dream habitat

[cygnus]

i'm sure all of you know what a dream sign is and have possibly identified some of your own. i've been doing something based on this idea to become lucid - for me it's been much more reliable than RCs. nothing really new.. or original.. but take a look... there is a location we can associate with many of our dreams, which is a recurring theme - something that our dreaming attention periodically returns to, like a home base. i'm calling this a dream habitat ...... let me give you my example - here's some background... in my first LD i was stuck in a jacuzzi with the top closed shut and i discovered that i could breathe underwater. i then moved into an ocean full of living things and swam through it while breathing regularly. i grew up very close to the pacific ocean and went to the beach a lot. in one of my most vivid LDs i suddenly found myself floating off the shore of one of my favorite beaches. i was very aware right from the beginning and it gave me a great feeling to be mentally back at that location. many of my dreams involve a body of water - sometimes a lake or a pool, and sometimes even a room filled with water. several times during the day, and most importantly before bed, i look at an image of a body of water or visualize such a place (the background on my laptop is a picture i took of a beach in oahu, so this is the last thing i see before sleep). i repeat to myself "in my dreams i will go to a place next to the water. i will realize i'm dreaming and i will look at my hands to stabilize." i resolve to do this and i see myself becoming lucid. ..... your dream habitat should be a place you actually would want to go to. so in this sense it isn't necessarily a dream sign because you choose to go there, but in either case your mind is drawn to it. over time the location should become increasingly associated with lucidity. wooohoo!

[Zelkova]

I always want to go to a grassy field with flowers (not in a gay type of way, the flowers spread so it more natural then the "cover with flowers" kind of image), and there a single tree with a good amount of shade. The sky is cover with clouds so the sun is never too bright but it a warm day. I think I want to dream of this place as I always seem to be stuck somewhere in life and just want to be free for the day worrying about nothing and just lay in the grass. Is it possible to daydream in a dream? I kinda want to do that.

[Naiya]

Here's mine from the outside: And the inside:

[RockNRoller123]

Here's mine from the outside: Oh my God! I've hid inside that exact thing in the same surroundings in a dream before. The interior was different though.

[CanceledCzech]

Mine seems to be my house.

[Hercuflea]

i have like 4 my grandmas house my old high school cafeterias in general (idk why) and my college

[cygnus]

it's good to be specific and identify a theme. what i said about looking at a picture is just a way to reinforce this. i look at a beach brainflooder video before bed for example, as well as thinking about lucidity when i'm at the beach. most importantly, stick with one phrase and see yourself becoming lucid in that location. this should be your last thought as you're falling asleep.

[Baron Samedi]

Naiya, did you draw that second picture? I have a dream habitat: The Moon.

[Naiya]

Oh my God! I've hid inside that exact thing in the same surroundings in a dream before. The interior was different though. Hehe, well this is a picture of the older "desktop theme," if you will. Naiya, did you draw that second picture? I have a dream habitat: The Moon. No, I wish I could draw that well! I found it on the internet--it's based on the original interior, but at a different angle than the show usually had so you can see some of the other rooms. The TARDIS has an almost infinite amount of rooms, and I've gotten lost inside it in many LDs!

[Baron Samedi]

Hehe, well this is a picture of the older "desktop theme," if you will. No, I wish I could draw that well! I found it on the internet--it's based on the original interior, but at a different angle than the show usually had so you can see some of the other rooms. The TARDIS has an almost infinite amount of rooms, and I've gotten lost inside it in many LDs! What is the TARDIS?

[Naiya]

What is the TARDIS? I'm so glad you asked. The TARDIS comes from a British sci-fi show called Doctor Who. The TARDIS itself stands for Time And Relative Dimensions in Space. But in short, it is both a spaceship and time machine, and it is bigger on the inside than the outside.