Thread: Daredevilpwn's WorkBook

I want to lucid dream simply because it is a fascinating thing. Being fully conscious while you are dreaming seems pretty damn cool in my book. There are so many possibilities of what you can do while in the dream state that it is simply amazing! It is a skill I believe I should learn and master. It is a skill I believe that can help improve myself as a person. This is why I want to master lucid dreaming.

Welcome, Daredevilpwn! This is a good-looking workbook and you're already coming armed with lots of experience. Looking forward to seeing more.

It sounds like you are quite good with DEILD. I have only performed one successful DEILD myself, so I'll be shamelessly raiding your workbook for tips. So include lots of detail, ha ha. It's a great technique.

I believe you mentioned that your grandma keeps sort of late hours. This is a new one for me since all of the older folks in my family seem to dinner by 5 and start fading by 8 or 9! So do you think that you'll be able to start shifting your bedtime a bit earlier? Or alternatively, sleeping in a little longer in the morning?

Anyway, great to have you here!

Next time I have a DEILD I'll definitely post it in detail. Can't really go to bed early unless my granny goes to bed early. You see I sleep on the couch which is right next to the T.V. This is why I can't really sleep untill my granny gets off that T.V and go to bed. As for the weekends go. You bet I make sure I get all the sleep I can get! Thanks for the welcome and good luck to you all!

Hey there DDP (lol too lazy to type out your name but apparently not lazy to type up this explanation )



Great workbook! Also, you're exactly right. Awareness really is one of the core things of lucid dreaming. After all, it's through awareness that you realize it's a dream, right? So, just wondering, what are some of the things you particularly do to practice awareness?

Originally Posted by paigeyemps

Hey there DDP (lol too lazy to type out your name but apparently not lazy to type up this explanation )



Great workbook! Also, you're exactly right. Awareness really is one of the core things of lucid dreaming. After all, it's through awareness that you realize it's a dream, right? So, just wondering, what are some of the things you particularly do to practice awareness?

I don't have the ability to be aware all day so I practice the sporadic awareness method and incorporate the reverse reality checks with it. So random times throughout the day I take a moment and look around for a few mins. Then focus my attention to myself and look at my hands. Then do the reverse reality checks and think about where I am and what I am doing, Where I've been and where I will be going in the near future.

I did not remember any of my dreams today. Hopefully I remember a dream tonight.
Edit: Perhaps I should start a day journal to kick start my recall.

Originally Posted by Daredevilpwn

I did not remember any of my dreams today. Hopefully I remember a dream tonight.
Edit: Perhaps I should start a day journal to kick start my recall.

Yeah, this is my go-to trick when I have any dream recall trouble. Mastermind's thread on it is great: http://www.dreamviews.com/f15/if-you...ams-try-93005/

On the day that you begin a day journal, occasionally think about the fact that you will be journaling later. My current thinking is that this is part of what helps a waking journal enhance your overall level of awareness. Almost like knowing there's going to be a test later.

Originally Posted by CanisLucidus

On the day that you begin a day journal, occasionally think about the fact that you will be journaling later. My current thinking is that this is part of what helps a waking journal enhance your overall level of awareness. Almost like knowing there's going to be a test later.

Thanks! I will keep this in mind! I will probably start doing my day journal tomorrow.

Originally Posted by Daredevilpwn

I don't have the ability to be aware all day so I practice the sporadic awareness method and incorporate the reverse reality checks with it. So random times throughout the day I take a moment and look around for a few mins. Then focus my attention to myself and look at my hands. Then do the reverse reality checks and think about where I am and what I am doing, Where I've been and where I will be going in the near future.

Ya know, awareness can be something that is kinda tricky. For a while I thought it was a feeling. Maybe that feeling that you get while being lucid; however, I don't think that is what awareness is when it is experienced. Perhaps the feeling is a byproduct of the awareness, anyways I digress....
Consistent Determined Intention
That is the ability to remain focused on an inner course of action. Everyone always wants you to pay attention. This is to give your mind over to an extraneous object.
Awareness requires an inner attention, or intention. So, asking yourself where you are, where you are going, where you have been is a very good awareness exercise imo; however, one should be sure to know how that relates to the experience. Its not just what has happened, but the acknowledgement that what is being experienced is a dream. Whether you are asleep or awake, that kind of effervescent awareness will awaken your mind.
In order to get there, you must have a target for your intention. Many people have many goals and targets; however, if you agree dreaming is a way to pull back the curtain of our unconscious, then our target would be the center of our Self. There are many curtains, or layers to the unconscious. We are like Star Trek people, daring to go where no one has gone before.
I'm rambling, but I think the point has been made...
Find that inner point of your center and become aware of that. Everything else is a swirling vortex of chaos.

Thanks for the words of wisdom Chimp! I will keep this in mind for the future. Also, I am happy to announce that my dream recall is returning, I finally remembered a dream! That day journal definitely did the trick. I posted the dream in the dream snippets thread for those that want to see.

Had an interesting dream, nothing super amazing but what made it interesting was that it involved another user on dreamviews but only to an extent. Here is the dream entry!

So I remembered two dreams today which is pretty great for me. I also came very close to DEILD. I woke up I didn't move. As I took a breathe I let my muscles relax and moments later I felt REM Atonia coming on to me. The 'vibrations' however were too weak so I didn't induce a LD unfortunately. Here are my two entries. And for those that want to DEILD, when you wake up try to ease whatever tension is in your muscles.

Entry #1
Entry #2

Congratulations on the dream recall and coming close with your DEILD attempt!

As for the feeling of vibrations, REM atonia, etc., don't worry too much about those one way or the other. When I performed DEILD, I didn't notice any of that. If it happens for you, cool, but don't feel like if you're not experiencing these things that there is any kind of problem. A feeling that your vibrations are "weak" isn't any reflection on how close your attempt may have come. For me, I had literally no sensation of vibrations at all. Focus mostly on getting into the dream and that other stuff can just take care of itself.

Hey, when you woke up for DEILD, did you manage to keep your eyes closed, too? If so, you really are bang-on course.

That was a good try. The more you do it the easier it gets... usually.

Originally Posted by CanisLucidus

Congratulations on the dream recall and coming close with your DEILD attempt!

As for the feeling of vibrations, REM atonia, etc., don't worry too much about those one way or the other. When I performed DEILD, I didn't notice any of that. If it happens for you, cool, but don't feel like if you're not experiencing these things that there is any kind of problem. A feeling that your vibrations are "weak" isn't any reflection on how close your attempt may have come. For me, I had literally no sensation of vibrations at all. Focus mostly on getting into the dream and that other stuff can just take care of itself.

Hey, when you woke up for DEILD, did you manage to keep your eyes closed, too? If so, you really are bang-on course.

Thanks. I always thought that the vibrations had to be 'strong' in order to get into the dream but now I know it doesn't matter.
And yes. When I woke up my eyes were still closed. I am very good at waking up without moving as long as I set the intention to do that before bed. If I don't do that I usually move. Today I just happened to be still when I awoke so I thought I would try to DEILD.

Had a very interesting dream involving Chimpertainments 'brother' Chimpertain. But I bet it's just Chimpertainment trying to fool me. It is like dreamviews members are slowly invading my dreams. First was Sivason, then Sageous and now Chimpertainment

Chimpertain Dream

Sneaking/fighting game dream

My recall is pretty decent now. On the weekend I am going to try to DEILD again. Last time when I tried DEILD which was in August I managed to do it many times.

Here is the dream for today, no visits from other DV members this time.

Here it is

Hey, I just commented on your DJ entry as well but I wanted to remark just how close it sounds like you were to a DILD. If you can get that mysterious voice to be more specific (as in, "Do a reality check. Like, now!!") you'd be all set.

If you have many DEILDs under your belt it sounds like a good choice, especially now that recall is climbing.

This is all sounding good to me. Let us know how it goes!

Will do! I should've became lucid at the very moment that voice said "pay attention!". But I think it is a hint that I am making some progress.

Originally Posted by Daredevilpwn

Will do! I should've became lucid at the very moment that voice said "pay attention!". But I think it is a hint that I am making some progress.

Oh indeed! It is great progress. The thing that most people think is that when they miss a chance to be lucid like that, they think it was a failure, but it isn't! It only means your subconscious mind is starting to incorporate all your practices, and starting to get used to it.

Great job!

I couldn't recall my dreams for the last two days but I made up for it today. I remembered two non-lucids and two lucids!

lucid #1

lucid #2

non lucid #1

non lucid #2

Two lucid dreams in one night... sensational! Was this one long DEILD chain or was your DEILD actually from a non-lucid dream?

Either way, it's great stuff. You've been showing some tremendous progress the past few days!

I won't even ask why you slapped your grandma in the face!

Originally Posted by CanisLucidus

Two lucid dreams in one night... sensational! Was this one long DEILD chain or was your DEILD actually from a non-lucid dream?

Either way, it's great stuff. You've been showing some tremendous progress the past few days!

I won't even ask why you slapped your grandma in the face!

The first two non lucids were late at night and the two lucids were early morning. I performed the DEILD after the first lucid dream.

Alright. I know I haven't updated this in a few days and here is why. My recall just plummeted after the weekend was over. I couldn't even remember a fragment of my dreams but I am still doing my awareness practices. Another reason my my recall is going down is because I am up late but not on purpose. My granny loves to watch t.v and stay up late at night. Since this is just a one bedroom apartment (my granny sleeps in the bedroom of course) I can't really do anything except wait for her to fall asleep in her chair and quickly turn the lights off and T.V off and go to bed and hope when she wakes she goes in her room. This just pisses me off to be honest, she can be so inconsiderate. Anyway now you guys know why I did what I did in that lucid dream lol