Thread: Dolphin's Workbook

I saw the movie Inception for the first time last night. It was original and interesting-a good movie! I was eager to go to sleep after seeing it to see what kind of dreams I would have. My second dream was lucid! I'll post it to the dream snippets. A couple of dreams later I had "Bigfoot" and Lightspeed!-Lucid #52 - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views. I don't know how to describe the things I was seeing in space better than "shiny shapes". I started getting a bit dizzy as well after my second burst of lightspeed!

It seems like I'm back on track as far as my induction technique. I can't wait for tonight!

What! That's awesome. Great job shawn!

Thanks Paige! Its great to see you back!

Thanks, it's great to be back. I'm looking forward to reading people's workbooks. Really helps me out with my own mindset, and your experiences are interesting and a lot to learn from

I haven't had any lucids last two nights. No worries this time though! I've been experimenting with dropping the WBTB from my nighttime routine. I've noticed a considerable decrease in awareness in my dreams as a result. Now I know that WBTB is a crucial part of my success! A short 2-5 minute WBTB has worked well for me in the past but I might experiment with longer times to see what effect it has.

Also, my recall has been a bit off last couple of nights. I've been skimping on my dream journal too. I've only recalled two dreams last two nights. I figure with my method I'm lucid in only 5-10% of my dreams so I've found recall is crucial to my success as well. I found this link though http://www.dreamviews.com/f15/dream-...endium-132328/. It has motivated me to improve my recall! I could only imagine how much more fun I would have if I averaged 8 long, vivid dreams a night! So, I'm going try to recommit to writing down all my dreams in detail to see how good I could get my recall. That sounds like a good way to spend my WBTB.

Oh that is definitely a great idea to experiment with your WBTB time. I found mine to be optimum if I WBTB at the extremes – a few minutes OR about 2 hours. Of course it took me a while to figure it out, but even though I spent many sleepless nights with trial and error, in the end, it was all worth it.

I hope you figure out your most optimum times!

I broke another little dryspell with Lucid #54 tonight. I didn't do much though. It started out when I was on a roller coaster type slide in the dark. After a bit the slide turned into an actual roller coaster. I exited the rollercoaster and found myself at an amusement park. From there I just explored the dream world a bit, seeing what my mind would create. Lots of fat, ugly girls! Come on subconcious! Anyway, it was nice to have a full lucid.

I also had two lucid fragments the night before and another the night before that. It seems like all I have to do to become lucid is to just watch the blackness behind my closed eyelids. If I watch long enough, I'll wake up in the dream wondering if I'm dreaming. I think the confidence that this technique has worked for me several times also helps.

Looking around and changing the scene and flying, for me, seems to be techniques to stabilize a dream. I think 10-20 seconds of me standing around ends the dream for me.

I noticed that all of my longest lucids seem to involve flying. Flying stabilizes the dream for me by keeping my mind active in the dream, and by changing the dream scene. Flying also allows me to think about my lucid goals while I'm in the air without distraction which helps me focus once I land. I still have to look around while I'm flying though to keep my mind active.

Hopefully I can remember all of this in my next lucids.

I had 2 lucids this morning, hardly any control though. The first one I caught a false awakening. Once I got out of bed though I inadvertly started to float around the room and wasn't able to get my feet on the ground. I tried phasing though the bathroom mirror but it was solid. My second was actually a WILD. I was able to take a bit of HI and expand it into a dream I was able to enter! Once in the dream I was able to walk around, but not very fast. My body felt heavy so I couldn't fly. I need to start thinking of lucid goals for unstable lucids like these.

Congrats on the lucids! I remember having a lucid once where I floated on the ceiling and can't get down no matter what I did. Boy was that a frustrating experience :O

Anyway, I had this experience which might give you some insight:

I wanted to fly but I couldn't, and everything seemed to be in slow motion. What I did was I started to let myself sink to the ground, and imagined that when I went through the ground, I would end up kind of falling from the sky (as if there's another world underground). It worked, and I started falling from the sky, and by that time I started to fly easily.

Thanks Piage! I'll have to try that next time.

I had a lucid. Still short, but I was able to sucessfully stabilize. The dream stabilized when I walked outside. The girls were cuter too which was nice. I think my dream was short because my rem ended.

I almost DEILDed! After one of my awakenings last night, a couple seconds after I closed my eyes, I saw a dream scene I could enter. I was thinking, how could I see this if my eyes are closed! Then I decided to wake up. I think I should start to learn how to DEILD now that I know that its possible for me to do so.

I'm going to make some updates to the first post.

That's awesome! DEILD is a great technique (like all others) and the best thing about it is you can use it as a backup for when you wake up in the night without planning to do any techniques.

http://www.dreamviews.com/f49/dutchr...ld-god-134760/

Just recognizing the dream you're about to reenter takes skill, so good job for doing that

I had a short accidental WILD this morning which I decided to write up Darn Dog!-Lucid #58 - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views. My telekenisis skills are still very weak. Next time I'll try imagining an imaginary third hand which can grab objects. Also, I need to figure out how to be more efficent in my lucids so I don't get distracted so easily from my goals and I need to get in the habit of attempting to DEILD after I wake up. Lots to work on. At least the lucids are coming at a good rate!

Another lucid this morning. I tried summoning my dog I used to have to apogolize to him for trying to get rid of him on what would be the aniversary of his death. I know, right? Of course in this dream there were tons of dogs running around in a park to make it tough on me. For a second I thought I succesfully summoned him but when I looked closer he wasn't quite the same. I at least dedicated a lucid to my dog so that makes me feel better. If he randomly shows up in a dream I'll be sure to apoligize and play with him.

The dream seemed pretty stable as I was actively trying to summon my dog. It seems like motivation must be a part of stabilization as my dream quickly ended after I stopped trying to summon him and started wandering around. It seems like in order to keep the dream stable and have to have a goal and I have to be actively persuing it.

I remembered to stay still once to attempt DEILD to it's good to see a tiny bit of progress there. I must keep at it the develop this habit.

Right now my lucid dream induction technique is simply watching the blackness behind my eyelids until I see the dream as I fall asleep. I don't want to tinker with this technique anymore! It doesn't work every time but it works enough that I seem to be averaging 5 lucids a week. I've had 15 the last 3 weeks, not counting a few fragments. I'm happy with that!

Shawn, great work as usual! Those are some tremendous results.

If I understand the technique that you use, you are first performing a WBTB of about 5 minutes. (Is that the right length?) Next, you settle back down to sleep and watch the blackness behind your eyelids. At this point, are you attempting to WILD directly into the next dream scene? Or does this simply prep you for a DILD? I had thought that most of your LDs were DILDs, but I may very well have that wrong.

It's interesting that watching the blackness behind your eyelids is the first step (out of 3) of SSILD. SSILD just extends this to the sense of hearing and touch, cycling through them in order. Perhaps it's all about the eyelid part.

And I agree, if you are getting 15 LDs in 3 weeks, this technique very well could be your "last stop". I frankly don't see much need for further optimization! Keep up the great work.

I consider my technique a MILD technique in that when it works properly, I wake up in a dream knowing or suspecting I'm dreaming. So, it preps me up for a DILD. For example, my LD this morning was a DILD. I don't try to WILD as that nevers works but occasionally my technique leads to what I call an "accidental" WILD. My LD the morning before was one on those. I'm not sure if my technique requires a WBTB. I think before my LD this morning I got up to get some water and two PB oreos. If it is required it's just a minute or two.

My focus now though is on stabilization and DEILDing. Induction seems to be taken care of.

I'm going to try to eliminate the WBTB tonight. I think this will help train me to eliminate the temptation to move after a dream and I'll be able to see how my induction technique works without a WBTB. As soon as possible after all dreams I'll try to picture myself back in the dream where I left off until I feel it's impossible to DEILD. I'll only open my eyes a minute after a lucid, when its too light outside to sleep, or if I really need to drink or pee.

Next time I'm lucid, I'll experiment with flying as a stabilization and teleportation technique. I think I can fly a lot faster if I spin while flying so I think I could use this as a teleportation technique if I visualize where I want to go while spinning. A lot of my longer lucids have included flying as well so I think it might help with stabilization. Also, if I'm in my desired location for my lucid goal, it will help me to actively persue that goal which should also help with stabilization. If this works I think I'll be on my way to developing a system for having consistantly stable lucids.

Sometimes I have lucids that are so unstable I'm not able to fly. I can identify these lucids by how heavy my body feels. So, I should have a secondary goal that I could perform while stationary. If I acheive a lucid goal while stationary, perhaps the stability will increase enough to where I could fly.

My next lucid goal is to swim with dolphins. I still have a vivid visual of Honolulu when I went there a couple years ago. I'll try to teleport myself there or somewhere simular. My secondary goal is to summon and flirt with an attractive lady. I'll summon using the hand behind the back technique which has worked for me several times. We'll see how it goes!

No lucids last night. It seems that WBTB is required, not neccesarilly for the technique itself, but for my own comfort. I remembered two dreams, one of which I remembered to stay still afterwards. I seem to get the urge to move my legs first if I forget to move.

I admit WBTB for me is required. Even if I have a nap later in the day and have a lucid, it feels like just a really delayed WBTB. I guess for me it just helps create that perfect balance of awake yet sleepy, and aware yet dreamy. Better luck tonight!

I love that you fly all the time

I had two WILDs this morning. The first one ended pretty quickly but the second was one of the longest I've had! I posted it to dream snippets because I couldn't remember it in much detail. I may have met my dream guide! I'll see if she shows up in other lucids. Going with the flow seemed to help stabilize the dream.

I fulfilled my main lucid goal this morning Swim with Dolphins-Lucid #62 - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views. My idea of spinning while flying to teleport myself worked well! Also, I found that sort of narrating what was happening while in the dream helped with control.

My dream control seems to be gradually getting better. I've mastered flying and I'm getting better at teleporting and summoning. Telekenisis, however, is definately the weak link in my dream control arsenal. I have hardly any skills! Maybe narrating to myself what I want to happen while it's happening will help with this as it might help me expect it to happen.

If possible, I want to try to stop thinking about stabilization while in the dream to help eliminate certain schema I might have. My last two lucids have been nice and stable without any thoughts of stabilization. I still would like longer lucids however! I hear of people having 30-45 minute lucid dreams! My longest is about 4-5 minutes . I've been forgetting to attempt to DEILD after my dreams so I think that should be focus.

Haven't updated in a while.

I had a 5 or 6 dry spell due to a bit of stress then had 4 lucids in 2 nights and a semi lucid last night. I'm still trying to wrap my head around DEILDing. I'm gradually getting better at staying still more often but I'm still looking for that final piece which completes the technique-what to think while staying still. Maybe playing dead while picturing the last image of the dream I remember? Maybe not thinking at all? I still have lots of trial and error to do but I would appreciate some direction to get me on the right path.

Ive heard counting is a good practice while laying down. Personally, I like to sing songs in my head. Whatever keeps your mind active and your body still. It always helps to use something repetitive as well..

In a lucid dream this morning, I told a DC to tell me something important. He thought about it for a bit and gave it some thought...then he pointed to a picture of a skunk taped on the side of the house and said, "Vanhella's appearing in the park today...".

I also had a non-lucid dream exit induced dream so there was a bit of progress there. After a bit of reading up on DEILD, I starting to understand it more. To DEILD, I have to fall back asleep. Thinking too much tends to make it harder for me to go to sleep so I think to DEILD, I have to think as little as possible.