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    Love triangles and 3StepTasks

    by , 08-25-2013 at 02:03 PM (848 Views)
    Date: 25th Aug

    Pre bed: Gingko, Q10, peppermint oil capsule

    Total sleep time: 7 1/2 hrs

    Dream quality and recall: Vivid, bright colors, some positive moments, some annoying ones, evading recall

    Fragment: Some kind of reddish cliffs (similar to AF, but no water)

    Fragment: We are in school and there is some activity all of us are participating in. There are mostly sweaters on the desks with numbers on each pile. Each student is assigned a number and we are supposed to take the pile with our number somewhere.

    Dream: I meet my special friend and he is very friendly. We sit somewhere and he tells me all kinds of details about his life. Later on, I am at our old home and I can see him in the building in front of ours as he calls me on the phone. I pick up and my voice is barely coming out, I excuse myself but I know the reason is that I am feeling this strange way again...We arrange to meet.

    I wake up super happy, but sleepy and decide I will just review in head instead of taking notes.

    Dream: I am with my friend again. He is involved with an organization that brings poachers to the top of a hill, but the activity stops after they are discovered. There are no consequences for him. Later we are somewhere talking and he tells me he is working for some sort of zoo. I can't believe it! I actually think this must be fate that he is working for a zoo and I like animals so much. As he tells me about the zoo, I begin seeing images of animals, he says they have over a hundred pandas there and I reply that's impossible, then contemplate on the structure of the place.

    We go in this place which has a classical history exhibition. There are huge statues of Greek gods and special effects in each hall. The two I remember are different type of rain that is falling down in the rooms, one next to a statue of Zeus. I worry about my hairstyle due to the rain. We continue our tour and my bf appears to my left. My friend is holding my hand and I wonder about this, he has a gf and we are very good friends in dreams. Three of us stop in a corridor and my friend makes some remarks about us that seem to make my bf jealous. He also comments on his temper. I didn't expect my friend to behave like this and move closer to my bf, each guy is separated by his own window frame.

    Fragment: I am in front of grandma and bf's mom who looks like a mix of a teacher of mine and unknown people is recommending some dates for me to travel. I don't want to do this. There was something else as well, I can't remember. My classmate appears and makes a few jokes that improve my mood. Then we are all supposed to listen to the anthem but I couldn't care less. People disapprove of my behavior.

    Dream: FA, I am journalling about the previous dream, trying to put the dates from the previous dream down, but the calendar is missing the dates. In the meantime, bf is behind me reading the journal and I feel a bit embarrassed.

    Dream: Grandma is sleeping and I am sleeping on her, she changes positions, and I am careful not to wake her up. I have a look at her legs and think about how well she always looked. Then see some veins and other stuff and wonder about age. There is some sort transparent plastic bra/shirt that is filling with blood and I tell grandma who is now awake to take it off. My dad comes to help drain the blood off the device. It looks more like passata and we get into a discussion about what exactly is going on. We have to smell the stuff, now in a cup to confirm what it is, it smells like chicken broth.

    LD: I am in my other grandma's kitchen and become lucid. There's a smart looking DC, blond hair, bright clothes, and I say a few words to him. My mind is kind of foggy as I can't remember any tasks I am supposed to be doing. I ask him for help with advanced TOTM and he looks pretty confident and starts walking around supposedly to show me what I should do. I can't remember the advanced task at all! I rely on him to tell me and he says something like "fire". Hmmm, I know there was something related to fire, but still can't remember, was it burn someone's house down or what? I am not sure I want to do this.

    Anyways, I move to the next room, which exists only in dreams, it's full of brightly colored objects and number of DCs but I don't take a closer look. I finally remember I have to do the three step task for the competition. Phase. No, interact with DC, ok, already did that. Next one is phase, keep your eyes open. There is a wall but I don't want to go through it as I may end up in the void, so I decide to go through the glass door just next to it. The patterns on the door are such that one only vaguely sees the room and stuff behind it. Keep the eyes open, I remind myself and push forward. As I do, the blurred shapes behind the glass door become sharper in front of my eyes as I get in the room. Absolutely cool effect, I am thinking! I recall CL's enhancing dream vividness tech too, but am not sure how to proceed about it. The dream is quite vivid and stable anyways.

    Now in the room, I see two Korean women reading a newspaper. I have a look at what's written there and think about how I am going to describe it. It looks like Korean, yet it isn't as the letters as different. I am beginning to feel exhausted, some sort of weakness plus heaviness in the head, so decide to move on. What was I supposed to do next? Advanced summon, I am thinking about summoning something extraordinary. I am looking out the window while I do this, see the skyline of some unknown city. The idea was to summon Angel Falls, but I feel like dream control is very hard in this place. Yet, the moment I think about the waterfall, right in front of my eyes and in the distance of the city appears a large structure of falling water. I concentrate on it and start manipulating it to make it Angel Falls but get something like a long protruding towards me half of a bridge and the water turns to shredded material that is waving in the wind in my direction.

    I am still not sure whether that counts as advanced summon, so look in the other direction where there are yellow trees and see if I can make some special effects appear there. I almost zoom out of the room as I do that, but the dream seems to be fading away so I go back the way I entered and head to the living room. This place still has the layout of my grandma's place. As I go down the corridor, I hear a roar-like sound and think to self "Nooo", anticipating an unpleasant surprise. I cautiously approach the living room only to see an old slightly overweight Thai man trying to fall asleep on the couch. His wife is also there talking to him. He tells me something about me having eat to the fish he cooked and being offended. There's a small piece of fish next to a piece of carrot on the chair and I taste it, tastes like poached salmon. I then go into the kitchen thinking what to do now, having the impression this dream is generally very stable and control might be hard. I compare this to sivanson's cities in the astral and wonder if this is something similar where they might have imposed restrictions on gravity. The dream slowly fades.


    I wake and rush to take notes.

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    Comments

    1. Highlander's Avatar
      Congrats on the lucid and the attempt at summoning.

      I must admit out of all my general and lucid dreams I don't ever recall tasting something, from what I can remember - I will have to try this.
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    2. NyxCC's Avatar
      Thanks!

      You should definitely give it a try, especially since you get a lot of lds in your home. Good luck and enjoy the meal!
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    3. CanisLucidus's Avatar
      Good job there, Nyx! Nice lucid. I can see how this whole 3-step task idea could really improve prospective memory. Your summoning, even if it didn't do exactly what you wanted, was very advanced in this one. The fact that you could get a waterfall going while you were looking right at its spot is very promising indeed.

      The trip through the glass door was a great effect, too! Pretty cool that the dream was already so vivid that you couldn't imagine it getting any clearer or more stable. Great place to start!
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    4. NyxCC's Avatar
      Thanks CL!

      Yeah, it's pretty good I managed to recall all tasks from my 3ST. However, I feel like I still need to go back to basics and 1) review my semi-permanent stuff on the fingers during day 2) browse those flashcards from time to time. Did I tell you about the app I use flashcards deluxe and I found a way to add photos? Very useful for studying languages or for keeping track of tasks. Or one can use paper cards, but my brain seems to react better when there is clicking, etc involved (small amounts of dopamine) .

      Your summoning, even if it didn't do exactly what you wanted, was very advanced in this one. The fact that you could get a waterfall going while you were looking right at its spot is very promising indeed.
      I really hope my short practices of visualization are helping with this too. The improvement is slow, but I think it's worth it. The direct view summon is quite hard as you have expectations messing up things, but if one has prepared a bit in advance, then maybe it is easier. Will have to continue testing.
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      Updated 08-27-2013 at 07:03 PM by NyxCC
    5. CanisLucidus's Avatar
      Oh, that's cool! You'd mentioned the app and we'd wondered whether it might support images and stuff... well, there you go! Sounds like it does then! That's perfect. Do you have a cycle going for all 7 tasks of the year? Since I can only remember one or two at a time, maybe this is what I need. I need to figure out some way to work in reminders of the rules, too, so I don't get confused trying to remember whether I'm supposed to be taking the elevator to the top of the Empire State Building or turning into King Kong and climbing to the top.

      I agree that the visualization practice is probably helping you out here! I tend to believe that visualization and summoning are very tightly coupled and improving one is bound to help the other.
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    6. NyxCC's Avatar
      Do you have a cycle going for all 7 tasks of the year? Since I can only remember one or two at a time, maybe this is what I need. I need to figure out some way to work in reminders of the rules, too, so I don't get confused trying to remember whether I'm supposed to be taking the elevator to the top of the Empire State Building or turning into King Kong and climbing to the top.
      Well, my general approach is less is more. I have only one active deck that I review (but I keep some notes and future ideas on another one), with currently 2 TOTYs, the tasks from my fingers and two simple ones for inspiration. I think if I keep it more or less constant and less cluttered, it will be easier for my subcon. I type the task "jump from top of AF" for example, then include a pic. Or just copy paste the TOTM/TOTY but maybe make it a bit shorter using keywords. Very simple.

      I agree that the visualization practice is probably helping you out here! I tend to believe that visualization and summoning are very tightly coupled and improving one is bound to help the other.
      To self: Yep, got to keep it up!
      CL: I think we might have Highlander on board soon! That means even more motivation for visualization!
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    7. Highlander's Avatar
      To self: Yep, got to keep it up!
      CL: I think we might have Highlander on board soon! That means even more motivation for visualization!
      Yes, visualize like a boss!
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