So my days usually consist of staying home, usually going out at night (Tuesday, Thurs - Sat) and I also work during the day Thurs - Sun. |
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Last edited by Extremador; 04-26-2012 at 03:33 AM.
My Lucid Dreaming Articles/Tutorials:
Mindfulness - An Alternative Approach to ADA
Intent in Lucid Dreaming; Break that Dry-Spell, Escape the Technique Rut
Always, no sometimes think it's me,
But you know I know when it's a dream
I think I know I mean a yes
But it's all wrong
That is I think I disagree
-John Lennon
Actually practicing this will take a commitment. I tried the first day and it's tiring stuff.. |
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True, this is tough, but the lucids are definitely worth it |
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During school before trying ADA out, I was wide awake. Then I tried it for like a class period, I kept yawning each time I attempted to increase my awareness and tired myself out.. |
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So about 2 weeks ago I went to New York City again and had a lot of fun with ADA. I was there in December, and after coming home, I kept having dreams that I was back in the city almost every night, which was weird but led me to the idea that, if I ever went back and practiced ADA every day, I would continue to have dreams about the city and do it in my dreams. |
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Does the effectiveness of ADA - with regards to becoming lucid - wear off after a while? |
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My LDing record, if you want to hear about it, is about 4 WILDs, 1 DEILD, and the rest DILDs.
One of the problems I usually run through is that there are so many possible dream scenarios that, your mind might not always go to one where you even remember that you learned about it. |
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For a few months I have felt a lack of focus in life. Like I was never fully awake, or just that everything was blurred out to a degree. Not literally visually, but I just didn't feel focused or aware. Today I decided to try out ADA, and was taking little awareness sessions pretty often. Today when I went outside to let my dog do his business, I walked out, looked around, and everything was clear and pretty. |
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Beginner Goals: | Attain Lucidity | Observe Surroundings | Talk to a DC | Fly | Swim |
I feel like this is the best tutorial on this site. It is very helpful! Though, I have not achieved a lucid dream yet (I just started this ADA stuff), my dream journals are becoming more detailed and my dream recall has been getting a lot better. I hope to achieve a lucid dream by the end of this month. I've also noticed more details in my waking life, and when I question if I am dreaming, I find my answers to be more detailed and complex rather than "yes, this is real". By far the greatest help I have received. Thanks to KingYoshi for this tut!! |
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Kind of jumping into the middle of this thread... but ADA definitely works! I did not know that this was well known until reading this post; a couple months ago I was experimenting with it and my awareness in my dreams definitely increased. I even had a few lucid dreams in the weeks that followed, but unfortunately have not been keeping it up. However, it is true though about awareness in waking life carrying over into dreams, and this thread is a good reminder of it. |
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I'm going to start using this technique today and post my results on my blog! I'm really excited about having LDs again! |
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First time I slept long enough to get into my bit of dreaming, after going through this n giving what I interpreted from it a try. I tried just going over the details of everything I sensed, I then had an idea to help visually remember scenes/details of what I saw. |
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The ability to forgive, leaves me weightless..... feeling light.
Started this today, did about 10 one-two min sessions throughout school day, hard to remember sometimes haha. I wrote LD on my hand so every time I saw it I did a RC which reminded me of ADA, will try to do it for longer and more frequently. Looking forward to the results whatever they be. |
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Attempting WILD: 0
Have achieved SP with mild HI previously, haven't attempted much in the past.
I'm kinda shocked at myself. I don't know how I managed to forget that this technique once gave me two lucid dreams in one night... but that quote is right there in the OP, and when I saw it, I was like this: |
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It was almost a year ago that that happened so... I really don't remember. But it can't have been more than a couple days, given my usual track record. I'm uh, easily distracted. xD |
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Well, did it a lot more today during school. Hopefully will keep increasing until it's effectiveness causes me lots of lucids hah. |
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Attempting WILD: 0
Have achieved SP with mild HI previously, haven't attempted much in the past.
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