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Originally Posted by oneironautics

so if i were to be super aware of all my emotions

Being super aware of your emotions is an aspect of mindfulness. If we can cultivate a continuous reflection on our emotional state, that would go a long way towards gaining lucidity in dreams a lot more!

In the summer b4 starting with LD i was trying this sort of 'visualization or meditation' thing i would sit outside under a tree or bush, and imagine i was the tree or bush, first i was the roots and going way under ground and then i was the leaves or branches or roses, and adding in breathing super fun actually, i have been wanting to try it in a ld one night.

So last night B4 going to sleep i told myself i was a like a big tree until i would wake up in the tree when the dream started ,, and it actually worked :-) first i had another dream about some underground place,, and then i was walking through like super green leaves and knew i was dreaming but unfortunately only for a second I found some super yummy Raspberries/strawberries so it turned into a normal dream,, So I'm ready to try that again but this time i will add some more places in the area like a woody animal park because i keep dreaming about that.. and then rest of the night was like every different emotion, and i was even talking to someone about ld,, so it was definetly close,, but the kids woke up like 7 times so i blame them hehe.

I have started thinking a little differently about my 'spirit body' while b4 i was thinking it was just a body, i am starting to realize its more of an emotion or awareness, and doesn't need to include arms or legs, could be the whole dream or wall or house, pinpointing my conciousness, rather than looking for an actual body probably will hopefully help.

Thanks FB, I hope i'm not coming up with too many ideas but i'm trying to keep up with how my mind is processing things hopefully we will end up on the same page :-)

I don't think you have anything to worry about really. I think your enthusiasm to explore so many different things is inspiring. Great thoughts on your 'spirit body' since everything in the dream is there because of you the dreamer (my belief at least, and Sageous has stated something to that effect as well). Nice work on your tree experiment. I have also tried it during a lucid dream and started to feel my roots and branches "growing" out from me before I had a transition to a new dream or waking, I don't recall.

Well i'm thinking it might come in handy to leave my conciousness some where b4 i go to sleep; for example if i want to go to african savanah, while going to sleep first time i become part of some little african shrub or tree with a view so i know where things are and at the same time 'feel' blood going up and down my legs and arms ,, when i start dreaming i will hopefully be exactly there :-) Also gonna try that with a ship in the ocean, or a house, but not right now.

new memory checks have been with noise instead of visuals,, sound of fountain and waterfall in playground how does it sound later before going to bed,, also sound of birds, or kids voices,,

Have been a little stuck with my Varosha project, didn't know how to proceed, but have had so many dreams about the woods these days i realized got lost in Macharias Forest, yesterday was trying to incubate a dream about flying over it and Macharias monastery, and maybe asking some monks for advice, also want to visit Grigori Afxentiou's cave of fire, I was lucid for a little but it was super blurry, Flying over but it was night was standing trying to remember my goals, and decided to do yoga was wearing black pants or shorts (maybe color of monks cloths?) :-)

MAybe i will go back tonight, but of course can't wear shorts in monastery have to find a cloak :-)

Congratulations on getting "lucid for a little" - that's a little success! I love the idea of switching around - switching to audio memory checks!

You may not want to always limit yourself too much in your lucid dreams (why not where shorts in a dream monastery)…although I do like the idea of treating it like a real place that you are in and following the rules of that place to a degree to heighten the experience, immersing yourself in the whole experience.

Keep up the great work and ideas!

Well i do like having a mission to keep me busy :-)

Have a nice weekend

haha read in dream interpretation book,, Sometimes you need to go off track and explore other possibilties,, guess you were on to something :-)

Have a new crazy plan this week, involving flying whales ,, i'll update later .
Am going to focus on thinking about skeleton i'm sure it will help with super power later,, so doing push ups and squats and staying aware of skeleton movements, also going to eat lots of calcium foods.

hmm, Today Pope is going to my old job (Malmö football stadium) trying to unite Catholics and Protestants... Think its time for a REALITY CHECK, Although it does give me a little hope for Cyprus hopefully this is the year..

NOVEMBER GOALS
focusing on skeleton, (and listening to the pope talk about dead tree branches) has encouraged me to go back and start from the beginning again,

1 GET BACK TO BASIC RC's ,, super easy counting fingers, hand through palm
2 try MILD and SSILD only
3 work on some prospective memory excercises

When Lucid goals will be
1 reality check /stabilize dream
2 explore surroundings
3 remember dream plot if there is any
4 basic communication with DC's follow one around for awhile

Your November goals sound good…back to the fundamentals. If you find it gets too boring, don't hesitate to personalize it or mix in some of your fun ideas from before to keep it fresh and interesting.

I recently got back to using SSILD after maybe a 6 or 7 month break (when I was focusing on MILD) and I have had 4 out of 4 successes so far. If it is something that you connect with, it can be quite powerful once you get the hang of it. I was reminded how it can make you super aware of the little awakenings, HH's etc, which all seem to aid in holding onto some awareness into the dream state.

Here's to many interesting dreams and LD's for you!

The Dream
Told my friends come we need to go to woods, they were scared of wolves, i picked up a big log to take with us, and said come on just ten min we went in it was pitch black we held on to log so we wouldn't get lost, and we came out on the other side was some people partying, they were talking about going to another one but it was a deserted They decided to go i wasn't worried playing cards with someone.

So this morning i had a breakthrough of course (breaking out of the woods) I realize that instead of trying to find a bar in Varosha, i already found the bar lots of times I named it Spectrolite, the problem is connecting it too V. So I realize of course Spectrolite is what i need to be working on , is it a city, hotel, ?? And when i am ready and in the bar i will make a potion too or door to take me too V. , and when i am finished i will make a new potion too take me wherever i need to go :-)

So thanks for all the help FB, I see you have lots of new students so i will let you take care of them. i'll be back when in awhile when i have some made some progress.
in case you miss me here is my city sharing a dream :-) have a nice weekend .
jump if you love malmö
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gJxCMmE_hM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mM7yjBxPKM

Don't be a stranger (as we say in the US). I do enjoy reading your interesting ideas for dream goals and activities and would be more than happy to help whenever you have questions. You may also want to keep track of what is working and not working here or in a paper or electronic journal of some kind.

I will check out the youtube video.

Love your mantra or chant! Such a great idea! Where is Varosha? Is it a place you keep revisiting?

Thanks Vixen,
When saying remember every night before going to bed I started remembering so many dreams i don't know when they come from they just pop into my head all the time,
I think i finally figured out that some weird memories from childhood must be Lucid Dreams, been wondering about them for years, that time i was all alone in the middle of the night at some campsite when i was 9 must be a ld, At least most of them were fun :-)
unfortunately i haven't been sticking to that mantra everynight i try some new phrase that seems interesting probably would be better to find just one phrase that works for me, but i still haven't really found it last night was something like .
Seeing past the mists of illusions..
Actually started writing a little poem about ld before i go to bed everynight, doesn't always make sense or rhyme but its fun.

Where is Varosha ? Its a good question I still can't seem to find it in my mind, although i did manage too teleport a few weeks ago so maybe i should just try that next time.
really Varosha is a city in Cyprus.

might as well update my progress for November my new Lucid count is 8 YAY
Super simple reality checking hasn't been going very well it just bores me and b4 i'm finished i will be thinking about something else, so time to get creative again, I did figure out that my biggest clue to dreaming should be location, nearly every dream i have is in some weird location , so i have started with rc every time i come into a new place, and i try when going for a walk to be aware of where i am, i am a bit confused with RCS i'm not sure if i should say , Am i Dreaming or i am dreaming , I have been trying to say nothing at all just sort of look at stuff does it have shadows, or listen and pinpoint where sound is coming from.

Finally read through most of Stephans book, ( kept dreaming about an old friend named stephan so i thought i might as well )
also Robbert Waggoners , still working on those probably will be finished by end of December
and decided to try Dream Yoga Illuminating .. by Andrew Holecek, read one chapter so far i am liking it :-)
otherwise November was super stressfull finally got some big personal problems out of the way , been stuck for years,
My dreams have been fun but also reflecting stress, I did manage to teleport, fly indoors more of a swim , also tore away a fence I'm hoping for Varosha. The Best is yet to come this year time for a few more epic LDS

My DECEMBER Goals are simple
8 lds
8 rcs a day, and at the end of the day i should look back and remember the feeling of all of them.
teleport preferably to V.
speak with DC S+ D ask them what i want
look forward to the future, and see what lies ahead.
See beyond the mists of Illusion

2 super short lucids
first was merged with reality, after i realized i was dreaming because the baby was moonwalking, i could hear the real kids, but also imaginery dcs,
second got answer from dc S+D , shocked into waking, but not really so shocking
they were super short but i'm counting them, because i know i got lucid, after 50 maybe i will get more picky :-)

New goal ask VArosha what it wants,
find heart of city V

Mantra for this month will be Victoriously visit Varosha vividly Lucid. Will stick with it all December.

Originally Posted by oneironautics

Actually started writing a little poem about ld before i go to bed everynight, doesn't always make sense or rhyme but its fun.

I love this idea! Any creative writing on the topic of LDing would seem to be great to get your mind on for lucid dreaming.

Originally Posted by oneironautics

might as well update my progress for November my new Lucid count is 8 YAY

Congratulations! And congrats on the 2 latest ones as well!

Super simple reality checking hasn't been going very well it just bores me and b4 i'm finished i will be thinking about something else, so time to get creative again, I did figure out that my biggest clue to dreaming should be location, nearly every dream i have is in some weird location , so i have started with rc every time i come into a new place, and i try when going for a walk to be aware of where i am

^I like this.

i am a bit confused with RCS i'm not sure if i should say , Am i Dreaming or i am dreaming , I have been trying to say nothing at all just sort of look at stuff does it have shadows, or listen and pinpoint where sound is coming from.

I like to say both, and choose which one based on the circumstances or practice I am working on at that moment. I think it is important that before asking the question or making the "I am dreaming" statement that you stop and wonder, stop and look around (basically pondering the fact that any moment could actually be a dream, when you think about it). It sounds like you are doing that, which is great! (looking for shadows, pinpointing sound).

finally got some big personal problems out of the way , been stuck for years

Awesome! Congratulations!! Is it possible that lucid dreaming or dreams helped in any way?

I like your goals.

Originally Posted by oneironautics

2 super short lucids
first was merged with reality, after i realized i was dreaming because the baby was moonwalking, i could hear the real kids, but also imaginery dcs,
second got answer from dc S+D , shocked into waking, but not really so shocking

Love the moonwalking baby dream sign! And you got your answer from dc s+d goal! Congrats!

Mantra for this month will be Victoriously visit Varosha vividly Lucid. Will stick with it all December.

Love the mantra! I missed your creativity.

another 2 mini lucids,

weird thing keeps happening, i get lucid and dc is standing like really close to me it keeps startling me , last night was in a dark area chasing the kids around, i realized it was just really weird must be a dream, and immediately some guy jumps out of the dark startling me, i said lets have a smoke and tried to calm down, (used to smoke) but i could feel my heart racing, and woke up. Happened a few times I wonder what i should do maybe try and freeze the dream or just immediately start looking at hands.

Hope your doing well FB? have missed your enthusiasm for ld, its so contagious this week is going so well I think i have to start writing here again at least once or twice a week .

Congratulations on the LDs! Keep up the good work!

I recommend to not give it much thought since I bet it will pass. Anytime that you have a DC approach you, startling or not, you can often get interesting answers from them by asking "what they represent" or if they have a message for you.

All is well with me. I look forward to your posts.

Is it possible that lucid dreaming or dreams helped in any way?

So the problems we were having have been sort of 'unsolvable' my brothers and favorite aunts health, financial stuff, so probably didn't help with solving anything really,
but focusing my intent has definetly helped for example with accepting the situation better and not feeling guilty i can't visit more often. Have been dreaming about family members nearly every night so at least they are in my thoughts.
Next year i have alot of 'solvable' problems i have been looking forward too start dreaming about, i need to start working or studying again soon, so i would like some help from my dreams to make some good decisions, I have been trying to wait but last night i had a super cool non lucid, i think it was answering alot of questions that have been floating around in my head, and it definetly but my mind at ease.
Funny part one kid was running around with a silver rooster head for chinese new year, I had too look it up this morning but of course that is next year, there was lots of interesting stuff in there, I was working for somebody called cleopatra, so this morning i looked up Cleopatra was only one and she is boss lady at World MAritime University in malmö, it makes alot of sense for me because i love the ocean my grandfather was a sailor, and my dream job would probably be on a ship,, although not sure i could get a job at university, but at least i will try to find something i am passionate about.
Finally the kids let me have a 'sleep in' this morning till 7:45 they've been starting to get up at 6,7 am which is not super lucid friendly, but nevermind i will learn how too lucid now at 2,3 am and in a few years when they can sleep i will be having 3 lucids a night :-)

Originally Posted by oneironautics

i will learn how too lucid now at 2,3 am and in a few years when they can sleep i will be having 3 lucids a night :-)

I truly believe this is possible! I have had 3 lucid dreams in one night and, although it would be a challenge to do it almost nightly, I do believe it is possible.

Another year come and gone, next one will be fantastic i am sure, especially for lucid dreaming.
So December was ok my recall is quite good had about 5 dreams the other night, might be because i wake up about 5 x a night but ok. had 5 mini lucids, 2 semi lucid, and once i stopped and said this must be a dream, but no the mall falling on my head was somehow normal... at least i stopped and questioned what was going on.
Januari I will be working on 4 long Lucids lasting more then a minute, and my New Year goals i will be updating for Chinese New Year, hopefully i will be finished with Varosha.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Happy New Year! Many lengthy lucid dreams to you in 2017 and beyond!

Lengthy LD's are very doable. Check out the first link in my signature if you haven't before.

Found some kalenders to help me remember what i have been doing better, i took one for how many dreams per night, wbtb, how many times i woke up, meditate, how many reality checks i did in one day, etc. Another one for everything i eat/drink in one day, coffee iron tablets etc. so hopefully that will help log what is helping.
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also one new Januari goal, visit somalia in LD,
also speak with one friend i used to dream about all the time, but now haven't spoken with her in years.
Januari's mantra, Lucidly liking long lasting Lucids.