Thread: *Completed!* The Lucid Dreamer's Guide to the Cosmos

@RelaxandDream - That's great news, thanks ever so much! I think you had a lucky timing there - someone earlier had upgraded their pledge and it freed up that early bird slot. I'm really glad you're on-board!

It's great to hear about the upgraded pledge and the big bump up!

I emailed [email protected] to ask that they please consider adding it to the "projects we love."

This idea is quite a long shot, but I sent some tweets to the attention of some famous lucid dreamers that have twitter accounts to see if they might retweet or support the project: https://twitter.com/fogelbise/with_replies

Great to see the jump up in backers etc - it's sooo close now! Here's to seeing it's gonna go all the way to the mark

I can't watch

As I just tweeted, "US dollars go further to support inspiring #UK Kickstarter projects, thanks to #Brexit"--i.e. the British pound has, well, taken a pounding, with the result that foreign money is worth more in British pounds than it was a short time ago.

I'm planning to increase my pledge accordingly; anyone with me?

Daniel, it might be worthwhile pointing out this silver lining to people...?

Hey guys,

Wow, this is all far too much for the nerves! We're so close!

I've an interview with "Intergalactic FM" this Friday, hopefully that will reach a new audience and bring in a nice final burst.
Also, World of Lucid Dreaming *should* be running a new article - assuming they get it out in time (fingers crossed).

Sorry for being less available in the forums, as you can imagine there's a lot to be doing at the moment.

I'll be investing every hour over the coming final days in making this happen, I'd really appreciate it if you could all do as much as you can to spread the word. I'm convinced we can reach the goal!

@thinkintuit - that's a very good point, I'll make sure I mention it in the next campaign update later today. Thanks!

We can make this happen!

Hey all, just to let you know, you can catch an interview with me, discussing life, the universe and lucid dreaming (and a great ambient set too) - over at Intergalactic FM.
Broadcasting now (7:30 BST): www.intergalactic.fm/dream_machine/


(If you miss the broadcast, you can listen to the archive once the show is aired, you'll be able to find it here: https://www.mixcloud.com/dreamspacedotmedia/)

Is it just me or is this all incredibly tense? 30 hours left guys, and we're so close to the goal.
If any of you are still yet to make a pledge, now would be a great time

Also there are three new updates today, including a new "Patron Plus" reward.

You've all been amazing so far!

www.luciddreamersguide.com

Dear Daniel,

I feel a huge need for more LD Books for the advanced. Even if the book series will only have a few thousand readers, and sub-200 backers who will pay much more than for a normal book or contribute chapters or whatever, it will be a massive enrichment for lucidity. I love your writing (it's inspiring, I reread parts of your published book) and a dislike your campaining (it's getting really annoying).
So I finally decided to extend my pledge to the All-future-Ebooks tier and I hope others will do the same to get this over with and the campaign will be over and successful soon so you can get back to writing and spare us of further campaigning

bye,
Raipat

Originally Posted by Raipat

Dear Daniel,

I feel a huge need for more LD Books for the advanced. Even if the book series will only have a few thousand readers, and sub-200 backers who will pay much more than for a normal book or contribute chapters or whatever, it will be a massive enrichment for lucidity. I love your writing (it's inspiring, I reread parts of your published book) and a dislike your campaining (it's getting really annoying).
So I finally decided to extend my pledge to the All-future-Ebooks tier and I hope others will do the same to get this over with and the campaign will be over and successful soon so you can get back to writing and spare us of further campaigning

bye,
Raipat

Raipat, thanks so much for increasing your pledge it's very kind and amazing of you, thank you!
I agree with you completely about campaigning being annoying - it's not in my nature to promote myself/things, so this is new territory and trust me, it's just as annoying for me as it is for you!
I am itching to get back to writing and not having to be a walking advertisement! Although, on the positive side of promotion - I have really enjoyed the chance to get to know everyone better.

Don't worry it will all be over tomorrow night and then the fun of creating new content, doing research and generally getting on with enjoying lucid dreaming and being normal humans once again!

Thanks again for both your generosity and your honesty!

Haven't been actively focusing on this subject, but I'm glad to see the big jump on the funding I hope you reach your goal Daniel!

@Saizaphod - Thanks! Fingers crossed!

Hey Daniel it's been so nice to see you around and inspire so much positivity in the LDing Comunity! I hope soooo much you get the 12 grand Well whatever you do its for LDing advancement that's very clear - so good to see someone so full of positive passion and also with a level head - nice one

17 hours left! It's currently 86% funded, £10,384 of £12,000, with 127 backers. So it only needs £1616 more to succeed, I think we can scrounge that up

If anyone out there is thinking about pledging, I really recommend it. Not only will you be helping to bring these books into existence but you'll also be helping to further advance the lucid dreaming field. These books will help support things like dream research, which we could definitely use more of. And spread awareness and knowledge of lucid dreaming. So by backing this project you're not only funding The Lucid Dreamer's Guide to the Cosmos but also in a way lucid dreaming itself!

And how cool will that be to see these books in the future and know you helped play a part in their creation? This is the first Kickstarter I ever backed and I can't think of a better way to start than with this project

Also, something super cool that happened yesterday. Rhett of Rhett & Link tweeted out the kickstarter! https://twitter.com/rhettmc/status/749057469469499393

Originally Posted by DanielLove

@Mismagius I just also wanted to thank you for your continued and amazing support of the project, so far you've been one of the most active and fantastic members of the project. I really think that without your help my motivation would have fizzled out quite some time ago, so I just thought I'd let you know that it's really been something I've noticed and appreciated! Also, I'm going to try and run with your idea of getting Kickstarter to pay attention. I'll post more on that below.

Thank you so much, Daniel! I'm really glad I've been able to help out and be a part of something so cool as this project, it's been a blast!

Only 5 4 hours left! Let's do this!!!

Edit: I jumped us up to the 92% mark. Please get your pledges in now!

Hi guys!

Firstly a huge thank you to @mismagius for being such a great support and help in keeping eyes on the project, your'e a star.
@anderj101 - You're brilliant! Thank you so much, I'm lost for words with how amazing the lucid dream community is!

@everyone - the very good news is that Rhett from Rhett and Link has backed and shared the project...

ARGHH... Breaking NEWS as I was typing this... WE REACHED THE GOAL...

Excuse me while I run around the room screaming, I'll be back shortly...

Yay its done! SuperNICE

i am very happy for us all and especially you Daniel! so all the work DOES pay off!

WE DID IT!!!

It's absolutely amazing news and a huge victory for Dreamviews!
Thank you all from the bottom of my heart for everything you've done to get us to this point.

Dreamviews is absolutely the best, and I'm thankful that I'm a part of such a wonderful and diverse community of dreamers!

I'm going to go pour a big glass of wine and celebrate, I think we all deserve to spend the night celebrating!!

Originally Posted by DanielLove

WE DID IT!!!

It's absolutely amazing news and a huge victory for Dreamviews!
Thank you all from the bottom of my heart for everything you've done to get us to this point.

Dreamviews is absolutely the best, and I'm thankful that I'm a part of such a wonderful and diverse community of dreamers!

I'm going to go pour a big glass of wine and celebrate, I think we all deserve to spend the night celebrating!!

haha! this news is awesome!!!! it was looking really close towards the end but nope, dreamers pulled through!!!!

It really is such good news, I'm walking on air... something that tends to only happen in the dreamworld!

I really do consider this to be a Dreamviews achievement and one for all passionate lucid dreamers.

Let's make amazing things happen guys, it's the tip of the iceberg and there's plenty of great things we can achieve together!

We did it guys! Thanks so much to everyone that has backed and shared it! This is one of those moments when you can only express yourself through the art of gif.



For a while there I was like



But lucid dreamers united and pulled through!



I'm looking forward to what the future holds. Make room, 4th of July, you're not the only thing people will be celebrating!

This is so awesome!!!

I am so happy that we reached the goal!!!

Daniel, and everyone else who has worked on making this project a reality, you are truly amazing. This is a remarkable day for the lucid dreaming community, and I am sure that this will play a significant role in pushing the field of lucid dreaming forward. This project has already helped add extra motivation for me to focus more on lucid dreaming in my own life, and I cannot wait to read this book!!

HURRAY!!! I was scared for a bit... High-five fellow dreamers and backers! :good job:
Good luck with the books Daniel!

@mismagius - that was the perfect post, you've summed up, in GIFs, the rollercoaster of recent days! I'm so very happy that we're now in a position to do some great things. It seems that there's already a lot of researchers getting excited by the prospects and offering to get involved. So, I think we've already built up a nice positive forward momentum, now it's time to ride that wave into the future. It's an exciting start to what will be a great adventure for us all!

@dreamingnow - Thanks for the lovely kind words! It definitely seems like when we bring people together like this, that the collective buzz builds and becomes something bigger than the sum of its parts. So, the goal now is to do as much of that as possible!

@Centroid - It was terrifying for a while wasn't it!? Thank you for your support and I look forward to getting to know you better during the coming adventures! Time to celebrate!

@Everyone, I just want to say a huge thank you again for everyone's support. This really is just the beginning, and if we all work together, we will start to see some great things emerging over the coming years. It's an exciting time to be a lucid dreamer!

For now, I'm going to wait-up until the campaign is officially complete and then jump into bed and induce a long lucid dream. I'm planning on a dream party of sorts, with guests such as Saint-Denys, Frederik van Eeden, Mary Lucy Arnold-Forster and all the other big names from the history of lucid dreaming. Perhaps Titan, one of the more interesting moons of Saturn would be a good venue! I'd like to invite you all to do the same in your dreams tonight. While I don't subscribe to notions of dream-telepathy, it would be nice to think that we're all sharing a similar dream-world celebration!

I'll see you all there, the view should be great...

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