Competition Thread #16

[StephL]

I don´t do the waking up after every dream mantra - I am afraid, that might be one day too much - esp. next year when I start working again. Recall will be lost on me like that - but for me, the some awakenings I have per night shall be enough. Edit - last night: one dream: 1 point one fragment 0.5 points Summing up: 17.5 points Not Much - One Stupid Recurring Dream And A Fragment - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

[Nfri]

3d - 3p wbtb f - 1p total = 47,5p

[Scionox]

<DJ Entry goes here> <DJ Entry goes here> 11 Fragments, 1 WBTB fail, 6.5 points. (I guess, technically I drank something, does this still count? Sorry for asking so many questions) Yeah, it counts. Does it count only when you're lucid? Yeah for dream control tasks you need to be lucid.

[FryingMan]

I don´t do the waking up after every dream mantra - I am afraid, that might be one day too much - esp. next year when I start working again. Recall will be lost on me like that - but for me, the some awakenings I have per night shall be enough. My ultimate goal is never to wake up on purpose but still to be lucid in every dream, Hukif-style, via ADA/RC. For now waking more means more recall for me. I wouldn't worry about the mantra, even while keeping the mantra I have only woken up once in the last few weeks other than the final morning waking. It takes will power to wake up enough to recall and journal. Turning over and just going back to sleep quickly is easy...I don't think it's possible to get "stuck" with this intention, and even if it did happen, I'm sure it would wear off quickly if you stopped.

[Nfri]

Yes of course (sleep more) but you ARE giving something up -- continuous, restful sleep, IMO. You may be getting the same total hours, but there is a difference in getting up 4-5 times per night vs. getting up zero times per night. You are expending your will to get your butt up out of that warm bed into that cold room in the middle of the night and journal and do WBTB. That's the point. Yeah exactly! It's really necessary to wake up at least 4 times per night and start journaling our dreams immediately. This is simply a must. Last night I recalled full two dreams, but I didn't start journaling them and in the morning the fully recalled dreams were gone! I also found that when I do my mild, It is really important to sleep in a cold room. The colder, the better, because I fall asleep faster after my mild is done. And after watching these videos I adjusted my mantra, which clearly had become too familiar for my SC, from "I wake up after every dream" to "I wake up every 2 hours" and as a result I woke up 4-5 times last night with decent recall on all but the earliest one (there was a dream there but it slipped away). First time in a few weeks I've woken up that many times, a big improvement.

[VagalTone]

Have a good week guys ! Today results: - 4 dream fragments: 2 pts Total: 18,5

[FryingMan]

I also found that when I do my mild, It is really important to sleep in a cold room. The colder, the better, because I fall asleep faster after my mild is done. For me, this ^^ times 1000. Cold room = great sleep. Last night despite all the wakings I got back to sleep fast each time, and the room was nicely cold. In fact I started having what might be described as the beginnings of the feeling of a WILD almost right away after about the 4am-6am wakings, I did a half-hearted FILD attempt a few times just to see if I could catch the transition really quickly, but gave up when it didn't happen right away, for fear of waking up too much. Still got right back to sleep, yay.

[she]

3 dreams - 3 points WBTB - 3 points Spoiler for for dream: WILD I found myself in a bus. I went to the driver and went out the next stop. I wanted to summon patterns in the air, and made a little snowflake on my palm. Then i was making different patterns in the air , but they didn't look like they were made of snowflakes, it was some mix with smoke and snow. Then i wanted to make an ice under my feet and some time stamped with foot till awoke. WILD - 3 points Become lucid - 5 points Successfully stabilize the dream - 2 points Advanced Summoning - 10 points + 10 (2nd of three step task) Today - 36 points Total -81

[StephL]

I don´t know, if I think, it is a must to do journalling several times a night. I have a tendency to insomnia - I really don´t want to mess up my sleep too much. I wake up naturally around three times anyway - before finally getting up. So - maybe I already have enough of opportunities - I just needed to really use them for my dictation. Naja - I do journal daily on here at least.. The problem is - my mind doesn´t work in these awakenings, as it usually does. In the daytime - I find it very important to use them - but when they are actually happening - I think, paperlapap - I do it next time.. In general this tends to be a problem - not having my daytime motivation, when it counts. For this I find this competition so great - not last night - but in general, I now feel, I want to use (almost) every night as best as I can. TOTMs do as well - but there is room to procrastinate on them, and still end up with wiings at some time. A bit more relaxed - which is also good. Loving this guy:

[Sensei]

I slept like 4 hours last night and was late to work... Arg... No dreams remembered yet. WBTB fail. 1 point. Gonna go for a nap this afternoon. Been working opposite schedules of my wife, so when she gets home we finally get to hang out. Problem is that it is like nine, and an hour and a half is not enough time to hang out with wife, not when you have a wife as cute and cool to hang out with as my wife.

[FryingMan]

OK feeling the pressure, we have a very active lower div. Bad time for a long (approaching 3 weeks) LD dry spell, and a stess and bad-sleep induced recall low spell. Watched those two videos, decided I had to step up my game. Changed my mantra from "I wake up after every dream" to "I wake up every 2 hours and recall my dreams." This plus the new will/motivation worked, and got a high-side-of-average recall night, finally. Probably a dozen LD moments handed to me on a silver platter (foam lips? Zombie girl? Egg man? Tiny car?) and I rationalized or ignored them all. 00:00 Monday 2013-12-16 comp #16 night #4, lots of wakings and nice recall - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views 10 dreams - 10 points 5 fragments - 2.5 points 1 WBTB attempt - 1 pt. night total: 13.5 competition total: 26.5 woohoo doubled my score in one night

[MyCooky]

I had a very bad night, I didn't get much sleep. That would be 1 dream fragment + 1 WBTB failed. total score today: 1.5 total score competition: 22 I will do better tonight, because I'm awesome!

[dolphin]

4 fragments-2 points 4 dreams-4 points become lucid-5 points flying-4 points dc interaction-2 points become lucid-5 points flying-4 points phase through solid object-8 points 1st of 3 step tasks-5 points total-39 points lucid-I was flying along the ground when I gradually developed a low level of lucidity. Eventually I found myself flying over the ocean and landing on a beach. There was a dolphin right next to me within arms length. I reached out and pet it in my interest. lucid-I was traveling with my eyes closed. I could hear a voiceover saying, "It's going to get hot! Yessir!" I became lucid and I opened my eyes. I found myself in a black and white cartoon world headed for the edge of a cliff. I jumped off and flew around looking for a solid object to pass through. I found a what looked like a gymnasium and phased through it. I woke up after flying around it for a bit. lucid-

[StaySharp]

I only had like 5 fragments and 1 dream the past 2 days, so it's 33 points total for me. This week is still school which doesn't help, but then I'll be free for 2 weeks.

[DreamingGhost]

3 Fragments = 1.5p 2 Dreams = 2p Another huge missed dream sign of mine of flying. I think I am getting close to becoming lucid lol Night total = 3.5p Comp total = 14p

[AnotherDreamer]

2 Fragments - 1 1 Dream - 1 1 Lucid - 5 WBTB Failure - 1 WILD - 3 Flying - 4 Full Transformation - 10 (+5, for first task) Total - 20 + 3 + 5 = 28 Competition Total = 72.5 + 28 = 100.5 Duality and Kitty Power! - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

[AnotherDreamer]

OK feeling the pressure, we have a very active lower div. Bad time for a long (approaching 3 weeks) LD dry spell, and a stess and bad-sleep induced recall low spell. Watched those two videos, decided I had to step up my game. Changed my mantra from "I wake up after every dream" to "I wake up every 2 hours and recall my dreams." This plus the new will/motivation worked, and got a high-side-of-average recall night, finally. Probably a dozen LD moments handed to me on a silver platter (foam lips? Zombie girl? Egg man? Tiny car?) and I rationalized or ignored them all. 00:00 Monday 2013-12-16 comp #16 night #4, lots of wakings and nice recall - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views 10 dreams - 10 points 5 fragments - 2.5 points 1 WBTB attempt - 1 pt. night total: 13.5 competition total: 26.5 woohoo doubled my score in one night damn fryingman! 10 dreams and 5 fragments?! I hope I can have that kind of recall someday

[Shalink]

Well, these past two days haven't been good for my dream recall, not a single dream or fragment recalled. (I almost remembered something but I got up to quickly) I had to fix my sleep schedule after messing it up by helping a friend deliver papers throughout the night, so I spent yesterday fixing it back up by pretty much watching anime for 8 hours (I think that might be a record for me) and woke up at 8 today so things should hopefully be back to normal when it comes to recall.

[StephL]

OK feeling the pressure, we have a very active lower div. Bad time for a long (approaching 3 weeks) LD dry spell, and a stess and bad-sleep induced recall low spell. Watched those two videos, decided I had to step up my game. Changed my mantra from "I wake up after every dream" to "I wake up every 2 hours and recall my dreams." This plus the new will/motivation worked, and got a high-side-of-average recall night, finally. Probably a dozen LD moments handed to me on a silver platter (foam lips? Zombie girl? Egg man? Tiny car?) and I rationalized or ignored them all. 00:00 Monday 2013-12-16 comp #16 night #4, lots of wakings and nice recall - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views 10 dreams - 10 points 5 fragments - 2.5 points 1 WBTB attempt - 1 pt. night total: 13.5 competition total: 26.5 woohoo doubled my score in one night Congratulation on the points - but - ten dreams? I mean if your recall is that good - I would long ago have switched mantra to an LD connected one - maybe also something to recognize all the stuff on your silver platter! If this is high-side-of-average - you have a lot more than me. I would love to have better recall - but even without I can have little lucids - and feel it is rather about stabilization to improve them .. I don´t know - I might be totally off - please anybody tell me so - and also the wrong person to comment like this - but why not have a bit less recall, less stress while sleeping-time - and mantra towards lucidity in your case, I wonder?

[pnb1]

Night 2 Failed WBTB=1 pt 2 fragments=1 pt Night 3 failed WBTB=1 pt 3 fragments=1.5 pt 1 dream= 1 pt TOTAL=6.5 pts

[AstralMango]

Urgh, bad night again. This will probably go on for a while because of moving stress and because of the heat. Honestly, no fans in summer? Geez. Had one fragment and a failed WBTB. 17.12.13 - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views Night 4 total: 1.5 Competition total: 8

[Sensei]

oooooh... I am behind... I still have goals for this whole thing, I am not hitting any of them. I am definitely a competitive person though, so I shall catch up. I will rise to the occasion from the ashes, like a phoenix. That is if I can get some sleep... nap time.

[bemistaken]

12/16/2013 WBTB Successful= 3 points RC Successful= 1 point Lucid= 5 points Successful WILD= 3 points Go through big object (Wall)= 8 points First of three step task= 5 points Fly (super speed)= 10 points Total points: 35 points (please modify as you see fit if not correct) WILD Morning - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views I believe that I am over the point limit for one dream...which the point limit is 20 points. If so Scionox, I will allow you to award me the points as the rules state (whichever way you see fit).

[imJB]

Hey guys! 2 dreams - 2pts 3 fragments - 1.5 pts WBTB fail - 1 pts New Total - 7 pts

[fogelbise]

Night 4: 4 dreams, 3 fragments, 1 WBTB attempt - 6.5 pts Competition total - 55 pts