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    1. 2 Short WILDs followed by a 5 minute+ WILD

      by , 09-17-2012 at 10:15 PM (WILD Dream Journal)
      9/17 - 3 consecutive WILDs

      Today marks the first day in months that I woke up feeling like I made significant progress with WILD.

      The night started normal. I told myself to wake up around 6am after my REM cycle. I found myself awake around 6:30. I made my way down to the computer and browsed the web for about 40 minutes. Went back up to bed and put on my sleep mask and put in my earplugs.

      Tonight I decided it would be my focus to attempt multiple dream stabilization techniques. After a moderate wait I felt HI followed by a white transition. Remembering my focus I opened my eyes right after my transition and looked at my hand. My hand was very clear. I traced the outline with my eyes and began shaking my hand. Shortly after shaking my hand I found myself awake inside my bed.

      My body was deep in SP. My thoughts remained passive and shortly after awakening I began experiencing a second round of HI followed by another flash of white. I opened my eyes and found myself in a very groggy state. I held my arm up and examined it. My arm was very clear but at the wrist there was a thick transparent line followed by a very blurry outline which resembled my fist. I tried to focus in on my fist but my attempt was unsuccessful. I soon found myself awake again with a strong feeling of SP.

      I stayed calm and clear minded and experienced a 3rd round of HI followed by another white transition. after this transition I opened my eyes and found myself laying in a bed inside a room a didn't recognize. I walked over the the window, the sun was shining and there wasn't a cloud in the sky. I looked at the ground which I guessed was around 4 stories below me. Then jumped out of the window and began flying upwards in a slow spin. After reaching a comfortable height I paused and looked at the ground. I was in a neighborhood that consisted of multiple houses and a road connecting them. While I was pausing I remembered my intention when I fell asleep. I decided to spin. I dove at the ground as fast as I could, spinning as quickly as possible. I imagined I was a drill and upon hitting the ground I began tunneling into the earth. My speed slowed down significantly after reaching the ground but my drilling remained consistent. I was dropping foot by foot into the earth and upon reaching a depth where I could see little sunlight I burst back into the sky.

      I stopped at a treeline and saw what appeared to be a helicopter. I began flying over to the helicopter in hopes that I could find a pilot I could speak to. As I began approaching the helicopter it became clear that it was a car that was driving down a hill. As I got closer the car began shooting objects at me. I began dodging them and saw a man inside the car who was aiming at me. The inside of the car was lit up with neon lights and was filled with gauges. I flew back to make dodging easier and began launching projectiles out of my hand trying to hit the car.

      The projectiles that were coming out of my hand were small but after hitting the car a couple times the car exploded into a massive fireball. As the explosion approached me I closed my eyes and imagined Paris. I opened my eyes and found the explosion even larger and still coming in my direction. I remained calm and began humming a song. I imagined Paris again and after opening my eyes I found myself in a black void. It was peaceful and shortly after opening my eyes I found myself awake in my bed. This time when I woke up I had to much excitement to remain clear minded. I found thoughts racing through my mind so I got up.


      In the future I am going to try to remain calm when my dreams end and transition back into them. The experience I had last night gave me a nice motivational boost.

      Notes: Sleep mask, earplugs - no background noise. WBTB 40 minutes @ 6:30am
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    2. Short WILD

      by , 09-04-2012 at 10:12 PM (WILD Dream Journal)
      9/4 - WILD inside house

      Woke up this morning around 7 and worked on homework for roughly 2 hours. After I finished a section I decided to attempt WILD so I made my way to bed and tried to fall asleep.

      This WILD went very smoothly. Kept myself well anchored and made a nice transition into a dream. The imagery I experienced was from a video game. I "interacted" or influenced it and snapped into my dream in a flash of white light.

      I kept still for about 30 seconds to make sure my dream was stable and opened my eyes. I was inside my bed with the covers over my head. I could see the covers and they were well lit. I used this as a reality check because I knew that when I opened my eyes I should see black because I have a sleep mask. As I was getting up from the bed I felt my dog laying by my side. I moved her and got out of bed.

      I walked over to the railing (long wooden railing) and jumped up onto it, slid down and at the bottom I did a double back flip off it. There were two ceiling fans at the bottom of the railing that are not in my house, I noted them as I walked around the corner into the dining room. The dining room was empty in the center (has a large table) and it was carpeted. The carpet was maroon in color with a square pattern. There was a hutch in the far side of the wall that I also noted as I walked past.

      I went into the kitchen and saw a meal being made. There was corn on the cob boiling inside a pot and two on top of the pot, there were two steaks on top of a broil tray. I thought it looked very good and right as I was about to walk away I decided I've never eaten anything in my dream and Id like to try. I grabbed a piece of corn and took a bite out of it. My mouth was watering and I remember the taste of butter. I thought to myself, this must be hot i'll save it for later! I kept it in my hand and began walking to the porch area and as I rounded the corner my dream faded instantly.

      Notes: Light mask, ear plugs WBTB (2 hours)
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    3. 30+ minute WILD

      by , 07-02-2012 at 01:24 PM (WILD Dream Journal)
      By far the most stable I've been inside of a dream. I'll dive right into it.

      I experienced a light amount of imagery and a very small transition which fooled me. My transitions in the past had been very strong and lasted over 5 seconds every time. When I transitioned into this dream the falling sensation lasted for less then a second, it was fast and convinced me I had tried to stabilize my dream to quickly. I remained still in my bed and continued my WILD technique. Weird things started happening, I had a full field of vision with my eyes closed. At the time it seemed normal. As i realized i could see i thought some how I had opened my eyes, I closed them quickly and continued WILD. After thinking about what had happen I opened my eyes and got up in my bed. I looked around and everything seemed normal. I had the feeling that i had waken my self up. As my gaze lowered to the floor i realized there were things missing. Things that would be impossible to move as quickly as they had. I began becoming suspicious. I thought to myself, this seems real but there is no way those boxes could have been moved without me waking up. As i thought this i looked at my hand and began trying to push through it, at first nothing was happening. I tried to will my finger through my hand and i had a slight bulge in my left palm but nothing like i had experienced before when doing reality checks in dreams. At this point I abandoned the hand check and was convinced it was a dream. I covered my mouth and nose and found myself breathing naturally and I began walking into the next room. I walked in the hallway and found my girlfriend walking towards me, she had a very blank look on her face. I continued past her into the bathroom and was planning to teleport through the mirror.

      At this point I paused and remembered to take time to make a point to my mind how dreams felt. I took in my surroundings and noted the feelings i had while i was non lucid and noted how real things can seem. I thought to myself it is in the details. I continued going through what i experienced and re stated to my mind how real a dream can feel. After feeling like i covered everything i I walked back to my girlfriend and told her my name very loudly. She just gave me a blank stare. I began to notice that even though i thought it was my girlfriend the details in her face did not match my recollection perfectly. The shape of her face was slightly different and many other minor details. I said this is my dream it is monday morning. She continued to stare at me. I bellowed very loudly and clearly and said repeat after me, then I stated my name, the day and said this is a dream. She repeated everything i said and I turned away. I said very loudly as I was walking I summon my dream guide. Nothing happened. I then thought I would teleport to him through the bathroom mirror. As I thought of this I wanted to show my GF how I was able to teleport through the mirror. I walked back to her and there was a figure behind her that I quickly noted and told her to follow me. I think this figure was a result of me thinking about the mirror and not walking directly to it. She followed me to the mirror and I said watch this.

      As i looked at the mirror i felt slightly sidetracked, i began looking at the details of my face, while aquick glance looked very accurate the detail in my face was very wrong my jaw was much squarer, my brow was less defined, my eyes were shaped differently and i recall thinking that i did not look like myself at all. Then i regained my thought process, i decided I would teleport to my dream guide.

      I dove through the mirror. I fell into darkness and shortly after i found myself clunking in a cabinet. I opened the cabinet and found my self in a very tall room. I looked over my shoulder and there was a huge throne about 5-6 stories in the air. The throne was empty and there was no one in the room. I began walking away from the throne and to my left was a chinese style hallway there were huge banners and other designs that reminded me of chinese decor. I remembered thinking that looks like a very secure location. I walked past the hall and there was an old man sitting down cross legged. I walked up to him and asked him if he was my dream guide. At first he seemed like he would say yes but in my mind I decided I would ask him multiple times and put the truth to the test. After thinking this he gave me an awkward hand shake and would not answer me. I asked him again if he was my dream guide and he said why of course. I did not believe him and thought he was some kind of guard. He was lacking conversation and became very un-animated. It seemed i could influence his speech and gestures which made me begin to lose interest in speaking to him. I walked around a little bit and soon after my dream faded quickly in the same manner it did on saturday morning. I believe my REM cycle ended.

      This dream was the longest lucid dream I've ever had, I know, based of times that i fell asleep and woke upthat it was over 30 minutes. The detail was very strong in this dream and the only thing I found odd was the lack of emotion and speech in all of my dream characters. I found I could control them which is somewhat disappointing because I wanted to find/create a dream guide before I began controlling dream characters.

      Notes: no nap, Used WBTB naturally at 4:11 AM, stayed up until 4:40, tried to fall back asleep, GF moved 9 times between 4:40-6:00 fell asleep at approx 6:10 and woke up at 6:54.
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    4. Fun WILD

      by , 06-30-2012 at 04:42 PM (WILD Dream Journal)
      Wanted to post a quick update before getting into my dream. I've been trying to become a more natural lucid dreamer which is probably why its been 2 weeks+ since having my last lucid dream. Originally, I dove straight into WBTB and had a lot of success with it when I was taking naps during the day but since I have stopped and decided to try WILD on the weekends after the majority of my sleep.
      After having 5 successful WILDs and a handful of lucid dreams I've noticed a level of control inside my non lucid dreams that I never had before. It seems like I make decisions and influence dreams understanding that no harm can come to me. In the rare cases that I feel fear any more in a dream I wake myself up immediately. My dreams have become more enjoyable in general and more interesting then the dreams I recall having before trying lucid dreaming.



      Last night I fell asleep an hour and a half later then normal. I woke up in-between my REM cycles twice and the third time I woke up (7:30) I helped my GF take out the trash. After I went back to bed and began attempting WILD. My body was very tired, which I think was a result of me going to bed later then normal and I found myself very relaxed when I laid down. I didn't have to clear my mind much before imagery came on. The imagery I experienced resulted from my thoughts. I was picturing my cabinets and what was inside, I could not remember what was in the middle shelf and when I finally remembered the imagery became very strong and it was almost like I was looking right at my cabinet. Shortly after this I felt a moderate to strong vibration throughout my entire body, it was like I was bouncing up and down in my bed. I recognized this as a transition and tried to stabilize my dream to quickly and found myself awake in my bed deep in sleep paralysis.



      After this failed transition I moved because the sleep paralysis I was experiencing was fairly uncomfortable on my neck. After struggling with a lot of thoughts I tried clearing my mind and suddenly without any imagery I was falling to my right. This transition was much stronger then the vibrations and I slowly tried to stabilize my fall I imagined I was using a jet pack and slowly leaned left then back right and shortly after the falling sensation subsided.

      I purposely did not try to visualize any kind of dream scape and just opened my eyes. I found myself laying in a bed inside a room I have no memory of. When I felt stabilized I began trying to say my name out loud. I found myself unable to speak so I began projecting my thoughts very loudly and clearly inside my dream. I stated my name multiple times and I tried to remember what day it was. It took me a second but I remembered that it was Saturday morning. After projecting it was Saturday morning I tried to remember what I had done recently and the only thing I was able to think of was that I had awaken and fallen back asleep.

      After stating these I tried to get out of the bed and found myself unable to move. I tried pulling myself out and after failing I decided I would try to transition to a new dreamscape. I closed my eyes and tried to spin, this came very naturally and I found myself rolling slowly to my right and down. After 3 rolls I opened my eyes and found myself in a bedroom very similar to the one I was in but I was floating in the air. I turned to my right and saw a doorway and I floated over to it. As I approached it I noticed there was huge trim on the walls. I decided to float on the top edge of the trim and used it as a guide. As I was floating across it I came to an corner, on the other side of the corner was a set of stairs. I could see a concrete floor at the bottom. I paused at the corner and clinched my legs on either side. I looked at my hand and shoved my right index finger through my left palm at first only a little was coming through but slowly the left side of my top palm began stretching, the part I was stretching was turning red and I remember thinking "this is the kind of stuff you can do in dreams, this is awesome" then I pushed myself down the trim piece and found myself inside of a very large garage. Directly in front of me was a small red and black pocket bike that was taken apart into pieces. to the left of the pocket bike was a cheap card table that had a computer screen on it and there was a chair pushed into the card table. I floated past the computer and pocket bike and saw a really nice bright red car to the right parked in the garage. I do not recall what model or make it was but I turned back to my left and saw an open garage door which I walked through.

      After walking through the garage door I was outside and there was a small electric fence I had to hop over. Then I recall looking at the lawn and thinking that I knew exactly where I was, I thought I was in the town I grew up in and the lawn looked very familiar. In the center of the lawn was a bright red jacked up truck. It was a lawn decoration and there was a sign placed on the truck. I did not read the sign and I looked to my left where there was a road. Parked on the road was a huge monster truck. After looking at the truck for a little bit I turned back around to my right and without realizing it the garage I walked out from had disappeared and was replaced by another two bay garage. I remember seeing a really nice road bike on display inside of the garage and I floated over to it. I remember inspecting the bike then as I got to the bag that was sitting above the seat, almost like a backrest it had a logo on it which I tried to read. The logo said in a very nice design New Persona and after looking at the bike a little longer my dream quickly faded, it was nearly instant and it felt almost like my REM cycle had ended. I was not excited and I do not think my excitement etc. was the reason for this dream ending.

      The entire feeling I had through the dream was "this is awesome" the dream was full of very high detail and lasted for what felt like 5-10 minutes. It was a lot of fun and a relief after not having one for some time.
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    5. First WILD Experience (Layer2 LD) -> False Awakening -> Layer 1 LD

      by , 05-28-2012 at 02:56 PM (WILD Dream Journal)
      This is a very exciting entry for me, I've been attempting WILD for about 2 weeks now, taking naps almost every day for practice only to get halted at imagery, but all the sleepless nights and naps paid off last night

      Last night began normally, I woke up after each REM cycle and after my 2nd REM cycle I attempted WILD
      At first I reached the patterns and began having conscious thoughts soon after. After attempting it I was unable to fall back asleep. I went downstairs and spent about 30 minutes on the computer watching lucid dreaming videos on youtube and as I became tired again I made my way upstairs and attempted WILD for a second time.

      After reaching the imagery for a second time I recall having a few conscious thoughts that passed and soon all my thoughts were remaining passive, the last thought that I had was "this is a wild" and soon after I felt like I was falling through my bed, the feeling was unmistakable and I immediately became aware that I had transitioned into a dream. My awareness remained crystal clear and I recall saying "clarity" out loud continuously. At this point I felt like I had awareness of my body still in bed and during my entire lucid dream I was imagining that I was mumbling in my bed and my girlfriend was talking to me trying to wake me up.

      While I had this awareness my feelings began changing from a falling sensation to a rising sensation. Soon after, my vision was encompassed with a vast rolling mountain range that had meticulous landscaping, all the grass was perfectly mowed and there were rectangular boxes that had planted flowers filled with vivid colors all though the mountain range, my vision began rising uncontrollably almost like a Hollywood movie camera that is on a rail.

      At some point when I was repeating clarity to myself my dream split into slides and the dream became separated in layers by colors, at this point I had the feeling that I was losing my dream but the slides pieced back together and formed an even clearer picture. The level of detail I experienced in this dream was incredible!

      My view peaked and the camera began to roll down and to the left slowly, at this point I began thinking again that I was losing my dream. It took a fairly long time but I after a struggle to stay inside my dream I found myself waking up and talking to my girlfriend about my experience, she was telling me how she could hear me mumbling and attempted to wake me up. I was discussing my experience in detail with her for awhile and after discussing the details I recall moving away from her and there were other people that showed up within my dream.

      At this point I instantly recognized this as a false awakening because I thought to myself that I should be in my room and there should not be anyone else in the room. As I realized this I said "clarity" to myself again and my whole dream scape turned to a pure white backdrop (I sleep with a light canceling mask) and shortly after I woke up in my bed and confirmed that I was not talking to my girlfriend previously.

      This was a truly amazing experience and I am looking forward to expanding my control within my dreams!
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