Thread: Paige's Workbook :)

Originally Posted by areyoume

You un-ziped your head, that's one cool idea, and I was amazed that your brain was able to actually simulate the sensation of having a pumpkin head. It most of be a great experience.I can't wait to try it out.
keep on dreaming!

Yea that was really cool. I was afraid i wont have the guts to slice of my head or something, so i thought about something less brutal.

Recalled so many dreams this morning, and most of them were really weird :O

I posted in the dream snippets.

Ffff

I typed out something long this morning, I thought it went through but I guess it didn't.

Long story short, I had a lucid today! And I got to earthbend successfully!

Also, there was this vampire dude who was showing off his skills, putting us in danger (apparently I was one too). I remembered the TOTM and asked him to bite me, but he said I was already a vampire so it wouldn't work. Lost lucidity shortly thereafter.

Maybe next time! :3

Originally Posted by paigeyemps

I remembered the TOTM and asked him to bite me, but he said I was already a vampire so it wouldn't work. Lost lucidity shortly thereafter.

Maybe next time! :3

I can't believe the nerve of that dirty rotten lying DC!

Had a really long dream where it kept shifting a lot. It happened along a river, and every few meters or so, there would be a different plot or storyline. I woke up really confused.

Also, I have decided to increase my awareness practices at night, including my reality checks. This is because of my newfound dreamsign, where most of my dreams happen at night. Hopefully, this boosts my chances of becoming lucid.

Originally Posted by paigeyemps

Had a really long dream where it kept shifting a lot. It happened along a river, and every few meters or so, there would be a different plot or storyline. I woke up really confused.

Trippy!! I had a river dream early this morning as well!

Also, I have decided to increase my awareness practices at night, including my reality checks. This is because of my newfound dreamsign, where most of my dreams happen at night. Hopefully, this boosts my chances of becoming lucid.

That's not a bad idea actually, I mean for anyone. If most of your dreams occur in a certain place or time, that would be when and where to up awareness. For me, nearly every LD starts out in my bed, so that's when I up my awareness. It's helped me lower the number of FAs to nearly zip. But I have a lot of nonlucids with my mom at her house, so I'll have to remember to up my awareness then too. Good idea!

You are absolutely killing it lately, Paige. I am seriously impressed!

You've hit a great stride... keep it up!!

Thanks Canis! I'm getting really excited because I'm almost on vacation!

A Table Flips Me! (Lucid #86) - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

Spoiler for October lucid goals:

•Have a table flip me
•Jump into a black hole and see where it leads me
•Capture a soul and put it in a jar (optional - smell/taste it)
•Cook something
•Morph into a mystical creature
•Make a dream character laugh
•Have at least one proper WILD
•Have at least 10 lucids

Lucid count: 6

Had a sleepover at my cousin's place. I had some really weird dreams, which I only recalled halfway throughout the day. It really threw me off because I usually remember dreams when I wake up, and the ones I remember at random times in the day are very few.

Which makes me wonder: why do you guys think we have a sudden change in dream activity and recall when we don't sleep at home?

I just had a totally random thought today. So basically I've been listening to this science podcast, and it said something about sleep. In one example, they studied 4 ducks. They would line up and face the same way. The ducks in the inner side would close both eyes and go to sleep. The ducks on the outer side would have one of their eyes open (the one farthest from the middle of the line). Then the two ducks in the middle would wake up, and switch places with the outer ones. This time they will be the ones with one of their eyes open. They do this continuously.

So they said it has something to do with survival instincts. Whenever they sleep, they have one side of their brain awake, because if it was completely shut down, they are in danger for predators. Dolphins do the same too. Since they need to surface every so often, whenever they sleep, they have half their brains awake as well. One half sleeps, while the other maintains motor control so they kinda float at the surface to breathe throughout sleep. Apparently this is the case for all types of animals, though some are more obvious than others.

So now the question is, what about humans? What happened? Well apparently, they have a theory. Animals have half their brain awake for survival reasons– being out in the wild is very dangerous. But over time, humans evolved and found safety and comfort in their own homes – with locks and walls and a roof. This could be why humans learned to sleep more fully, and don't require one eye open while sleeping (lol imagine that). Though, technically we are not absolutely unaware. There is a small part of us that can pick up on external noises and stimuli, and why sometimes a faint sound of an alarm wakes us up right away. These are for survival too. If we were completely knocked out, we would be attacked easily because we had no survival instincts.

Okay that was sooo long, but that made me think. Could that be the reason why we sleep uneasily in other people's homes? And could that be why we always seem to sleep lightly and wake up at the smallest sounds? Because to me, that makes sense. If we're not used to a certain place, then it stands to reason that we get hyper aware of our surroundings when sleeping, due to survival reasons.

Mehh I dunno. What do you guys think?

Awesome thought. I don't have much to add but I totally agree. I had a sleep study done once and I about laughed when I realized how big of a joke it was. If you want to do a sleep study it it needs to done at home without wires. Also Hotels are the worst. I think I feel the least safe there. I wake every 30mins!

I agree that a change in environment will inevitably make you sleep more lightly. However once humans began sleeping in homes human evolution pretty much stopped (evolution is like a sieve, only the strongest minorities survive. By the time humans live in homes they probably already reached a point where the majority of them would reproduce, and would have stopped biologically evolving). Humans actually have a pretty "average" awareness among animals. Bats, for example, sleep for 22 hours(!) a day because they have literally no predators (how the hell can find a sleeping bat in a labyrinth of a pitch black cave?). Sheep sleep about 2 hours a day because they sleep in open paddocks and get eaten by everything. Lions sleep about 14 I think and are really unaware. It seems to make sense that humans are somewhere between lions and sheep in terms of required sleep awareness/length while they were still "wild" (not in homes).

Interesting! we should all go back to the wild and go survivor mode haha i wonder how much sleep we'll have then.


Also, I had two lucids today! In one, I was able to cook some bacon, and man they smelled amazing! *drools*
The other one I just flew and did some usual waterbending.

Spoiler for October lucid goals:

•Have a table flip me
•Jump into a black hole and see where it leads me
•Capture a soul and put it in a jar (optional - smell/taste it)
•Cook something
•Morph into a mystical creature
•Make a dream character laugh
•Have at least one proper WILD
•Have at least 10 lucids

Lucid count: 8

Wow Paige you're doing amazing well! 2 lucid dreams away from your monthly goal of 10 lucid dreams! (and its only halfway through October)

Originally Posted by VictoReverie

Wow Paige you're doing amazing well! 2 lucid dreams away from your monthly goal of 10 lucid dreams! (and its only halfway through October)

Thanks Been really driven lately, just finished final exams so I've got a lot of free time to sleep and dream hehe

I wasn't able to drink water last night, since I wasn't planning on a WBTB due to an appointment I had in the morning.

But I did have 2 lucids! The first one was a DILD and the second a DEILD.

B*tchfight with Samara from The Ring (Lucid #89 and 90)

Spoiler for October lucid goals:

•Have a table flip me
•Jump into a black hole and see where it leads me
•Capture a soul and put it in a jar (optional - smell/taste it)
•Cook something
•Morph into a mystical creature
•Make a dream character laugh
•Have at least one proper WILD
•Have at least 10 lucids

Lucid count: 10

Nothing special today, just the usual weirdo dreams.

I just wanted to log though: I felt quite delighted that I woke up due to excitement yesterday in my lucid dream. Well, I'd rather I didn't wake up, but I realized I don't remember the last time I woke up due to excitement. It's kinda nice to be able to feel that again, to feel one of the basic problems when I first started out. In my opinion, it sort of grounds me, and reminds me that I'm no expert and that I shouldn't forget the essentials!

I think the trick to using survival instincts to your advantage would be to maintain the awareness with sleeping lightly. Perhaps that is simply trusting your instincts to kick in at the right time, or using specific practices to enhance those instincts.
It reminds me of working with your strengths. We have certain aspects and qualities of ourselves already that lend to awareness. Then if we can learn to use them to our advantage, that would increase our ability to utilize them.
Good thoughts!

I tried Canis' nighttime MILD ritual, but I totally fell asleep.

I had a dream I was pregnant (yet again) and for some reason I was really terrified about it.

Then something odd happened. At lunch today, a friend of mine came over and told me she was preggo, and she was so distraught.

Interesting precog? Gaa i dont know what to think. Among the hundreds of dreams, surely one has to coincide with a real event right?

I personally believe precognition is possible. I plan to eventually experiment with that while lucid.

Originally Posted by Xanous

I personally believe precognition is possible. I plan to eventually experiment with that while lucid.

Cool. When you do, let me know and I might jump on board with the experimentation. Always nice to have someone else to do those with

Originally Posted by paigeyemps

I tried Canis' nighttime MILD ritual, but I totally fell asleep.

Just to be clear, the part of my nighttime MILD ritual where I start counting is designed to put me to sleep as fast as possible while I continue my mantra. I've so far never been able to count below 83 before zonking out, ha ha.

Generally, I start with a standard Laberge-style MILD, which I continue until I'm satisfied or starting to feel a little too awake. Then I flip over on my side or stomach and start doing the reverse-counting/MILD mantra falling asleep ritual. Traditionally, I'd found that doing mantras after WBTB kind of kept me up. But with this reverse counting approach (adapted from KamilV) I can continue my mantra but still get KTFO.

Originally Posted by paigeyemps

I had a dream I was pregnant (yet again) and for some reason I was really terrified about it.

Then something odd happened. At lunch today, a friend of mine came over and told me she was preggo, and she was so distraught.

Interesting precog? Gaa i dont know what to think. Among the hundreds of dreams, surely one has to coincide with a real event right?

That is nuts. This had to have blown your mind! Anyway, I do hope that your friend is able to figure everything out.

If in the future you have any dreams about particular stocks going up, please do share them in your workbook.

Originally Posted by paigeyemps

Cool. When you do, let me know and I might jump on board with the experimentation. Always nice to have someone else to do those with

Soon. I want to wait until Matte87 competition is over and I complete my goal making black fireballs. Don't ask why it's just cool. Also, I want to do a little research. I was having dreams like this a lot in 2006 but very few since. So I have had it in the back of my mind for awhile. I will for sure let you know.

Originally Posted by CanisLucidus

Just to be clear, the part of my nighttime MILD ritual where I start counting is designed to put me to sleep as fast as possible while I continue my mantra. I've so far never been able to count below 83 before zonking out, ha ha.

Ohh I meant I fell asleep even before doing the mantras and counting, lol! x)I guess that means I technically wasn't able to try it out then? I must have been pretty beat up because I got KTFO (haha) the moment I hit the pillow :3

And just so you know, I've had 3 dream babies :l

Hahahaha

Originally Posted by paigeyemps

And just so you know, I've had 3 dream babies :l

As in actually given dream birth? Wow!! That is amazing!

Edit: Almost forgot to mention! Last night I had a dream where all of these things that I had predicted in-dream came true. Nobody was too impressed by this but at least I impressed myself. It seems that your dream precog story has taken root in my brain!

Ive pooped some pretty crazy things in dreams....Human kinds greatest power of creation is to create a brand new human being.

Maybe your creative power is emerging in new ways.