The Preserver's MILD-1 Workbook

Thank you for teaching the class! I may not be able to attend tomorrow evening, as I have to wake a few hours after the class, but I'll definitely be attending the second class.

Toc, toc! :) Updates?

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Before sleep: Since I've been very busy lately, the busiest I've been in nearly a year, I was more focused on stress and anxiety before sleep. (Note: I did not read the chat logs until after I woke today.) I had an especially anxious night after pondering the idea of an AI takeover in the near future, perhaps 40 or so years from now. The overall feeling I'd say I had when I went to bed was "anxious." I tried to calm my mind as much as possible, which I did by allowing my kitten to sleep in bed with me.

Dream #1 Recalled This was a dream related to World of Warcraft (most likely stemming from the fact that I played that night before bed.) It kept fading from third person in my game character to my physical self in first person, as if I were playing, but merging with my character occasionally. I was flying around a city of Elven ruins that was invaded by demons, who I had to constantly kill. I was waiting for someone important to return, but I can't remember who it was. By the time I saw a figure in the distance, another player had killed him and I couldn't interact with him. I faded back to first person "real life" self, where I found two new kittens outside, one of which I picked up. It was black and white, but turned gray when I looked back. They were both unhealthy, very bony. I fed them, and then I woke up when my kitten wanted out.

Dream #2 Recalled This was a strange dream, as it occurred in the time period from 10:41 AM to about 10:43, a short waking, and then again from 10:44 to 10:46. This was one of the best examples of time dilation I've ever experienced, as I could have sworn I was asleep for a few hours when this dream happened. I got hungry in the dream and decided to go make some rice. I found an empty plastic bottle that I filled with white rice, a strange sauce that I found, and a bit of chicken broth. It took a while to prepare the rice, but eventually it was ready to be cooked. I popped it into the microwave. My family and a couple friends were over and wanted to eat wings instead, so they ordered them. I heard them talking about how "I never really fit in" with the family, specifically based on my religious beliefs that differ from theirs. They left to go get their food, and I made more rice after, as my rice didn't cook properly.

I'm not sure where the waking moment was in there, but I specifically remember glancing at my clock and seeing it was 10:43.

Before sleep: I was focusing on lucid dreaming, nothing too specific, but definitely about dreaming. I had taken a break from TV as suggested and ended up reading a bit on DV before bed.

Dream #1 Recalled I only remember one dream from last night. It took place in town, where my family and a couple family friends were eating at Applebee's. I walked to their table to say hi, but they ignored me, so I walked over to the hostess, who was one of the people at the table (a family friend). She told me that I didn't have a place to put my bike that I rode there, and I wasn't able to get a table even though there were empty ones. I noticed one of the tables was similar to a Facebook picture of a friend at Applebee's that I saw for the first time the night before.

Life sometimes makes our dream-life harder... do not worry.

Nice job on the 2nd night though!

Before sleep: Focused on dreaming again, but I only got about 5 hours of sleep that night. I felt pretty tired in general, not so much "up for dreaming."

No dreams recalled.

Unfortunately I won't be able to attend the second class. The third and fourth, most likely, but I'm busy this evening.

Have you read the log at least. Please, do so at least before class #3!

I have read the last long and have been attempting to find time for my daily visualizations. It's fairly difficult, though, as I haven't had more than a few seconds here and there, not even full minutes, during school and work. Busy busy. I will be available for class 3 I believe!

Did you took a shower? It is a great moment for a full visualization. How about breakfast? If you were alone (shut the TV off!!!) you can incubate the whole thing as well :)

I'll have to remember the shower thing for tomorrow morning. I don't take time for breakfast, usually just a quick snack, but the shower works.

Before sleep: I went to bed about 6 hours before I had to wake so I didn't expect too many dreams. I focused not on the rock concert specifically, but rather myself being happy from becoming lucid.

I had an extremely vivid dream that I recalled very well, but I woke up late and had no time to write it down. Unfortunately I forgot most about it other than a couple faces.

Before Sleep: I didn't focus on dreaming at all, rather I just fell asleep (quite quickly). I was looking forward to class last night but unfortunately the dates were changed to Sundays which I have to wake up about 3 hours after the class, so that's a no-go for me. I'll be sure to read the logs by Tuesday or Wednesday as Monday I won't be home or have access to a computer.

Dream #1 Recalled I was flying around outside (non-lucid, rather I was on a giant bird) and dived down to kill a group of serpent worshipping creatures on top of a tall temple. I shot a few fireballs but was transported to a small kitchen that was all wood, as if it were built 150 years ago. I needed some flour to free someone trapped in a chair. I found a small book of prayers and cold drink recipes that I wrote when I was a kid. I read some of them and remember it mentioning that one recipe required a cup of fruit, and another had something to do with raspberries. I went outside to a barn and got in an elevator that took me back up to that same room, it was on floor 6. There was a second floor 6 that had a room filled with spirits. After that one of my friends threw me up to the top of my house, which had trees all over it. I grabbed on and saw a strange man that was running from me. I chased him.

Before Sleep: I was focusing on recognizing I'm dreaming "tonight or very soon". My classes were cancelled due to snow so I got to sleep in. I thought more about my dream goals.

Dream #1 Recalled This was actually a couple of dreams that blended together in such a way that I can't remember exactly which was which. It was medieval times and I was one of the generals in an army assaulting a castle. We set up our siege town outside of the city walls and began reforging weapons. In the first attack we took control of the east walls and crossed a set of bridges to the inner east wall. While there, we lost many of our weapons and I was sent back to the makeshift city. I had to run back with a troop of cavalry chasing me. Somehow I ran faster than them and let our flying shock troopers take care of them. Not sure why we had flying archers, but we did, and they saved me. I gathered the weapons and headed back with the flying marksmen. On the east wall, one of my friends was trying to film a movie shot. The camera only offered 0.0 of some sort of mechanism, but you could manually alter it to be 1.0 or that mechanism while in editing. Somehow that would make it look better.

Not bad those dreams :)

How about your WBTB and meditation?

I haven't been working on WBTB unfortunately since I've only had periods of about 5 hours for sleep, even if I did attempt to get up for the 5-10 minute quick WBTB's, I am waaay too tired to stay awake for more than about 30 seconds. I had a couple sessions of meditation and more specific focus on my dream goals, which did influence my dreams slightly. I won't be able to make the final class but I'll keep posting and I'll read the logs Monday.

So, how is it going?

Any LD to attempt L-DEILD?

I'm sorry for not responding recently but I haven't had time to even get to a computer lately. I did have a brief moment of lucidity, but it was too short to actually allow me to do anything. I went non-lucid shortly after. I've had so little sleep lately that I haven't had the chance to do any WBTB either.