Caenis' Workbook

**Caenis** · 05-15-2012 04:43 AM

On the morning of the 13th, I had a dream where the main character thought he was lucid dreaming. I can't remember if I was the man, or if I was observing the dream at that point. He believed he was lucid dreaming, and he was able to float around. I think he was told he was lucid dreaming by two other men. Turns out that the other men were just distracting him so the man wouldn't go to a beautiful woman's room to have sex.

Dream recall from last night was pretty poor. I remembered my first dream, but didn't write it down. It's difficult to take the time to write dreams if I have stuff to do in the mornings. I have no obligations tomorrow, so I'll write down my dreams in detail tomorrow. I've been favoring the nose plug RC lately, but still check my hands from time to time. I'm still attempting to practice more awareness lately.

**OpheliaBlue** · 05-18-2012 08:21 PM

Originally Posted by Caenis

On the morning of the 13th, I had a dream where the main character thought he was lucid dreaming. I can't remember if I was the man, or if I was observing the dream at that point. He believed he was lucid dreaming, and he was able to float around. I think he was told he was lucid dreaming by two other men. Turns out that the other men were just distracting him so the man wouldn't go to a beautiful woman's room to have sex.

That's really weird, were you lucid yourself? I also noticed in the last dream you posted in your journal, that your fiancé's older sister brought up lucid dreaming as well. Dreams like these most often are build-ups to achieving lucidity yourself. Just keep doing those daily RCs, especially when the subject of lucid dreaming comes up. Like right now!!

**Caenis** · 05-18-2012 11:36 PM

Originally Posted by OpheliaBlue

That's really weird, were you lucid yourself? I also noticed in the last dream you posted in your journal, that your fiancé's older sister brought up lucid dreaming as well. Dreams like these most often are build-ups to achieving lucidity yourself. Just keep doing those daily RCs, especially when the subject of lucid dreaming comes up. Like right now!!

No, I wasn't lucid. I wasn't myself, I was observing from the perspective of the DC, and the DC thought he was having a lucid dream. It was one of those confusing dreams about lucid dreaming. I was a passive, invisible observer watching the dream. Definitely layer zero. Definitely improvements.

The past two days I remembered 3 dreams a night, which is pretty cool, but I only vividly remember two dreams per night. The third dream I had today I checked the clock 3 times. First it was 2:50, then a few minutes later, it was 3:50. Then a short while later, it was 3:15. Such a good opportunity was missed! I'll have to remember to be more aware when looking at the time. I'll try to start asking myself what the time was when I last checked the clock, what I have been doing for that amount of time, and if time went forward or backward.

I also want to remember to RC when I first encounter my dream signs. I remember to RC, but I sometimes RC after I've been around the dream sign for a while.

When I woke up today, my body felt a little...tingly? Different than usual. I was wondering if I could WILD/DEILD that way, but I was too awake to succeed. When I gave up and got out of bed, my body felt a little heavy initially.

**OpheliaBlue** · 05-19-2012 01:29 AM

Originally Posted by Caenis

When I woke up today, my body felt a little...tingly? Different than usual. I was wondering if I could WILD/DEILD that way, but I was too awake to succeed. When I gave up and got out of bed, my body felt a little heavy initially.

Whenever I DEILD, I do get vibrations and if I relax and let them take over, I slip into a lucid state without skipping a beat. Sometimes I have a feeling like I'm on the brink of those vibrations, and I do this weird thing where I exhale gently, look down and a bit cross-eyed under my closed lids. I can do this right now as I'm fully awake, and it almost simulates the onset of the vibrations. I suddenly just feel really aware of my whole body when I do it.

I'm telling you this because I wonder if it would work the next time you get the tingly feelings you just described. I've been dying to teach someone how to do this, it's really hard to explain it. But it's definitely worth a try.

**Caenis** · 05-21-2012 12:48 PM

Originally Posted by OpheliaBlue

Whenever I DEILD, I do get vibrations and if I relax and let them take over, I slip into a lucid state without skipping a beat. Sometimes I have a feeling like I'm on the brink of those vibrations, and I do this weird thing where I exhale gently, look down and a bit cross-eyed under my closed lids. I can do this right now as I'm fully awake, and it almost simulates the onset of the vibrations. I suddenly just feel really aware of my whole body when I do it.

I'm telling you this because I wonder if it would work the next time you get the tingly feelings you just described. I've been dying to teach someone how to do this, it's really hard to explain it. But it's definitely worth a try.

I haven't had a chance to try this again unfortunately, I had a busy weekend. Yesterday I remembered a fragment or two, but didn't write them down, and today I remembered one dream. I have a few hours until the last chat, so I'll give it another go.

I was probably a little too lax yesterday with my RCs and awareness. We had a family gathering, and I got about 4 hours of sleep, so it was difficult to keep myself from running on automatic.