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    TotM 2 days late.

    by , 02-02-2013 at 09:57 AM (567 Views)
    ToTM Two Days Late

    I recently made friends with Xanous who told me about SSILD. I read about it and tried it...or part of it. I was so tired I only read part of the instructions and could hardly remember them (not that it was complex).

    Either my discussion with Xanous or the SSILD technique...or luck, kicked me lucid last night. What do you know?

    I'm flying through a forest of pine trees, already lucid. I'm rarely lucid first thing in a dream unless it's a nap or something.

    There are many trees, and they aren't really spaced the way they would be in a forest. They seemed kind of even, though not. I was going too fast, but I wasn't afraid of hitting a tree, and I wasn't really in control of my flying.

    There came a momentary break in the trees, then they were back with the same odd density. I just let the dream take me.
    I knew Canis and Xanous were going to help me!

    Soon enough I come out of the trees and see a lake. Perfect! I'll try the Task of the Month!
    I looked up ToTM last night and landed on the one for January. I didn't think about that in my lucid.

    I need to freeze the lake. With absolutely zero belief, I tell it to freeze and move my hands in an unconvincing display of determination. The lake does not freeze. I tried again, and then I told it to freeze and put my hand in the water. That didn't work. I tried ice skating on the water to build my belief, but that didn't work.

    I saw some cars in the water. (driving of course) so I tried to catch up to them to do another optional ToTM. I needed to ask them to choose a number between 1 and 10 or 1 and 100 and see what they said. I forgot which were the numbers to ask. (I just read the task again and I was supposed to say, "I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 100. What number am I thinking?" so I didn't really get it right.)

    I then found a mean looking, bald guy with a big head. He looked like a biker. I don't know where he was sitting, but he was dry even though I was still on the lake. I think I asked him to pick a number. He told me to leave him alone. I started poking him in the face for being a shitty DC.

    Determined to do the ToTM, I left. I was now in a room. there were three people on a day bed with a bunch of small stuffed animals. They were much too old to be part of this pre-school scene. It was like an extension of the TV show they were watching with a little dog.

    I asked them what they were all doing and one of them said, "It's on TV." OK, whatever. So I turn and there are now more people in the room. I ask one to choose a number between 1 and 10, then correct myself to 1 and 100. The first guy says "Lama" or "Lama 15." I can't remember, but I didn't feel as though he gave me a number so I asked the next person. I was kind of upset that he was playing games with me. The next person gave me an answer like "R" and then something else. This really wasn't funny. I just wanted a number. I moved on but don't remember what the people were saying. It didn't make sense to me so I had a hard time remembering what they said.

    I may have realized that I got my answers anyway, so I decided to show off that I was lucid. I told everyone to watch me. I walked slowly and deliberately on another day bed and when I stepped off the bed, I slowly fell to the floor. Darn it! I wasn't flying well! I jumped and levitated poorly again. I kept trying, eventually using some baskets piled up to do a hand-stand, but not a good one.

    When I came down, I saw my wife. I thought I would ask her to pick a number between 1 and 100. Surely she would give me a good answer. Then I thought I should advise her that she could become lucid, but I decided to get her to answer my question first, only I woke up.
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    Updated 02-02-2013 at 10:08 AM by 41873 (Edited text color)

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    1. CanisLucidus's Avatar
      Ha! Congratulations on the lucid, Sandman! I saw this entry during my WBTB but needed to get back to sleep. I didn't wind up having an LD, so I'm here to live vicariously through yours.

      I have to say, your DCs are kind of a pain in the ass. Seems like the guy earned this:

      He told me to leave him alone. I started poking him in the face for being a shitty DC.
      It's cool that you had Task of the Month on your mind. February's should be coming soon, so that'll give you something else to practice your SSILD on.

      I'm glad that SSILD worked for you so well the first time. It delivered for me right away, too. Still wish that I could explain why it works. BTW, in case you missed it in the other thread, CosmicIron posted a somewhat updated version in mid-January with his latest guidelines. They seem pretty good: 宇宙の铁: Senses Initiated Lucid Dream (SSILD) Official Tutorial
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      Updated 02-02-2013 at 05:03 PM by CanisLucidus
    2. The Sandman's Avatar
      Thanks Canis! I'm really happy about it too. I joined on Jan. 31 of 2011, so this is the beginning of my fiscal year. What a great way to start!

      here to live vicariously through yours.
      Lol! Sorry your WBTB didn't work out Canis.

      It's cool that you had Task of the Month on your mind. February's should be coming soon, so that'll give you something else to practice your SSILD on.
      Talking to you and Xanous has gotten me on board for the ToTM. The problem is that I'm not good at any type of manipulation. My only dream powers are flight and phasing through objects. I'm also able to interact with DC's. I have had minor, minor luck with telekinesis, but no luck with fireballs, and I failed at the lake, as expected. I know that expectation killed it before I had a chance, but I need a technique in my dream...badly!

      As for the SSILD, I definitely will keep practicing, but I had other stimuli that likely kicked me lucid. Between talking to you, seeing your wings, making it my intention to get wings like you, giving it my attention (I haven't been putting enough attention to LDing, so attention is actually a possible "new" stimulus,) making friends with Xanous, seeing his wings, redoubling my decision to get wings, learning about SSILD, and trying it, then setting an alarm on my phone with my voice to give me a subliminal message--these are all little messages to kick me lucid.

      I keep a log of dreams that have been "infiltrated" by my alarm. This was not one of those times, but I'm keen on what kicks me lucid. In this case, I can't say it was SSILD; I will keep trying the technique however.

      CosmicIron posted a somewhat updated version in mid-January with his latest guidelines. They seem pretty good: http://He told me to leave him alone...g a shitty DC.
      Will you repost that link? I can't follow it.
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    3. CanisLucidus's Avatar
      Awesome, man, glad that we helped out in some way! In the end, it's your intention that does it, just like you said. All we can do is fire it up with all of our excited LD jibber-jabber. The rest is down to you.

      And don't worry about some parts of TotM being too difficult. Just getting in there and trying is the thing. Answering the bell. I failed utterly in September and October, but I kept going for it every night. The "failures" were all great LDs that forced me to confront the areas where my skills needed improvement. And that's all good stuff!

      As cheesy as it sounds, t's not really about the wings. It's about having something that you work toward with a bunch of other people and challenging yourself as part of a community. Getting winged is awesome, don't get me wrong, but having some particular challenge to focus on and discuss with others is the part that really excites me.

      LOL, sorry about the link. I really jacked that one up. Try this: 宇宙の铁: Senses Initiated Lucid Dream (SSILD) Official Tutorial
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    4. Xanous's Avatar
      Congrats on the lucid

      I'm glad we were of help! I also found the poking the DC in the face bit pretty funny. I really want to poke a DC in the face just for the fun of it now.
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    5. The Sandman's Avatar
      Canis,

      I agree that the wings are just a little bonus. The main thing is being lucid. Nothing like it! The community is next. I have a few friends that are really awesome. I want the wings this month because I'm afraid the other tasks will all require manipulation. Still, failing at the lake was pretty cool. I felt the water on my feet. I could skate on the water, but I couldn't freeze the lake. GRRRRRRRR! I didn't even think about it. I just figured if I could skate, maybe the lake would turn frozen. Instead I just water-skated.

      Thanks for the link. I actually found it in your reply to Xanous. Good to have it here though. I'll read up.

      @Xanous,

      The guy was scary too. I was kind of afraid, but I knew I was dreaming so that's what my prick-DC's get.
      Updated 02-02-2013 at 05:38 PM by The Sandman