Thread: oneiroer's workbook

That they were very short.

I woke up from maybe another partial lucid but I think I was just observing the dream.
Anyway, I heard someone play a metal riff on an electric guitar. It was a pretty
simple riff but it was pretty cool to hear music in a dream. There was a little more
story to the dream but I don't remember...

I'm still interested in having lucid dreams and obes but I'm lacking in the motivation area...
Any tips if any for that? I guess I'll start the homework for the class again and think more about what
I want to do in my dreams.

Yeah, my best advice for motivation is to get down to a short list of a couple of really exciting or profound things that you'd like to achieve in a lucid dream and then just completely focus on those. Daydream about them, plan how you'll achieve them, and every night set your intent to accomplish them.

Literally anything you can imagine is possible in an LD. Latch onto something you'd really love to experience, and then just work toward making it happen! Whatever it is, you really can do it. It's so amazing to think about what's possible.

Good luck!

Thanks CanisLucidus. I've came up with two things I'd like to achieve. First grow wings and fly. I think I mentioned a dream like that here already but I'd like to do that again. Second I'd like to play electric guitar in a metal band and play in a concert in front of people. Those are my goals for lucid dreaming now. I'll let you guys know if I achieve them.

I remembered a dream last night after some effort of remembering to remember. I remember the number 1409 for some reason. Someone I knew was there and there was darkness. Strange part is I went to sleep about 1230am and woke up from the dream about 1:30am. I had a couple of cups of coffee before sleep too.

I slept on the floor last night and anyway remembered something. I think I might have had a healing type dream even though I don't remember it. I think I was crying and I haven't been able to cry in a long while... I feel better because of the dream... Edit: some more dream memories are starting to pop up but they're tough to capture... What I did last night was think of a dream I had in the past especially the one about the black panther. I was thinking of honoring the drea by making my avatar here one. But I can't seem to do that on a tablet... I wonder if i sorta found a way to connect back with my dreams by just thinking about that animal...?

Sounds great, oneiroer, congratulations! Emotions tend to just flow in dreams in a way they really don't in waking life, so it makes sense that you were able to cry in the dream when it's just not something that happens to you much in waking life.

My dream recall hasn't been quite as good the past few days so maybe I need to try sleeping on the floor!

I think it works pretty well.

I`m going to try a wbtb tonight and start working on reality checks tomorrow! ...

No success with wbtb yet or reality checks... but I've been reading the book A Field Guide to Lucid Dreaming and tried a suggestion. I first tried to meditate a little (it's tough for me) but then thought to myself "I expect to have a lucid dream." and woke up around 4:19 am last night and remembered some scenes!

Started practicing self awareness yesterday. And remembered a dream last night. I'm gonna start putting more effort into becoming a lucid dreamer! I'm also reading a book yet still want to complete this course. I'm trying to remember my dreams again.

Times I naturally go to sleep and wake up:

I'll edit this post. I'll try this for a week and enter the times to show I'm serious about dreams.

A new goal I have is to explore memories I have forgotten. Maybe weird, but I had a dream a while back where I was sitting with either my aunt or my mom when I was a kid. I also might ask family if they remember something from a dream.

Hey that's a great goal. I am actually trying to do something similar in the medium to long run - access past memories. Let us know how it goes. Good luck and lots of lds to you!

Originally Posted by NyxCC

Hey that's a great goal. I am actually trying to do something similar in the medium to long run - access past memories. Let us know how it goes. Good luck and lots of lds to you!

Cool and thank you NyxCC. I will.

May have found a dream sign while on vacation this week. I dreamt the same friends who have been mean to me in a past dream were mean to me again...

Good dreamsign, oneiroer! This is one you can channel in a very positive way with some basic dream yoga.

Any time you feel slighted or mistreated by someone, catch the emotional reaction and examine it. Note how dreamlike it is and how it's something only you can produce inside yourself -- it's not a "real" external thing. Insist that you prove to yourself that you're not dreaming.

This will not only help you catch real dreams, but will also give you a moment to choose how you react to a given situation. Rather than let negative emotions sweep you up, you'll have first crack at deciding what kind of experience you'll have.

Good luck, and keep up the good work, man!

Gonna try a wake back to bed tonight. Reading the book Exploring the world of lucid dreaming again.

Been remembering more dreams lately. A new goal I have is to become more aware of what's going on in a dream...

Just a small update. Seems I had about 2 lucid dreams last night but can't remember them. I also had a nightmare but don't remember that either... looks like I gotta practice remembering them in the morning... (if my text is large sorry I'm typing from my phone and don't quite know how to fix that..)

Thought I would post a picture. I took a picture of some clouds and edited them on my phone.
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Edit: trying to figure out how to show the thumbnail on my tablet...

An update... Took a vacation and have been remembering dreams for the past 4 nights or so! Glad I got my recall back.

Had a lucid this morning. One of my dream signs now is definitely not knowing where I am... Sorry I haven't been doing the homework. I'll try to start again. I posted it in my journal here but if you don't feel like going to it and are interested I'll describe it here...

I went to bed, told myself I remember my dreams slept for about an hour and woke up in a bed in the dreamworld. I think I had a false awakening too. I only got about an hours sleep last night which I think is pretty cool that I got a lucid out of it...

Well done, oneiroer! Fantastic ld incubation! The early ones are always very impressive.

Looks like a good time to return to lding. Wish you many more to come.