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      DAY 10!!! Stabilization!

      Links all fixed. Sorry, my computer gets worse by the day. Now I have to transfer the files on my phone to the computer to dropbox and then change them to MP3 from my phone. Hoping for a different recording app that can allow me to put it on dropbox and then I can just do the whole thing on the phone. (dropbox doesn't recognize it as a downloadable file from there. :/

      Dream Journal 10. Road Trip!
      3 lucids last night. Can't wait to sleep again. I am putting as much effort into LDing as I ever have and I am kicking butt. Funny that I would have 3 lucid dreams that I don't think about stabilization at all on the day that I do a stabilization tech.

      Day 10, Stabilization and You!

      Hope this gives ya'll a good idea of stabilization. I try not to be too close minded, so I have to come up with ways that make sense in all situations.

      Ok. Any more questions? I work all day tomorrow, and a lot the day after, so I shall be doing quite a few in the next couple of days. Don't worry if you have asked them to other people before or if it is just a personal thing that you want to hear from me.

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      Link is still not working for me. I just played an hour of Binding of Isaac without Sensei's life commentary, I feel empty.

      Scrap that, life's good again.
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      Quote Originally Posted by dutchraptor View Post
      Link is still not working for me.
      Day 10 works for me (I opened the audio to be sure but will listen to the rest a little later).
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      I tried Day 9 several times this morning and kept getting an "expired link" error, but I just downloaded it on the first try. Thanks guys!
      Oh, day 10 is already up!!
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      Yeah, I think I had the wrong link up for 9, but I changed it to mp3, switched everything on it to make it work now. Nice to see 3 people at least keeping up. 10 days in and ya'll still love me. Thanks for listening.

      Are any of you listening to my DJ?

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      Okay a related question/request for you. I usually don't worry about stabilization but I would like to hear about different ways that you've created these super long LD's like your couple hours long one mentioned Day 10. You mentioned the watch button and also stabilizing when anyone finds themselves stuck in a particular space. Perhaps you could talk about the genesis of this watch tool for you and talk about other tricks you have found or have just heard about that sound good for super long LD's. One I have thought about is bridging the shorter gaps between REM periods common in the later morning by "surfing" the NREM to the next REM...either by floating calmly through the void or by using your closed eye teleport.

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      I've listened to most of the DJs, maybe skipped one or two non lucid days
      Some questions I can think of right now:
      - The obvious one: Recommendations for newbies (do's and dont's, general advise, techniques and / or methods approaches, etc)
      - WILD / DEILD
      BTW, Dutchraptor, are you still using DEILD as your main technique?

      I'm on a unscheduled trip, so might fall behind one or two days.
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      Quote Originally Posted by Sensei View Post
      Nice to see 3 people at least keeping up. 10 days in and ya'll still love me. Thanks for listening.

      Are any of you listening to my DJ?
      I missed the end of this post partially quoted above thinking it was just about the link problems I already resolved...but yes, still love ya brother. I actually chuckle quite a bit with your jokes and singing. The podcasts are enjoyable and feature one of my favorite subjects, lucid dreaming! Started listening to the DJ's too, thank you for sharing.
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      Guess I was listening to your greatest hits mixed album, didn't realize there were different kinds, know I listened to 1-9 guess some were one kind some the other.
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      Sure LUCID DREAMS are all fun and games until someone loses a third eye.

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      Quote Originally Posted by Sensei View Post
      Day 2!


      This video reminds me of the flying and new beginnings. I was checking out AMVs and this AMV brought me to this anime. Made me watch Air, Clannad, and Kanon.

      Dream Journal 2!


      If you guys don't know what the water ball is, I would recommend going to another youtube video about it, but I am not going to post it unless asked, because I don't want to have lots of videos or you will all just skip them.

      Got these over to mp3. Even with more time on my hands I couldn't get it unless I got on the computer. :/ Downloaded a lot of crap onto my phone and still couldn't get it right. lol. Updated the other post as well. Let me know if ya'll like this format, I am gonna see if I can get sound cloud working on my phone.
      Don't talk about that anime.
      We don't talk about that anime.

      We also don't talk about Clannad. WE REALLY DON'T TALK ABOUT CLANNAD.
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      The bird breaks free of the egg.
      The egg is the world.
      Who would to be born must first destroy a world.

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      Quote Originally Posted by fogelbise View Post
      I missed the end of this post partially quoted above thinking it was just about the link problems I already resolved...but yes, still love ya brother. I actually chuckle quite a bit with your jokes and singing. The podcasts are enjoyable and feature one of my favorite subjects, lucid dreaming! Started listening to the DJ's too, thank you for sharing.
      Yes I'm definitely working my way through them, too. Keep 'em coming!
      They're "Awe-Soooome!" (sung in that Sensei singing voice)
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      “No amount of security is worth the suffering of a mediocre life chained to a routine that has killed your dreams.”
      "...develop stability in awareness and your dreams will change in extraordinary ways" -- TYoDaS

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      Another possible question: How to get persistent DCs, things, worlds; Requirements for (or when someone maybe ready to) creating permanent stuff; Or IDK, your thoughts on the topic will be very interesting anyway.
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      Day 11 - Dedication
      Dream Journal


      OK, I did Day 11, sorry I forgot to post yesterday. I also did something for today with SinisterDezz!

      Also, Naiya sent me this awesome picture:
      Last edited by Sensei; 12-15-2014 at 07:02 AM.

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      Wow! A podcast with SinisterDezz about persisten realms? That was quick!
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      Mini-sode and Sleep


      No time for formatting. Will fix in an hour or so when I put the DJ up.


      Quote Originally Posted by Bharmo View Post
      Wow! A podcast with SinisterDezz about persisten realms? That was quick!
      That is right. I give you supply as you ask for the demand. Lol.

      DJ is here.
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      Quote Originally Posted by Bharmo View Post
      Wow! A podcast with SinisterDezz about persisten realms? That was quick!
      I guess that was really just a coincidence...
      "coincidence"
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      Quote Originally Posted by Sensei View Post
      Day 11 - Dedication
      Dream Journal


      OK, I did Day 11, sorry I forgot to post yesterday. I also did something for today with SinisterDezz!
      http://www.dreamviews.com/dreamviews...am-recall.html


      Also, Naiya sent me this awesome picture:
      AHAHAHAHHAHAHA!!! That's got the be the funniest thing I've seen in weeks!
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      "...develop stability in awareness and your dreams will change in extraordinary ways" -- TYoDaS

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      Dream Journals are all up to date now. If you missed the last one, you can check it now. Here is today's:
      Reading... or not...

      Size matters not.


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      Good job keeping up with your podcast, and even helping on DV's!
      The stuff you brought up on the dedication one is really important, that is a very good episode.
      I've downloaded the last two days, but cannot get the "Mini-sode and sleep", I get a 403 or 4xxx error. I've tried several times with several devices and two different Internet connections.
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      @Sensei - thank you for covering my question on the previous podcast! You talked about longer dreams in situations where you weren't thinking about how long you've been in...do you have any tricks for fostering the mindset of not worrying/thinking about how long you're in?

      @Bharmo - did you try again? It did download and play for me.

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      Quote Originally Posted by fogelbise View Post
      @Sensei - thank you for covering my question on the previous podcast! You talked about longer dreams in situations where you weren't thinking about how long you've been in...do you have any tricks for fostering the mindset of not worrying/thinking about how long you're in?

      @Bharmo - did you try again? It did download and play for me.
      Yes, I can cover that. A little podcast in misdirected thinking might help.

      I fixed the link. Apparently when I changed the link before, it doubled it and so the link was way off

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      Just stopping by to say that I'm really enjoying these audios. I find your tangents absolutely hilarious.

      Like Bharmo I would be interested in hearing more about creating these persistent items. Not that I'm anywhere near making something like that now but it seems really cool. I'm not completely up to date on them so if you've done that already I apologize. Thanks again!
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      Alright. I haven't made the thread for your worrying/not worrying yet, but I shall have it for tomorrow.

      It has made all the difference.

      No DJ for today. Will cover it tomorrow, a lucidish thing.

      Last edited by Sensei; 12-23-2014 at 06:25 AM.
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      you speak of mental barriers

      Lately I have 2 to 3 lucid dreams a week, but also 2 to 3 lucid dreams a day. How is this possible, I only lucid on weekend and lately it has been 3 on a Sunday, followed by 2 the next Saturday. I think the reason is because I am able to sleep in on the weekend, but it could just be mental barrier. I never really try hard enough, not enough RC (I used to do more but less success in past), not enough mediation / mantra. Seems like sometimes just in the right zone to hit the wake/sleep boundary. Even then mostly I am at the end of a cycle.

      I feel focusing on natural strengths and weaknesses of each person is the key tho. My strengths are things like wake after every cycle automatically, can often detect exit from dream, have time to sleep for lack of other things, often dream of the dead / impossible things.
      My weaknesses are don't fall asleep easily, can't clear mind, haven't learned to WILD/DEILD (despite dream exit detection), don't always trigger off even the ridiculous, or even if I have the same potential trigger several times in the night. Like seeing the same dead person over and over waking up and thinking WTF?

      As a result of my strengths/weaknesses I devote like 10 hrs a work night to lucid sleeping but only actually sleep for 5+ hrs. success total of like 2 lucid dreams on work nights

      On weekends Fri/Sat Sat/Sun, I just keep on sleeping often spend 14 hrs and get up to 10 hrs of sleep, and can now multiple lucid dream tho it is usually the last few cycles, and also still only catch the end of cycles so short lucid dreams.

      I am lucky to have had several 10min+ dreams with good control/lucidity
      as well as several few minutes dreams

      So for me 2-3 lucid dreams per week (weekend) at the moment with plenty of room for improvement but at least I once per week or per every other week have a lucid of note, where I accomplish things or at least have awesome time not accomplishing things

      Can't imagine what it must be like for those with only a few short dreams after eons of trying. Must take a lot of drive to keep trying.
      Sure LUCID DREAMS are all fun and games until someone loses a third eye.

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      I'm up to date now!
      I've really enjoy the two episodes on sleep and wbtb, helped me understand some small but important points on night practice, that I've missed.
      And the last episode is is goo: if only I had recognized from the beginning that LDing is more akin to sports or arts, where there is no one way of doing things, but rather different aspects of the discipline that you need to train / practice / exercise if you want to get good at it!
      Anyway, sometimes you need to go through all the hassle, so that you yourself see how things actually are.
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