lucid

Originally Posted by LiveInTheDream

6:00am - Woke up a bit earlier than was planned in order to try a WILD again. Haven't WILDed since that first time because the side effects frightened me, but after learning of their harmlessness, I was convinced it was worth a shot again.

The way it worked out, I fell back asleep before I could. However, I still had a lucid dream!!!!!! It was possibly the most unlikely method ever for going lucid, too: falling asleep inside of a dream! I was totally non-lucid at first, just going about my house, when the power went out. Real bad. Lights fell out of the ceiling, anything plugged into the wall was fried, etc. So while we waited for the repairman to come, I decided to catch up on sleep.
And then I was lucid!

Being only a DILD, it wasn't quite as vivid as when I WILDed, but it was plenty good for me! I was out on my driveway, and knew I was dreaming. Unfortunately, I didn't reality check because I was so sure of this. The end result was a lack total control and maximum clarity, but I'm just glad I finally had another lucid dream! Anyway, first I had a personal party for success, and then I walked up inside my garage, which was unusually packed with junk. There was no room for cars anymore. Most of it was boxed up, so I didn't bother to look and see inside them.

Then I 'woke up' in my previous dream, not lucid again. I forgot to reality check, of course, so I thought that was it. I saw that the power had not been fixed, so I soon went back to sleep...and was lucid again!

This time I wasted no time. To start off I rubbed my hands together, and that seemed to bring things into better focus. STILL I did no reality check, though...I don't know why I didn't think to do it just to be safe. However, I was out on the driveway again and the garage still looked the exact same. So I went right in there and approached a mirror. "Now for the fun stuff." I thought. I pulled up my shirt in front of the mirror and then put a hand over my abs with the intention of shapeshifting. BAM! Instant 6-pack! Unfortunately, shapeshifting that way, as expected, kind of shocked me awake a bit. Fortunately, also as planned, I was still there enough to spin around and rub my palms together. I began losing vision...things got darker and darker...but I kept on spinning and rubbing. When things got entirely black, I fell over from spinning, which actually jerked me back into the dream a little bit for registering the sensation of falling and landing on rough concrete. I got back up and continued spinning and rubbing, and slowly my vision returned. First all I could see was my foot on the ground, but as my disorientation began to leave, the scene of the dream returned. Before long, I was completely back in the dream, even clearer than it was before! I cheered for my success and then ran back up into the garage and looked in the mirror. Yep, the 6-pack was still there! For the first time in my life, I successfully shape-shifted something without waking up as a result! I went inside for a moment to share my success with whoever was in there, and my family was all there, just gathered around the TV as usual. I think what they were watching had something to do with dreams, because my Mom remarked, "Dreams sure are interesting." I shouted, "Especially LUCID dreams!!!" She replied, "I don't believe in lucid dreams." I laughed, both at that remark, and at the fact that everyone was almost totally inanimate. They just sat there with blank expressions on their faces, only moving their lips to talk, and they didn't even look at each other when they spoke. I refrained from telling them that they were PART of a lucid dream. Instead I went back out to the garage. "Alright, I've got as long as I need here; time doesn't apply. I can go slowly and shapeshift something and then stabilize, and then do it again." So that's what I intended to do. However, I got overconfident and tried to shapeshift far too much at once. In shock I was thrown down to the ground. I tried to rub my hands, but it was too late. I found myself waking up in the previous dream again. The power was on.

Then I woke up for real.

"Number of DILD's since joining," you ask? Now, there have been 2

Originally Posted by LiveInTheDream

11:30pm - Tried the first time in my life for lucid dreams by this WILD technique I learned from the internet. Even though the guide said it normally takes 20-30 minutes, I reached weightlessness after 5 mins. Panicked and forced a wake up.

The time wore on to Sunday: 12/13/09 - 12:30am

Accidentally fell asleep at some unknown time until 4:00am. No memory of sleep or dreams.

At 4:30am, I accidentally fell asleep again, this time achieving lucidity.

First I was in a college dorm, not in body, but spectating like a spirit. I saw a messy desk, covered with pencils, including a single bright red one. The desk was metal and looked to be at least 25 years old. A built-in lamp was mounted beneath the top shelf and cupboard.

Instantly, I was whisked to my living room. I saw a pile of objects that my mind registered as Christmas presents. I was in body then, and handeled each object, finding them to be true to real life things that I own, only these were brand new again. I realized how outdated and deteriorated some of it has become. I saw packaging labels in crystal clarity that I've only seen once my whole life, and some other packages that don't exist, yet they were fully realistic in physics, lighting, and texture. I picked them up, dropped them, spun them around on the glass side table they were on, and found it all to function as expected.

Next I was whisked away to church, where the clarity reached its strongest point. Having not intended to try for lucidity in the first place, I now thought I was there and awake. I was talking to a couple friends of mine. I heard their voices and laughs and saw their expressions and actions in full, accurate detail. Then, another friend of mine walked up to us. "I should ask him about lucid dreaming." I thought, since he is a very knowledgeable fellow. BIG MISTAKE. He replied by going through the steps for having a WILD, directly quoting what I had read on the internet. When he reached the weightlessness part, I said, "That's what freaks me out!" And instantly I realized I was dreaming and as a result of the shock, felt as if I were being sucked into a vortex and put back on my bed.

I was stuck in paralysis. Literally. Couldn't move. A wave of weightlessness started to come over my body, beginning with my toes and moving up. I thought I was WILDing again, but since I had no visualized dream in mind, and rather than go somewhere I didn't want to, I thrust open my eyes and moved my head however I still was able. The paralysis broke when the wave reached my head. Checked the clock and only half-an-hour had gone by; 5:00 am now. I had been a bit afraid that I would get stuck in a dream for a day or more; those fears are now quelled.

I am unharmed; very disoriented, but sitting up for a moment fixed that. Actually, I felt more energetic from that half hour than from a half night of normal sleep.

The process of getting in and out of lucidity still scares me a bit, but coming through it alive makes me more than willing to try again. Besides, lucidity itself is WICKED AWESOME, DUDE!

7:52am - Now that I've fully woken up from my first lucid dreams, I diagnose that lucid dreaming itself has had no negative side effect on me. The lack of sleep is catching up to me, but otherwise I feel fine. Nothing is out of the ordinary for sleep-depravity. I intend to try lucid dreaming again this afternoon, when/where it is safe to give another trial run.

1:26pm - Tried to go to New York and fly over the city using WILD. Didn't panic at weightlessness. Wasn't calm enough, though. My excitement caused my heart to beat very rapidly, almost dangerously so, suspending me in between wake and sleep. I saw the brightness of the New York sky through closed eyelids, saw the faint image of traffic below me on an apartment deck, and heard some city noises, but intentionally left the dream due to heart overactivity. Waking like that faithfully produced a degree of disorientation, but also gave me jitters from working my heart so hard. I MUST LEARN CALMNESS!

Something I just realized is that ALL lucid dreams of mine begin and end with me seeing an eye. It frequently changes shape and occasionally other features (eyebrows, lashes, etc) appear as well.

11:45pm - Attempted to sleep without entering a WILD. Concluded from study that WILD is not the preferable method, and not very successful.
The night wore on, but every time my eyes shut, I'd begin a WILD. Began to fear that I was messing up my brain and wouldn't ever be able to get a good night's sleep again without doctor's aid. Prayed for help which quickly calmed me down and I went to sleep naturally, though it was late.