Thread: Wallboy's MILD-1 Workbook

1/20/2011

Pre-Sleep:

I shut the TV off 30 minutes prior to writing this. I have just started out in meditation and I did a short 10 minute breathing meditation which helped me to relax. I then read some articles on MILD and I am about to now goto bed. I will try repeating a simple mantra in my head tonight such as "I will remember my dream when I wake up". If I wake up and recall the dream, I'll write it down and then try to visualize that dream and me becoming lucid in it as I go back to sleep.

Post-Sleep:

I went to bed repeating “When I wake up, i'll remember my dream.” My mind didn't see to wander like it usually does, probably due to the meditation before bed that relaxed me. So I must have feel asleep repeating that. I woke up 4 hours later and I immediately tried to remember my dream, but I couldn't remember anything. I then went back to sleep and when I woke up again in the morning I remembered a dream.

Non Lucid Dream:

The dream started off in a schoolbus well my old highschool mates. We were on a freeway heading to my old highschool. A front wheel tire on the bus suddenly exploded and the bus had to pull over and had a tow truck come get it. We were close enough to the highschool that we just walked a few minutes to get to it. I then remember walking around the halls of the school chatting with old school friends until the bell rang for class. When the bell rang I had no idea where I was supposed to go and what class I was supposed to go to. It then hit me that I had already finished high school and didn't even need to go. I started to laugh in my dream as well as others still in the hallway that seemed to reailze this as well. The dream then faded and I woke up.

I guess I could have used the dreamsign that I had already finished high school and why I would have been there to become lucid.

Nice Pre-Sleep work. Excellent.

The mantra is pretty good, but it needs some improvement. Use my star mantra, it works great and I will explain why next class. "I will lucid dream tonight or very soon. Make sure it is exactly in that wording and truly believe it. I swear off that mantra

Thanks Percy, I will try that tonight.

1/21/2011

Pre-Sleep:

I had to work late today, so basically had to just hop into bed at night and didn't get to meditate. I repeated your mantra as I drifted off to sleep.

Post-Sleep:

I slept through the entire night and didn't wake up once. When I finally did wake up I could remember 2 dreams.

Dream #1:

I was driving around in a green lamborghini at night time and I ended up in a park where it was really dark and no one was there. Another older model lamborghini with 4 guys in it showed up (even though lamborghini's are only two seat, somehow this one had four seats xD). I could tell they were looking for trouble. They got out of the car and the driver had a bat with him. I quickly called one of my old friends, but the guy with the bat started to hit me a few times with it before they took off. I wasn't that hurt, and when my friend showed up a few seconds later, he said he already called the police. The dream then changed scenes to the next day where I was at home and I had heard that the guys who beat me up were caught. The scene then changed again and me and my friend were at the mall, only the stores inside were not normal. There was this one store where it was like an arcade game except it was live action and not on a TV. The game had this monster like dog creature come out and if you could kill him before he bit you, you would win “arcade points”. My friend went first and immediately lost. I then tried and it took me a while to beat him, but I did. I remember only winning 3 arcade points, and I telling my friend that it wasn't worth doing again. We then left that “store” and I went looking for a machine that exchanged those points for a prize. We found a store that exchanged these points for other tickets. The guy running the store oddly enough was one of the guys from the park. It didn't occur to me in the dream as odd. The points I exchanged got me 3 of those mcdonalds monopoly tear offs that they sometimes have xD. We then left the mall and our parents were waiting outside for us. My friend was leaving for holiday and I said goodbye and that dream ended.

Dream #2:

I can't remember too much of this dream. This dream started off in a large camping ground that I goto every summer. It has lots of pine trees and large hills, almost mountains. Again I was with my friend and we went hiking up the hill. When we got to the top there was other people up there as well. There was a great view where you could see the entire campground area below with all the campsites, the lake and the surrounding cabins around it. I called my parents to tell them how great of a view it was from up here. The lake I was looking down onto normally is just a normal lake, but in my dream this entire lake was one giant wavepool. The dream then ended and I woke up.

Nice dreams!! I always liked the monopoly things... but I do not like McDonalds... opps!!!

Remember to not feel pissed if you do not turn lucid. The end of the mantra is "or very soon" so you did not fail your goal

1/22/2011

Pre-Sleep:

Watched a bit of the Australian Open on TV, but shut it off 30 minutes before bed and then relaxed and read a bit about lucid dreaming. Went to bed feeling mostly relaxed and again repeated the mantra.

Post-Sleep:

I had a few dreams tonight, unfortunately I can only partially remember one of them.

Non Lucid-Dream:

In my dream I was living in Chicago, even though I've never been there before. It was nighttime and we were about to goto bed. During the night there was a really freaky thunderstorm, kinda like the one from the movie War of the Worlds. The next morning everyone was outside surveying the damage and again the mood was very much like after that storm in the movie. I went to the grocery store to buy a few items. There was these hot wings on the shelves in these giant pickle jars. I thought it appeared normal in the dream. I went to the checkout with one of these jars and remembered I had forgotten my wallet. I asked the clerk if it was alright if I left the jar with him while I quickly ran back home and got my wallet. He nodded. So I ran back home and got my wallet and on the way back I ran into this photographer that was really upbeat showing everyone how he had taken thousands of photos this morning. The dream then faded before I got back to the grocery store.

Great Pre-sleep. With time your progress will spike and you will experience results soon!

1/23/2011

Pre-Sleep:

Meditated for about 15 minutes before I went to bed. Felt really relaxed.

Post-Sleep:

Had to get up really early since my nephew was over and running around upstairs making a racket. Can't really remember any dreams last night.

1/24/2011

Pre-Sleep:

Read some more articles on MILD before bed. Also began visualizing a concert for the task of the week. When I was in bed I tried to visualize the sounds, lights, and the crowd of the concert. I imagined becoming lucid and talking to a girl dream character. I repeated my mantra as I thought of this as well.

Post-Sleep:

I woke up about 4 hours later and didn't remember any dreams. I fell back asleep trying to visualize the concert. When I woke up 4 hours later I remembered 2 dreams.

Non-Lucid Dream #1

In this dream I had a crush on a girl that lived on my street. It was nightime and she was at home with her parents. I went to visit her and she wanted to go to the movie rental store, but her parents wouldn't let her. She then did some sort of social manipulation trick on her parents and her parents immediately changed their decision and let her goal. I was intrigued by how she did this and wanted to know more about it. Thats all I can remember of that dream.

Non-Lucid Dream #2

In this dream I was on a skiing field trip with my old school mates. I remember our skis were like 20 feet long. The skiing trip ended really quick and we were all walking home and I remember this random golfball hit me in the stomach and we all started laughing.

So those were my dreams last night. Nothing about a concert, but maybe that girl I visualized talking to at the concert was the one who happend to be in my first dream.

1/25/2011

Pre-Sleep:

Throughout the day when I had time I tried to visualize that concert and becoming lucid. When I went to bed I repeated my mantra and again visualized the concert.

Post-Sleep:

Non Lucid Dream:

The dream started and I was at a two man comedy show at the gym in my old elementary school. It was the last act and a performer had these tiny balloon balls that were in this bag. He swallowed the entire bag and then opened his mouth and little by little the balloons started to shoot out of his mouth until they were coming out rapidly. Near the end they started to get really large and the last balloon that came out was a huge pink balloon the size of a hot air balloon. Everyone was clapping and excited for the performance. The show then ended and I followed the two performers to where they were staying in a house that was near that elementary school. I was inside with them and the house was really tiny with just a small living room space and two bedrooms, but the house was fully open. The performers left and I was left inside the house still alone and the lights were all off. This girl came to the door, no particular girl that I can recall. And I invited her in. We then talked for a few minutes. We then left the house separately and it was now dusk. I seen this police car come driving up close to the house and I looked away from them thinking that they might excpect I was breaking and entering. I walked down the road and seen this other police officer or security guard hiding in the trees. I went over to him and asked what he was doing and he gestured down the street to some guys that were shooting at him. Bullets started to ricochet near us. I told the cop I was going to go back to the school. I started to sprint to the school and when I got there I called the police and told them there was a couple guys shooting to the west of the elementary school. They said they would be there right away. Momentarily about 50 or so cops were running down the streets looking for the shooters. It darkened quickly. A woman principal from the school came up to me and I told her there might be some gun shots in a little bit, and right when I said that gunshots started to erupt in front of the school as the police were firing up into a tree where the gunman was trying to hide. After about 10 seconds the gunshots stopped and the gunman dropped some 20 feet from the tree and his lower body smashed into the roof of a car blowing out the windows and caving in the roof and his upper body and face smashed into the ground. I looked away knowing it was going to look grotesque. The dream then ended.

Excellent job. Do not ever feel discouraged.
Dream incubation is not a magic spell, specially for starters... however, I assure you that nothing are you doing will go to waste. The longer you keep focused, the easier and faster you will accomplish your goal!

Have you been using the chest technique?

Thanks, I'm trying to keep positive. The last few nights I haven't had much trouble keeping the visualization in my head without my mind wandering off onto something else, but when it does I will use that chest technique.

1/26/2011

Pre-Sleep:

Visualized the concert throughout the day. At night I watched the Australian Open and then before bed browsed the DV forums.

Post-Sleep:

Non-Lucid Dream:

Dreamt I was camping again. Only I had my home theater system with me and was playing music really loudly. A group of guys heard my loud music and wanted to know what speakers and stuff I was running. There was this large couch we sat down on and I remember using a projector for showing them some music videos on youtube to demonstrate my speaker system. They were impressed. The dream then ended.

I think I'm getting closer to dreaming about the concert since this dream had a group/crowd of people and loud music playing.

Originally Posted by Wallboy

Thanks, I'm trying to keep positive. The last few nights I haven't had much trouble keeping the visualization in my head without my mind wandering off onto something else, but when it does I will use that chest technique.

Excellent, that sounds great. Do the chest technique before going to bed. Once you have done it and put the chest away, do not summon it back, even if thoughts come to your head, just go back to the concert. Making the chest re-appear will not force your subconscious to obliterate unwanted thoughts. Sounds silly, but trust me, it works that way.

Have been a bit stressed out the past few days over some things, but finally getting back into the positive groove of things, so lets keep this goin!

Pre-Sleep:

Tonight I meditated and applied the visualization of the dream near the end of the meditation when I was super relaxed. Read some stuff on Lucid Dreaming and now am about to go to bed and "will have a lucid dream tonight or very soon"

Post-Sleep:

Woke up in the morning and was going to do WBTB, but kept laying down for just a couple more seconds then I should have and ended up falling back asleep.

Non LD Dream 1:

I dreamt it was around noon and I was around 12 years old. I started to have a bath and noticed my one tooth was really loose. And it wasn't a baby tooth. I remember being concerned because I had a dentist appointment that day. I remember my friend was also downstairs waiting for me and I was taking too long and he finally left.

Non LD Dream 2:

I was at some sort of gaming event for a new game that was supposed to be really popular and if you were at this event you could preorder it and get the game early. There was this line up going up stairs and everyone going up was in the line to get the game preordered. And everyone coming down already had it and were dressed in this army suits specific to certain roles. I guess this was a first person shooter war game lol. When it was my turn to preorder the game, I got out my debit card and a girl selling it asked me what class I was most interested in. I thought for a moment and then told her "sniper". I then had to write down my debit card number and I remember most of the numbers being all 2's for some reason. The girl thought it was funny and then randomly asked me out. I was so stunned/embarrased at the question and the people in the line staring at me waiting for an answer, that I had awoken from the dream right there.

Nice dreams, and good job with meditation. It pays off!!

How are you WBTB going?