Thread: Quietness's Workbook

Hi quietness, welcome to the Intro Class!

Finally, another Pinoy I can talk to! Oh, and some aspects of the site, including the Dream Journal system, are temporarily closed due to a current issue which you can read about it the Announcements area of the forum. No need to worry though, you can keep doing your physical DJ and update later on. Just curious, around how many dreams do you normally remember every night?

Kita-kits

Thanx for the welcome and the info, Paigeyemps! ^_^

If I write them all? An average of 3. But I tend to get lazy, especially with the longer dreams. (@_@) I'm practicing writing just the keywords to remind me when I write the full story later on, but it usually takes days before I can write the dream on my DJ, and by that time, I have forgotten most of it, even with keywords.

So now I'm barely remembering 1 dream a day (>_<)

Ahh, well that's alright. As long as you continue paying attention to them. I guess there are still some dreams that are very memorable that even some keywords can remind you of the whole story, right? I get lazy to DJ as well x)

Yes, there are. I just have to make sure I write then as soon as I can. (>_<)


[] Write a list for why you want to lucid dream (for motivation)

1. I want to connect directly to my subconscious and influence it in a very positive way.
2. Enjoyment: I want to fly, travel, explore, and make love <3
3. Inspiration: I want to go to sleep and wake up inspired everyday
4. Learn: I want to gain from the wisdom of the subconscious
5. Practice: Develop skills in dreams, such as speaking and martial arts

[] Plan out what you want to do in your next lucid dream.

1. Sit in half-lotus position and chant the Manjushri Mantra


Nov 20, 2012

I don't have a set schedule for sleeping and waking up, so I'll decide one now: I will start sleeping and practicing LD 10 p.m. each night, wake up at around 4 a.m. for WBTB. Read about LD for an hour. Go back to sleep and use MILD.

RC tends to be a bore to me. But I'll still try. This time, I'll push my fingers through my palm to test instead of the usual test of reading twice. I love reading, but that exercise made me dislike reading for some reason.


For two weeks (Ends on Dec. 4, if non-functional):

Tech: 100 countdown + MILD ("I am aware in my dreams") + WBTB after 6 hrs + MILD ("I am aware in my dreams")

Sleep: 9:50 p.m.


Nov 21, 2012

4:13 a.m.

It felt like there was a guide getting me to do a lucid dreaming exercise within the dream. It was more like a presence than a visible person. The last thought that came to my mind as i wake up was that we were delivered into this world.

Dream: (Remembered this when I woke up and opened the computer at around 6:51 a.m.) {I was walking in a mostly empty street. I was going home. It was night. At first it was a street in the current city I'm living IRL, but as I walked, I got lost. I passed by the street I should turn. I walked back and saw the streets were already too dark. One street has a bridge and the other has a big dog hidden in the dark. There's no light. I walked on, and chose one street. My 'mind' went ahead of me and saw my destination: our home in our hometown (not the current city IRL). That's where I will end up. I continued walking, and I'm seeing the familiar locations of homes even in the dark. There are lights inside the houses.}

Will do sensory awareness as I fall asleep.

Sleep: 4:50 a.m.

6:51 a.m.

Dream:

(I was traveling with mom. She asked where to buy gasoline. I pointed at the station nearby. We went there and the guy charged 1000 pesos. We think he overcharged, and mom thought it was simply horrendous, but instead of disputing it, we moved on.

I was shopping in a grocery/bookstore. I was looking at a Combos pack that uses Graham as its 'shell.' I only had a few hundred to spend, and it costs over 50 pesos, but I took it anyway. I also thought of buying Kopiko Brown coffee. I'm not sure if I did. I kept walking around. I saw some interesting books on self-development and magick. I think some tarot decks as well. I passed by a stall with some interesting mantras. A man was also interested and was checking it out. The saleslady/owner asked me to hold on to the paper which may fly away.

Sasuke was put in a machine. It's supposed to copy his Sharingan. Somebody traded something for it. A scroll? We pulled him out of the machine, alive fortunately, and the guy who traded for the sharingan is already 'wearing' it on his eye. He thanked us for the trade, although a bit smugly if you ask me.

I was near the sea. The beach. I was with a friend, and I was carrying my trusty, point-and-click camera. We saw a HUGE fish very close to the shore; it looked like a huge 'sapsap,' almost like a sunfish in size. Its 'dorsal fin' is above the water level, but I can see very clearly underneath, and it wasn't deep at all. At first I thought it was dead. It was moving but maybe it was just the waves. Then it positively swam parallel to the shoreline, to our left (away from us). After that, we saw more, and I took more pictures. One was a long fish, and there are other fishes bigger than a person.

I was in a gym. We were either exercising, doing aerobics, or having a workshop of sorts. I never really figured it out. Everything was fine. I think it was my second time there. It was not 'light,' and most of the lights seem to be off, but there are enough for us to see each other although we're dominated mostly by shadows. After some time, I realize I was naked. This didn't bother me, but it obviously bothered most everyone else. Slowly, they distanced from me. I then noticed most, if not all, of them are females. I thought, if they were offended by my genitals, I could just cover it or wear my boxers. And they could just say so. They were wearing in exercise clothing. After a while, I just looked for my boxers and wore it.

Outside the street, we were talking of how to get home.}

Woke up and stayed in bed for a bit, after turning off the alarm. I wondered if I'm really awake. I pushed my right index finger through my left palm. Nothing happened. Woke up to drink coffee.

Didn't do sensory awareness. Did self-awareness.

I think this was the longest dream(s) I had for some time. I hope I can get my momentum back and continuously practice the exercise. (^_^)

Ooh, good job with the recall. Wooot how strange, I also had a dream fragment where I was thinking of buying Kopiko, though it was the candy, not the coffee.

I was wondering, do you have school or anything? And how do you manage your time with the WBTBs?

No, I'm working I schedule it strictly and clear my day as much as I can for it. i usually stay awake for just 45 minutes, reading about LD and the posts of others in the Dream Snippets thread. By 10 p.m. I should be on the bed, so I can wake up at around 4 a.m. If I don't do it consistently, the WBTB might fail, like it did before, so I have to be strict on myself on this >.<

Oh, and I use an alarm. I know some say that it is not very good or healthy, but I tried not using it before and I couldn't wake up for WBTB, and I got demoralized and gave up. I have to use it as a crutch for now, at least until i can LD consistently.


Nov 21, 2012

11:58 a.m.

Decided on Tech:
- Finger-palm RC
- 100 countdown + MILD
- WBTB
- ADA

1:31 p.m. - Sleep; Countdown + MILD

2:59 p.m. awake

{I was hanging out with friends in our high school gym (on the first floor) which is attached to a hospital (second and third floors). I went 'home' to our dormitory after a mission, and ate at the attached restaurant. I was talking with a different set of friends inside a room, when I used remote viewing and saw a problem arising with my other friends. Apparently, they were playing with mind control and the subject (a friend of ours but no idea irl) started to act wildly, as if possessed by something else. I rushed there and got his attention. I used a feather fan to keep him at bay, but I don't want him to run away either. I shouted for another ally, 'Chihung' or 'Hungphet,' to come to our aid, but he's taking his sweet time. The possessed person was about to run, but I used web-string to catch him.}


10:30+ p.m. sleep


Nov 22, 2012

5:28 a.m.

Found it hard to sleep last night. Tossed and turned. Choose 100 count down and MILD but I found it hard to breathe. Daydreamed, but can't focus.

Dream: {Talking with a sibling. "Be a part of the solution, not part of the problem." I think someone was again teaching me to be lucid. But it's still more of a presence than a person.}

Read DDA and Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep.


6:00 a.m. sleep, filled my mind with thoughts of 'I am aware in my dream.'

7:49 a.m.

(A war. Kingdoms challenging each other. I am more of a watcher, and then I see from the first-person perspective once in a while. I see the top view of the map, of how things changed. An escapee princess and her little brother, hiding in a nearby town near the sea. The little one has abilities. He jumped down from the high cave and crawled down the rocky cliff near the sea. He was told not to show himself or they'll be found. A man 'fell' down into the murky water of the sea. (First person) The boy jumped down, for what reason? Then he found the man who fell down back on the docks. He pulled him up and left.

(Third person) The princess was asked whether it was wise to stay so close to the 'portal' where the war is most active. The portal is some sort of realm with a red sphere. It seems magic becomes powerful or weaker near it. There are two kingdoms currently fighting near it. One has a general who is highly skilled in technological warfare. He transformed his his flying ship (flying boat) into a deadly weapon that throws cannonballs and blades. I am not sure what held them back from conquering the portal completely.

A sick king or lord hiding in a kingdom, protected by an ally was found out. He was using his troops to infiltrate the nearby kingdoms, but this probably raised the alarm. A passing band saw his insignia or banner floating in the building (he's an idiot for doing that if he did), or maybe the owner was already under suspicion. (First person) When he saw the troops outside, he immediately jumped off the high wall to the other side, and looked for a place to hide. First-person. The place looked like a nice park, with trees scattered all over and nice, green grass. He was parkouring his way out. At last, he ran and ran into the dark forest, until it was night.

Light was 'chasing' me from behind, creating shadows in front of me. I felt ecstatic, wild. I jumped and rolled in the dark forest, lied down, and stared up at the moon. I howled. I was a woman. A witch. I can feel my dark, tattered dress.

(Third person) Wolves and a lion are fighting. The lion asked why the wolves are fighting them. They paused. It seems they were controlled. It was time to hit back.

I was in a ship. (First person) I am the general with technological skills. I said, it's nice to be able to use powers again. I raised a ball of energy with my left hand and threw it into the air.}

This reminds me of Game of Thrones. I can't wait for season 3. Only, the 'lion' is the princess's symbol here, the Targaeryan, instead of the dragon. No dragons in sight of this dream.

Strangely, I watched a bit of The Walking Dead before sleeping. I thought that would go into my dreams.

Nov 22, 2012

2:30ish pm

Countdown + MILD

4:00 pm:

{I was in a van. I think it's the same location I go to when I'm in Cebu, in Mactan. A couple went down. One has marijuana. The driver and a passenger wanted it as well. It seems I was a dealer of sorts. I told them I can't give them those, somebody already bought them, or something.

I experience something like SP in a dream. I can't see but I 'know' I am in a school of sorts. I was finally able to move around. There's J.C., high school classmate, talking about something. He asked about the name of our high school Filipino teacher. Or the fourth year janitor name. I was unsure, but I gave him the first year Filipino teacher's name, but he already said it was wrong because he was asking for the janitor's name.

I was traveling. Not sure if it was with a companion. I was walking in a dusty road. Need to hide. I was on a skateboard and using an umbrella to push/pull me through. I was in the bus station. 3 days and I have to leave.}

Details lost since i only wrote this Nov 23, 2012, 6:30 am.


Nov 23, 2012

12:02 am

MILD, no countdown (too distracting), day dreamed and tried to stay aware.

6:28 am

I woke up before sunrise, but was too tired to write what I dreamed. I woke up again around 6:28.

{I was in a school that looks like our elementary school, but the mood reminds me of college. It's going to second semester and we're hurrying with the enrollment. R was there (a president of an org), also trying to catch up. They announced that they're extending. R explained that he called and asked if they're gonna be open. They said they they would, but he also asked if there are supervisors in case they need one. I didn't understand why he had to call when we're in the school already. I looked at a list on a board.

Somehow connected, I was in the school still. I was talking to a woman who asked me what group I'm in. She mentioned I couple, but I told her I'm with +. She said she remembers now. I was wondering how, when I'm not very active in +. I got a vision of her name in the group. Primrose or Rose something. And an image of black. She has short, black hair. She went behind some low wall to take a piss, and out of nowhere, a couple of high school kids appeared and tried to peek on her. I told them to back off, but she knows they're there. She handed them a short chain. They didn't know how to react, so they just accepted it. When she was done, she asked for it. They gave it back to her and they ran. They knotted it, and it's hard to un-knot. It's some sort of necklace. I told her that was expected; they're kids and don't know how to handle important stuff.

Night. I was in Quezon Ave, crossing the bridge to the other side.}


7:15 a.m. - day dream + MILD

9:23 am

{An initiation in Tibetan Buddhism? (no idea what an initiation in Tibetan Buddhism is like, or even if there's one) I was lying face down on the floor/mat. One man stepped on my back to massage me as well. It didn't hurt, and I barely felt anything. There was chanting that I don't understand, and an instruction that I should hold the paper with some characters on my toes. I find it hard to hold on to them, but I persisted. Then I was taught the first character: "Ba". I was shown how the character is written, but one of the guys there is blocking my view, with his legs. I think it was unintentional. I was asked what it means, and I think I know, but I simply forgot. I was chastised, and reminded with clues. It ended with the meaning 'store,' like a place where you buy stuff, but it seems it has also the meaning of 'storing energy.' It was just one character out of a whole set. I think 'te' means hands, like kara-te. But I never got to that point.

I was in a place where people are racing in toy cars. Supposedly for kids, adults are the ones driving them in a race track.

I was at home in our hometown. People were talking inside the house. Outside, I noticed some peculiarities. It was barely visible, but I saw the shadows of planets on the sky, and one huge planet in particular. Or maybe it was a black hole. All I know is that there are small black circles and one huge black circle on the sky. I tried taking them on my trusty camera, cursing myself for not charging the battery before. Fortunately, it still works. I captured the photos. The sky looks different. Instead of the usual blue sky and white clouds, it's mostly dark violet, with a ranging yellow and orange sun that looked more like a moving painting, a few points of lights that must be the stars, and the black spheres that must be the shadows of the planets, or probably black holes. And there's the huge one. I'm positive it's a planet, and not the black hole. I showed everyone, but they can't see them. I showed them the pictures, but they said they're tricks of lights or just unclear.

Some friends and I are playing a computer game. A shooting game with robots and all in first person. We were losing to an opponent who can summon small robotic allies that have low health but are annoying. Together, they can defeat every single one of us. I think my robot was defeated and I watched a friend's robot trying to escape the small black robots. I got so irritated, I brought them out in real life. They were standing on a ledge just under the roof of the mall. I challenged them and threw a basket at them. It almost reached them. I saw the traffic nearby. There's a cop stopping a car for something. I was thinking of grabbing that car and throwing it up. I just walked away.

I think there was some sort of panic. I am looking at a blonde boy. He received some sort of package, but were told (not sure by who) not to open it. Then everything just went wild, with friends and allies walking around in some sort of middle-age market, along with the people already present. The 'owner' of the town was talking with a guy, both friends of mine (don't know them irl), and the guy asked if there's lotion around. The owner just talked mostly nonsense. He talked so much he didn't notice that guy already went away. He talked about how rude that was, etc. We met with another friend, who owns a caravan, and we talked a bit. S/He looks dressed in maroon, looking very rich. He reminds me of an image of one of the reincarnation of a Hindu deity, except that of the usual blue, he's brown. After a while, we came across the guy looking for a lotion, and he just smiled shyly and walked away. Then the owner met with two of our fiercer friends who enjoy challenges, and who challenges each other quite often. They ran around the market fighting (not sure how), overturning and/or destroying everything in their path. One reminds me of Hercules, not the cartoon one. He has long, dirty-blonde hair, a strong almost-wild face, and muscular body. The other guy was not so clear, but I think he has black hair. Both have incredible strength. At this point, the owner's features are clearer. He has a mustache, with a top hat? His clothing reminds me of Steampunk, and I think he was riding a vehicle that is very much Steampunk.}


I seem to recall more of the dreams I have after the WBTB. Unfortunately, I still can't get lucid (T_T)

I was so tired last night, all I did was fall asleep after some random daydreaming in bed. But I was doing ADA often during the day. I fell asleep around 2:15 a.m. Was thinking of doing WBTB after 6 hours (8 am), but I have a lot of stuff to do (>_<) So I'll skip today's WBTB and hopefully can catch up with that tonight.

Dream: The Llama, the Peacock, and the Princess

I slept around 1:19 a.m. A friend gave me AlphaBrain supplement which I took at 11 pm. I ate dinner at 11:30 pm. I did MILD before sleeping. As usual, I do ADA.

I woke up at 7:14 am, but I cannot recall anything clear from my dream. It was very confusing. I performed calm-abiding meditation, and fell asleep (WBTB) seeing the earth-touching Buddha at 7:44 am.

At 9:13 am, I woke up with a fascinating dream related to Tibetan Buddhism.

I forgot my dream almost immediately when I woke up (T_T)

Same here. I only remembered two dreams some time in the middle of the day. I posted the first one in the snippets thread. The second one was about Vice Ganda LOLOLOLOL

LOL! Will check it out

The last dreamed I remembered also happened when the sun was up (morning). The last two nights, I couldn't remember the dreams. Just a feeling of frustration and confusion. (T_T)

Very short recall of dream today.

I did calm-abiding meditation before bed and read from Tibetan Yoga of Dream and Sleep. I did MILD, thinking "I am aware/lucid in my dreams."

Overall, dissatisfied I had a lot of long dreams recently, although no lucids, and now almost zero recall.

I was doing mostly ADA and also did calm-abiding meditation when I woke up. I slept around 2:50 pm and woke up around 4:35 pm. I was shifting in and out of consciousness until 4:55 pm.

I had this dream in the forest.

As usual, I did calm-abiding meditation before I slept and also ADA as much as I can. It's still challenging, but I do my best. I also did MILD as I went to sleep.

For the first time in a long time, I chose not to use an alarm with my LD experiments. I slept at 11:35 pm and woke up at 5:02 am. I hope this continues.

I was rewarded with an interesting dream that said: "The only teacher is experience."

Tried editing the previous post but can't (T_T) I should add that I also slept on my right side, as per suggestion in the Tibetan Yoga book.

I lit sandalwood incense before sleeping at 3 pm. I woke up around 6:20 pm with a long and interesting dream. I think I almost had a lucid, but I wasn't very aware. I was going on and off ADA all day.

The dream also includes a ghost.

Slept at around 11:35 pm, but only because I waited for the damn lunar eclipse. i couldn't see it and got frustrated, so I went to sleep. I also had to deal with a flying nightmare in my room after I did calm-abiding meditation.

I can only remember the latter part of my dream as I woke up. I just heard this as I woke up: "That's the problem with you people. You only aim to get certificates." I seem to remember the Quiapo area.

WBTB, MILD, but I get distracted by daydreaming too much. Still had this dream about the forest and the beach.

Ohey I was wondering. Do you usually dream in Tagalog or English?

I rarely hear the words, but when I do, they're in English. Most of the time, I just receive "telepathic" ideas, not exact words.

Ahh I see what you mean. Thanks

No prob. Do any of you use incense, though? I'm experimenting with incense, but the result are still the same :/

Not I

Haven't really experimented with stuff. Though I do plan to do it in the future.