Lokoloi

7:54 AM
I just woke up from potentially one of the most influential lucid dreams I've ever had. The way I got lucid, I believe, was through a combination of WBTB (Wake Back To Bed) and MILD (Mnemonic Induction of Lucid Dreams).

Becoming Lucid
The first thing I remember is seeing a bunch of different times. I wasn’t exactly worried, but I was thinking about the time because I had an alarm set, and I thought it was around seven-something. So I dreamed that I was checking the time—on my phone, my computer, and my watch. But in reality, I wasn’t actually moving; I was just seeing those times. That was probably my first clue.
The first time I saw was 19:48, which is 7:48 PM, not AM. But at the time, I was like, "Yeah, that makes sense. I woke up earlier and was trying to go back to sleep, so 7:48 sounds right."
Then I saw the time on my phone—it said 7:56 or something similar. I remember thinking, “Wait, that doesn’t seem right, I literally just checked.” Finally, I checked my watch, and it read 10:10:100. That’s just not possible. That was the tipping point. Three completely different times, one of which was impossible. I immediately thought, “Yep, I’m dreaming.”

So first off, shoutout to reality checks—because they’re paying off. Now, I was wearing my sleep mask, and I tried to take it off. Nothing happened. I felt it come off, but another one was under it apparently. I kept removing sleep masks to find new ones infinitely spawning on top of the one on my face. I'd take one off, say, “Alright, lemme take off my sleep mask.” and another one would still be on. Again and again. I started laughing and was like, “All right, I guess I’m just not gonna fuckin see in this dream lmao”

Lick Stabilization
Then I remembered to stabilize the dream. I got on the floor and tried licking it.
This was probably the most fascinating part of the dream.
It was like my brain didnt have my sense of taste loaded in memory. My sense of taste is rarely used in dreams I can remember. When I first licked the floor, I couldn’t taste anything. My tongue crackled as if my taste buds were being used for the first time in my life. I cannot stress this enough- my sense of taste was straight up GONE. What I tasted instead was what I would imagine a missing texture named like, “[PLACEHOLDER]” or something to taste like. It was like my brain had forgotten how to taste. Even after I woke up, my tongue was still tingling.
Instead of flavor, I saw these bright rainbow flashes—kind of like impact frames from modern One Piece. Now, I was keeping my eyes closed since I couldn't see anyway due to the sleep mask, but after the third or fourth lick, my vision came back. When I opened my eyes, I was right where I expected to be- on the floor, in my room. And the stabilization? Insanely strong. Four licks gave me the same level of stabilization that walking around touching everything for 45 seconds would’ve given me. So it seems like taste is my strongest stabilizing sense. I think it varies person to person. I want to try smell next. I’ve never really smelled anything in dreams either. The only senses I’ve used regularly are sight, sound, and touch. I haven’t explored taste, smell, or vestibular senses like balance or proprioception.

The Plan: Omni Lucidity*
I have a plan to obtain something I call Omni Lucidity—the ability to lucid dream whenever I want. It’s probably not that hard with good practice and I seem to be on my way there anyway, but I’ve got an idea for making it more consistent and easier to pull off, provided you can already get there. Think of it as some QoL. So. The idea is to create a dream character while awake who’s sole purpose is to be my dream guide. Get them to find me in dreams and make me lucid, either by telling me I’m dreaming repeatedly or by forcing lucidity into me. The tricky part is getting the lucidity required for the final step, finding them in a lucid dream and making your wish of their purpose known; essentially activating them. Funnily enough, I’ve actually gotten it to work once before, but it happened spontaneously! Back then I hadn’t yet activated my dream guide, Francesca, and still haven’t to this day, so I KNEW it could work. But recently, I thought deeper: everything in the dream is my subconscious. Dream characters, objects, environments—they’re all just pieces of it. So instead of telling a character, why not tell the dream itself? So I shouted “Omni Lucidity!”, and then said, “The next time I’m in a dream, find me and make me lucid.”

*This happens right after the sleep mask thing, but it’s here for flow.

Realization After Waking
After all that, I pretty much immediately woke up. And I think I’ve finally figured out why I always wake up after stabilization: It’s not the stabilization that ends the dream—it’s the moment I question my lucidity afterward. I had always wondered whether or not this “dream like” feeling of existing in a dream, characterized by what really can only be described as a tingling at the back of my soul, was indeed a part of the dream or a just product of hazy dream memories. But now I'm sure—it's real for me at least. After stabilization, that distinct feeling goes away, and the dream becomes fully and completely indistinguishable from the waking world. Here, even after everything I've been through, it's hard to believe I haven't yet woken up. And once I doubt that I’m still lucid, that’s when the dream ends. My dreams just aren’t long enough to continue after lucidity ends. So as long as I stay lucid, the dream continues. It’s kind of funny—after licking the ground three or four times, I found myself on the floor in my room, just as expected after doing WILD. The floor tasted dusty and gross, like I imagined it would. But the stabilization was so effective that it brought back my sight after just a few licks.

Final Thoughts
I learned so much from this dream. Tonight, I’ll get to test whether speaking directly to the dream—my subconscious—actually works. I know this operates on belief, and if I don’t believe it’ll work, maybe it won’t. But with the licking stabilization, I didn’t really have any expectations either, and that still worked. Still, it’ll be more powerful if I can talk to Francesca myself.
As I said at the beginning: This dream has the potential to be the most influential and interesting lucid dream I’ve ever had.