Thread: Dragon's Workbook

Ok, I haven't been keeping up writing in my DJ at all. For some reason, I just wake up and don't write in it. I keep saying that I will try harder, but I never do. I always end up stopping. Maybe I'll try keeping an audio DJ for a bit.

Originally Posted by DragonMaster21

Ok, I haven't been keeping up writing in my DJ at all. For some reason, I just wake up and don't write in it. I keep saying that I will try harder, but I never do. I always end up stopping. Maybe I'll try keeping an audio DJ for a bit.

Sure, the audio DJ sounds like a great experiment to try. I've often thought that this could work really well but practical matters (Wife is going to hear if I start muttering into my phone) have convinced me to stick to the pen-and-paper tag book for now.

Hey, did you ever get the chance to try out Chimpertainment's suggestion of just writing some keywords for the dreams when you wake up? This can be surprisingly effective. After a while, writing out the entire dream took so long and became so burdensome that I just couldn't stick with doing it anymore. I wound up switching to this approach, and now it just requires at most a couple of minutes to get all the keywords down. (And that's on a big recall night.) The fact that the task becomes so easy is quite motivating (at least for me.)

I then type up the full versions online some time when things are less hectic. You could type up full versions on DreamViews later in the day when you have a break. (I use a Google Drive doc for non-lucids and post all lucids to DV.)

One motivational tip that should apply to either approach: keep the dream journal or phone on your bedside table, within immediate reach. Form a habit of not getting out of bed until you pick it up. If you wake up having to whiz really badly, that's okay -- grab the DJ and take it with you. Just make sure that you have it in your hands before you get out of bed. That should help keep it on your mind.

Let us know how your experiments go!

Well, I've been writing down the keywords instead of the full thing, which I've found a lot easier. One thing that was keeping me from writing was because I didn't feel like writing a ton about it. Keywords are perfect and I like using them .

The other night I nearly had a LD, or rather I did, but I don't remember what happened after I RCed. Something made me realize I was in a dream, but then my vision blacked out, and that was all I remembered in the morning

awesome!

Any experience with LD shows increased awareness and helps that ability to discern between waking and dream reality. So keep that up

and remember to remember
Recall is a basic of dreaming, and the better the recall, the more enjoyable the experience. Any effort given to recall will be rewarded with a greater connection to the dream. In turn, that enhances that ability to know if its a dream or not.
and lastly, memory exercises before bed are very helpful in boosting recall. The most common I've seen so far is reading your dream journal before sleeping. Any other number of memory exercises are effective icing on the cake and go a long way.

Fair Sailing

I had a LD last night . It also lasted a bit longer than what I usually have, which was pretty cool.

I was in my house looking out the window. I saw someone from my ski team skiing in my backyard. I thought that was weird, since my yard didn't have enough snow, and you just don't ski in your backyard xD. I did the nose plug RC, and confirmed I was dreaming. I had no goals though, or just didn't remember any. First I stabilized by touching a few things and spinning around. I was just happy that I had a LD, so I decided to just try and hover. I jumped, and I didn't come down immediately, but I floated down. Then, I did a few other things, and woke up.

Originally Posted by DragonMaster21

I had a LD last night . It also lasted a bit longer than what I usually have, which was pretty cool.

I was in my house looking out the window. I saw someone from my ski team skiing in my backyard. I thought that was weird, since my yard didn't have enough snow, and you just don't ski in your backyard xD. I did the nose plug RC, and confirmed I was dreaming. I had no goals though, or just didn't remember any. First I stabilized by touching a few things and spinning around. I was just happy that I had a LD, so I decided to just try and hover. I jumped, and I didn't come down immediately, but I floated down. Then, I did a few other things, and woke up.

Woooot congrats!

Then, I did a few other things, and woke up.

Eeehhhhh? ;D

xD lol. I meant a few other things, like I did stuff but I don't remember exactly what, not...the other way

Haha. I was thinking the same as paigey at first too

Anyway, congrats on the lucid! That's good that you had the level of awareness to question your environment, and then reality check it. That's the golden ticket to DILDs

So for the past week or so, throughout the day, I've been doing ADA and Reality Checks. I've noticed an increase of awareness in my dreams, and multiple times where I became more aware, but not lucid. Close though

I had an LD last night (or rather this morning). I went to bed repeating a mantra in my head. At 6 in the morning, my alarm went off because I forgot to turn it off from the school week ._. Then, I was still tired so I checked my phone, then fell asleep with the thought of Lucid Dreaming in my head. It was a pretty long, and generally confusing dream, but then I was in this house. Suddenly I became aware, and realized I was dreaming. I ran outside, and then I decided to RC and stabilize and stuff. I was in this huge field of lush green grass. The colors were a bit off though. Everything seemed too vibrant.

I had no balance though. Whenever I tried to walk, I fell over, and couldn't stand back up. Then, the scene faded into a black nothing. So I closed my eyes, and said "When I open my eyes, it will be light again." I think I transitioned into another dream scene though, and lost lucidity.

It was a bit frustrating when I couldn't walk though. Otherwise...yay

I had another LD last night .

This time, I was in school. I was going to do something (don't remember what), but decided not to. I was then like 'Oh, I can do it because i'm dreaming.' After that I was like 'OH, I'm dreaming!' I did the finger through palm RC because I lately had been wanting to because I wanted to see what it was like, but it ended up being like I expected. Then, I decided to try and fly up to the roof of the school, and I jumped, but instead of flying up, it was sort of a power jump. I floated up higher than normal, right in front of this other kid. He seemed a bit startled. When I landed, I decided to run on all fours, like some sort of animal. I decided to try and morph into a cheetah, so I started running down the hallway and imagining it. I don't know if I ever did completely though because I didn't look at myself, and woke up once I reached the end of the hallway.

Good times!



more ldeeez pleeazz

I love the LD, man! The power jump (what I call "the Hulk jump") is still such a reliable method of transportation on those times when you're just not feeling the flying. Even though I love flying, I still love to occasionally spend some time getting around with the big leaps.

That cheetah transformation was really cool! I've been thinking more and more about doing some kind of animal transformation myself so I'm glad you thought to try it out. Too bad you didn't find yourself a mirror.

Congratulations!

I had four lucid dreams last night, and one lucid dream the night before . Last night was also weird because nearly everything happened in the same place, but it was all different dreams. I was at a mansion. One dream I was inside and at the pool of the mansion. One was in a dark room where I jumped out a large window into a huge lake. One was in the front yard. Finally, one was in the cookie factory that was in the basement.

You can read about it in my DJ :3

Holy cow!!! Congrats

Gimme some of dat lucid pls.

Originally Posted by DragonMaster21

I had four lucid dreams last night, and one lucid dream the night before . Last night was also weird because nearly everything happened in the same place, but it was all different dreams. I was at a mansion. One dream I was inside and at the pool of the mansion. One was in a dark room where I jumped out a large window into a huge lake. One was in the front yard. Finally, one was in the cookie factory that was in the basement.

You can read about it in my DJ :3

Insane! Four in one night!! Never in my life, man... I am very, very impressed!

Whatever you did... do it again! And then teach me how you did it!

I'll check out that DJ entry...

Ugh...

I don't see why I can't stay motivated Dx. It's summer =P. Last summer, I started staying up late and going to bed late and stopped focusing on LDing. I'm doing the same thing so far this summer. This year I've been on and off about lucid dreaming, and I keep telling myself I'll stay motivated, but I never do. I really, really need to stay motivated this time. I have some problems with my family. I sleep in the basement. It's amazing. It's nice and cool even in the summer and isolated. The bad part is that I hear every sound from upstairs. I hear every step, voice, sound, whatever. My sisters and mom have a bad habit of staying up really late, like midnight. This, in turn, keeps me up. It's impossible for me to fall asleep with them talking and being so loud and stuff. I've told my mom multiple times, but nothing ever comes of it. I think that I should get some earplugs for sleeping at night.

Edit: Just found some and am going to order them. Apparently they block out sound really well, and a few people have slept through their alarm while wearing them. Should be just the thing

Hey DragonMaster, good idea about the earplugs! Another thing you should also do is write up a list of goals you wanna achieve and maybe tape them to your wall or something. It will also be very motivating to put up posters or drawings of lucid inspiration in your room, even just being in their midst can influence your lucidity.

Good luck!

I find that the best thing for motivation is find a couple of important goals and then get really, really excited about. Remember that lucid dreaming is an opportunity to do absolutely anything.

If you could do absolutely anything you wanted, what would it be? Okay. Now go have a lucid dream and do that. Like Paigey said, writing down your goals and even taping them to the wall is great. Anything that you can do to keep them in your mind and simply appreciate how amazing it would be to achieve them.

You should also consider checking out the Task of the Month. The basic tasks involve enough work to be a challenge yet are still within reach, even for a short lucid dream, if you're feeling rusty, etc.

Originally Posted by DragonMaster21

Edit: Just found some and am going to order them. Apparently they block out sound really well, and a few people have slept through their alarm while wearing them. Should be just the thing

Wow, sounds amazing! Hopefully they're not so effective that you could sleep through a smoke alarm or anything!

Thank you both, really .

Also, the earplugs are out for delivery now... . I'm actually really excited by the thought that I'll be able to go bed when I want to tonight and actually be able to sleep...Lucid dreams, here I come! . Edit: They were delivered

So I've really been working on ADA, RCs, etc, and have noticed an improvement in awareness in my dreams. Over my 10 day vacation, twice I became lucid, but the dreams were not vivid at all so I didn't stay lucid. I wasn't really expecting to remember any vivid or long dreams because I havent been keeping a DJ. I'm starting a DJ now though and will do WBTBs, with varying times because I'm also going to start working on WILD.

Originally Posted by DragonMaster21

So I've really been working on ADA, RCs, etc, and have noticed an improvement in awareness in my dreams. Over my 10 day vacation, twice I became lucid, but the dreams were not vivid at all so I didn't stay lucid. I wasn't really expecting to remember any vivid or long dreams because I havent been keeping a DJ. I'm starting a DJ now though and will do WBTBs, with varying times because I'm also going to start working on WILD.

Nice, Dragon, congrats on the two lucids! That's cool that you were able to hit them and get nice dream content even though you weren't journaling.

If you're having an issue where LDs aren't vivid enough when you start out, I'd recommend making it a goal to draw out the detail in your next lucid. Look at your hands, examining the detail of your palms close-up, the texture of the walls, the floor, just everything around you. Take the time to marvel at how detailed it is. Your brain will comply by providing you the detail that you need. That'll keep you hooked into the dream and let you have a longer experience.

Keep up the good work, man!

Thanks

Last night I couldn't sleep very well. I only remember dreaming about golf, but it's hard to explain how it felt. I know that I slept, but I woke up often, and when I fell asleep it didn't feel like very deep sleep at all. Tonight will be better!

Tonight I'm going to be starting the WBTBs. I think I'll start with 4.5 hours into sleep to start out with, and then try later times.