Terrific work! That sounded like a very special experience and I look forward to seeing more of these from you. |
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I know I'm going about this in a pretty unconventional way. Yesterday evening I had a wonderful conversation with a friend about seeing our waking life as a dream. I went to bed with that on my mind. |
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Terrific work! That sounded like a very special experience and I look forward to seeing more of these from you. |
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Something important for every newbie: http://www.dreamviews.com/general-lu...-read-imo.html
Listen while you work or before bed? http://www.dreamviews.com/dreamviews-podcast/
More great audio: http://www.dreamviews.com/dreamviews-audio/
My lucid dreaming journey: http://www.dreamviews.com/members/fo...boutme#aboutme
Amazing lenscaper! Your progress is so exciting. |
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For me to set a goal hard like that takes more than just a mantra. I kind of give myself "a good talking to". In this case it went something like...."You're awake and aware right now, right? So take that with you now as you step across the threshold. Awake and aware...awake and aware. Don't you let go of that! Awake and aware...awake and aware. See the dream...be the dream." Something along those lines is how that "conversation" went...although it was more of a forceful lecture than a conversation. |
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The more I gaze....the more I crave to see
When you next stand at cliff's edge....will you finally learn to fly?
I found this amazing video of a guy free diving. I have been watching this and visualizing flying........ |
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The more I gaze....the more I crave to see
When you next stand at cliff's edge....will you finally learn to fly?
If I want to dream about flying I sometimes look at parkour videos: |
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Hey oolally...... |
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The more I gaze....the more I crave to see
When you next stand at cliff's edge....will you finally learn to fly?
Yeah, it's important not to fall into mechanical repetition of a mantra. I make sure if I do use one to change it from time to time, and I make sure to put some emotion into it when I say it - I also include a period of questioning if I'm dreaming now or awake, and I really consider that it could be either one. It's also vital to find ways to refresh your enthusiasm now and then or it gets stale. But that's pretty basic stuff really, I'm sure your'e both well aware of those ideas. Lenscaper, I like the idea of the hard set. |
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My mantra for today (the waking dream part) is.... |
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The more I gaze....the more I crave to see
When you next stand at cliff's edge....will you finally learn to fly?
That may be the title of my next album. |
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The more I gaze....the more I crave to see
When you next stand at cliff's edge....will you finally learn to fly?
I've heard that one... isn't it by the Eagles? No wait, I'm thinking of Wasted Days and Wasted Nights. Yeah, that's what it was. I guess that one refers to us in the younger days (me anyway, I won't speak for you). Wasted in both senses of the word. Though really that's not entirely true - even those days served a purpose - they were fun for sure, and it's important not to judge yourself too harshly. And as Jung kept saying, the first half of life has very different goals and purpose than the second half. |
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Last edited by Darkmatters; 03-07-2019 at 08:53 PM.
Hi lenscaper and all. snoop you are so right. As I said in my dream journal today I started late in life and it needed a lot of effort to achieve LD. I've lost the ability at the moment but it led on to so many other things...meditation, an interest in Buddhism, the brain, DMT etc. It encouraged spiritual development. Although I envy those who have natural LD ability I also realise that without the difficult journey I had I might never have progressed to a more spiritual awareness...instead I might have just got caught up in the trip rather than the lessons to be had. Love you all |
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If the World didn't suck we'd all fall off.
We are going through the eye of the needle; make sure you leave what you don't need behind. (Terence Mckenna 1946-2000)
This really resonates with me, LukeSid. |
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The more I gaze....the more I crave to see
When you next stand at cliff's edge....will you finally learn to fly?
Lenscaper, nice to know I'm not the oldest lucid dreamer out there. I turn 67 this month. I started 10 years ago, but have been gone from the forum for a year and a half. Why? I got into a virtual reality online game which one can do on demand, unlike LD. It sorta dried up the LDs. But I got off the game for two weeks and back to lucid dreaming. Early on I journalled all my dreams. I filled about 6 or 7 large journals...thousands of dreams...maybe 1000 lucid. Some of my very best "experiences" in life have been lucid dreams, since you can do the impossible there. I could talk for a long time about all my experiences, but I imagine my old posts are still on here so I won't repeat myself! |
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Hey Rothgar......good to meet somebody else who a start on this somewhat late in life. Thanks for the welcome. |
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The more I gaze....the more I crave to see
When you next stand at cliff's edge....will you finally learn to fly?
I have decided to go all in on WILDing for a bit and I am realizing at the same time that age really is a factor in trying to master these techniques. |
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The more I gaze....the more I crave to see
When you next stand at cliff's edge....will you finally learn to fly?
lenscaper, you keep mentioning control. One thing that will destroy lucidity immediately is to try to control things or even interact with them before they're stabilized. That means both in a dream, and in the early period of developing lucidity. I don't know if you're trying to control anything, but I would just relax and enjoy whatever is happening for a while. Let it happen and it will grow. |
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I like my sleep too. Consequently I only tend to rely on DILD and dream signs. I sleep normally and hope to catch a lucid because something triggers that I am dreaming. It seems like some have gotten really good at this...I keep hoping I'll find some key (maybe ADA or something like that...) Which I can combine to increase frequency. I was doing reality checks early on, but after awhile I got more spontaneous awareness and quit the RCs. Maybe that was a mistake.... |
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Thanks for that, Darkmatters. I had not considered that. |
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The more I gaze....the more I crave to see
When you next stand at cliff's edge....will you finally learn to fly?
I agree lenscaper - sleeping is probably THE most important thing we can do for our health (Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker can tell you all about this - sorry if I keep banging on about this |
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I definitely think you should take advantage of this time to lock in some good personalized LD systems.....you may not always have this luxury, right? |
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The more I gaze....the more I crave to see
When you next stand at cliff's edge....will you finally learn to fly?
Yesterday I decided to stop using the word "lucid" in my conversations with myself for a while. It has started to feel a bit like a catchphrase to me. |
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The more I gaze....the more I crave to see
When you next stand at cliff's edge....will you finally learn to fly?
Six weeks in now........ |
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Last edited by lenscaper; 03-15-2019 at 12:15 PM.
The more I gaze....the more I crave to see
When you next stand at cliff's edge....will you finally learn to fly?
At this stage of my learning it seems that every new and somewhat successful lucid experience opens me up a bit more for the next. I have found that posting these experiences here is helping a great deal as well. Perhaps there are other beginners like me who can also benefit from my stumbling lucid exploits. |
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The more I gaze....the more I crave to see
When you next stand at cliff's edge....will you finally learn to fly?
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