dolphin's dreams

Commentary-
Last night I tried to go to sleep later so I could fall asleep easier while repeating my mantra. It didn't work. It's seeming increasingly likely my lucid dream a few nights ago was more a chance occurance than a product of the technique I used. I did have a very short non lucid though so that's better than nothing!

Non Lucid Dream-
I was watching a Giants baseball game on tv when the announcers went to a commercial break. Instead of going to a commercial though, the screen went black but I could still here the announcers talking to each other as if the television crew was having technical difficulty...)

Commentary-
Which is interesting as my technique for lucid dreaming was having technical difficulty! My mind probably tied that with my excitement for how well the Giants are doing. Some dream interpretation there!

I took a nice bath today and was thinking about what I could do enhance my technique. My technique as it is right now isn't working. By repeating "I'm dreaming, I'm trying to put my mind into dreaming mode as I'm sleeping but I still not lucid. Thats when I had an aha! moment!

I'm not lucid in my dreams because my mind can't differentiate the waking world from the dreaming world when I'm asleep. If I'm thinking "I'm dreaming" at night when I want to be in dream mode, when I'm awake during the day I should be thinking "I'm awake" when I'm in awake mode! That way over time I can train my mind to differentiate the waking world from the dreaming world so I could become lucid every night.

Also the essence of dream control seems to be completely believing that anything is possible. So I should train myself to believe anything is possible when I'm in dreaming mode.

I know that when I'm repeating "I'm dreaming" at night in between breaths I can't go to sleep. This is because I need to relax more.

So a new technique forms. I believe the logic behind the following technique is promising so I'm pretty sure it will work eventually.

My adjusted technique-
This technique is an all day cycle. When I wake up, I do a reality check to make sure I'm awake. Then I write my dreams in my dream journal. As soon as I done with my dream journal I think "I'm awake", enter "awake" mode and I start my day. As I'm in "awake" mode, as much as possible, I take slow breaths and in between my breaths, I think "I'm awake". As soon as my day is over, I relax and make sure my mind is clear. When I'm relaxed and I'm just about to close my eyes to go to sleep think when "I close my eyes to enter dreaming mode, anything is possible". I close my eyes and take deep breaths at first thinking "I'm dreaming" in between breaths. I take deep breaths until I feel completely relaxed. Then I switch to slow soft breaths still thinking "I'm dreaming" in between breaths. If I still have trouble going to sleep doing this I visually transport myself to the most relaxing location possible and continue with slow, soft breaths until I go to sleep. Then I hopefully lucid dream at will all night! When I think I'm awake, I do a reality check to make sure I'm awake and the cycle continues until I become proficent at lucid dreaming. If I need to work on my dream control, when I have time, I will relax and think "As I enter dreaming mode, anything is possible". I will then work on my visualization and daydreaming thinking "I'm dreaming" in between slow soft breaths. When I'm finished, I'll think "I'm awake".

I seems simple enough that I can be consistant with it every day. Hopefully, I see some results!