Thread: Daredevilpwn's WorkBook

Yup. I am definitely still journaling my dreams. I just haven't bothered updating the online one but I assure you I am still writing them down

Ya, the vast majority of my Lucid Dreams come on the weekends, hopefully when (at least for me) school lets out my lucid dreams come aplenty!

I've been busy. I am currently in the process of moving to another location. Things have settled down now but the process isn't complete yet. Today is a snow day so no school :p I say about damn time Maryland got some decent snow.

Last weekend I woke up and managed to stay still but nothing happened. I don't really know how to counter this. It either happens or it doesn't. I think it depends on the position I am in when I wake up. I remember that my succesful DEILDS were mostly on my stomach than on my side. I did manage to get lucid in a dream so that was cool. I tried to maintain awareness but eventually lost it. This makes me more confident that ADA is working. I've been getting a little doubtful since I've been doing it for months but have not gotten lucid as often as I wanted too. But I'll keep practicing.

Do you experience any hypnogogia when you deild?

Sometimes. When I feel the vibes I may see a quick flash of space and stars and somestimes nothing but blackness. It all just depends really. I think I may be holding on to awareness too strongly. Good news is that I think I found a missing piece for my DILD practice. I realize that pure awareness by its self doesn't equal lucidity. It simply means you remember more details of the dreams. You have to take advantage of your awareness to make yourself lucid. You need to question your reality. If you question reality in a dream with high awareness then that triggers lucidity, instead of just being aware without questioning reality at all. And even worse, questioning reality without awareness. Since this is my first lucid in a long time I will post the dream entry.

Hey Daredevilpwn! I commented on your DJ entry as well, but congrats once again on that lucid.

I think that you've hit a real breakthrough on your DILD practice. What I really like is that you have firmly rooted into your mind this new mode of thinking. You've now formally typed it up in your workbook, further cementing this new mindset as part of the way you interact with the world throughout the day.

What is particularly exciting is that you are already very strong with DEILD, and these two techniques complement one another extremely well. One issue that sometimes crops up with DILD is that the dreamer experiences a brief moment of lucidity before waking up. (I call these micro-lucids -- there's probably some other terms.) These are ideal moments for prepping yourself to DEILD, and by pursuing DILD, you are raising the number of such opportunities that you'll have.

This is a very good thing. You'll have this new strength (DILD) playing into your old strength (DEILD). Do you remember back when I was trying to master DEILD and you and Xanous offered me lots of helpful hints? This synergy is the exact thing I was going for.

Good luck and keep us up to date on how you do!

Thank you so much for the support! I feel like I am making really good progress! I have managed to pull off a DEILD without actually meaning too. I will post that because it was an interesting. Speaking of DEILD. How is it going for you?

Originally Posted by Daredevilpwn

Thank you so much for the support! I feel like I am making really good progress! I have managed to pull off a DEILD without actually meaning too. I will post that because it was an interesting. Speaking of DEILD. How is it going for you?

That's great, man! I will be sure to check out that DJ entry. You've been a really good DEILDer from the moment you joined the class. I'm glad that it's still delivering for you!

DEILD has been awesome, thanks for asking. It has saved a ton of "micro-lucids" for me and turned them into full lucid dreams. I'm far from a 100%er with DEILD, but it's such an essential part of my arsenal now. My basic load-out for LDing most nights is WBTB to MILD, and have DEILD within easy reach. That way if a dream destabilizes or if MILD puts me in a micro-lucid that almost immediately ends, I've got a great chance at converting it.

I also find that the skills you get from DEILD are also useful for dreams that go dark and place you in the void for a moment before ending. Sometimes it can even be hard to tell the difference between those situations and a DEILD. The techniques and mindset for handling "the void", DEILD, and WILD from full wakefulness are just so tightly related.

Hey guys! I have finished moving and settling in a new house with my sister and her two kids. I am no longer the only child in the house which gets annoying because I was so used to it and now I am with my niece and nephew. I am still practicing my techniques. My recall has taken a hit because of school and such but I remember some bits and pieces.

Hey welcome back, and glad you're settling into your new abode.

So are you going to keep up with DEILD practices?

Glad you're back. Let the journey continue!

There is a reason why I haven't been on for awhile. My internet at my house is down and it still is. I am at a friends house right now and thought I'd let you guys know whats going on. I haven't gotten any lucids lately but I won't let that bring me down. If I do get any lucids then I will be sure to post them as soon as my internet at home comes back. Anyway I just wanted to let you guys know whats going on.

Awww sorry to hear about your internet. We'll be here when you come back! We wish you the best of lucids
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As of today my internet was fixed. Expect more activity from me now

Lol. I said that too soon. My internet went off yesterday. The reason why my internet is unstable is because my family is being cheap and has been hooked up by one of their friends that happens to be working for comcast for free internet. After the internet came back on again it came off. Probably because in order to get internet you need to use a special code but I think as comcast gets more customers that use internet they may give them our code that we use and once the customers get it our code becomes invalidated and thus deactivated.

Its been awhile but my internet is up and ready again. It's legit this time to so there shouldnt be any surprises. It's good to be back.

Originally Posted by Daredevilpwn

Its been awhile but my internet is up and ready again. It's legit this time to so there shouldnt be any surprises. It's good to be back.

Nice! With access to DV via a legit internet connection, you are gonna be unstoppable!

I'm looking forward to some of that Daredevilpwn DEILDing. You can show the rest of us how it's done!

I woke up laying still, just perfect to do DEILD but I was interrupted from some loud noise the first time, the second time I woke up still but in the previous dream I was so angry for some reason that this anger came back with me when I woke up and I couldn't DEILD. I will post a DJ entry later on today.

good to have you back!

Aww that's alright, DDP. Still a good job with waking up still and remembering to try! You'll get it soon

Hey guys! I sometimes have this strange problem in my dreams when I DEILD. My vision gets impaired for no reason. Like either there is this strange "fuzz" that blocks some of my vision or that one of my eyes just doesn't "open" while in the dream. Or some weird things that is just annoying. I don't know why this happens. This has happened on a few occasions and I don't know why. It's annoying. Dream

So far though I haven't really tried setting up an actual goal for my lucids. I should seriously do that. How do you guys remember your goals when you become lucid? I am thinking of just using a mantra. One thing I would like to do is manipulate fire or try to at least. So just say "I will become lucid and use fire magic"? or something along those lines? How do you remember goals?

EDIT: I got one idea besides the mantra, every time I do a RC I ask myself "If this is a dream then what is my goal? Oh yeah its (insert goal here)"

Originally Posted by Daredevilpwn

Hey guys! I sometimes have this strange problem in my dreams when I DEILD. My vision gets impaired for no reason. Like either there is this strange "fuzz" that blocks some of my vision or that one of my eyes just doesn't "open" while in the dream. Or some weird things that is just annoying. I don't know why this happens. This has happened on a few occasions and I don't know why. It's annoying. Dream

Hey Daredevilpwn! Yeah, I've had this happen from time to time, and I really think that the best approach is to just ignore the problem and pretend that you can see just fine. It sounds like the lazy person's way, but you'll often find that your brain will accommodate your expectations quite nicely so long as you believe things will work the way you want them to.

This is actually a less-severe version of "dream blindness", I think. We covered that in pretty good detail in the most recent Q&A podcast, if you're interested. You can check it out here: http://www.dreamviews.com/dreamviews...-sleepers.html

I've had a few dark scenes like this in the past few weeks and what invariably worked was to be in complete denial about the problem and just think that I can see fine and that any vision problems I believe I'm having are "bullcrap". Good luck!

As for remembering goals, I like to just imagine myself achieving the goal as part of my MILD practice during WBTB. That seems to help a great deal. I still forget stuff sometimes, though, particularly if I'm trying to remember multiple goals. One goal seems to keep me the most focused.