• Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views




    View RSS Feed

    Xanous' Dream Journal

    Headlights

    by , 01-12-2013 at 10:19 AM (570 Views)
    WBTB - I woke naturally at 3:30AM but I was so tired that the thought of an extended WBTB was horrendous. My alarm went off at 4:00AM. I woke naturally again around 4:30. I got up long enough to take aids and then did some SSILD.

    Aids - 50MG Caffeine, 100MG B6 (I swear I thought I got up and took 5MG melatonin but I think it was a dream.)

    Tech - I had a hard time going back to sleep. I switched from SSILD to meditation to WILD attempt to SSILD. I was in an out of consciousness and had a few non-lucid dream fragments. I felt restless. Finally at 6:13AM I wake from a brief DILD.

    Notes - I am not sure what happened here but I went way past my usual 45-60 min window. Maybe it was the lower dosage that kept me from being too awake to not be able to fall back to sleep. I think tonight I would do better to get up at 3:30 and see if I can avoid the wakefulness. I found it very distracting. I think next time (when there is slight wakefulness) I should just go for straight WILD attempt through the whole thing.

    This dream was a bit of a failure but it was a valuable learning experience.

    117 - Headlights - DILD

    I find myself in my car, backing out of my driveway. I notice a car passing down the street behind me. As I wait for it I see the headlights pass in front of me. I think maybe it was a reflection of the glass at first but then I remember something. "I am dreaming!"

    In an instant, the dream collapses and I find myself in a FA in my bed. I am not sure but I think I felt very mild vibrations. I stand up but the dream is unstable. The dream environment it swirling and dark. I look at my hands and rub them. All physical sensations are vivid but all I can see is my hands and blackness beyond. My vision is like I am drunk. I begin to feel rushed and a little frantic to get this dream going. (Looking back I realize that I need to start calming myself more and taking my time. I always forget my basics.)

    I had intended to do the the basic TOTM but for some reason I have the Rome TOTY in mind. Being impatient I decide to try and change the scene again. I spin around in place for several rotations and extremely fast. I stop and relax myself. Almost against my will I stiffen like a board and fall over to my back like a cut tree.

    As I float in the black void, I tell myself to wake up in a Roman Colosseum. I open my eyes but find myself in another FA. I try to get up out of bed but this time I slide horizontally to my right. The blankets stick to me like glue for a moment. I calmly will it away.

    Now I am standing. I am frustrated and decided to just see what happens when I meditate in a lucid. I remember that since reading Robert Waggoner's book, I have wanted to try it. I close my eyes and calm myself. I do the traditional "OOOOOMMMMM." I begin to get very strange sensations. Like my body is breaking up and becoming wave energy. I take this as the dream breaking up and I think I am waking. I give up and lose concentration.


    I find my non-lucid self standing in my bedroom doorway walking in. I see a strange, large, brown insect flying in front of me. I try to get closer to study it. At that point I remember something and instantly wake. I wait for DEILD but it is no use.
    CanisLucidus likes this.

    Submit "Headlights" to Digg Submit "Headlights" to del.icio.us Submit "Headlights" to StumbleUpon Submit "Headlights" to Google

    Categories
    lucid

    Comments

    1. CanisLucidus's Avatar
      Congratulations on the lucid! You sure do wind up back in bed a lot in these. If you can only start building up a schema that your bedroom closet door leads to this amazing lucid dream lab w/ all kinds of teleportation and time traveling gear, you are going to be all set for Task of the Month forever.

      I'm also slowly trying to convince myself to stay cool when things don't go quite my way in-dream. I'm still easily spooked during an LD and I can often collapse the whole thing if I'm not careful. You actually managed to avoid doing that in spite of feeling so fretful.

      It's funny, but it had never occurred to me how confusing it would be if you started dreaming about taking some lucid aid. Heh. That's a good argument for getting everything out and ready the night before. I find this to be pretty much a must if I'm doing anything with galantamine anyway since there are several similar-looking capsules involved.

      I know that you considered it a failure, but that meditation at the end sounds like kind of a cool experience!
      Xanous likes this.
    2. Xanous's Avatar
      Thats a cool idea about the closet. Ill get there eventually. I guess the end was pretty cool. I think in dream meditation might be a valuable tool.
      CanisLucidus likes this.