Thread: Sylph's Workbook - Meditation in LD Class

Oh, I got stars! Did you do that lemme? Thanks, Whoever.

Originally Posted by lemmefly

Yes I can totally relate to that. It's the same for me.
I basically had one really cool breakthrough experience of getting an intense ringing sound and vibration feeling in my meditation. Other than that, I sometimes get nothing at all, and sometimes I can hear a steady voice of something like a vacuum cleaner in the next room over for a while. (If you read my class workbook you know that I only get auditory effects so far).

Yeah, I did read that (I always peep at everyone's workbooks, even from other classes ). I thought I had posted there, I guess I forgot... It seems at least the physical sensations are common (considering Wavings descriptions and all) despite the differences with other sensorial experiences.

Lately I have also been struggling a lot with having LDs. I really want to try the meditation in a lucid dream, but the last few weeks I had close to zero chances. The few (maybe 2 or 3) times I got lucid ended so quickly that I didnt even find the time to sit down on the ground and start meditating. After walking around shortly in the dream environment, I always awake. I think the problem with having so few LDs is that it makes them feel so extra fragile and I am always afraid that I could do something to break them, which -in effect- breaks them. lol
I just dont know what to do about it, having more LDs would certainly help gain a little confidence.

What is your experience with LD's? Are you advanced with a high frequency of LDs or more of a noob like me?

I've had about 40 DILDs since joining DV so, although I'm not exactly a noob at LDing, I'm not that hot at it either, haha.

I get low to average lucidity, usually in dreams of 3 to 10 minutes. My longest was 30 min, but I kind of lost track of what I was doing halfway into the thing. ;_; Like you, in most lucids, I don't get to do anything interesting - it's just the time to "ground" myself and take a look around my enviroment and that's it. I also get a feel of how strong\stable the dream is and how long it's gonna last and so I know how far I can "push it", which most times is not that far at all.
That's why I don't get lucid often - between the time and focus that it takes to remind myself I have to get lucid tonight and the fact that I can't get to experiment when I do, I end up sticking to non-lucids. It's ironic but I do acomplish a lot of my goals while not lucid. The mind still remembers what I want to do, it just fails to notice the dreaming state.

Do you use you senses to stabilize? It should give you a few more moments, if nothing else.
How do you experience regular dreams? Maybe you shouldn't treat lucids any different - that might take the strain out of it, make you more relaxed when you hit lucidity. How many lucids have you had? (We really gotta update that LDcount thingy on our profiles. )

And have you already tried meditating in one of your LD's?

No. I only had 1 lucid since the course began but even if I was having more I wouldn't bother to try without having some grasp on what to do. Maybe now I will.

Btw: Sorry I missed the last class chat session, but I was by the sea with my girlfriend over the weekend and it was impossible to get any sort of internet connection going up there.

No worries. Everyone got tied up with other things. And besides, I'm not the teach, so I don't get to be mad about that kind of thing.