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I had a DILD last night-9/10 Stabilization Training-Lucid #251 - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views
I forgot to look around at the surroundings before summoning the candy. I only stimulated my senses of sight, smell, and taste. I left out sound and touch. I also forgot to tell myself I'll have a long, awesome lucid experience. I woke up while I was simply just looking at the little girl. I wasn't offering my brain much stimulation at that point.
Maybe summoning candy isn't such a good idea. They don't taste like anything. :P.
I notice the tutorial doesn't mention stimulating your sense of taste. Maybe, I should leave that one out, just focusing on sight, sound, smell, and touch in that order. Leaving one of them out would make it easier to remember.
I'll try to follow the tutorial verbatim, taking in the sight, sound, smell, and touch of the environment around me upon becoming lucid and then reminding myself I'll have a long, awesome, lucid experience. I'll try to keep it around 30 seconds too. I heard stabilizing too much would defeat the purpose.
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I had 2 DILDs last night. The first one I forgot to stabilize until near the end of the dream, when I was too busy stealing and throwing tennis balls at DC's while flying. The second one I almost forgot again while repeatedly hugging girls but caught myself. My plan was to go one by one through each of the senses, actually saying the sense out loud before I examined it. Sight-I saw I was in a large room with lots of DCs, mostly if not all female. Sound-I heard the murmur of the crowd as well as the wind howling outside. There was also a girl attempting to interview me on the "extent of my intelligence" as she put it. I forgot about smell, I was thinking "sight, sound, summer" instead. I didn't get to touch put I did feel the hugs of the girls which is always realistic and awesome.
This is going to take a bit of practice. I had a bit of nervous excitement.
Yesterday, I was thinking how similar the stabilization tutorial is to all day awareness. I'm thinking if I practice all day awareness within the dream it will keep it stable. I think I could use its tutorials to help me as well with stabilization.
So, right now my stabilization routine is, upon becoming lucid, to take note of, one by one, the sight, sound, smell, and touch of the environment around me and reaffirm myself that I'll have a long, awesome lucid experience.
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I really like that you are trying the tut over and over. I feel like it takes a long time to do in dream, so I stopped doing the whole thing. I just rub hands together saying "stabilize" and looking around. So 3 senses. Unless I use my watch or my mind stabilization tech. Those 2 are under construction though. :)
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I had a DEILD. It look a bit longer for the dream to form. When it did, it was very unstable. I thought this would be a good challenge for me. I slowly got up in a sitting position and slowly looked around me to let the dream form. It worked! The dream stabilized! :boogie: At this point there was a woman and a group of little girls asking if I was okay. I said I was and got up to look around. There was a lot of activity going on in the house I was at. The most notable thing I saw a poodle type dog sleeping on it's back. I saw a bathroom which I thought would be a good place to smell stuff but I couldn't smell anything. I couldn't hear much of anything either. I walked around some more and rubbed my hands, trying to remind myself to keep looking at details to keep the dream stable. I found a nice clearing which I thought would be a good place to summon a girl. I used the behind the hand trick to try to summon a new co-worker I like who I've never dreamed of before. Instead, I got a playful slap on the hand from a former co-worker who often appears in my dreams. We hugged and she gave me a kiss on the cheek. I decided to give her a little kiss on the lips but after that I went away from her to try again to summon the girl I wanted. That's when the dream ended.
I'll try just rubbing my hands together saying "stabilize" while looking around. That might be all I need to do to stabilize seeing that hearing and smelling stuff isn't working too well.
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Long story short, I had 4 DILDs this morning but only remembered to stabilize in one of them. In that dream I just looked around while rubbing my hands and saying stabilize. Once again I turned an unstable dream into a stable one! I feel like I know how to stabilize a dream now. Now it's just a matter of me remembering to do it!
As far as my dream control goes, there were a couple of bright spots but generally it wasn't where I want it to be. Teleporting has been the one I've had most difficulty with. Also, I have hardly any telekenisis skills which would have been useful when I was flying away from a bunch of flying crocodiles.
Now that I know how to stabilize, my next goal is to remember to do it consistently upon becoming lucid and to use it to extend my lucid dream time. I'm thinking I should stabilize after each attempt at dream control.
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Hey! How good is your recall? How many non lucids a night?
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Lately my recall has been somewhat average. I've been having about 1-2 full dreams a night with lots of fragments. It jumps up to ~2-6 when I diligently record my dreams in my dream journal. I'm trying to get into the habit of consistently doing this.
I'm also still working on consistently remembering to stabilize. I'm getting better but am not quite there yet. I especially need to work on remembering to re-stabilize mid dream to make them last longer.
I'm still struggling with teleporting. I think I'm going to try to sharpening my flying skills so I can teleport via flying which has been effective for me in the past. Now that I know how to stabilize a dream, it should be easier to fly at light speed.
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Yeah, flying is fuuuuun. Something that I have noticed for myself is that the more vivid and aware my dreams are, the more stable my LDs get. So that is something to think about. I don't know if you have checked out the dream recall compendium or the DJ system in my signature. It is very helpful in getting more LDs and more dreams. Least ways it helped me, you kind of are exactly the opposite of me normally with your "I did my best, no worries" DILD vs my "I can always do better" :P haha
teleporting is fun. I like to close my eyes and just imagine the other place without opening them. You should start seeing through your eyes and be at the place. Might not be a good idea to do if yar unstable, but it is cool just teleporting without moving.
Something that Max:) told me was to always keep repeating "I'm dreaming" until you get a major hold of your dreamworld. It actually doesn't impede with anything like you would think it would, but it gets you more and more aware and in my opinion gets you more stable as well. It is nice. It will also remind you to stabilize if you forget about the fact you need to because of the + in awareness.
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I have checked out both the dream recall compendium or the DJ system in your signature. I've been trying to find a consistent method to write down the dreams. I'm leaning towards writing them down in full detail. Though, its more work, it's more fun to read the afterwards.
The close your eyes and imagine a new place teleporting technique :bang: This used to be my teleporting technique of choice, and I still want it to be, but the last 8-10 times I've tried it I've failed. Maybe the trick is to get the dream scene to form in front of my closed eyelids. I've been just trying to imagine and expect a new place when I open my eyes. This has worked for me a couple of times in the past so I know I'm capable of doing it. Maybe doing it differently will get it to work again.
I feel my awareness is pretty good in my lucid dreams. My problem is that I get caught up in an attempt at dream control to the point where I forget to stabilize.
I should have another lucid soon as I'm getting back on a good sleep schedule. I'll try again at writing down my lucids here. I've been slacking.
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I had a DILD this morning. I was in a civic building with my family to meet up with an architect. After doing a nose plug, I looked around. The dream seemed vivid and stable. After I jumped up to fly though, to my surprise my body felt heavy, not light as it should be. Once I landed, the dream crashed. I was able to DEILD back to my bedroom. I forgot to stabilize as I was distracted by an interesting looking DC, a sort of tablet computer with 8 legs. I tried to teleport via the closed eye technique, trying to imagine the ocean in front of my closed eyelids, but didn't get anywhere. I woke up. I think thinking about how my body was heavy was what woke me up in the first LD.
I had 5 other dreams though, nearly becoming lucid in a couple, so tonight was a good night otherwise. Hopefully, I'm primed for another long lucid streak so I could work on this.
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I had a DILD. I was in my bed when I felt something brushing me. I tried to do a nose plug but I couldn't move my arm. "Obviously, I'm dreaming", I thought. Next thing I know, I'm flying in the night on the broom that was brushing me. I quickly found that I could fly higher if I brushed the broom downwards. I saw a pool complex that looked familiar somehow, but I decided I wanted to fly to the ocean. I flew a bit higher and looked from it. I conveniently found I was just about flying over it. I dove into the moon lit water. Immediately I could see dolphins swimming around as usual. My plan was to ride one and transform into it. Out of the corner of my eye a spotted one that looked like it was going to pass me. I reached out my right hand and grabbed it's dorsal fin as it passed by. I got onto it's back and hugged it to hold on. The feeling of it's silky skin was incredible. I started to lose the dream at this point but could still feel it's skin. I tried to hold on to the dream like I was holding onto the dolphin. All of a sudden, the dolphin started biting me, it didn't like being held. My dream logic told me maybe if I let the dolphin eat me, I'll transform into it. I let the dolphin bite my arm off. The next thing I know, I can't move my arms or legs. Completely spent, I wanted to wake up. The scene changed to me being in a Japanese arcade. I was taunting a couple of kids at a game, explaining to them I wanted to wake up. I woke up.
Once again, I got caught up in the experience and forgot to stabilize until I was forced to. My first lucid goal should always be to stabilize. I find I remember to stabilize more when I make it a primary lucid goal rather than some secondary thing. I lost focus and lucidity as well. On the upside, my dream control was good enough that I was able to get back into the ocean and swim with dolphins, something I haven't achieved in a while. I'll try to make stabilization and lucidity a primary focus and try again.
I had 2 other dreams last night. I could have had a third, but I knew it would take a while to type the dreams in my dream journal and to type this post. Looking forward to tonight for more dreaming and improving. ;)
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I had a DILD. I was getting a bunch of cds out of a car. Eventually, I start thinking, "What am I doing?" and become lucid. The next thing I know, I start kung fu fighting with a DC for no apparent reason whatsoever. It quickly became obvious that neither of us had any idea what we were doing. I tried to extend my finger like Inspector Gadget to poke him but it didn't work. Eventually I realized that this DC was a good looking female. I decided to poke her on the breast and get in on her a bit. I woke up.
A was lucid for a couple of seconds in 2 other dreams last night but I decided to classify them as non-lucid. I didn't remember to stabilize at all last night. I don't think I set the intent enough. Maybe if I practice my stabilizing routine before bed or otherwise visualizing myself stabilizing I'll set the intent better.
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Dream stabilization is my biggest problem I need to work on dream control though to because my lucid dreams tend to be low level as I know I'm dreaming but I never think to take full advantage of it I'm thinking if I can stabilize better first it would be much easier to work on dream control so I'd do stabilization first my shortest lucid dreams will last maybe 10 seconds my longest has lasted maybe 5 minutes my last lucid dream was about 3 minutes the way I went lucid was I checked the time on my phone 4 times each time it said a different time I became confused on how it was possible and then I came to the conclusion I was in fact dreaming I then walked out of my room I forgot to stabilize the dream so the dream was quite dark and my lucidity grip was unstable I walked into a room with a bunch of dream characters I ignored them and walked into the next room at that point I lost control of myself for a few seconds and then I woke up
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Lately, I've been finding my control has been good when I'm not having a nightmare or I otherwise had a bad day mentally the day before the dream.
Stabilization has been on and off. I need to get back to a consistent stabilization routine. I need to make it my first priority or else it won't happen.
The competition is a good exercise for my dream control. I'll try post here if I need help.
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I'm going to again try to find a consistent stabilization method. I've got the idea of a stabilization technique where I lie down on my stomach and rubbing the floor with my hands and feet until the dream is vivid. (I would have to sleep on my back for this to work I think). Then, I would get up and ask myself what my dream goal is. I feel this would ground me more in the dream and help eliminate the problem of being distracted. I give it a try anyway.
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I had a couple of chances to try out my stabilization technique. It seemed to work well in clarifying the dream and making me more mobile. Both lucids still ended up being short though. I think I'm still worrying about the dream ending.
I'll stick with this and hopefully I'll learn.
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Good luck man! What is average length.
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About a minute or two :lol:
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Have you tried much meditation? I use it a lot to not think of things. :P I think it has helped a lot.
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I can only fall asleep quickly if I clear my mind so I try to clear my mind to fall asleep. Is this meditation? If it is, I do practice meditation. If it isn't, I don't.
What you're saying, though, is I should use my meditation skills in the dream to only focus on one thing and to avoid thinking about waking up? That sounds like it would work. I'll give it a go!
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It is meditation, in my opinion and should help you. The type of meditation that I usually do involves thinking of only one thing, or visualizing.
So with you, you have to know you are in a dream, but don't feel like there is a chance of waking. All that exists is the dream.
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I had a DEILD and 3 DILDs this morning. In the DEILD I forgot to stabilize so it was pretty short. All 3 DILDs ended with me making out with women.
My new stabilization technique wasn't working as well as I would like so I tried my old one of focusing on my surroundings. It worked real well and got the dream super stable! I sensed that DILD#2 was about to end so I stabilized and effectively doubled the length of that dream.
I've got making out with women out of my system so tonight I'll really see how long I can make the dream last.
I think the key for me is to focus on the dream to keep from thinking about waking up.
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Good luck! Keep updating. :) it is making me try harder every time your LD count rises. Haha.
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I had a DILD this morning. It was a pretty good length for me, about 4-5 minutes. I feel I have a good handle on stabilizing now so I'll start to work on dream control. I now can systematically master dream control, one area at a time. I'll work on teleporting first. I'll use the technique where you close you eyes and imagine someplace different. My goal is to be able to go anywhere I like. I'll try going to a beach first because it's easy and I want to go to the beach.
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I had a DILD this morning. I tried to close my eyes and imagine a beach scene but sounds in the background were distracting me as usual. I tried yelling at the dream to be quiet but they continued. I ended up flying around for a bit and lost lucidity.
I had a bad day at work the night before so I'm not up for anymore frustration. I think a break is in order. I'll probably just explore and do things I can do. I'll probably have to rework my strategy on mastering dream control as well. I can see this isn't going to work.