Thread: Dolphin's Workbook

"Wait for the Dream" I like that as a mantra. It's very positive: the dream IS coming for sure, you're just waiting for it. I definitely would like to see how this helps your progression to DEILD. Any results should be interesting.

The last couple of days have been topsy turvy at night. The first night I tried my mantra I had a bad day in waking life and a bad night of sleep. Yesterday, I had a good day in waking life and a good night of sleep. But, during that night, I had hardly any visual recall but good acoustic recall. I remembered the sounds of three dreams, one of which was a low level DILD fragment which I added to my count for confidence. I heard some beautiful music in my dreams even though I didn't listen to any music at all during the day; I was out golfing. I often listen to Mozart though so maybe my subconcious thought my concious mind was going through a withdrawal. The music in the first dream was in Latin or Italian which was interesting in that I don't know those languages conciously, though I often listen to music in those languages. It was in a fugal style though so I only had to know a couple of phrases for it to work.

My mantra doesn't seem to be working. I haven't noticed any increase in dream activity or awareness. My lucid this morning came after I completely dropped the mantra. I find it to be more enjoyable to go without a mantra anyway so I'm going to ditch it. I've had plenty of lucids without a mantra so I don't feel dependant on one.

I think stress might have played a role in my last dry spell so I'm going to try to keep things as stress free as I can. I'll just watch the back of my eyelids while my wandering mind does it's thing and see what happens. Maybe I'll try to visualize my fantasies.

After nearly all my dreams I remembered to stay still to DIELD. I got less excited when the background noise started to fade away and get taken over by the ringing in my ears. That's good for progress.

Last night, my game plan was just to fall asleep with the mindset of trying my best to lucid dream. No other techniques. I've had success with this in the past and wanted to see if it would work again. It did! http://www.dreamviews.com/blogs/twil...ucid-71-42455/My nightmares are somewhat quirky at times! I wasn't sure if this dream was a WILD or a false awakening.

I noticed increased awareness in another dream as well. I'll try the same game plan again tonight.

Very nice. Sometimes the simplest techniques work the best. I tend to think that it is all just a confidence trick. Building a healthy level of confidence can do wonders.

BTW that link didn't work for me. I wanted to know why you weren't sure if it was WILD or FA.

My dream started with my eyes closed and my vision faded from black to bright red. Saying that, it was probably a WILD but I didn't have the typical HH I have when I WILD so I wasn't sure. I believe I fixed the link. It was stuck in draft mode. Cheap Nightmare-Lucid #71 - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

I got real close to another lucid last night so I'm sticking with my technique.

I think I know what I need to do to DEILD. I have to keep and body and my mind real quiet to trick my body into falling back asleep. How to do that I'm not quite sure yet but I think I'll figure it out eventually. At least I have a good idea what I need to do.

Congrats...Everyones experience varies. I think that most agree that the definition of WILD is going from waking to dream without lost of consciousness. Also, I don't understand exactly the mechanics of DEILD but what you described is about all I do. Keeping the mind quiet especially after a lucid is the tricky part or me.

I suppose an update is in the works.

I've been losing a bit of progress trying to DEILD as I've been focusing on other things lately.

For stabilization I'm trying to give this tutorial another shot. Dream Stabilization and Clarity Tutorial - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views. I like systematic approaches and it seems like this would work well for me. In the past, I've been putting this technique off because when I tried it one time the dream ended. I've been intending to try this the last few nights but lately I've been getting too involved with the plot of my lucid dreams and I'm starting to consistantly forget how I'm getting lucid within the dream. The MILDs are starting to overpower the WILDs now which how thrown me off guard a bit.

As far as induction goes, I don't want to jinx myself again but I'm sticking with my game plan of falling asleep with the mindset of trying my best to lucid dream. I've had 8 lucids the last 7 days. I'm okay with this game plan if it doesn't work.

My confidence is high enough right now that I feel I'm a novice rather than a rookie now. I really want to master stabilization and DEILDing though.

Originally Posted by TwilightShawn

I've had 8 lucids the last 7 days.

Very impressive! Congrats on all those lucids. I'm sure you'll get the hand of DEILDing soon.

I was able to try the hand examination technique in a DILD last night. The dream ended shortly after I was done examining my hands.

I'm finding that my lucids always seem to end when I'm done completing a lucid goal or when I don't have any goals in mind. For example, last night my goal was to do the hand examination technique. I completed that goal and my dream ended without me having another goal in mind. I think I have to have be working towards a lucid goal at all times to keep my lucids stable.

For my next lucid goal, I'm going to try the Australia task for task of the year. I've riden a dolphin before in a lucid dream so this one seems the most attainable for me.

I haven't been as motivated lately to improve my lucid dreaming. I'm still having fun with it though and I hope to get my 100th lucid soon! The area I'm still focusing on most is stabilization. The hand examination technique doesn't seem to work that well for me.

The yelling technique worked surprisingly well for me to stabilize the dream. Have you tried that before? c:

Originally Posted by TwilightShawn

I haven't been as motivated lately to improve my lucid dreaming. I'm still having fun with it though and I hope to get my 100th lucid soon! The area I'm still focusing on most is stabilization. The hand examination technique doesn't seem to work that well for me.

What about something more interactive? I read that Xanous read that DarkMatters said something about making out with the dream. It may sound crazy, but I invite you to read a clip from Xanous's recent and awesome TOTY experience (I say "invite" but it's his dream.. hope you don't mind Xanous):

I can see the yard but it is really dark and unstable still. I hear a noise and I begin to listen. It is the fan in my room. This is no good. I remember a funny post of DarkMatters where he is basically telling someone to make out with the dream to stabilize. I laugh a little and throw myself face first on the ground.

I start licking the sidewalk that leads from the street. I can feel the rough texture on my tongue. I am a little grossed out at how real it feels but I take this as a good thing. I go for more and I reach both hands out to feel the grass on both sides of the concrete. I grope and rub and feel and really make love to the dream. All of this helps a lot and I didn't even have to buy diner first.

Whole Dream. It's a really fantastic lucid dream, and a testament to taking control of your senses in the dream environment for the sake of stabilization. I highly recommend reading the whole thing when you get the chance.

I'm sure you have done just about everything there is, but maybe a couple suggestions?

Asking questions that you really want the answer to...Exploring the most interesting place you can think of...Testing the reality of the dream world...Making consistent DCs to interact with when you become lucid, like a lucid companion of sorts...Just go crazy with it! You are to the point where you can stretch yourself and go places no one else has gone. The fun stuff has begun

Thanks for the suggestions guys! I appreciate it!

Last night, after my first awakening and a 1 minute WBTB I went back to sleep with the mindset of trying my best to become lucid. A few seconds later, I had a WILD-my 100th lucid! I remembered to try to make out with the dream so I remember licking the tv or something. I'm not sure if it helped or not. Anyway, I flew into outer space and dodged some asteroids and giant toy blocks. I tried to visit another planet but I ended up back where I started and the dream ended shortly after that. The dream lasted about a minute which is average for me.

My next dream was a DILD and I made out with a girl but the dream ended shortly after that. After I became lucid the dream lasted 15-20 seconds. My dreams always seem to fall apart if I hug and kiss a girl.

The next time I'm lucid I'll really try to focus on the details of the dream, sort of like ADA, and see if that helps.

Congratulations on the 100th lucid, TwilightShawn! That's a huge accomplishment. It's great that it turned out to be such a cool dream, too. Nothing like spending the 100th lucid dream flying out into space and dodging asteroids while traveling from planet to planet! (Also: making out with a TV! )

You should be very proud. Very, very few human beings accomplish what you have accomplished.

Here's to hundreds more.

Well done!! Congrats on the lucid, and yep, what he said ^

I've been having trouble falling asleep lately so last night I tried counting slow breaths. It seemed to work pretty well as I feel asleep fast and I had good dream recall.

I want to try to build a consistant routine for everything. Routines for falling asleep, stabilizing lucid dreams, and waking up. The main problem I'm having is incorporating a MILD technique into a method of falling asleep quickly. I might have to go without a technique and see if I could still get lucid.

This is what I'll try tonight.

Falling asleep-Have a lucid goal in mind, lay on my back, relax, and repeatedly take slow, soft breaths. Keep a count on how many breaths it takes to induce a dream and record that number in my dream journal in my wake up routine.

Stabilizing-Say "I'm lucid". Rub my hands together as I say "Stabilize now". Try to feel the dream stabilizing. Once the dream is stable, ask myself "what's my lucid goal". Once I remember my goal, I try to get it done. If I feel the dream destabilizing, I attempt to stabilize it again.

Waking up-Try to DEILD for 20-30 seconds. Recall what I dreamed about. Write down my dream in my dream journal in as much detail as possible. Try to remember how many breaths it took to fall asleep. Repeat my falling asleep routine if I'm still tired.


I think this is a good routine. Simple and consistant. I can't wait to try it out tonight! My lucid goal is to create a thunderstorm outside.

Last night my plan didn't work too well. I can't seem go to sleep while counting or doing anything that requires mental thought. I found sleeping on my back was less than comfortable as well so I switched to sleeping on my side. I did pick up a DEILD Lucid #180 Carnival and Storm - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views but I forgot to stabilize. I think I'm going to pick another lucid goal for tonight as I don't think my goal of creating a thunderstorm is worth the effort.

Hey Shawn, congratulations on the DEILD! That's too bad about stabilization though, i'm sure you'll get to do it successfully next time. Dont worry about changing up your goals, it helps if it's something you REEEAALLY want, versus something that seems cool to you in concept only. Good luck!

Monthly update!

I got back to falling asleep fairly quickly which is nice.

My focus right now is improving my recall of all dreams (and stabilizing my lucids as well but that's another thread). I recently starting sharing some of my dreams on facebook for the few friends that are interested so I want to improve my recall so I can more accurately describe my dreams upon awakening and have more dreams to post as well. Right now my recall, when my sleep schedule is good, averages at about 1-2 full dreams per night and a few fragments. I think there's room for improvement there.

I'm feeling pretty good about tonight. We'll see how it goes!

Hey, that's pretty decent recall, congrats! Always remember that with dream recall, it's quality over quantity. It doesn't matter if you remember only one—if you remember it very vividly and in full detail then that's great! Keep it up

I've been trying to figure out how to write down my dreams as I recall them. This is even more important now that I have a competition coming up!

What seems to be working best for me right now is summarizing the dream in one sentence and then expanding upon it by adding pertinent details.

For example, my dreams from last night, both non-lucid, summarized in one sentence.

1-A guy caught a huge oyster in a lake and was trying to sell it in a store after converting it into a rocking chair.

2-I was trying to get a tv to work so I could play a baseball video game.

Then I'll expand on it

1-Two guys were at a lake when one of them disappeared. The other guy was a bit confused. Then scene changed to a store where the guy who disappeared was sitting on a giant oyster that he caught and converted into a rocking chair. The other guy came to visit him. The guy sitting said, "They love me here! They like giving me hugs!". The other guy said "We should get some of this shit, man". I'm not sure what he was referring to but the dream ended there.

2-I was in a house with my sister. From another room she was talking to me, trying make sure I was going to cook. I didn't pay attention to her because I was fiddling around with a tv, trying to get it to work. I somehow got the it to work and started playing a baseball video game on it. The first batter I had to face was a former male co-worker of mine.

Of course I seem to recall lucid dreams a bit differently than non lucid dreams so here is my latest lucid summarized in one sentence.

1-At my grandma's house I practiced my golf swing and let a polar bear chase me around in the backyard.

Expanded upon-

1-When I woke up from another dream, I noticed I was in a different house and became lucid. I decided to practice my golf swing. It was a bit more difficult than IRL because my body was heavier and the lack of gravity caused me to slide across the floor on my through swing. I decided to go outside. I was in my grandma's backyard when I saw a polar bear going towards me. I decided to tease it, staying just out of it's reach, to simulate what a near death experience might be like. It's wide open mouth came within inches of biting my head off. Though I got a nice adrenaline rush from this, it isn't something I would want to experience in real life. I decided I had enough and decided to get away from it. When I did, however, the polar bear summoned his crocodile friend from the bushes. The polar bear revealed his Australian accent when he said, "Just tryin to give ya a good time mate!". I woke up.

This seems to work well. I'm excited for the competition!

Congrats on the lucid, and that IS a good technique. Writing down keywords, or a sentence or two really helps make things quicker and prevents you from forgetting other dreams as you try to recall the current one. Some people say it is counterintuitive since you'll lose details of the current dream if you don't write them up right away. But personally think it's much better to have a number of keyworded dreams rather than just one detailed dream. My reason for it is because if you have the former, you have an idea of the different dreams you had, and you may have a bigger chance of remembering details throughout the day.

I picked up lucid #200 this morning! The dream itself wasn't real impressive, just a false awakening I caught when I heard people running around the house. The dream was unstable so it lasted only 5-10 seconds after I became lucid.

It took me about 150 days to get my second hundred LDS. I'm getting more because I'm getting more proficient at DEILDing.

I'm going to change my username to Dolphin as soon as I receive the points I bought. I'm getting a little bored of TwilightShawn and I figure Dreamviews could use a $10 donation because it's awesome!