Thread: Kraom's Workbook

Originally Posted by Caenis

Huh. Filling a stolen vehicle with water is a splendid idea. Using a potion to stabilize was a good idea. So did the potion do anything apart from taste terrible? Did you wake up after that, or did you lose lucidity? Congrats on successfully incubating a scene, by the way!

Well the potion did nothing that I could tell and afterwards I just sorta went with the dream later though I recall being at some bar with the idea to drink a drink and it would stabilize me and all it did was taste like alcohol. After that I think I just woke up.

OK so now I'm back from my little vacation. It was nice but I'm glad to be home. So I just thought I'd put this update up, also something actually relevant, my next goal well hopefully for tonight/tomorrow morning is to stop and think in my next lucid dream. I've noticed lately that I'm acting on impulse and this leads me to have shorter LDs.

Alright this morning I had an LD, after doing SSILD. So, I was in a dream and I was at my friend's house, a friend from when i was in eighth grade , a girl that I liked. In the dream I was pretty happy so I wasn't exactly in a questioning things sort of mindset. So anyway a little while later the dream had ended. (I might talk about it a little more in detail in my dream journal) So when I woke up I was a little sad that it was only a dream, but you know I got over it. So I woke up and did my SSILD and then went back to sleep. So the next thing I remember I was in the same dreamscape, so this time I knew that it was only a dream. I didn't exactly stop and think like I wanted, but to my own surprise I was very calm. First I saw a t.v. that was turned on and I tried to lift it with telekinesis, it didn't move. So I got up from the couch I was sitting on and started walking I tried to see if I had any feeling like a headache or something and I didn't except for what felt like a looseness in two of my canine teeth. Then the dead giveaway that I was surely dreaming was a person was walking and what would have in the real world been a slam into me, they just passed right through as if they were a ghost, or I was. So I went to find my friend and talk to her. (I could finally accomplish that dream goal!) And then when I neared the bathroom of the house she came out with only a towel wrapped around her. I looked away feeling flustered and then woke up. So moral of the story: I'm not allowed to talk to DCs!

The strangest yet possibly coolest things happened to me this morning. I was laying in my bed sort of half asleep half awake and then I thought about my dad coming into my room and waking me up to say something to me like he had the night before. And then I drifted off a little and then it happened he came in and was talking to me. Then when I came back to consciousness I realized there was no one there. So then I thought about how around five seconds after I thought about my dad coming into my room he did. So this time I just imagined myself laying on the floor and then three seconds later I was. I knew what I did so I was aware. It was very very clear and vivid. I was laying on the floor of my room and the light was turned on and since I thought it was a dream I tried to use telekinesis but whenever I tried it it didn't work no matter how hard I focused on it. Eventually I thought maybe I had just rolled out of my bed and I would have looked pretty strange laying on my floor pointing my fingers at a piece of plastic trying to get it to move. So then I tried to wake myself up and it worked I opened my eyes and was there just laying in my bed still.

So I thought that I would try it again so I re-imagined laying on my floor and there I was again. I tried to use telekinesis again and again it didn't work. Then I picked up a piece of scrap paper that was on the floor and threw it into the air and commanded it to stay in the air. Sadly it fell to the ground. Maybe it was the fleeting doubt in my mind that I had really just rolled off of my bed. But anyways it was amazing because it was like instant induction into a dream with retained awareness, so I was instantaneously lucid. I'm not sure if I'll be able to do this again or if this was just some kind of weird thing that happened, but I'll definitely try to do it again. If I could figure out how to do it then I could have at least one lucid per night if not more.

Sounds like you figured out how to DEILD! Your transitions were all seamless, and you even figured out how to induce each one. That's really cool, I hope you can do that again and please share the experience again!

About the telekinesis thing, it does sound like it could have been you not fully accepting that you were in an LD. And no wonder, if each one was so realistic. What are some other things that you do in LDs that are more regularly successful? Like flying or floating, or going through walls? Next time you have an LD experience like this, try some other "tricks" first, maybe that will make you more confident that you are in an LD and the telekinesis will work. Just a thought.

Yea I guess I need to convince myself that I'm dreaming. Maybe try some reality checks, even though I don't like them. Inside the dreams to it seemed like I didn't have to focus on keeping them up at all and they could have gone on for as long as I like seeing as I did force end them. In hindsight now I'd say that they definitely were dreams.

Pretty boring morning, don't even recall having any fun dreams. Realized I was dreaming as I woke up too, so that was fun.

Finally I had another LD this morning, three day dryspell that's a long while hahaha. Alright but anyway I'll just give a quick overview at the point I became lucid. I ended up saying something like good thing I'm only dreaming and then I was like wait what? I'm dreaming.. So, I went with the dreamscape and I had the keys to a car it was like a low-rider (lol). And then when I got into it turned into a classic dragster, that was still pretty low to the ground. So I was basically propelling it with my mind because there were no pedals yet it was driving. So after I pulled out of a parking lot I was no longer driving it, the dream had changed. Now it was some Mexican girl that sounded like she was fourteen. She ended up flooring the car down a street which caused me to lose my focus because there was nothing to focus on with everything blurring by. So I fought to keep my focus in the dream and ended up actually seeing blackness and then a percent bar popped up that was at around 80% and it was going up and eventually I was reloaded into the dream. When I got back into the dream my older brother was now driving the dragster and we were on some mountain road so I was bumping up into the air and one bump in the air I stayed in the air as if there were no gravity. And then I woke up. There are a lot more details for the non-lucid portion that I can go into depth in my dream journal.

Originally Posted by Kraom

Finally I had another LD this morning, three day dryspell that's a long while hahaha. Alright but anyway I'll just give a quick overview at the point I became lucid. I ended up saying something like good thing I'm only dreaming and then I was like wait what? I'm dreaming.. So, I went with the dreamscape and I had the keys to a car it was like a low-rider (lol). And then when I got into it turned into a classic dragster, that was still pretty low to the ground. So I was basically propelling it with my mind because there were no pedals yet it was driving. So after I pulled out of a parking lot I was no longer driving it, the dream had changed. Now it was some Mexican girl that sounded like she was fourteen. She ended up flooring the car down a street which caused me to lose my focus because there was nothing to focus on with everything blurring by. So I fought to keep my focus in the dream and ended up actually seeing blackness and then a percent bar popped up that was at around 80% and it was going up and eventually I was reloaded into the dream. When I got back into the dream my older brother was now driving the dragster and we were on some mountain road so I was bumping up into the air and one bump in the air I stayed in the air as if there were no gravity. And then I woke up. There are a lot more details for the non-lucid portion that I can go into depth in my dream journal.

Wow the car thing is awesome!

Well, I had another lucid dream this morning. I actually almost forgot but when I woke up for the final time I was laying there trying to recall my dreams and at first I couldn't remember anything then BOOM I remember like four different dreams including a lucid dream. So in my lucid I actually just looked around and said, "Yeaaa this is a dream.." I was in a ritzy looking neighborhood with a lot of huge houses. Anyways, still didn't stop and think and my first impulse was to fly. So I jumped into the air aaaaaaannnnnnnnndddd landed back down on the sidewalk. So then I tried to spawn a DC by turning around and then trying to have them be behind me when I turned back around and that didn't work. So then I went for a nice walk until I got to what looked like where I lived. So this time I started running forward and jumped into the air, so now it was either fly or hit the ground hard. And I flew, which always feels nice I like the feeling of the wind. So I flew for a little while until a flew over a pool and noticed people so I landed there. It was my little brother and one of my friends. I touched my friend and tried to turn her into a different DC, and when I did this she let out and annoyed sigh which kind of threw me off and made me lose focus. So I could still feel myself touching her shoulder but the dream was black. So I recovered the dream only to pretty much just lose it again..

I did it I finally managed to talk to a DC! Alright so it was after I almost ran her over and then I assured her I'd save her from the madman trying to kill people, which was me.. Ok alright let me just tell you all what was happening. So I'm walking over to my car and as I walk up and turn it on I just suddenly realized I was dreaming just it hit me nothing even happened. So then one of my dream goals was to drive a car so I did just that and by that I mean I drove it quickly. So it ended up with me and two of my cousins in the back of my car chasing after a DC. And then I saw a DC, a blonde girl (and you know my affinity for blonde girls, or you do now). So anyways I didn't even get out of my car I just sort of ended up right next to her, don't exactly know how. So then I assured her that I would save her. And ok maybe it wasn't talking as in a conversation but she was still talking about the people being attacked by a man driving a car, whatever haha. Anyways I tired to make her responsive but she wouldn't be. So I ended up just going where she wanted to. We walked down past a little lake and jumped off a dock into a little mud pit. I helped pull her up out of the mud that she had fallen in and then assured her there was no way that a car could drive down here. And then my cousins that were in the car with me come out of the tree-line and my aunt and uncle come out from the tree-line opposite the one my cousins are coming from. My aunt and uncle seem displeased that I had involved there children in my activities. So eventually they got to me and grabbed me at which point I force exited the dream. A little sad that I didn't think to just fly away or something.

Had a brief lucid this morning. I was in an indoor hot springs with my mom and brothers. And then I was just sitting in the water and I said, "I'm dreaming." I was going to fly until I realized that it was an INDOOR hot springs. And then I created a huge twister with the water as the dream was ending. Then practicing my dream re-entry I re-entered the dream except it was a little odd because I was in my room but the proportions were off my bed was the hot springs and I was pacing around the edge of the hot springs and when I looked to the left I saw the wall of my room and one of my shelves.

Great dreams, lucid and everything! Glad you finally got a DC to talk to you, and a pretty blonde at that. To bad you had to run over her with the car first

No but seriously, great work. Especially noteworthy was you taking the time in the mornings to recall your dreams. This is an excellent example of why I preach recall and journals etc to everybody. I've had lucid dreams that I didn't remember right away also, until I began journaling the dreams later that morning. So if you're reading this Intro Students, Kraom is a great example to follow.

Originally Posted by OpheliaBlue

Great dreams, lucid and everything! Glad you finally got a DC to talk to you, and a pretty blonde at that. To bad you had to run over her with the car first

Whoa, whoa she ran faster than my car SO she was in a corner and I assured her I'd save her hahaha

Originally Posted by Kraom

Whoa, whoa she ran faster than my car SO she was in a corner and I assured her I'd save her hahaha

Oh ok, fair enough. I see now, it said you "almost" ran her over lol my bad

Hmm well no lucid this morning, well not one to my standards anyway. But I did recall so many dreams and dream fragments its a little crazy.

Did you sleep ok? I had alot of fragments last night because I tossed and turned a bunch due to a sinus headache.

Originally Posted by OpheliaBlue

Did you sleep ok? I had alot of fragments last night because I tossed and turned a bunch due to a sinus headache.

Yea I was tossing and turning a lot, not sure why.

Originally Posted by Kraom

Yea I was tossing and turning a lot, not sure why.

Well hopefully you'll catch up on sleep tonight. It's always nice to have a good solid chunk of sleep initially before waking up that first time. I think it makes WBTBs more successful all around, but I'm sure you knew that.

Alright had a brief LD this morning, nothing special, kicked a federal marshal in the face and then stole his weapon haha. On the downside my dream recall has been really suffering because I've been staying up later and waking up later so I interrupted my sleep schedule. Only dreams I can recall are after I initially wake up for my WBTB, which is still like three or four.

Originally Posted by Kraom

Alright had a brief LD this morning, nothing special, kicked a federal marshal in the face and then stole his weapon haha.

Congrats... and, funny

On the downside my dream recall has been really suffering because I've been staying up later and waking up later so I interrupted my sleep schedule. Only dreams I can recall are after I initially wake up for my WBTB, which is still like three or four.

I know what you mean. I've been going to bed way too late, and when I WBTB the first time, I recall some dreams, but then I sleep too deep after that and forget them. It also feels like it's too late after that to properly induce a LD, like I'm getting a sleep overdose because I stayed up so late hehe. Now that my son is about to go back to school, I'll have to go to bed earlier then wake up earlier. Are you about to go back to school too? I should know this...

Originally Posted by OpheliaBlue

I know what you mean. I've been going to bed way too late, and when I WBTB the first time, I recall some dreams, but then I sleep too deep after that and forget them. It also feels like it's too late after that to properly induce a LD, like I'm getting a sleep overdose because I stayed up so late hehe. Now that my son is about to go back to school, I'll have to go to bed earlier then wake up earlier. Are you about to go back to school too? I should know this...

Yea I'll being going back to school on the fourth next month

Originally Posted by Kraom

Yea I'll being going back to school on the fourth next month

Oh ok. We'll see what happens then. Chris starts back on monday, so I'll be getting up at about 7am, puttering around for 20 minutes or so, then going back to sleep. Some of the longest streaks of lucids I've ever had were with this schedule.

Woo 20th lucid since joining! Was just driving a car in it. Realized I was dreaming when I noticed that I was driving wildly, which seems to always be the case with my driving in dreams.