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HanZartaC
Thank you so much for the warm welcome! I can tell I'm going to learn and make friends and have fun here at DV! :D
It is a great group of dreamers and you will fit right in! :)
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Yes I will start doing more RC's and try to imagine it being a dream. And I have a question about the RRC's, I think I'm doing it right, but I'm not sure. I usually just look around me and examine the environment and ask myself how I got here, where was I last (all the way to waking up), and where I'm going next. Is that right? Is there anything else than that? I will try to do these more frequently and correctly. And I usually do them quite randomly, but frequently.
This sounds about right. The short answer from my perspective is to really STOP and look around in wonder. For any RRC specifics I would encourage you to do a little back and forth on one of Sageous' threads (the expert) that covers it. If so, you could post your question here: http://www.dreamviews.com/wild/12557...mentals-q.html which is really long but lots of good reads especially if you look for Sageous' posts. But a simple shorter rundown can be found here: http://www.dreamviews.com/wild/13181...prep-part.html which may be the one that you read. It is in the WILD section but applies to DILD awareness work as well (I am not recommending WILD at this point unless you are highly motivated to).
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1.Is there a way or "rule" to doing RC's? When should I do them? 2.Is it whenever I see/do something in particular? 3.Or just as often as I can? It's easy to forget to do them, which I don't think would be helpful towards DILD.
(I added the numbers for ease answering) 1.Not so much about rules as a about a state of mind and pointers to keep in mind such as really imagining that you could be dreaming and then thinking about how you will react the moment that you become lucid (stop, look around, touch things and you can practice all these things if no one is around) Definitely check out this link and post some questions in there as well...good stuff: http://www.dreamviews.com/induction-...hecks-rcs.html 2.Depends on your focus but if you can do it both randomly approximately once an hour no matter what in addition to every time you pass through a door, into a different area, or other threshold that is great as well. For random alerts to remind me I use Awoken for Android. 3.The app I mentioned or similar app will help with that.
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Okay so when I went to bed yesterday I listened to some theta waves isochronic tones to relax, then I repeated the mantra: "I noseplug in my dreams and realize that I'm dreaming" over and over, but it was easy to forget because I was relaxed and tired. Then I tried to visualize myself at the beach in vivid detail, but like the mantra it was easy to lose track because I was relaxed and tired. I think I need a simpler mantra for daytime use and nighttime. It wasn't that easy to fall asleep because I was visualizing and repeating the mantra. Am I supposed to visualize and repeat mantra, then stop and try to sleep, or repeat and visualize until I fall asleep?
For DILD yes, do the visualization and mantra perhaps sitting up and then lay down and go to sleep. Shifting to laying down may be enough to put your mind into "go to sleep" mode. As far as feeling too sleepy, perhaps practice during the day both the mantra and visualization. You can also simplify your mantra to something like "I RC and realize that I am dreaming."
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Anyway, about two sleep cycles later I woke up naturally, which is a step in the right direction because I am a deep sleeper. I barely remembered a dream, only the setting and scene actually. It was a workplace, a building. Not very big, it was very modern architecture with white walls and a lot of glass and windows and light brown floor with spacious room. There were many rooms and stairs. It's hard to remember, but I'm pretty sure I was working there. I wrote it in my DJ and returned to sleep. About 5 hours later after I went to bed for the first time, I did the WBTB. I stayed up for about 5 minutes, I got a drink of water and went on DV to read about MILD. I then went to bed and listened to some beach waves, I tried to relax and repeat my mantra: "I noseplug in my dreams and realize that I'm dreaming" (a bit long, not sure) and then I visualized the beach again. I fell asleep easier this time then the first time trying to MILD. However I did not have a LD. I woke up later not remembering any dreams, but later throughout the day I remembered my dream, at least some of it. It was about my mom getting a phone call saying my grandmother had died, very unpleasant, which was a wake-up call to visit her more often :D
Good progress in here! If you had an LD already I would have been surprised but it may not be too much longer. :) But you should expect one, it helps to really expect one.
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Yes, I could definitely use some pointers and advice for recall and mantras. I think I should reconsider my mantras and how to use them. Any help with mantras and recall techniques would be very appreciated! :D Oh and do you have any other tips or advice towards my DILD/MILD attempt?
Thank you :D
See above on mantras and keep them present tense like you are doing. On recall try handwriting a recall mantra 30 times per day...adding 10 more the next day if no improvement and 10 less if you do see nice improvement. Something like "I remember my dreams." Whew...you wore me out a little with lots of questions...of course it is also getting late here so hopefully not too many typos. :)