Thread: Nova's Workbook

Originally Posted by Nova357

I got no progress this weekend, no dream recall or successful WBTBs (I tried 1 this weekend). However I did find out that one of my friends was in to LD, as he was talking about his insomnia. We didn't get to talk much though, but maybe later this week Ill ask him for tips 'n such.

Dnt worry about it, we all have our down days good to hear you found another friend into LDing! Maybe you can teach him stuff as well, or introduce him to the forum. Good luck

The past week I had finals and had no dream recall. Zero. That's mainly why I haven't been on for awhile, I think the lack of recall might be stress related. However they're over and I got my recall back just like that. Would it be possible to have a lucid dream and not recall it at all?

Originally Posted by Nova357

The past week I had finals and had no dream recall. Zero. That's mainly why I haven't been on for awhile, I think the lack of recall might be stress related. However they're over and I got my recall back just like that. Would it be possible to have a lucid dream and not recall it at all?

I definitely think the stress is what affected the recall. It's always true for me, at least. Amazing how they magically come back huh? That's why when i have a hectic week and it finally ends, i take a day or two off from trying to do anything dreaming-related, and that magically readjusts my recall.


Yes, i think it is indeed possible to have a lucid but not remember.

I was browsing the forum and under recall found a topic over dream cartography. I found this extremely interesting to read. I love maps And diagrams in real life. Hopefully this will boost my recall and mabey I will find some dream signs. Even if it fails im sure I will enjoy making a map of my dreamworld. Im not sure I will switch north with south though, it seems dificult.

I just wrote down a small map for each dream that needed one. Fortunately for me I already had quite a few sketches done in my dj. I noticed that It was only the earlier entries. I will now try to start drawing quick sketches again. Now all I need to do is connect them in someway. I did find a stair case to heaven which was very intersting to find as a dream symbol. I think I will either draw the map or use something like ms paint.

Very cool, I love the idea of dream cartography, or even sketching dreams in general. Sadly my dreamscapes change every single second, so a map probably wouldn't do me much good. At any rate, I'd love to see your maps once you get some made.

Anything that we write about our dreams, or images we sketch, or maps, or even just colors shapes or feelings, they all help with recall.

I sketched around four dreams, and combined them together to form this. Unfortunately most of my dreams are in different locations, and I have no idea where they go. I did make sketches of most of my dreams so hopefully I can connect the pieces and put them on my map as well.
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Brown House-Mine
Yellow House- House up for sale
White house- dream fragment (was going to party?)
Avenue -went from abandoned cabin to across the road to restraunt

No lucids but I did have some long dreams. Before I went to bed I wanted to wake up at 4:30 sharp to do a WBTB. I woke up at 5:32 with this dream:

• It was a bright sunny day outside. My friend and I boarded a "convertible" train heading east/NE. We were on the last car, on top of a pile of hay. Then the other passengers boarded including a girl who sat back-to-back with me. She scooted off to one side, and the train took off. It was hot that day so the train had built in misters to keep everyone cool. However noisy children kept on hitting the mister button, and complaining about something. Some point I got off the train, and see a father buy an ice cream cone for his son. Some how I have a hold of his cone which is melting rapidly. I lick it so it doesn't drip. His dad buys him a cup, and I give it back to the kid except a glob of ice cream lands on his iPhone.

I then went back to sleep seeing how I was an hour off to do a WBTB just like last night. My alarm woke me up, and I went to go eat breakfast. My mom then yelled at me and said It was 5 AM not 6. I looked at the clock and it was indeed 5 AM, so I actually did wake up at 4:30 sharp. I went upstairs and my alarm clock did day lights savings, except they date was a few days late and I already changed it. I fell asleep and recorded this:

• The dream is far in the future, and I have a job of a police officer in California. I get a dispatch to a disturbance, and jump on my futuristic transformer motorcycle. I drive down the highway looking at the future cars including a semi-RV. I had ~9 min to get to my location, as my helmet had a HUD. I somehow crash into a parking ramp and don't get there in time. I get off my motorcycle and run through the adjacent apartments hallways pushing a black man out of the way. I jump through the window and land in a plaza. I went to the restaurant, and being tired I sat down at the nearest table. There was 4 people there and I asked this old man next to me if he knew where this girl was. He said no. I asked him I he knew anyone who could know her. He said no. I asked him do you know any 15-16 year old girls?(i'm 16 not 45) He actually said yes there is one across the street. I thanked him and left. The woman he was referring to was in her mid 50s and was talking with my mom. The saw me and avoided me. I followed them in to the office, and they were still talking. The lady says next time she makes a Hollywood movie she will dedicate it to my mom's films she made. The next thing I know I'm watching a documentary about how the future came to be. California was now the 2nd biggest state in size, and Texas looked like a ink splotch. Also the Midwest was now one large state which was very rich and powerful. I watched them build this city in fast forward out in the middle of nowhere. The largest building was 50 stories, made of stone, and had blue roofs. It looked like a combination of a cathedral and a castle. The last thing I remember was a shitty farm developing across the street from this huge building.

Originally Posted by Nova357

No lucids but I did have some long dreams. Before I went to bed I wanted to wake up at 4:30 sharp to do a WBTB. I woke up at 5:32 with this dream:

• The dream is far in the future, and I have a job of a police officer in California. I get a dispatch to a disturbance, and jump on my futuristic transformer motorcycle. I drive down the highway looking at the future cars including a semi-RV. I had ~9 min to get to my location, as my helmet had a HUD.

Lucids are great, sure. But dreams about bad-ass transformer motorcycles with high tech HUD helmets will do.

Keep at it man.

Lately I've been kinda out of lucid dreaming. I tried a few WBTBs during spring break, but got nothing other than a FA. However this morning I had a short lucid dream which was very interesting. Unfortunately I don't remember much of it.

So I was under a highway overpass talking with someone (I think a woman?). Later I was invited to a party with the first lady, Hulk, and Storm. Much later I am at a Goodwill store shopping with my dad. I hate shopping so I found a chair in the isle and sat down. I think I took a nap,and did a WILD in in the chair... I felt spinning which made me think so. Anyway I'm at the same place and fully lucid, so a dream within a dream. I do my hand check which kinda fails, then do my nose thing 3-4 times. So I am immediately board and think about going to see some super heros. I decide to fly and find the door out. It was pouring rain, but somewhat light out. My dad then wakes me up in the chair and says we have to go. I then wake up again in bed wondering wtf just happened. Has anyone had any similar experiences?

Has anyone had any similar experiences?

Oh yeah! Lots Many of my false awakenings are like a few seconds apart from one another, like a short loop before i finally wake up. They are almost always the same everytime too. Just remember to practice reality checking everytime you wake up, no matter where you are. This can help catch fa's in the future. Good luck!

Okay so today I had a short dream. Basically I was flying through a cathedral, and flew out the exit and landed on the street. I then wanted to fly outside but my jetpack was out of power. Later I realized all of my dreams have been trying to prevent my not from flying, but from flying outside.

• Second lucid, try to go outside -girl from new york talks to me and wakes me up
• Another lucid, try to go outside -raining outside and dad in dream wakes me up
• Random dream, flying inside -cant find exit

I have only one dream that I can remember flying and It was very fun. Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions of how I can fly outside? I already know how to fly just it seems like my subconscious is trying to block me from doing it outside.

Here's an updated dream map of ~3 dreams at my school. I had hard time trying to get the peices to fit together, but I think I did it correctly, while having fun at the same time.

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Had 2 lucids last night, which was completely unexpected. The first one:
Somehow I become lucid near my house outside. I don't remember doing any RCs but I think I did. I did however stabilize it like 3 times. Its very cloudy out, and I want to clear the sky of clouds to make it sunny out. I did make a small hole in the south-west region. I tried again but to no avail. I then said screw it, and decided to make it precipitate outside. It got dark out and started snowing flurries. I decide now to fly, and couldn't. I then find a curb along the street that was 3 feet tall and jump off and fly.
I fly east, and fly near a large industrious brick building. Somehow I try to fly over it but get trapped inside. It looks like from the 1970s with orange everywhere, and there also was people in there. There were oilworkers talking to the receptionist, while I tried to make a door to get out. The door wouldn't open, so I turned the bend and jumped out the window. I'm now in a large city, and see a large black building. I flew to it, and realized it was the sears tower. I fly to the top and put a mini empire state building ~6 inches, onto of a glass thing with flashing lights.
I then see the moon in an oval shape, trying to warp to a perfect circle. I then fly to it, and it flashes red and blue, like for 3D glasses. I don't remember much,except that everything was extremely detailed, much more than last time. I think then I lost lucidity and went to a martian colony with some friends.

Number 2:
I remember climbing up some stairs, and reach the top. There is 3 blue water slides. I wanted to go down one, and only one as the climb was very long. I ask the life guard if I can go down one, he says yeah. I choose not to as it looks as if you need an intertube. I then sit down in the water, and slide down a bit, but wait for the person ahead to go. I then go down and start screaming, it was almost vertical straight down. It was extremely fun, and I remember twice going upside down somehow.
I get out of the end and walk to the parking lot. I see a funnel cake stand. I walk up and ask if they have funnel cakes. They said they have many flavors, and she listed them. I suspected these were packaged funnel cakes when she said chili flavor. I ask if they were fresh and she says no. I then walk east into a restaurant, I ordered one buffet. She asked for 10 dollars, and I realized I had no wallet. I ran out the door, and into the parking lot. I then think I become lucid, realizing I don't own a SUV where I thought I left my wallet. I reach into my back pocket and decide to make money. I felt a tag and pulled out a $5 bill. I try again and pull out a $1. I look at my five aging and now its $10. I run inside and realize I need to pay tax. There is a homeless guy on next to a table and I grab two quarters, leaving the fifty-cent piece. I slam the money on the counter, and grab my $1 dollar bill back, except that now it was 2 two dollar bills. My dream started fading, and they completely removed and replaced the floor and table. I think I realized it and went to the table to see my water glass refill itself. I drank some, it was pretty good, but also had a chemical taste.

Congrats on the lucids! The unexpected ones are the best.

Okay so yesterday I just finished my first dream journal. I'm mildly pleased but I want to do something different for my next one. I have thought of two things, one is to make an updated DJ with stuff besides the date and title. The other one im considering would be like an app for my ipod. The reason is I would type out my dreams on my ipod, as its a bit easier than a pencil and notebook. So my question is should I keep a traditional DJ with stuff like tags, or should I get an app for my ipod (I have no idea what the app would be)? Any recommendations would be appreciated, as I really need to bring my recall back up.

I like using an app on my Android device for taking dream notes during the night. Later, I write the full dream out either online or just a file on my computer. I usually just write enough so that I can recall the basic parts and add in all the details later. One of the basic ideas behind a DJ is to really try to recall all the little details as vividly as possible. Not only does that help to improve memory and recall but it's also there for you to go back and read later, either to relive your favorite dream moments or gather those dream signs. This method seems to work fairly well for me.

Whats the app called? I don't have android though, but it may be on the app store still...

Diaro. It's not really a dream journal app but it works well for what I use it for. And it keeps a log of the time and date so I know exactly when I woke up to record the dream. Hopefully it's in the App store.

There is something named Diaro, but its for tourists in Barcelona lol

Yeah I just looked it up. Definitely not the same thing. Just try searching journal or dream journal. I'm sure something will work.

I think I found something thanks. BTW what is the 2/7 stars on your signature mean?

Good. Youre welcome. The stars are the number of tasks of the year that I've completed.

Had another lucid dream today. Unfortunately I don't remember anything except I was at school, and wanted to find someone.