[MILD-1] Limitless' Workbook

focus while trying to fall asleep, mantra for tonight:
"I Lucid Dream"

So i tried my best to clear my head before bed, i turned off my tv during class and only focused on DV chat for about 10mins before bed. I did a few RC's before bed and said my mantra until i fell asleep. I had two alarms set for some pills i had to take, the schedule usually works for my for recall and WBTB. So i fell asleep at 12:30, woke up at 4am, 10am, and 12pm. I said my mantra "I Lucid Dream" again and did a few RC's at 4am, but that was it. I had 3 recalls but could only remember one vividly. It was mostly daily residue though, so im not going to bother putting it in my DJ. It was about one of my friends that i was trying to talk to, and DC's were getting in the way. Nothing too exciting. Tonight will be better hopefully, as my prescription is done, and i dont have to wake up from my alarm.

So lastnight my sleep schedule was really off cause i didnt go to bed until 4:30am. I didnt have any alarms for recall, so i slept until 2pm. I was surprised at the vividness when i did recall my last dream though, it was about a very different shopping center. And instead of shopping, i was interviewing people as they shopped. And everything was really expensive because it was mostly for charity.

I had my tv off for about half an hour before i fell asleep, and stayed in DV chat until i decided i was tired enough. Then i tied to focus on my mantra, but couldnt stop thinking about silly daily stuff.

Do not worry limitless... fighting your own mine is a hard and long journey, but with practice you will get the hang of it.

Well done, you are following the proper path. Do not fell bad for getting flooded by waking stuff but focus on improving every day instead :)

Well done!

okay, so i took the weekend off from practising this. bad limitless!

anyways, i had some really good recall this morning and yesterday as well. but i havent posted the dreams, im super lazy right now and just realized that i havent done this in a while. so i will try my mantra tomorrow night again and see how it goes.

a bracelet, a mall, confusion, twins, cute aliens and scary aleins. - Dream Journals - Dreamviews Lucid Dreaming Community & Resource
So i caught up on my DJ, but honestly haven't been trying hard enough to LD and haven't started to incubate the desert yet, i will start tomorrow and i will get back on a good sleep schedule so that i can have better recall in general as well..

okay, im going to get more into this, i feel like im failing at this class:

turned my tv off about 15 mins ago, wasnt really watching it anyways.
5mins before bed, read over other people's workbooks and got inspired

i havent incubated today, but i will recite my mantra "I Lucid Dream" and incubate the desert before bed as well as i can(which has been easy so far)

i read about the chest technique from matte's workbook, so i will attempt that so that so that i can clear my mind for, hopefully, a bit more emphasis on my desert incubation. it cant hurt.

ive had a busy weekend as usual and last class was very interesting but i will have to get used to re-reading the classes and starting them every monday

i have decided that i will set alarms during the day on my cellphone to remind me to incubate this week

so, the chest technique; im glad to say, worked! it cleared my head and the desert hasnt looked more clear! so thats an improvement, the mantra just gave me something to focus on without letting random thought's come into my head but other then giving me something to focus on, it wasnt effective.

i suppose i tried a DEILD, but i just kinda woke up and had dream recall, but didnt open my eyes or reach for my book to write it down, so i dont remember it now, because i tried again to focus on the desert and repeat my mantra. I woke up at 8 to check the time, because when i have somewhere to be, i dont always trust my alarms; i was to be up at 9:30 to bring my dog to the groomer's house. now seemed like a good time to come on here and jot this stuff down. i will incubate the desert at 10am, i think[in 8mins] and i will try to stay on top of incubating at least 3 times during the day this week.

So! I tried and failed 3 times at incubating during the day yesterday.

Itried the chest technique, but i could visualize it this time, so i just told myself(in my head) that im putting certain things and people into the box and locking it. Which seemed to be effective until the next time i woke up. So i ended up doing that about 4 times during the morning. I was only able to recall one long dream but i had woken up in the middle and fell back into it and it continued like nothing had happened. So i was pleased with that. Still vivid recall as always, same as my waking life but without physical feelings or perception of what is normal.

Crap crap crap. Its been a while. I read the chat log from last class.
Everything sounds good,

[im noticing spelling mistakes in my last post: i couldnt visualize*]

I am going to do the chest technique tonight, and im going to try incubating something else, see if i can encourage my dreams when it has nothing to do with class :P maybe im just a horrible student, but i can dream what i want when it's not a requirement. hahhaa, we will see.

Keep some updates in how is it going, please!

Will be going to sleep after 24 hours of being awake. I will do the chest technique. Thats honestly all that i can manage so, thats all that i'll do tonight.

Concert tonight.. then weekend. So i dont plan on practising anything dream related until monday..

Haven't had any recall at all since the 12th. Until today, finally - Dream Journals - Dreamviews Lucid Dreaming Community & Resource

Nothing fancy, but im glad i had recall at all. Will incubate about a specific idea tonight n see how that goes.

Yesterday i had another long dream about the end of the world. I may post it eventually.. But right now i actually can't sleep. I havent had this feeling of not being able to sleep in a long time.. since i joined dreamviews.. im going to read and meditate. Hopefully this goes well.