Thread: haithem's workbook

I actually talked with one of friends -within the dream- about my recall problems and lucid dreaming but I didn't get lucid! At least it's progress I think.

Nice result! These types of dreams are so hilarious. They can kind of drive us crazy but they are a great sign of progress. It means you've really got lucid dreaming on the brain and your subconscious is aware of your intent. It's on your mind and that's a good thing.

I often find that a few dreams like this precedes a cluster of lucid dreams. I bet you've got one coming. Just keep focusing on your intent to lucid dream, remember your past successes, and always keep in mind what you're capable of!

Anyways, I'm back on the track *Thanks to the podcast*.

Cool, I'm glad to hear that the recent podcasts have been helpful! They always motivated me, too. Back in the day I used to listen to them when I'd work out close to bed time to really get the idea of lucid dreaming rattling around in my brain.

Good progress, keep it up!

I had a lucid dream yesterday where I successfully summoned something!
http://www.dreamviews.com/blogs/arey...my-fast-49042/

Originally Posted by areyoume

I had a lucid dream yesterday where I successfully summoned something!
http://www.dreamviews.com/blogs/arey...my-fast-49042/

All right, dude, nice!! Glad to see you back in action! I'll check out that DJ entry.

I had a lucid dream where I finally flew. I had quite a lot of control and it felt great, but unfortunately I forgot the first part of the dream.

Originally Posted by areyoume

I had a lucid dream where I finally flew. I had quite a lot of control and it felt great, but I actually forgot the first part of the dream.

Nice, haithem, congratulations! Isn't flying the best? I tell you, man, now that you've done it once you're likely to find yourself wanting to do it all the time. Once I get outside it's sometimes hard to keep myself from going all "up up and away!!" unless I immediately can think of my goals.

Great news! Enjoy the new skills!

Wwooooot! Finally! Congratulations~

I had a lucid dream last night. It was by far the longest lucid dream I have ever had. I was able to phase through a metal wall (It felt weird, don't know how to describe the feeling exactly) and exited from my house successfully for the first time in a lucid dream. I tried to fly by climbing a speeding truck and jumping and it worked for a little while until I woke up.

Originally Posted by areyoume

I had a lucid dream last night. It was by far the longest lucid dream I have ever had. I was able to phase through a metal wall (It felt weird, don't know how to describe the feeling exactly) and exited from my house successfully for the first time in a lucid dream. I tried to fly by climbing a speeding truck and jumping and it worked for a little while until I woke up.

Dude, that sounds amazing! The phase through the solid metal wall is an awesome skill to add... now no dream prison can hold you!

Where was this metal wall, by the way? Was this in a part of your house? Just curious where you were going to/coming from.

And the part with the speeding truck! Awesome! Keep up the great work.

Thanks for the reply CanisLucidus. I always appreciate feedback
It wasn't really a metal wall, it was what you would call a metal up-and-over garage door. The thing is that I was too lazy to look it up so I just said metal wall
Phasing through things is definitely a great accomplishment, at least for me that is. I would struggle to get out of my house whenever I became lucid in my house so phasing is going to be quite the life saver later on. Additionally, I was wondering how would it feel if I'd do that, definitely going to try it out more once I get the chance.

Oh yeah, absolutely! Especially making that phase happen from your house because for so many of us, dreams begin in our homes. We just don't want them to always end there, too. WILDs are especially prone to starting out in the home, so now that you know your way out and around, you are going to have so many options opened up to you!

If you're like me, you're going to find phasing kind of addictive. Now I go for it all the time. It's going to become a natural part of how you get around, I bet, which will open up the map in all kinds of cool ways.

Good job, dude!

As usual, I haven't been able to practice properly the past couple of months. It would seem that however Hard I try I always get sucked into real life (exams and such) and forget lucid dreaming. It's currently winter break though and I'm able to relax a bit. I'm trying to improve my typing skills because I found out that that can be much more convenient than handwriting. I took a look at the TOTMs and I must admit, I find them quite interesting. It's a shame December is nearing its end
I also found this thread about a technique that supposedly gives you the ability to always be lucid in your dreams. It involves being aware of your breathing and blinking but I didn't give it much of a read and now I'm interested but can't find my way back to the thread I initially found out about it in. So if anyone knows anything about it or has the link to the thread, please give it me.

Nothing special to write about really, though I did had an experience that peaked my interest. Yesterday, as I was walking down the street absent-minded I suddenly remembered a scene from a dream I had the night before in which I was gazing at a beautiful night sky that was almost completely filled with twinkling stars. I felt a surge of strange emotions that I can't find the correct way to describe, although I'm pretty sure they were in the -Awe and Wonder- section of my brain .
Even though I remembered just this tiny bit, I'm sure that the dream was amazing, and I must say that I'm quite fascinated by the fact that I can get emotional from a dream that I don't even have recollection of!
This incident made me think about the way we remember our dreams and the reasons behind the need to write them in a journal in order to achieve that. Maybe our brains handle dreams differently because a myriad of sections in our brains are turned on and others off during sleep. It also seems that emotions play a rather important role in recalling our dreams. I found out that, for me at least, the more emotional the dream, the more memorable.
What do you think?

Ha!
It's been 6 months now since I last posted in my workbook. I had a few lucid dreams along the way, some of which were really vivid. Mind you that I haven't been practicing during this period!
Here I'm again, trying another time (I've known about lucid dreaming for 3 years now ) to actually be dedicated to lucid dreaming. It might be it this time, who knows

Ha again! I guess...
I had a lucid dream yesterday, which albeit being short is quite the return if you ask me. I'm not complaining though
What the heck nose?! - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

Ah! Welcome back and congrats on the awesomely quick return to lucidity!

Originally Posted by NyxCC

Ah! Welcome back and congrats on the awesomely quick return to lucidity!

Thanks NyxCC!

Welcome back, haithem! It's great to have you back here! Congratulation on coming roaring back with an LD too!

I'm looking forward to hearing about many more of your adventures in this workbook!

Thank you Canis! I'm really happy to be back myself. I just feel at home here in DV

On to serious business. I'm both happy and angry at the moment. But why? You might ask. Well, I'm happy because I had not one, but two lucid dreams last night. One of which was short while the other is probably the longest I've had thus far (or at least, I feel like it ). Furthermore, I was able to achieve this only using WBTB and a confident attitude
HOWEVER, I'm completely unable to remember most of the long LD. As a matter of fact, I'm only able to remember a sense of how long it was and how I had to stabilize more than once (successfully, so I have that going for me.), in addition to remembering its last part.
I'am puzzled as to how I forgot most of the LD. I even remember retaining a high level of lucidity during the part which I recall because I was able to remember Canis's advice about the void, calm myself, and stabilize using willpower alone. I'm even doubting myself right now and saying that it might of been just false memories.
Also, my recall isn't the best since I've just returned LDing from a long hiatus, so that might be it

Awesome, man, you are on a serious roll right now! Two LDs, I'm impressed! WBTB and confidence, right on!

I know one thing that negatively affects my recall is if I go through a long non-lucid stretch right after the lucid. If that's also followed by a long period of other dreams or dreamless sleep, it hurts my recall quite a bit, which is a super annoying experience. Like you said, your recall probably just needs some tuning back up. And if you find yourself waking up at the end of the LD, I highly recommend going ahead and journaling at least keywords and any dialogue you can remember. The dialogue is usually very interesting and tends not to last as long as the other dream memories.

Good job making your way through the void, man! Nice work! Even if you've lost some of the memories of this dreams, you've got all the skills you need to have great success in the ones still coming your way. WBTB, confidence, and a reliable path through the void... that alone will take you far!

Keep moving forward, man, you're doing great!

Awesome Kaenthem! Congrats on the lds! If that makes you feel any better, I also forget some of my lds and quite often on top of that. If the ld is long or followed by non-lds that may contribute to forgetting it more. Also, I've had some early rem lds that I forget almost completely. At some point I was wondering if they were real at all, but with more practice in the least can confirm that they did happen.

One thing that is important to remember is that even if we don't fully recall the ld, we are still getting the practice, so this helps boost ld chances in the future.

Great work so far, wish you more awesome lds to follow!

Fell for the "didn't wake up after dream almost forgot all about it" again.
Attempt at transformation. - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

Whoa, It has been A LONG TIME...
Anyways, just thought I'd take a look at my ol' rusty workbook but reading my previous experiences got me a bit motivated. In fact, I might give the whole lucid thing another try.
As for what happened since the last time I posted here. Well, I still get lucid on occasion but these LDs are short and easily forgotten, although some of them have been extremely vivid. I've tried to get back to lucid dreaming a couple of times but I failed, be it because the preoccupations life throws at me or just a lack of sufficient motivation.
Sooo, I might get back to recording my progress, I might not. We'll see how it goes...

Here goes nothing,
So I decided to get back to lucid dreaming. I don't know whether this will be short or long lived, but I do know that I'm sufficiently motivated, right now anyways, to set a practice routine and all that so that's exactly what I'll do...

Week Goals:
-Get myself to record my dreams every night.
-Improve recall (Any improvement, however small).
-Get better at remembering to maintain awareness throughout the day (Any improvement, however small).

Month Goals
-Recall at least one dream per day.
-Get Lucid at least once.

Seem as realistic as realistic goals can be, given my history. We'll see how it goes.

Last night's progress:
-Recall: Ate some rich B6 foods; Remembered 2 hazy fragments.
-Recorded all of my dreams
-No lucid dreams.