Thread: oneiroer's workbook

Originally Posted by oneiroer

It seems like when I don't try to have a dream lately I just have lucid dreams... I think I was putting too much effort into trying to have lucid dreams.

When I try too hard I don't get lucid as often also. I think some people just have to find that sweet spot and go for it. However, my understanding of MILD seems to be the opposite. From what I've read, pushing hard on this technique seems to be ok. They say the longer it takes you to fall back to sleep with it the better. There seems to be some truth to that IMO. Anyway, that's great you're finding that right amount of effort.

I just got up from a nap and had a fun lucid dream. I was in a room I didn't recognize again and ran out a door. The door had some kind of sign on it and I couldn't fully read what it said but I tried, but I was wanting to explore the environment. Anyway I didn't want to run so I kind of flew like superman out a small window near the floor after I opened the door. Then I was outside wherever I was and I kind of flew again up and there was a lady talking on a phone. I didn't want to bother her so I just looked around. I noticed how vivid the scenery was.

When I was done with the dream I tried to wake myself up but it was hard to. I had to realize this wasn't my reality and I focused on my apartment and woke up... I'm a little concerned about not being able to wake up from my dreaming but it always works when I really want to wake up.

@ CanisLucidus: I guess I kind of MILD a little bit.

Congratulations on the LD, oneiroer! Just getting out there and exploring can be so much fun. I'm glad that you thought to get outside and fly around. I'm telling you, that just never gets old for me.

To your continued success!

Congrats!

Thanks CanisLucidus and paigeyemps!

Got up from another nap and was having a lucid dream I think but hardly remember anything and the memory just vanished... I am starting to wonder why I seem to only remember dreams from naps and not from the night before. Maybe because my sleep schedule is so random? I remember reading in a lesson that proficient amount of sleep is required or something like that. I'm thinking I should go to sleep around 9pm...

Hey! Hmm you have a good point. Another possibility is that naps just give you more vivid dreams to remember? Im not entirely sure why, but from experience, as well as other people's.... I've learned that naps in general tend to be the ones with more outlandish dreams or the memorable vivid ones. Just a thought

Originally Posted by oneiroer

Got up from another nap and was having a lucid dream I think but hardly remember anything and the memory just vanished... I am starting to wonder why I seem to only remember dreams from naps and not from the night before. Maybe because my sleep schedule is so random? I remember reading in a lesson that proficient amount of sleep is required or something like that. I'm thinking I should go to sleep around 9pm...

Great thought, oneiroer. I am a big fan of having a regular sleep schedule. I find that if I go to bed unusually late, I'll often wake up the next morning before I've had my full measure of sleep. That's sure to rob me of some precious REM time. In general, the more messed up my sleep schedule, the worse my dream recall and overall rate of lucidity. Get a nice, early night and see how that goes for you!

Is a more regular sleep schedule something you think could be possible for you long-term or is your life structured in such a way that this is difficult?

And almost forgot... congratulations on the lucid dream, remembered or not! There will be more. (Many more.)

Originally Posted by CanisLucidus

Great thought, oneiroer. I am a big fan of having a regular sleep schedule. I find that if I go to bed unusually late, I'll often wake up the next morning before I've had my full measure of sleep. That's sure to rob me of some precious REM time. In general, the more messed up my sleep schedule, the worse my dream recall and overall rate of lucidity. Get a nice, early night and see how that goes for you!

Is a more regular sleep schedule something you think could be possible for you long-term or is your life structured in such a way that this is difficult?

And almost forgot... congratulations on the lucid dream, remembered or not! There will be more. (Many more.)

I am pretty sure I can make a regular sleep schedule happen most of the time. Thanks CanisLucidus!

I wonder if at night before bed if I could trick myself into thinking I'm taking a nap...

Originally Posted by oneiroer

I wonder if at night before bed if I could trick myself into thinking I'm taking a nap...

Heh... I guess that it depends on just what it is about naps that helps you remember your dreams so much better. Perhaps the sleep's a bit lighter? That could make you more likely to wake up from your dream and remember it better. Perhaps you spend a greater portion of this time in REM?

Are you currently practicing any form of WBTB? That may the best way to get a "nap-like" effect with your nightly sleep. The great majority of my lucid dreams have come by way of WBTB and it also seems to provide a nice boost in recall as well.

Originally Posted by CanisLucidus

Heh... I guess that it depends on just what it is about naps that helps you remember your dreams so much better. Perhaps the sleep's a bit lighter? That could make you more likely to wake up from your dream and remember it better. Perhaps you spend a greater portion of this time in REM?

Are you currently practicing any form of WBTB? That may the best way to get a "nap-like" effect with your nightly sleep. The great majority of my lucid dreams have come by way of WBTB and it also seems to provide a nice boost in recall as well.

I'm not currently. But I will read up on it soon and try it tonight! Thanks!

Just woke up from a lucid dream but it was very short cause I had to get up for work. I went in to what I think was a bookstore but I didn't get a chance to look around too much. There was a lady with grey hair behind a pretty big counter and I said hello and I think she replied the same but my alarm clock went off after that and it woke me up.

Originally Posted by oneiroer

Just woke up from a lucid dream but it was very short cause I had to get up for work. I went in to what I think was a bookstore but I didn't get a chance to look around too much. There was a lady with grey hair behind a pretty big counter and I said hello and I think she replied the same but my alarm clock went off after that and it woke me up.

Very good! Congratulations on the LD, man! Too bad about that alarm clock, but you'll make it up on the next one. I think we've all been screwed out of a good LD before by the alarm clock, so you have my sympathy.

Keep it up!

Congrats on the lucid!

Had a ld for the first time at night in a while.
I was somewhere I didn't recognize again
and I summoned a cat and it walked to me.
Then this lady who was a lot older than she
seemed was going to teach me something
important but i woke up cause i got interrupted
by a phone call. I was dissapointed but not mad.

Hey good job on the lucid and the summoning! Did you do anything special before bed or was it a completely random DILD?

Thanks! It was completely random

Ah nice, either way, lucid is lucid so great job!

Originally Posted by oneiroer

Had a ld for the first time at night in a while.
I was somewhere I didn't recognize again
and I summoned a cat and it walked to me.
Then this lady who was a lot older than she
seemed was going to teach me something
important but i woke up cause i got interrupted
by a phone call. I was dissapointed but not mad.

Congratulations, oneiroer, on that lucid and all of that great dream control. The only pity is that you can't control waking life as well as you can the dream or you could have put that phone call off for an hour.

No matter -- you'll have many more. Good work!

Originally Posted by CanisLucidus

Congratulations, oneiroer, on that lucid and all of that great dream control. The only pity is that you can't control waking life as well as you can the dream or you could have put that phone call off for an hour.

No matter -- you'll have many more. Good work!

Lol you're right! Thanks!

Although I just got a book called Dreaming While Awake, Techniques for 24-hour Lucid Dreaming by Arnold Mindell. So I wonder...

It may sound strange but its really interesting so far. Check it out online if you'd like. I'd recommend it so far.

Edit: usually I keep my phone on silence during the night but had to keep it on for a call in the morning...

A lot of stuff happened in my latest dream. I guess it was lucid but mainly what I remember was I was on some kind of platform and I was able to look around. Somebody was with me on the platform and this being was in a cloaked outfit so I couldn't see it's face. I'm kinda freaked out because I saw an open casket and I wonder if the cloaked being was death and I was talking to death. Edit: the platform was floating low to the ground.

Originally Posted by oneiroer

A lot of stuff happened in my latest dream. I guess it was lucid but mainly what I remember was I was on some kind of platform and I was able to look around. Somebody was with me on the platform and this being was in a cloaked outfit so I couldn't see it's face. I'm kinda freaked out because I saw an open casket and I wonder if the cloaked being was death and I was talking to death. Edit: the platform was floating low to the ground.

Wow, very freaky dream! I know that even when you're lucid, that strong imagery can really grab your attention and steer the dream in directions you may not want. Do the best you can to remember that it's all still coming from inside you, and that everything that you see belongs to you and is a part of your imagination.

You may find that it helps to repeat this out loud. That's something that I often do at the beginning of the dream and it's also useful in situations where lucidity itself might be at risk. (For me, paranoia often sets in and I can lose lucidity that way.)

I know how hard this can be. In the end, you got lucid, and that's pretty awesome all by itself. Congratulations!!

Thanks CanisLucidus! I will.