the lucid progress log of cygnus

**cygnus** · 11-27-2009 08:32 PM

ok it's been about a week since the last post. here are two of the more interesting lucids:

semi-lucid
lucid

11/25

the first half of this dream was actually very pretty

Holy crap a van!?

i’m in a garage looking at a large box containing an old record player that i’m trying out. i tell my mom that i’m going to go check on my horses - i had just bought two horses from my old neighbors. the horses are like my best friends and i take good care of them, but they aren’t trained to be ridden yet. i’m in their corral in a forest and i lovingly run my hand down one of the horse's cheek. i walk out the gate.

i’m near a beach and it seems that some pipe has ruptured - brown dust is billowing into the sky. i’m walking along a river and realize i’m dreaming. the forest is pretty lush and it's very peaceful near this river. i walk into a courtyard near an arc of high walls. it seems to be dusk. i feel pretty good being in this place. i fly up on top of the wall and start walking to the west.

i see the ocean, but i can’t see it too clearly. i keep walking and reach a ledge. now i can see the surface of the water better. my (waking life) dog is there. but before i can think to look at my hands a speeding van driving below me towards the ledge slams on its brakes. this looks and sounds so real and i’m a little freaked out - i say “god DAMMIT!” in surprise and go semi-lucid. i don’t know what the men exiting the van are doing but i go down the ledge and run towards what appears to be a plane on the ground.

i’m running through an aisle crowded with people and struggle to get through. then i exit through doors like those in a tram and i’m in another transit place with an old friend. i say something to him and the dream just kind of dissolves into my waking state.

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11/27

In which i continuously beat a monkey over the head with a hefty stick

i get lucid somehow and i’m trying to fly around. i shoot one arm into the air at a time, striking a pose like a superhero and it works ok. then i’m flying in a wooded area and things are more clear. i follow a few giant hummingbirds - cool! they're big, colorful, and their wings are a blur.

i see a wooden walkway winding into the woods - i think that if i follow it i can get to a place with water and stabilize completely. i land on the walkway then follow it to a small pool. a little monkey is there. he jumps on me and bites my ear and a finger off. i look at my hand and the missing finger and decide that it's time to kill the little motherf**ker.

i'm semi-lucid and suddenly i have a nice, hefty stick. i keep hitting the monkey over the head. i start to multi-task: while i'm whacking him i'm thinking about how i need to go to a place with water in my dreams. it seems that i am next to an indoor pool which flows under a border and into a larger, outdoor segment. i go outside and into the larger part of the pool and continue to beat the monkey over the head.

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index/goals/methods

**cygnus** · 12-03-2009 05:30 PM

dream control experiment: holodeck interface

time for an update!

since the last post i've been lucid something like every other day - this morning i had about 4. i'll share some of the interesting bits. there will be plenty of full entries in the future so don't worry

- i'm floating over a series of ledges, lakes and ponds and i see a giant ostrich. i follow him downhill to a stream. there are a bunch of injured wolves near it... the next time something like this happens i need to try out healing powers.

- i'm riding my bike southbound along the coast. the ground turns to solid ice. the surroundings are reflecting interesting color patterns off the frozen surfaces. when i'm more lucid i look towards the sea. i'm at an inlet and can see the land from across some distance. the ocean is frozen!!!

- later on i'm at a different coastline. i decide to fly into a nearby boat. i begin speaking to the onboard computer (like in star trek tng). i tell it to bring us about at half-impulse. it seems to work. the boat floats in the air and turns to the side. *geek out*

**Darkborne** · 12-03-2009 05:37 PM

Lol, onboard computer, huh? Very nice.

**bro** · 12-03-2009 06:38 PM

Originally Posted by cygnus

time for an update!

since the last post i've been lucid something like every other day - this morning i had about 4.

My lord. That's fantastic. Are there any particular techniques that you're using because that's a very good lucid "resume"..hah.

Lots of water in those Lucid dreams..I find that for me that's usually associated with a sense of freedom/ happiness..different for everyone probably though

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**cygnus** · 12-03-2009 09:28 PM

Originally Posted by Darkborne

Lol, onboard computer, huh? Very nice.

yeah it was cool. this was actually an idea for dream control i had near the time i was starting out. like in the holodeck of a starship you can use the computer to do pretty much anything if you expect the interface to lead you to that outcome.

Originally Posted by bro

My lord. That's fantastic. Are there any particular techniques that you're using because that's a very good lucid "resume"..hah.

Lots of water in those Lucid dreams..I find that for me that's usually associated with a sense of freedom/ happiness..different for everyone probably though
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hey thanks! you can check out my first post/index here for the summary of what i do.

yes, i purposefully have a lot of water in my dreams - i think i have a similar association.

**cygnus** · 12-05-2009 10:28 PM

more lucids, but i decided this one non-lucid was more worthy of being shared:

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12/4

this dream was pretty profound. i don't really understand the concept of inorganic beings, so i don't know what to make of the being that was in it...

in the dream i see some kind of creature that looks like a large fish, almost like a manta ray, but definitely alien. it's a dark color and seems to want to help me somehow. at some point in the dream i find out that the creature has strong psychic powers. it approaches me and begins to vibrate my body at a sub-harmonic frequency. the vibrations induce a very altered emotional state in me - it's like the resonation is unlocking some part of my mind i hadn't tapped into before.

for several moments i experienced an emotional state that was completely new to me. it was pleasant, but i don't know how to explain it.

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**cygnus** · 12-08-2009 07:29 PM

a few lucids this morning - the first one was the best.

semi-lucid
lucid
medium-high lucidity

tourist-removing meteors

i’m riding my road bike in the sand by a beach. i pass through some people and their folding chairs, then i get on the flat part closer to the water and pick up some speed. i’m riding to the north and i look at the water and realize i’m dreaming. i see a little wooden pier. the water looks very clear and calm, and there are more people.

i decide to pick up some speed just for the fun of it. then i stop and walk to the west. i look in the air and see two meteors zooming toward the earth - they have tails of bright dust and are maybe only a couple miles to my left. i look at my hands to keep steady and i hear a huge cracking sound followed by another. the sounds are pretty amazing but i keep calm - all the people in the area leave. this part was pretty nuts, actually. very enjoyable.

when i look back towards my surroundings i see that i’m walking towards a pool and there is another to my right. i walk to the one to my right, which is closer. it’s a pretty small pool and there is forest curving along it just behind. i look at my hands and then the water, repeat this, and look at the trees. the forest looks so real - the colors and textures of my vision are amazing. i see a squirrel in a tree, who looks life-like. (at this point my mistake is that i stop stabilizing and wander off) i start walking and enter a building. i find a duck and kind of play with him - he’s cute and nibbles on my finger.

i walk into another area - it’s like a strange high school with walkways and rooms staggered at different heights. i decide to turn back and go back to the pool but i get lost. i pass by someone, ignore them and hope they don’t bother me. i find the main door, wonder if it’ll be locked, but push it and walk through. the principal is there and tries to get my attention. i keep walking but i get distracted. i end up getting close to the beach i started at, walking next to an old friend. we both start humming a Rush song (mystic rhythms), comment on it and i wake up.

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**cygnus** · 12-14-2009 06:10 AM

i walked on water for the first time in a lucid dream this morning. it was fun! i was actually just walking around and looking at some pelicans and otters floating in the flat sea for some time... so there's not much else to write about, haha.

**XeL** · 12-14-2009 08:57 AM

i see a wooden walkway winding into the woods - i think that if i follow it i can get to a place with water and stabilize completely. i land on the walkway then follow it to a small pool. a little monkey is there. he jumps on me and bites my ear and a finger off. i look at my hand and the missing finger and decide that it's time to kill the little motherf**ker.

HAHAHAHA, Oh god, thats priceless.

This is actually the first time I read your DJ... Very inspiring! Keep it up!

**cygnus** · 12-14-2009 11:39 PM

thanks, xel

i saw your dream with that model, what's her face... heh, nice.

**cygnus** · 12-18-2009 05:31 AM

in one of my lucids yesterday i felt rain for the first time. it was pretty great. just thought i'd make note of it

...still working on getting to 'medium-high lucidity' consistently.

**cygnus** · 12-18-2009 07:58 PM

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**cygnus** · 12-26-2009 10:05 PM

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**cygnus** · 12-31-2009 04:27 AM

this morning was interesting.

i woke up at 3:40, and from then on until 8 or so i was having this series of lucid dreams in which i kept practicing and getting better at controlling my dream vision and not waking up.

in the past i have had dreams in which i felt like i was going to wake up because my "eyes" were closing on their own. but here are the notes i made early in the morning which kind of summarize what i was doing:

i must get over the expectation that i will wake up and that i actually have (in the case of a false awakening).

having the feeling that i can’t keep my eyes open doesn’t mean the dream is going to end. if i close my dream eyelids while still seeing, my vision is more stable and the dream may be extended - by doing this i overcome the limitation of expecting a dream to end in this way. (it is easier to do one eyelid then the other) i can stay in the dream by maintaining this dream vision (unimpaired by my physical expectations of sight) or allowing it to go, focusing on something to keep my awareness close to the dream state, and wait/force a scene change (such as looking at my hands, an object, or thinking of a location).

turning around sort of slowly is good for increasing clarity - it makes you aware that there is a much larger scene around you than just what’s in front at a given moment.

regarding the other content of the dreams, i saw a volcanic eruption which was rad.

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**cygnus** · 01-02-2010 02:27 AM

oh yeah, i saw a kitten sitting on a swing set playing a harmonica. lucid dreams are nice.

**Kraftwerk** · 01-29-2010 02:54 AM

Originally Posted by cygnus

oh yeah, i saw a kitten sitting on a swing set playing a harmonica. lucid dreams are nice.

Aren't they? Man I've had some strange things happen in dreams. The 'gummy bear' dream takes the cake though.

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