Good morning, everybody. Dream #1 I was sketching out notes on a piece of notebook paper for some blog entry I was getting ready to write. I had a few odd lines scribbled out, and some scratched out lines. I either wrote down or had already written down the letter "W," and put a circle around it. Dream #2 I was out on some concrete walkway in front of a building like a college dorm. It was daytime. A girl who I probably looked up to and had a crush on was in front of me, doing some stretching exercises. The girl had dyed-auburn hair and slightly tan, really smooth skin. She was fit, but not skinny, with full, smooth arms. She wore a pink and blue exercise shirt and grey, tight exercise pants. The girl went into a low lunge, with her left leg stretched way back behind her and her right knee tucked under her chest. But then she did some weird kind of twisting motion with her torso so that her left (?) arm was stretched out forward and flat on the ground, and her head was twisted so that the right side of her face rested on her left arm. As the girl was doing this, she was telling me how she was thinking of quitting the pilates lessons she was either giving or taking. She was giving me some reasons for this. It may have had to do with money. She was telling me all this as if I were kind of a little kid. Dream #3 I was in an apartment. All the lights were off, except in the bathroom. The bathroom light shone into the otherwise dark living room, where I was sitting. I must have walked into the bathroom. There was a woman in there who was somebody like a fast food worker. I was going to ask her for some kind of help. But an Asian guy butted in front of me and started asking for stuff. I pushed past the Asian guy, trying to knock him over to let him know I was mad at him just butting in front of me. In the living room there was now a counter, like for a coffee shop. I knew the woman would eventually come back to the counter. So I just sat on the counter, waiting to be helped. I was then sitting in something like an elementary school desk. There may have been a book and backpack on the desk. I appeared to be studying. The Asian guy walked up to the desk. He took a look at the book I had on the desk. It was some kind of paperback of an Arthur C. Clarke novel. The cover art was of a dragon, with a red and a blue wizard on either side of the dragon, probably in a forest. I told the Asian guy that the book was by Arthur C. Clarke, and that the guy could read the book if he wanted. The guy looked a little shocked at my kindness. I told him that he could read any of the books I had. My bookshelf was right in the living room. But as I said this, the guy just grunted at me like I was an idiot and walked back into the bathroom.
I found it interesting how that first WILD came to be. I think it must've been the universe giving me a perfect fool-proof opportunity and me taking it: I wake up from a vivid dream that I need to write down. Writing it takes about 10 minutes, and I am awake just the right amount, then try to WILD, get there in just 5 minutes, and have the most amazing, most vivid dream, let alone a lucid dream, I have ever had EVER. I also found it very interesting that the imaginations I had in this vivid dream actually weren't as vivid as the physical reality of the dream as most other dreams are. Meaning I need to fix my theory: The theory now is that depending on how vivid and conscious you are in the dream, your imagination's vividness will stay the same but feel like it varies because you compare it to the vividness of the dream reality. Otherwise, your mind works relatively similar to how it works in waking life. You translate the things around you. Waking physical life is just collections of vibrations and frequencies that your senses process in order for the mind to understand it, just as in dream reality where you translate the vibrations and frequencies around you. The realities are relatively the same, only that in dream reality you function at a higher level because you know you can do anything. Another Observation: Everyone in that lucid dream was watching me in awe throughout the whole thing, unless they had a specific function in the dream, such as driving or teaching,etc. They would react to things the way I would best want them to react to things. They love it when I talk about my theories and things I am excited about, because I love talking about my theories and things I am excited about. They do not act on their own, unless I subconsciously expect or want them to. The WILD really revealed to me how everything and everyone really is just a projection, and how I am the real being there in control. If I were to compare that with something for better understanding, it's almost just like from Tron, where the programs have specific functions and can't think and plan, and where the users that come in can create, control, and do everything they please in this reality. The projections are lower than the user, and they know it. It's as if they look at me as a God, The dreamer of the dream they are involved in. You get what I'm saying? Very interesting. I would rant more, but that would take up this whole page because I'm just so ecstatic right now.
Forth DJ entry. I'm going to try to see if I can post everyday from now on. Its good to get into a habit. Anyway, I haven't posted in quite a while and because of that I also haven't really ade much progress in my LDing. I guess I just need to try harder. Some Things that I would like to implement regularly: - Regular Schedualed Dream Journal + DJ post on DV. - 3 types of Reality checks - Meditation - Vitamin B + Apple Juice (We'll see if this works ) Anyway I've got recall and my insomnia up to par so I'm good with that. Anyway, if anyone has any advice let me know. That's it for news today! - Cheers! August 30 - 31, 2011 - Duck Duck Goose in a Pagoda? Vividness: 5 / 10 Lucid?: No # of Dreams: 1 (With 2 Different Segments) Guide: [-] Lucid [-] Non - Lucid [-] DC talk [-] Notes Basically its a dream about my old class from grade 10. Its pretty bizarre considering the fact the dream was totally cluttered with random segments that made little sense what so ever. Segment 1 Hundreds of students were sitting under a hollow Asian style large Pagoda type of structure. The flooring was light hardwood and we all sat in a square like formation around the structure. Students were sitting on the floor and teachers were standing around in various places. The teachers told us to clap along with whatever clapping pattern they were doing. I was confused. I sat there and at first it seemed like the students refused such a dumb demand but as the clapping got louder (obviously more people joined in eventually), I realised that this wasn't a group clap but instead a giant game of duck duck goose only by pointing instead of touching someone. I sat behind S.D. and she was chosen. She then pointed at H.M. and he seemed to point at me but someone else got up and I became slightly embarrassed. Segment 2 The next thing I remember was a yellow memo being handed out to our class from my grade 10 teacher. We were in class having a discussion about aliens and some people said they believed they existed so just before we left we were given this memo. On the third paragraph it said "Oh and by the way, if anyone still believes in aliens visit this YouTube video." It was a short video with what I believe to be Jim Carey in it for some reason.
Dream Re-call issues. I start meditating last night to no avail. I woke up this morning with nothing but a blank memory where my dream should have been so I tried to lay as still as possible with my eyes closed and asked myself what I was dreaming about but nothing came to mind. If I'm correct it may have something to do with how long it takes me to fall asleep. I'm not under stress and I get around 8 hours of sleep every night so I don't understand why the dreams disappear upon opening my eyes. I used to be able to remember my dreams very well but the ability has gone away. I think the next step will be self-hypnosis and I will try my best to find some way to fall asleep quicker. I know it's unlikely but I'm hoping that the dreams may be so vivid that my brain is keeping them away from them. If anyone has a way to help me with self-hypnosis please feel free to PM me.
Quantiq's Progress Journal! Introduction Hi Everyone! I'm going to start posting my Dream Journal on Dream Views to show my progress in terms of dream vividness and maybe provide some entertainment to those of you who want to read. Basically, my dreams just consist of small fragments and they are not very vivid, however, I hope that I progress to the point where my dreams become entertaining. I will also post goals, stats, and other cool stuff to monitor my progress. If you have any advice for me, let me know! Tommorow's post will consist of my recent dreams and how I am progressing. Cheers for now!
Updated 07-28-2011 at 05:41 PM by 48659
I did not hear the first alarm, which was set to 4 am. I heard the second one at 5:30, but did not bother turning it off, since it was set to ring mildly anyway, and the snooze was turned off. That's when I had my first dream, Cool School. The second one was after I woke up at 7:00 am. It was cold and raining, so I went back to sleep. That's when I had my second dream, Enemy Allies. I woke up around 8:30 am, with the alarm. It was still cold, so although it was the last alarm to completely wake me up to work for the day, I went back to sleep, and dreamed my last dream for today, Summon Battles. I woke up around 10:30 am. I played MILD induction and autosuggestion last night when I slept around 12:00 am. I recall relaxing my body, but I fell asleep, like I usually do, before anything else. Which didn't really help, since I was supposed to visualize a scene. Or maybe I did, but that's when I fell asleep. The scene includes a guy I know, JA, on the beach, which is supposed to be a dream sign. Interestingly, based on some recent dreams, it's not JA who appears, but LM. It seems they interchange in my dreams for some reason. And instead of a beach, I only some some rivers, or situation near the sea. Tonight, instead of visualizing JA, I change it to LM. It will feel weird though, but at least I think I can visualize him better. And instead of a beach, I think I'll visualize a river populated with buildings and houses and factories. With some people. I'll record what happens tomorrow.
Looking at the last entry, you'll notice I'd long since abandoned my dreamwalking efforts. This was due to a combination of my (then) frustrating lack of success and the arduous business of last year's school work which made the preparation for sleep and dreams and the upkeep of a dream journal seem somewhat chorelike at a time when I didn't have the mental focus to spare. Now, having graduated and finished my PharmD, I find myself in a limbo between having graduated, obtaining licensure, and finding a job which leaves me with a lot of free time. I've been enjoying several fun, adventurous, and pleasant dreams the past few nights (the four quadrant pillars, the middle settlement, and being alarmed that the middle people do not actively defend themselves from the dangerous creatures from the pillars!), which remind me of my old lucid dreaming efforts. Being that my mental obligations are quite sparing and free time abound nowadays, I feel that it is my duty to return to pursuing mastery of my nocturnal subconscious, so starting tonight (or this morning I guess, I've been rolling into a 4AM-noonish sleep pattern) I'll be once more laying the groundwork starting with good-old simple dream recall. I don't know if I'll get around to finishing my last summary post or if I'll continue that practice going forward, but I'm going to take it easy and play things by ear for now.
I recall a small bit. I see a dog being scolded by his owner. He did something really bad, and his owner is pissed. Then, I recall seeing the dog get ready to run away. That's all I remember. NOTE: I've been successfully preparing to DEILD, but it's always around the time my brother wakes up at 5:30. This causes me to get disorderly, and I'm forced to move and open my eyes.
I can recall a small portion. I was in my homeroom at school. I sat at a different desk. Then, Ashleigh V. from another class came in with a guitarist. She sang "According To You" by Orianthi. Thys about all I remember.
Used 2mg of melatonin and 100mg of b6 last night to no effect. Dream recall was moderate at best, and the dreams i do remember kinda suck. This is just going to be an update.
Dream - Lucid So I finally slept last night. Like really slept, none of this waking up every hour bs and not being able to go back to sleep. As a result, I guess from sleeping so hard, I can't recall any dreams from the first half of the night, but I woke up once, turned the heat up and went back to sleep and had another dream that I can only recall bits and pieces of. It was a very long dream though. -I had some kind of surgery done that was supposed to help me to stop smoking of all kinds, weed and cigarettes. I had stitches in the middle of my right side, in between my ribcage and hips. The incision was horizontal. -At some point in the dream, I made out with this very butch lesbian I know in waking life. We were in a giant bed somewhere, and the room was dark. -I kept picking at and itching my stitches, and it made them feel all tingly. -I kept on having to pull huge wads of tar out of my mouth. It started off black, but gradually turned dark purple the more I pulled out. It seemed like no matter how much tar I would pull out, there would always be more. -There was someone in this dream that I kept trying to find, but for the life of me, I can't remember who it was.
The following recently occurred to me: A) This dream journal contains absolutely no privacy options. B) This dream journal now comes up as the second entry when you Google search for "SCPantera". C) Several of my dreams contain fairly dicey information that, while I have no mind towards anonymous people on the internet reading them, would rather not have people I know stumbling across this journal. Though regrettable, here's my plan as an alternative: I'm going to backup my dream journal entries on Word documents in my personal files on my computer and simply cross index the entries I'd rather not have public. Edit: And done. I elected to leave a few racier bits that I don't mind being public too much and stuck with only removing a couple sequences I thought were downright embarrassing. Hopefully this will allow my dream journal to retain some entertainment value without being too risky. I'm trying to decide if I want to put forth the effort to backup every entry. It would be a good idea, but may be time consuming.
Updated 08-25-2010 at 06:25 AM by 35086 (Addendum)
When my thoughts turn to last night's virgin lucid dream, I'm filled with a hungry excitement. It was an unspeakably amazing experience, so unique that I find myself regularly questioning whether it truly occurred but its my memory and my journal documentation of the event that are able to confidently quash such thoughts. I'm ravenously reading up on techniques on this site related to improving dream recall and methodology for dream signs and reality checks. I'll admit that my initial interest in lucid dreaming was casual and my effort thus far had been less than perfect, however these quick results have convinced me that the outcome is more than worth the effort. I leave tabs up with sections highlighted for quick review before I head to bed. These include: Dreamviews Lucid Dreaming Community & Resource - Dream Recall Focus your intent to wake from your dreams and remember them just before you lie down, and continue to repeat your intent to yourself as you approach sleep. Repeat to yourself over and over, “I will wake from my dreams and completely remember them.” If you find your thoughts wandering as you slip into sleep, reaffirm your intent. You want your last thought before drifting off to sleep to be of your intent to awaken from your dreams and remember them. http://www.dreamviews.com/f74/dild-d...id-dream-9423/ (I AM GOING TO REMEMBER TO RECOGNIZE THAT I AM DREAMING.) http://www.dreamviews.com/f74/lucid-...tutorial-1518/ Based on recommendations in the last link, on the 1st of each month I'm going to conglomerate a summary of the previous month's dreams to analyze for dream signs. Although I used to consider myself heavily stoic and secular, with a certain amount of pride in how firmly attached to reality (I thought) I was, I'm finding it thus quite ironic how easy it is to question reality. I'm finding that (improved) dream recall is helping a lot with this; it hasn't gone unnoticed how there was some heavy "dream-bleeding" into reality I experienced a few nights back with the oh-crap-I-cheated-on-my-wife dream--I seemed to think the events of the dream had actually occurred for several minutes into my waking life. I'd also like to remark on how easy I found dream control once lucid. I'm delighted that I was able to transition into it very naturally, though I imagine this was helped along by a confidence that this would be true. Another effort that I need to make going forward is to have something of a plan for each following lucid dream; last night I demonstrated a solid level of object control, next LD's focus will be more on environmental control. I was quite unprepared for what to do with my first LD. In my initial excitement, I neglected to pin down my environment and as a result there were some negative interaction between my environment and myself that served to shake my focus and concentration. In closing, I wonder if this is what drug abuse is like. Being a stoic pharmacy practitioner, the last thing on my mind is using external substances to achieve euphoria or non-reality states. It's crude, irresponsible, uncivilized, and pathetic. Lucid dreaming not only falls well outside this dogma, appearing considerably more transcendent, but additionally it seems to have virtually no adverse effects. “For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you long to return.” - Leonardo Da Vinci
NOTES in the Temple I become the temple I fly to earth and battle world monuments, the pyramids, eiffel tower, great wall, statue of liberty, mt. rushmore *** Mosh on the moon, face frozen in a trance WAKE UP! DUDE! I attack the hypnotist, and rip his brain out he laughs and says he doesn't need it Raven, Tigress, appear... other people too we follow the thread to the puppetmaster it's the Reptilian he says he is the Father of the Templars Naga MoSh appears he has a gold and silver crown on his head they do battle everything explodes into particles The Atom helps me make sense of everything a dark orb appears calling itself The Ancient Sun it says all destruction and evil emanate from it I laugh in its face it says it's the father of Solaris, his impudent son He tells us this long weird story about the Solar System he used to have the dream explodes, and I am dreaming many dreams at once
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