mirror would be awesome, but my hands are always there; you know what I mean?

Oh man, I'm still working on my phasing in-dream! That'll make a better reality check once I'm more consistent with it. I'm pretty good with glass but walls have been tricky for me before. Alyzarin gave me some really good tips on that, though, and I'm eager to try them out.

Once again, this is so-o-o funny. I remember hearing people talk about phasing. It made sense to me that a dream object couldn't really contain you, so I believed it. I've only had the problem one time as mentioned. Not to be repetitively redundant, but again, conjuring is a big problem for me. I want to shoot fireballs...or electricity. In fact, I figured that if I could phase through something, I should be able to burrow through the Earth...so one day I did. It was very dark and boring.

I ended up coming up, finding a chick in a house, she shut the door on me...and I phased through it and took her.

So you're going to look at your hands after you perform the "touch" phase of the cycle? Pretty cool! I'll be looking to see how that goes.

I'm convinced it will work, but I still have to work on the technique. I've tried it every night since you introduced me to it. I don't think it's worked once. The two I had back to back were likely induced by new friends and the conversations we'd had...as well as other things going on in my life. I think it adds a more palpable connection to induction...if that even makes sense.

Ha ha, nice! I'm hoping to hear a good morning report.

It was a cool dream, but not lucid. That's OK though.

I believe you have better control than I do. I would love to see if my prediction is right. It shouldn't even have to be the hands. The mirror trick or a clock should work just as well. I just like the hands. A mirror would be awesome, but my hands are always there; you know what I mean?

Yeah. The fact that the hands are always there makes it not only easier to do in the dream but also easier to practice IWL. I feel that there would be social consequences to staring at myself in the mirror constantly throughout the day or checking the clock all the time when people are talking to me.

Mirrors are awesome. It's different every time but always amusing. One time I'm me, except in huge glasses and a tank top. Another time I'm Walter White from Breaking Bad. Another time I'm shirtless and totally jacked. Any time you give your subconscious an empty canvas, I find that cool things happen.

Once again, this is so-o-o funny. I remember hearing people talk about phasing. It made sense to me that a dream object couldn't really contain you, so I believed it. I've only had the problem one time as mentioned. Not to be repetitively redundant, but again, conjuring is a big problem for me. I want to shoot fireballs...or electricity. In fact, I figured that if I could phase through something, I should be able to burrow through the Earth...so one day I did. It was very dark and boring.

You should check out Antarctica Task of the Year. You sound ready.

Any time you give your subconscious an empty canvas, I find that cool things happen.

I've thought of that myself. Well said. I love letting my mind come up with it rather than hoping for something...unless I have a goal of course.

You should check out Antarctica Task of the Year. You sound ready.

Hmmmm. Let me go find that!

She doesn't respond, but she's clutching at her stomach. There's something horribly wrong with her. Her stomach is badly distended, stretching all the way down so that it rests on the floorboard of her car. I pick up her enormous, stretched stomach off of the floor and start feeding it back into her body. It takes some effort, but in the end it spools smoothly back into her torso as if nothing had ever happened.

I honestly think that If I saw this even in a dream I would run for the hills
At first I was like

She looks at me and smiles. I notice for the first time that she's incredibly attractive and I kiss her. (Guess I got over the stomach thing!) I pull away before I get myself totally distracted and she drives off, waving as she goes.

Then it was

You crack me up CL.

LOL. Yeah, it's stuff like this that makes me realize I'm not always 100% "all there" in my lucids. Straight from fear and retching horror to "Hey, you're cute!"

All's well that ends well, and I have to say, healing a seriously injured DC felt fantastic. Even when you know it's a dream, their distress feels very real. It's kind of like getting really sucked into a video game.