side notes

I need to start writing in my bedside journal. I can remember that I dreamed when I wake up, but I'm too tired to write it down. This takes a little more commitment than I figured, but it's worth it. Just like a good golf shot...lol.

I had a dream, but I don't remember it. I did when I woke up, but I forgot to write it down.

Conditions:
Fell asleep: 12:00 am
2400 mg of Omega 3-6 Fish Oil

COMMENT LUCID NON LUCID DREAM SIGN

It seems that the fish oil is working well. I am able to recall at least a fragment of a dream almost every night.

I am at a school of some type. Somehow, I've gotten into disfavor with the leadership of the school as well as some of the tough guys at the school. I am constantly threatened physically, but I buck up, and face it. I get into several fights, all of which are a blur, but I seem to do well. I have a hard time moving my arms to make a fist and punch, but my rhetoric seems to work just as well. I'm tagged as the bad boy, and put under house arrest. If I don't mend my ways, I'll end up in jail. Sorry, I don't take to bullies, so I continue. I push people to the edge, and attack my enemies with my fists.

The source of this dream is obvious to me. Yesterday I wrote a very passionate letter talking about the terrible state our country is in. I was extremely agitated as I wrote, pissed off by OBama, Pelosi, and Reed. The devil's triad. This dream is a representation of me fighting back against a government that is slowly but surely taking over every aspect of our lives, and ruining our country. This is my opinion, please don't rebut it. It has nothing to do with anything but to form the basis of my dream. If you disagree, so be it, but this is not the forum to argue.

Conditions:
Fell asleep: 1:00 am
2400 mg of Omega 3-6 Fish Oil

COMMENT LUCID NON LUCID DREAM SIGN

Had only a notion of one dream. When I tried to focus on it, it went away, leaving me remembering the feeling of knowing, but not knowing.

I just noticed that my air conditioner puts out isochronic tones in about the 2 to 3 hz range. Basically it's "humming" 2 or 3 times a second. I can look at the clock with a second hand, and count them. Not sure what part of the unit is doing this, as the base frequency is pretty low. I don't think this is uncommon, and would explain why people like the sound of the air conditioner or central fan to sleep. Cool.

Conditions:
Fell asleep: 11:30 pm
2400 mg of Omega 3 Fish Oil before bed

COMMENT LUCID NON LUCID DREAM SIGN

I used my normal routine last night, really hoping to become Lucid. Alas, no luck.

However, I stumbled across something. I created a 30 minute Isochronic beat track mixed with Pink noise. I started at waking frequency, and descended slowly to NREM frequency with a long stop at the REM frequency. The pink noise in the backround caused a beating sound similar to that of a helicopter, but softer. The purpose of this track was to put me to sleep in 30 minutes. But something amazing happened....

As I was listening, I found these "whooshing" sounds to be fascinating. I concentrated on them.

What I found was that I almost succeeded in WILDing!

As the frequency descended, I found myself in that state where you are on the brink of sleep, and your subconscious mind starts strange threads that make it up to your conscious mind. I think this is called "Transition". They seem strange, which caused me to recognize that I was beginning to dream. I could not fixate on that and turn it into a WILD, but I'm new at this, and feel that in the future, I certainly could.

I can't wait to try it again tonight! If anyone is interested, let me know, and I will post it. I would be curious to see if anyone gets the same results.

I tried to WILD yesterday after work using a nap. I was already tired, so it seemed like a good idea.

I had dinner, took my normal medicine, and then settled down for a nap at around 7pm. My intention was to try this for about 2 hours. The plan was to listen to some Isochronic tones to help me fall asleep (30 minutes), and then have some Binaurals take over in the 7 hz range, and finally a dream trigger to bring me to lucidity. The goal was to actually never fall asleep, but concentrate and move directly into the dream state after 30 minutes.

I did fall asleep, but that was it, I stayed asleep. Even when I knew I should wake up, I decided to go back to bed.

In doing so, I had a series of chained (sort of) dreams. I got up several times during the night (I think the dream trigger was still active, going off every 90 minutes).

Fall asleep, I am at a college. it is a party atmoshpere. Lots of night lighting (all white), but still clearly night. The whole campus is having one big party. I wander around, running into some friends occasionally, and saying hi. I am with friends, but they change who they are throughout the dream, and I'm never really sure. I just know I am with friends.

At some point, the party gets out of hand. People start to get violent. Things are being broken, and people are turning against one another. I run into a cousin. She is very sexy. I wish to have sex with her. She has the same desire. We move to a back room, but are interrupted. It's her boyfriend/husband. I am very bummed out. This guy was a geek in high school! (I'm in college, why is this guy there). He doesn't seem to care what she was going to do. Wake up, bathroom.

Fall asleep, I am back in the same arena, but things have gotten much worse. My wallet, car, cell phone have been stolen. People are walking around with guns, shooting at other people. I am afraid. What am I going to do? How do I get back home? The school is deep in the woods. Someplace I have been before that is far away, and hard to get to. My father suddenly appears. He is drunk and mad (he's never either). He yells at me for something. Not sure what. I run away. Wakeup.

Fall asleep, I am back again. This time I am running with my friends from place to place trying to find my wallet. I run into several black girls. They want to entice me into sex. I follow one of them. It is a trick! They are trying to trap me and keep me locked up! I sneak out by pretending I am not interested in sex. Suddenly my cousin appears. She is ready to go. She presents, and I am gleeful. Again, her boyfriend shows up, but he just wants to watch. I don't know if we started or not, but suddenly I notice she has a long tiger like tail. Hey, that's weird! Then I realize she is a demon of some sort. I run away. At some point, I see her with her boyfriend/husband. He is entrapped by her and her tail, and cannot escape. We feel sorry for him. Wake up.

Fall asleep, Now I am running with more fervor. Something catastrophic has happened. It is global. I don't know what it is. Suddenly flood water appears. We panic. We've got to get out! We see others who don't seem to care. To heck with them! I find a phone and call 911. I somehow get some sort of global command center. I ask what is going on. They say in a very depressed tone that it is happening all over the world. They do not know when they can get to me to help. I hang up in a panic.

I grab a bag of drugs which has been confiscated (don't know why) and run. They chase, but only a little. We get into a Hummer type vehicle just as the flood water picks us up with every other vehicle. We watch ourselves and the other cars move at the will of the flood water, which is moving very fast. We hold on as the ride gets wilder. A turn is ahead. The car in front of gets around it. We get around it, but others are flipped over. (This sounds A LOT like "The Day After Tomorrow").

We finally reach dry land, and I start walking home. I am alone. It is dusk. I will have to walk the equivalent of 180 miles to get home. No one is on the road. I wonder how I am going to get there with just my clothes and no money, cell phone, or wallet. Wake up.

This was a very interesting dream. Lots of danger and sexual desire.

Conditions:
2400 mg of Omega03&6 Fish Oil (JBB)
1000 mg Vitamin B6 (JBB)
Two McDoubles and a Sprite Zero(BB)
Checked hands during the day (DD)
Played on DV forum (DD,BB)
Inner Awerness for 30 minutes (Isochronic descending)
Binaural at 7hz Beat, descending Base from 200 hz to 95 hz over 30 minutes
Alarm at 90 minutes
Fell asleep: 7:30pm
WBTB: Several times.

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JBB=Just before bed after 9pm
AB= At bedtime 11:30pm
BB=Before Bedtime after 5pm
DD=During the day between wake and 5pm

Another total failure.

Tried to listen to "Inner Awakenings" an isochronic tone sequence. Total freaked me out. I can't describe it, but it was unpleasant, and disturbing. Won't do that again! Well, maybe during the day when I don't "have" to sleep. It was pretty freaky.

Also tried to WILD using an alarm. It just pissed me off. I can't WILD at this stage, unless it's only very slightly awakened...

Earbuds are getting annoying. Need some speakers instead. Losing faith in binaural and isochronic beats. Ironically, our air conditioner sets up isochronic beats of about 3 to 5 hz. Not sure why it does that, but it's relaxing as hell. Perhaps its mixing problem with the program I am using.

I am using Gnaural. Maybe there's just too much beat amplitude and not enough pink noise amplitude. I should try to mimic my A/C, then I can vary the beat frequency as I want.

Going to try a new one tonight. It's a form of DILD, but I'm going to use a "dream trigger" like Nova Dreamer. But this on is going to be audible. Hope it works!!!!

Conditions:
1200 mg of Omega03&6 Fish Oil (JBB)
1000 mg Vitamin B6 (JBB)
20 ounces of Apple Juice (BB)
Checked hands during the day (DD)
Played on DV forum (DD,BB)
Inner Awerness for 30 minutes (Isochronic descending)
Alarm at 4.5 hours in and ever 5 for 20 then stop

Fell asleep: 1:30am
WBTB: ???

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JBB=Just before bed after 9pm
AB= At bedtime 11:30pm
BB=Before Bedtime after 5pm
DD=During the day between wake and 5pm

Very disappointed. No LD tonight. Dreamt, but no recall. Beginning to think that audio stimulus during sleep is not very useful. If the body shuts off (e.g. sleep paralysis), then sound is deadened as well. I have experienced this. As I wake up, sounds go from almost inaudible to regular slowly. So, sounds during sleep would have to be a specific volume to get through without waking up. Going to look online for a sleep mask that detects REM sleep. If anyone knows of one, please let me know. Maybe this would help. Also thinking about buy "SleepPhones". Anyone have any experience with those?

Conditions:
1200 mg of Omega03&6 Fish Oil (JBB)
1000 mg Vitamin B6 (JBB)
20 ounces of Apple Juice (BB)
Checked hands during the day (DD)
Played on DV forum (DD,BB)
Subliminal dreaming MP3 from DV site on repeat

Fell asleep: 3:30am
WBTB: 8:00am

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JBB=Just before bed after 9pm
AB= At bedtime 11:30pm
BB=Before Bedtime after 5pm
DD=During the day between wake and 5pm