Thread: Pickman's DILD course workbook

Awesome awesome! Congrats on 3 LD's in one night Pickman!! Sweet!!

Very cool, Pickman! Congrats on the three LDs!

Thanks guys! Three in one night is a rarity for me.

I thought I should update, as it has been a while. No lucidity since the last one, but I have been keeping up with sleep routine, and I have been more thorough with the dream journaling. I have been analyzing the content of my non-lucid dreams, and figuring out the running themes that seem to be coming through. Hopefully this emphasis on recall and deliberate pondering of my dreams in waking life might lead to lucidity at some point.

They will come indeed! I can't promise that you will have another 3 LD night right away, but the LD's will come! When I was focusing particularly on dream signs and frequently reviewing my dream journal it definitely helped. At one point I was getting a lot of "this is a dream scenario" DILDs along with some specific dream sign DILDs.

Hi Pickman, I'm really happy to see your progress. Congrats on your recent triple play, those multiple LD nights are really fantastic when they happen! Reviewing dreams is a great day-practice, as it keeps the notion of dreaming fresh in your mind.

I realize I haven't active here for a while - life kind of got in the way, and my dream life has not been as active, but I did get one lucid dream in this week:

Zombies, goblins and teenagers. - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

Hopefully I can pick things up a bit this week. Thanks for the messages fogelbise and Frying Man, sorry I've only just noticed them!

No worries Pickman! It is good to see you around. Congrats on snagging another LD!! Let me know if we can help and we can put three LD'ing minds to work for you (counting yours of course!).

It's been a while, but I managed to get a lucid dream last night, just as I am starting to sort myself out in terms of my sleep routine: A Walking Dead dream - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

Life has kind of got in the way recently, and my sleep routine slipped. But I got back into it last night, and it seems to have yielded results already. Hopefully this is a good omen.

Good sleep comes and goes with the tides of life. Just keep up your preferred form of day practice and your self-awareness will be waiting for you when you can get in some good solid REM mixed with WBTB perhaps.

Originally Posted by Pickman

It's been a while, but I managed to get a lucid dream last night, just as I am starting to sort myself out in terms of my sleep routine: A Walking Dead dream - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

Life has kind of got in the way recently, and my sleep routine slipped. But I got back into it last night, and it seems to have yielded results already. Hopefully this is a good omen.

Congrats on the LD Pickman! A Walking Dead LD makes it doubly awesome!! I think I have only had one Walking Dead dream. It was a good while back and my recollection is that it was only semi-lucid if any lucidity was involved.

Thanks - I've had a few Walking Dead dreams, and that's probably because of a few coworkers who talk about that show every day.

I had another one last night, but it was so brief that it doesn't really warrant its own DJ entry. I woke up at 6am, went to the toilet, then struggled to get back to sleep. I found myself walking around in my bedroom at night, and I knew I was dreaming - I sort of "eased" myself into the dream state, so I somehow knew what was going on. All I did was walk over to the curtains and look outside. it was still night, but a lot darker than it would have been in waking reality.

I turned around and noticed that the light was on in the landing. I walked towards it, butI could feel my eyelids opening, and that's when I woke up.

A very brief LD, but a success nonetheless.

True, definitely a success! Even the short ones can add to your experience and help you down the road. Congrats again!

I realize I've neglected this thread for a while. I have since had five brief, lucid dreams which I haven't really had the time to post about in this forum.

I think I have basically figured out my own formula for success in lucid dreaming. I'll post it here on the off-chance that it is of use to someone.

First, improving recall is essential. In fact, I would consider it to be more important that reality checking or any of the other techniques (except for WBTB). This is from my own experience, but when I'm regularly writing down my dreams on waking, my recall increases and my chances of gaining lucidity also goes up.

Improved dream recall for me goes hand in hand with a good pre-bed routine. This means regular hours and no staring at a screen for at least one hour before turning in. Meditation straight before bed helps a lot, but other practices like yoga could improve the quality of sleep.

WBTB is the only technique that has consistently provided results. I don't set my alarm or anything, but sometimes I naturally wake up at around 4am. I make a point to get up, put the light on and look at my personal list of things I want to do in a lucid dream. I do this for ten minutes, then go to sleep. I'd say nine times out of ten I gain lucidity.

This is basically what I've learned since starting this thread. I'm sure that none of the above is new to experienced members, but maybe a newbie might get something from it.

I think I'm finished with this thread for now. I don't think it is going anywhere new or interesting. I will probably post on other parts of the board, maybe start one of the other courses, like the WILD one, since I haven't properly experimented with that technique. Thanks to fogelbise and the other DV members who posted encouragement on this thread.

Hi Pickman, you know I'll agree with you on the importance of dream recall: you can never have enough, and can always work on building it higher -- it is critical for LDing IMO. WBTB is awesome and frequently works for me as well (I need to do more of it!).

Best of luck, and feel free to come back and ask questions or make observations any time! I still write in my workbook from timer to time to make a note of important developments in my practice.

Very nice Pickman! If I have one piece of parting advice, it would be to keep engaged in lucid dreaming and don't let it fade into the rearview mirror. If you keep engaged, then a few years from now, you may have developed your practice into a mastery. Cheers Pickman and I hope to see you around the forums! Don't be a stranger!

Thanks - I will still come back to this thread occasionally to post DILD-related insights, but I will probably spend more time posting elsewhere on the forums.

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