Thread: Covlad96's Workbook

Originally Posted by CanisLucidus

All right, congratulations on the lucid!! Did you write it down this time? If not, I encourage you to do it at your next opportunity! It'll really help cement it in your mind and give you something nice to look back on later.

Enjoy the new motivation... good luck tonight!

Thank you! I did actually write it down, I do usually write it down. I just got into a stage of being a bit lazy for a few weeks. I posted it into my dreamviews dream journal, which if you wish to read is here. Oh! And actually last night I surprisingly had another lucid dream. It didn't last long at all but still it is another lucid dream! The only thing is, I would like my dreams to be a tiny bit more vivid. I mean they don't lack loads of vividness at the moment they're just average. However I still would like to make them a bit more realistic. Do you know anyway I can work on this?

Also what do you think. I write all my dreams in as much detail as I want on this app on my phone called 'Dreamkeeper'. Do you think I should post all these in my dreamviews dream journal or do you think I should post the Lucid and more exciting ones?

Awesome, congratulations on the back-to-back lucids! That is excellent. I'll check it out in your DJ as well.

As for vividness, while there are supposedly parts of the sleep cycle where visual clarity is harder to come by, most of the time you can sharpen things up with the right expectation. If you expect to be able to examine objects in great detail, you'll be able to do so. In my earliest LDs I would marvel at my hands up-close (or other nearby objects), trying to examine every last detail. This was mostly just because I was so fascinated but it served to sharpen up the whole scene. I highly recommend giving that a try, especially with something like your hands. You'll be amazed at what your mind comes up with.

Lately, I find that expectation is what matters most. Now that I believe that I can sharpen a scene, I find that I can simply expect for it to happen. If my confidence is high, it will. I started in an extremely low-def dream scene in my most recent LD but once I expected it to sharpen up, my mind complied. The Lucidity Machine - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

Another thing people like to do is shout commands at the dream scene. Most people shout "Clarity now!" or something like that. I randomly shouted "Super high-def!" in one of my older LDs and that worked, too. It's just another way of focusing your expectations. Alone in the Dark - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

Oh and as for dream journaling, totally your call! Your DJ can be whatever you like. I wound up balking at the work involved in translating from my paper DJ to the electronic DV, so I only post lucid dreams. (I also sort of liked the idea of my DJ being an authoritative record of all of my lucid dreams, and only that.) People do it all kinds of ways so go with whatever you like. Your DJ, your rules. (Mostly, I guess, ha ha...)

Oooohh I see. I think i'll try the shouting 'clarity now' and really expect it to work when I say it. After reading the journals it does definitely seem that expectation matters the most. I just have to remember to do it in the dreamworld now. When I get lucid it seems like I forget what I want to do. So I end up flying or something like that. Also I seem to randomly worry that I'm going to wake up and this can kinda spoil me having fun. I don't know why I do this, it just happens

The night before last I wrote down 2 dreams, one was quite vivid. Last night I wrote down 1 which was also kind of vivid. I'm recalling dreams now, just need to start practicing things which will actually get me lucid. Think I'll read a tutorial on MILDs now and start practicing from tonight onwards

Haven't got much to report on this. Just been recalling about 1-2 dreams a night, that's about all for now :p

Originally Posted by covlad96

When I get lucid it seems like I forget what I want to do. So I end up flying or something like that. Also I seem to randomly worry that I'm going to wake up and this can kinda spoil me having fun. I don't know why I do this, it just happens

Expectation is definitely an amazing tool for lucid dreaming. Its everything you need for dream control among other things.
Using MILD techniques is a very good idea.

Check this video out, it has a lot of great advice for MILD and lucid dreaming in general...

I agree MILD is a very good idea. Its also my favorite method so I will be starting it again tonight. What I am going to do from now on is do what I done before. Which is where I posted in here 'MILD - Day 1' etc. I will write times I go to bed and wake up, how many dreams I recalled, if I practiced awareness through the day and what I done with my MILD technique before bed. I found last time I done this it really helped me keep motivated and get lucid dreams. I can see my progress as well which helped a lot. So that's what I'm going to do again

MILD - Day 1

I started to begin my MILD process at about 1 in the morning. The reason being I stopped up for a cd to come out at midnight then I listened to it. I then woke up at about 8:30. I wrote down 1 dream. During my MILD process it didn't go too well. When I was doing the dream incubation part I fell asleep. I'm going to sit up tonight, maybe. I done a bit of awarness through the day, not much, about a couple or minutes or so. Anyway I'm going to sleep soon and I can't see me going to sleep untill about half 12 as I have some work to do for tomorrow morning