Thread: Chris's notebook

Dream recall went way up last night; I remember one dream from the middle of the night, and another from right before I woke up. I've noticed my awareness has increased in dreams too, I thought much more about where I was.. not enough to become lucid, but it's a clear sign of progression. I've discovered a dream sign that has surfaced again from many years ago: my room. At least half my dreams involve me being in my room at some point. (Is this the kind of stuff I should be writing here?)

I apologize for the delay in responding. I am often AWOL on the weekend. Congrats on ramping up your recall.

Originally Posted by ThAtaInTmE

(Is this the kind of stuff I should be writing here?)

Absolutely. I would track things that you are trying so that you can refer back to them in the future. Additionally you can list any questions you have and I will do my best to answer them. May I ask what drew you away about a year ago?

No recall last night :\, probably because I didn't have time to focus on dream practice the day before.

Originally Posted by fogelbise

May I ask what drew you away about a year ago?

Forgetfulness and lack of motivation. It was more like 2 years ago, and it tailed off until 1 year when it kind of just ended.

As to questions I have:
How can I maintain a total awareness for a long(ish) period of time? It's not that it's too stressful, but I just forget to pay attention to being aware when I occupy myself with other things. It's likely just a matter of practice, but if there are any techs to facilitate this, I'd love to know.

If you could put a number on the importance of awareness in waking like (say... 1-10), what would you rank it at? I only ask this because it seems to be my greatest obstacle so far. However, before this, I never paid attention to awareness, and still could lucid dream so it makes me wonder.

Originally Posted by CJC

No recall last night :\, probably because I didn't have time to focus on dream practice the day before.

Do you have any little awakenings during the night typically? I'm now using a memory list system so I don't have to roll over and note anything during the night unless I really want to.

Forgetfulness and lack of motivation. It was more like 2 years ago, and it tailed off until 1 year when it kind of just ended.

That's common for the younger folks, but doesn't have to be the case for you. Mainly, I would suggest to just take things slowly considering that at your age a lot of things come up with school, tests, assignment, possibly applying for college or transitioning to the next stage in your life. If you can maintain even a minimal practice through all that, then great. If not, don't stay away from lucid dreaming for too long (like I did).

As to questions I have:
How can I maintain a total awareness for a long(ish) period of time? It's not that it's too stressful, but I just forget to pay attention to being aware when I occupy myself with other things. It's likely just a matter of practice, but if there are any techs to facilitate this, I'd love to know.

I really like Lidybug's thread: http://www.dreamviews.com/beyond-dre...rspective.html
I think being able to see myself from beyond me took me the next step in self-awareness. I also like reminding myself that I am "here" when doing RC's and with any day time practices by sometimes placing my hand or fingers on my face as I look around doing my RC or RRC...putting a little of myself into view and putting a little more self awarness into the process. I am not really aiming for constant awareness at this point, but maybe down the road I can get to that point. Meditation is also great for maintaining awareness.

If you could put a number on the importance of awareness in waking like (say... 1-10), what would you rank it at? I only ask this because it seems to be my greatest obstacle so far. However, before this, I never paid attention to awareness, and still could lucid dream so it makes me wonder.

My take is that in the shorter term you can become lucid without a lot of awareness but awareness work can improve the quality of your lucid dreams and your memory of your goals for your lucid dreams. In the intermediate to longer term it helps with the above but also should increase the frequency of lucid dreams.

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