Samael's WILD Workbook

Note: All dates are "morning of" unless otherwise specified.

Intro Assignments:

Analyze Sleep Schedules

07/25/10 - Slept soundly 0430 through 1000, woken up and required to engage in one-sided conversation. Remember only dream-fragments.

07/26/10 - Slept from 0430 to 0700, when woken up by noise. Slept until 1230. Failed DEILD, woke up intermittently throughout the morning. Recognized HH at one point. FA where I felt someone beside me but recognized it as a dream (semi-lucid). Overall, slept lightly but without well-remembered dreams.

07/27/10 - Slept 0230 to 0650, when woken up by noise. Stayed awake for ten minutes, woke up again at 1000, slept for another hour. Most vivid dreams occurred right before waking up at 0650.

08/02/10 - Unrecorded. Remembered one dream, far below average recall.

08/03/10 - Unrecorded. Almost no recall.

08/04/10 - Slept 0400 to 0700, when woken up by noise. Stayed awake for ten minutes. Dreams were hazy, but I remembered a fairly long sequence of them.

08/05/10 - Changing sleep cycle. Went to bed at 0030, but got up again. Finally went to sleep at 0400. Slept until 0600, and 0605 to 0900.

08/06/10 - After little sleep the previous night, quickly fell asleep at 0000. Woken up by noise at 0400, slept through alarm clock at 0600, got up at 0900.

08/07/10 - Slept 0300 to 1200. Definitely have a cold. Recall single dream fragment.

08/08/10 - Slept 2230 to 1030. Woke up at approximately 0545 and 0830, both times naturally or from ambient noise. Might have woken up a couple more times, but didn't record them. Recall several dreams, with lucidity. Finally. Almost successful WILD attempt at 0545.

Tentative Conclusion: I'll wake up naturally after about six hours of sleep, which seems to be a good time to attempt a WILD. Will continue to track sleep patterns, as the last couple of weeks I've had an erratic sleep schedule, and kind of been sick.

Phase 4: Transition:

Describe previous experiences with SP & HH.

I've experienced brief moments of HH, but not yet to the point where I've transitioned into a dream. I haven't experienced SP consciously at all. I've had moments where I thought I was in SP, but I've still been able to twitch my fingers, and occasionally reality check (nose plug RC).

Prospective:

1. Sleep 2300Sun to 0530Mon, 0545Mon to 0700Mon.

2. During WBTB
- jot down previous dreams
- go to bathroom
- read over 07/23/10 dream
- read over top 3 lucid goals

a) transition (teleport) successfully
b) open a portal to Hell, in a Walmart
c) raze planet

3. Relaxation techniques
- allowing myself to lose focus, drifting into HH.

4. Transition
- remain consciously aware of HH & SP.

5. Upon stabilizing, focus on top 3 dream goals.

Actual:

1. Attempted sleep from 2300Sun to 0000Mon. Slept from 0430 to 1230, waking up briefly at 0700.

2. 0430, I daydream as usual. After a while, my thoughts start drifting. I keep track of the tangents that seem dreamlike rather than something I invent. I let go of the fantasy that I was spinning, and start to observe the random threads. They start to get more vivid. End recall.

Approx 0700, woken up by other people moving around the house. Grabbed earplugs and attempted DILD. No recall, fell asleep immediately.

Waking up and falling asleep again, unknown time. My eyes are closed, and I realize that I'm experiencing HH. I flex my fingers to test for SP, but they move. I pinch my nose to make sure that I'm not dreaming. I'm awake. I drift off again.

Effectiveness: Recognize the need for getting out of bed and waking up properly.

3. Relaxation technique: daydreaming until I start to feel sleepy. Keep track of HH that aren't consciously thought up. Lose consciousness at this point.

Effectiveness: Seems to work fairly well up to HH, which is the point. Need to experiment more with this technique, preferably after a solid 6 hours of sleep, or during a nap.

4. Becoming aware of HH, which seem to be easily distinguishable from daydreams, characterized by thoughts drifting without conscious effort. Need to become more aware after having recognized HH.

5. No success with direct entry into dream. I did, however, enter into a dream at one point, where it felt like I was in bed. Someone else was crawling into bed with me, and I realized that I wasn't in my bedroom, and that I was probably dreaming. I was too sleepy to be properly lucid, though.

Prospective:

1. Sleep 0200 to 0700, 0710 to 1000.

2. WBTB:
- jot down dreams
- reread WILD lecture notes
- read lucid goals
a) transition (teleport) successfully
b) find DC Amon
c) recruit minions

3. Repeat experiment, daydream until recognizing HH.

4. Upon recognizing HH, try to remain aware.

5. Upon stabilizing, attempt to teleport.

Actual:

1. Went to bed at about 02:30, slept soundly until 06:48 when woken up by noise. Took ten minutes to write in journal and go over lucid goals. Dreams up until this point were especially vivid. Slept again until 10:00, when woken up, more fragmented dreams. Woke up again at 11:15 with more recall.

2. Still quite sleepy when attempting WILD at 07:00. Fell asleep immediately.

Effectiveness: DJ notes are not sufficient for waking up. Next time, I'll have to actually get out of bed and wake up properly.

3. Relaxation technique: planned to daydream, fell asleep too fast.

4. Too tired to be aware.

5. No success.

So far it sounds like you're doing everything right. Now all you really need to do is keep practicing. :)

Thanks, Naiya. I think I'll have to work on evening out my sleep schedule, too.

Prospective:

1. Sleep 02:00 to 08:00, 08:10 to 10:30.

2. Wake up, write down dreams. Consider reading online DJs.

3. Daydream until recognizing HH.

4. Upon recognizing HH, remain aware.

5. Upon stabilizing, summon DC.

Actual:

Unrecorded.

Who needs real life anyway?

Prospective:

1. Sleep 03:00 to 08:00, no WILD attempts unless during a nap in the afternoon. Try again tomorrow.

Actual:

1. Slept 04:00 to 11:00, woke up naturally at 07:00 (might have been noise around the house).

2. Wrote down dreams.

3. Fell asleep immediately.

Note: During next WBTB, actually get out of bed. Laziness, I tell you.

Prospective:

1. Sleep 0000 to 0600, 0610 to 0800. Earplugs during morning hours.

2. Wake up, write down dreams NOT IN BED. Use bathroom.

3. Daydream about a more placid setting than usual. Don't try to hold a plot together. Imagine trees and water or something. Repeat "I am dreaming" as hypnogogic imagery increases, but don't count, because that sounds counterproductive. Maybe next time.

4. Remain aware, and repeat "I am dreaming".

5. Track down a specific DC.

Actual:

1. Attempted to sleep 0030 to 0130, 0400 to 0600, 0605 to 0900.

2. I was way too tired to WILD, and I knew it. I got out of bed briefly, and wrote in my DJ, but I was still dead tired when I went back to sleep.

3. Attempted WILD twice:

0400 - First time going to sleep. Tried to focus on a peaceful setting, but I was distracted by being too aware of my physical self. Eventually, daydreams spun out on their own. Had a somewhat frightening experience during HH, when a recurring DC apparently tricked me into making a deal with him. Snapped back into alertness, reality checked, and went back to sleep. No further recall.

0600 - Woke up, dreams were fuzzy and indistinct. Wrote in dream journal, but knew I had to work in the morning, needed more sleep. Passed out almost immediately, but I think I experienced some vague HH before losing consciousness.

Lol, yeah, you do need to actually get out of bed during a WBTB unless you have a really hard time falling back asleep. :chuckle:

Good luck tonight. ;)

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Lol, yeah, you do need to actually get out of bed during a WBTB unless you have a really hard time falling back asleep.

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Heh. So I gather.

Prospective:

1. Too little sleep last night, should be able to fall asleep at a sane hour. Sleep 0000 to 0600, 0610 to 0800.

2. Write in DJ, GET OUT OF BED, laziness be damned.

3. Focus on breathing.

4. Remain aware.

5. Track down DC.

Actual:

1. Pretty much passed out right at 0000, slept soundly until around 0900. Which means I forgot to turn my alarm on last night. Grr...

Woken up by noise at 0400, but I didn't attempt a WILD at that point.

2. None.

3. At 0000, focused on breathing to fall asleep. Slipped into daydreams and fell asleep very, very quickly.

4. None.

5. No success.

Wow, interesting what happened with the DC. If not for him snapping you out of it, sounds like you'd have gotten pretty far.

Let's hope he doesn't ruin any more WILD attempts. :(

Yeah, I think I was transitioning into a full-on dream at that point. I was still semi-aware of the world around me (I think I deliberately twitched my fingers at one point), but I was more or less fully immersed in the dream/hallucination.

I guess it's like containing your excitement when you first start DILDs. I'll try not to be surprised at anything else my DCs throw at me. :lol:

Prospective:

1. Sleep 0000 to 0600, 0610 to 0800.

2. Write in DJ, GET OUT OF BED, laziness be damned. Again. Try to remember the alarm this time.

3. Meditate.

4. Remain aware.

5. Change in goal, find a different DC.

Actual:

1. Slept 0300 to 1200, without waking up.

1. Slept 2230(Sat) to 1030(Sun). Woke up once at 0541, again at 0824. Both times naturally, possibly by noise. Taking night-time cold medication.

Two attempts:

0524
2. Woke up remembering only vague, non-linear dreams. Wrote down two (illegible) lines in notebook, went to bathroom and back to bed.

3. Felt somewhat restless, but still very tired. Went through possible relaxation exercises before deciding to concentrate entirely on falling asleep again. Focused on a feeling of fuzzy exhaustion, and felt myself drifting off.

4. Throughout this process, I remain passively aware of the sensations I'm feeling. Mostly darkness, but eventually I feel myself slipping into a (day?)dream that is not induced consciously (HH).

5. Mostly, everything was dark with a few flashes of colour, vague forms that were coherent enough to understand the scenario. I was fully aware of what was going on, but I could feel something tugging on my consciousness, an insistence that I follow the plot of the dream. I'm Dean Winchester, from Supernatural. I'm younger, a teenager, I think, and I'm getting instructions from my (his) dad. Not wanting to wake myself up, I allow myself to slip into the dream entirely. I lose lucidity and recall.

Successful transition? Stabilization failed.

0824
2. Recall improves significantly. I write down a full page of notes that I can read most of. Remember three distinct dreams aside from the almost-WILD, including one dream about writing down notes in my DJ. And then I had to do it again.

3. Possibly restless, but still exhausted. Definitely feeling that cold I've had for a while. Might have grabbed some daytime cold medication; I don't really remember. I attempt to enter another WILD, but I lose recall here.

No success.

RAWR... sounds like you're getting there, though :)