Thread: Lucid Living With Sensei

Hey guys! I'm camping on an isolated area for the next 6 days, so will be offline for like a week.
I'll miss Sensei's lessons meanwhile, but I might get a lucidity boost because of the different environment and having more awakenings... Or maybe I'll be more distracted, who knows...

Originally Posted by Bharmo

camping on an isolated area for the next 6 days...might get a lucidity boost

just remember crowds, and buildings will be your new dream signs

anyone who wasn't with you dream sign

anything that isn't around like cars etc dream sign

think this way and you will be able to trigger off most anything.

Then when you get back switch it up. Dreaming of middle of nowhere... must be a dream!

No Bharmo! I need you!!

Skipping Rocks

Hope this makes sense. Tell me what you think. It might be a two part podcast.

I have no DJ, my dreams were too boring! I can't suffer you all to go with them.

Does anybody enjoy these youtube videos?

Originally Posted by Sensei

No Bharmo! I need you!!

Skipping Rocks

Hope this makes sense. Tell me what you think. It might be a two part podcast.

I have no DJ, my dreams were too boring! I can't suffer you all to go with them.

Does anybody enjoy these youtube videos?

Sneaked up time to listen to this.
Loved your skipping rocks allegory!
See you all on Monday!

And then this one guy comes down to the lake side and sees what is going on and the boys/men ask him if he wants to learn how to skip rocks.

But then he begins to shrink and harden and becomes a levitating rock, and then he glides all over the lake and then finally comes to rest in the center, and then he sinks in.

The boys say that guy was pretty good but now hes gone, he shouldn't have become the rock

And then a voice booms from the lake, I was not the rock I am the lake I was just returning home...

That "Path" podcast should be required listening for all newbies and is a good reminder for us all! Excellent analogies! It reminded me that I need to stress more often, to anyone I am helping, to find their own path while I'm giving advice.

Regarding worrying/not worrying...I had an LD this morning where I kind of rushed which perhaps led to some visual stability issues but I righted the ship but eventually thought about the time later and woke up...but it is interesting in that it was almost time to get up for the day and perhaps my brain knew that. Related to the Path podcast, I know I should find my own path but would still love to hear your advice.

Originally Posted by Sensei

Does anybody enjoy these youtube videos?

Absolutely...With down time I listen to the lyrics looking for dreamy lyrics and check out the visuals as well.

I've listened to about half of these now, pretty cool. The audio on LD count is brilliant. I havent found stuff before speaking about the progression in LD'ing, which this covers a bit...if you wanted to say any more about trends youve seen on DV, about how many people actually get deep into Lding, would be interesting. Perhaps youve already said enough. Just, for all the people Ive met with an interest in LD's, none of them seem able to LD at will and sustain them enough to properly explore. For such a fascinating thing it seems only a very small number of people become proficient. Be interesting to do a LD count as a way of evaluating experience. May try n count up myself...look forward to the rest, fair play to ye :-)

Allegory of lucid dreaming rock skipping
The shore = The night
The rock = your sleep
The throw = your technique
The waves = stress, lack of confidence, mental barriers

A couple of Lucids



CooleyMD


fogelbise!
Thanks! I didn't know how much of what I was wanting to say actually came out coherent. Glad you liked it so much. The second one is here. Just an analogy to bring together some naturals and non naturals. The first one can work alone, but the second one needs to have the first one. Also, listening back to yesterday's I realize that this can apply to all hobbies, I obviously tailored it to LDing, but a little change can make it fit other things as well.

I just finished the podcast for how to not think about time. will be airing tomorrow.

Glad you like the music! I usually spend time trying to find a good LDing song. I always tell people to "listen to the words" when I show them songs. I am glad that you are unknowingly doing what I want people to do.
I will put up a long path of things that I have done, might be another multiple part one that I use as a finale. I have noticed that "their own path" is what I see from all career LDers.

Patjunfa.
Thanks for the feedback! I am glad that you enjoyed that. It seems like the ones I am afraid will be controversial are quite liked. I shall try to drop as many truth bombs that I can in the future. Let me know which ones you like as you go through like you did, doesn't matter how far back they are.

@everyone. My computer has some messed up problems and the site I am using doesn't have a good mobile site. If you want to help me with a small project (should take 5 minutes), let me know and I will PM you the details. You will get tomorrow's podcast before anyone else.

Originally Posted by Sensei

listening back to yesterday's I realize that this can apply to all hobbies, I obviously tailored it to LDing, but a little change can make it fit other things as well.

Most hobbies only require money, this one is cheap but I think it requires a bit of luck

you need more skill and less luck at some point

but at the beginning it is better to have good luck!

Originally Posted by cooleymd

Most hobbies only require money, this one is cheap but I think it requires a bit of luck

you need more skill and less luck at some point

but at the beginning it is better to have good luck!

You need to find better hobbies. Things like drawing are gonna be more like this. I guess this should just be applied to skill hobbies?

How to distract yourself!!!

My Nightly Adventures!!!
2 LDs

hmmm... super sick today, so I am taking the day off!

I still have a Youtube video for you today, no DJ as I didn't have any dreams!

Thank you for the distraction podcast and I hope you get well soon!

Thanks fogelbise. I couldn't make a podcast today due to my voice being out still. I should be able to make one tomorrow. got my DJ done for today, but haven't uploaded it yet. Had a lucid, but it was quite short and strange, already flying, so I just went with it and had a fun air fight.

I only have about 10 days left of podcasts. Prolly gonna make a special theme for Christmas and New years. I already know what to talk about.

I made some podcasts for you!

The last 2 DJs:
Yesterday
Today

Lucid Inspiration, a lucid dreamer vs someone that lucid dreams

Here is one of the most epic parts in movies of someone becoming what they do. Up there with the matrix and a bunch of fantasy movies as well (Not to mention anime... Bankai!!!!!!!!!!!!!). The best probably being star wars. If you want movies for lucidspirations, you just need to look at any movie you like, but anything with an epic moment or two different reality.


That movie was freaking epic. As a fan from childhood, it was not a disappointment.

I have been busy for a while and all last week I was sick, so I wasn't able to watch any of these so far. I had been planning on it but then of course all of those other things happened and I forgot about it/couldn't watch it. But now I am back and it seems that I have a lot of catching up to do! Hopefully I'll get up to speed as quick as possible .

The lucid inspiration podcast surprised me pleasantly. I was thinking it would be about movies or songs that provide inspiration and instead found it going much wider. Let me know if you need help joining files or anything...I am looking forward to the next one!

Glad you enjoyed it. I did the podcast for today and it... sucks! I am going to try and give you guys one early tomorrow morning (to count as today) and another one later in the night. I am sorry for the delay.

That Robin Williams on the highest fountain of Lucid dreaming dream journal 10 was hilarious lol

Hi guys! I'm back, with only one mini-lucid on these pasts days. I forgot to mention that the trip had elements of retreat, and that I was actively involved in the organization, so lots of stress for everything to work out as planned, more than I expected.
Anyway, I listened to the lessons I missed (not the DJs) while unpacking and, wow, they are as good as always!
All this podcast series is really a "must-listen" for anyone starting... maybe not at the very beginning but a little bit more along the way. And I'm convinced that is worth listening several times during one's lucid development, as different stuff will make sense at different stages.
Keep up the good work Sensei!

So... Christmas is busy. I have a recording for you. I will definitely be too busy to do one tomorrow, so ya'll are gonna have to wait until Friday! I am sorry. I kept up with the DJ, but have not formatted it. Nothing extremely interesting has happened, so... I leave it be.

Robert!
Glad you enjoyed it. I love my dreams. It is just sad that normally I have to enjoy them alone.

Bharmo!
Thanks for liking it so much. I am going to relisten to these and try to make it more of a class type thing so that I can send my pupils here (as they come to me). Might have to redo some of them when I get done.

REALITY? Check!

The reality check is there to slowly and surely change your mind to realizing at all times that there are two different states

Bravo! I've been looking for a way to say this and you've phrased it perfectly.

Next up: incubation

Yes, please.....step by step!

I don't have time to get on my comp. Got it in mp3 though.

Dreancubation

No DJ today. Had a lucid, but other than that. Didn't feel like journalin. Will add a video later prolly.



Original Dream Fuel! Aladin was a freaking LDer.

"No one to tell us 'no', or where to go, or say that we are only dreaming"

Originally Posted by Sensei

I don't have time to get on my comp. Got it in mp3 though.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/mglbdr7scd...ation.mp3?dl=0

No DJ today. Had a lucid, but other than that. Didn't feel like journalin. Will add a video later prolly.

Cool! Downloading!