Nito's workbook!!

[nito89]

Hey, I'm ben, otherwise known as Nito! Ive been reading through all the classes on the DV academy and thought I'd better start with this one. I've been wanting to start this for a while, I had one lucid dream (which lasted all of 10 secs and involved me mostly frantically trying to stabalise) - unfortunately I have not had another since and had a relapse regarding recall. Ive waited until my DJ started to look a little more like a DJ and not occasional ramblings. My recall is now 1-2 dreams a night and I think it's time I signed up to try and motivate me into having another =P. I'm looking forward to getting this down! And intend to eventually join in on task of the year/month. I'm honestly bot worried about dream control at all, in many of my non-lucids I've used powers and twisted things to my advantage etc I believe I will have good control it's just getting lucid again that's evading me for now! My short term dream goals: Fly Go around and tell as many DC's I'm dreaming as possible - just to see their reaction. Anyway just wanted to get a intro out there, looking forward to the whole learning experience. I'll probably catch you on chat =]. TEACH ME DA SKILLZ!!! haha. Nito.

[Matte87]

Welcome to class! You've got the right mindset for dream control, knowing it's going to happen even before entering a Lucid Dream is going to increase your chances tenfold. The more confidence you have when you visualize doing certain things beforehand, the easier it'll get. You can pick any of the goals listed in the progress thread, just do them as you like and if you feel like putting some pressure on, try the current week's tasks I suggest you do that once you've started having regular LD's though. Which technique are you mainly focusing on? Welcome once again! Ask any questions that might pop into your head and I'll try to answer them the best I can

[nito89]

My main methods are DILD and WILD. I attempted a WILD this morning with no success - had someone in a car outside my house beeping it's horn (dumbass) I will be combining his with DEILD aswell. I think my problem is awareness, I remembered 3 dreams from last night, so I'm going to start heavily pushing my RC's and ADA =]. Nito.

[Matte87]

Ah okay I try to be as aware as possible throughout the day, but my main technique is MILD. There's nothing wrong with doing a few mantras before going back to bed, so if you feel like it, I suggest you try it out. WBTB is also a very underestimated technique. Good luck!

[nito89]

Thanks, Ima try it everyday till it eventually happens!! I'll post results tomorrow, today is gointo be ADA intesnsive =P. Nito.

[hashmash89]

Whats going on nito welcome to the class

[nito89]

Yo Hashmash! Thanks for the welcome bro! Can't wait till I catch up a bit to you guys. Wanna have some stories to tell =P. Taaaake it easy. Nito.

[tblanco]

Good to have you here. Bienvenedoz. The hardest part of the early going is to keep from being frustrated. The second hardest part is Dream Memory.

[nito89]

The recall is coming along =]. Unfortunately due to my hayfever my sleep is being MASSIVELY disturbed. Sucks but not much I can do but medicate the hell of of myself! Nito.

[hashmash89]

Hope you get well dude!

[Matte87]

Get well and lucid soon!

[nito89]

Thanks matte! I'm going to push a WBTB tonight/tomorrow morning. I'm planning on trying the task of eating something random! I've been visualising it all day! Nito.

[nito89]

Ok. I haven't posted on a while due to the high pollen count here in the UK atm, which means I'm a walking zombie =P. So what ive been trying to do is focus on recall, but getting those little details in. Instead of being like "I walk through a street and see a tunnel" my DJ entries are more along the lines of, "I start to walk down the street, I look around and it's night time, I can see a few clouds in the sky, the street is cobbled, it's uncomfortable to walk on, I pass many houses and then find myself infront of a tunnel, it's dark in there and I feel weird about it" I'm remembering so much from my dreams now it's quite exciting. I'm gonna update my online DJ later today =]. I've been using the method of going through the days events in reverse in my head. It's quite funny cause the music that played was a song I wrote called, "when will you be mine" but that makes sense I guess as I was going over and over it with my band a couple of hours before bed! With the amounts of details I'm remembering I'm pretty sure my next lucid is going to be in the next few days, I remember I had a spike in recall just before my first lucid. So it's gotta be on it's way, I've also stopped smoking weed and have been relishing in my longer rem periods, my lucid, I have been Tellin myself will be so much longer than before!! Just wanted to update this a little so you guys know I haven't given up =P. Nito.

[Matte87]

Good to hear from you! I will update you guys who missed this week's chat in PM's. Keep at it man, that confidence will get you to lucidity. You should try the WBTB out this weekend for maximum effect. Good luck!

[nito89]

Thanks matte =]. I tried a WBTB this morning but I just ended up falling asleep. Is there anything you do to keep your focus? Also the new task idea sounds AWESOME! Nito.

[Matte87]

Great! Yeah, get out of bed haha. Eat something, activate your brain. Visualize while you do it and stay up for as long as you can before going back to sleep. I find that 25-35 minutes is the best.

[nito89]

Ok good advice, today I just woke up, wrote down my dream and lay back down =P. I'll try it again tonight!! Nito.

[hashmash89]

"I start to walk down the street, I look around and it's night time, I can see a few clouds in the sky, the street is cobbled, it's uncomfortable to walk on, I pass many houses and then find myself infront of a tunnel, it's dark in there and I feel weird about it" Dude, awesome detail on that dj entry!

[nito89]

Haha thanks, hashmash! I had to post this Dream from last night, its awesome Thailand Rep get-away/ It was quite a fun dream. I also tried to do a WBTB too but was way too tired and just slipped into sleep. =[. GUTTED!

[Matte87]

Holy shit, I'll have to read that tomorrow haha. I'll congratulate you on that amazingly long dream beforehand though

[nito89]

Lmao!! Thanks matte. Most of my dreams are taking up 2 sides of A4 paper these days! It's alot to do when I wake up and write it down =P. Im gonna try a WBTB again tonight see if I can't get it done!! I'll be well happy when I succeed in my first one!

[nito89]

Ok, i tried a WBTB this morning and it worked beautifully!! Im so happy that ive had my first prolonged lucid so i had a chance to mess about a bit, and ive actually got some of the tasks done which im even happier about. Ok so tasks i accomplished in my dream last night; - Tell a DC your dreaming (i told a room full of Dc's) - Short flight (i flew around my house) - Do a proper WBTB - Stabilise the dream using senses (i used touch and taste) - Eat something (i ate my door [lol!]) Obviously you can read my dream journal entry and decide which of these i did and did not do! Heres the link; My First Prolonged Lucid! Can't wait to try again tonight lol. Nito.

[hashmash89]

Lol well done with your dad That was awesome! Keep that shit up. Perhaps you can go to the meeting with your dg next time.

[Matte87]

"She goes on to tell us that the demons escape their world and use US to live in this world" You mean US as in USA right? Makes sense. That's one amazing lucid! Congratulations I'm going to update the list with your completed tasks, great job. *EDIT* The list of completed tasks was great. Please do the same next time you complete one

[nito89]

Haha matte, your words not mine =P. Thanks man, Ima work on the telekinesis and I'm desperate to get into the dv academy, or at least see it lol.