Thread: Pennyroyal's workbook

Originally Posted by CanisLucidus

Holy crap! I proposed that as a December/January (can't remember which) Task of the Month! Doesn't that sound like fun?

It does! This has been a personal unattainable 'dream' of mine since I was a kid. My birthday is Jan 1st, I always wanted to ride the ball down on New Years Eve and when it reaches the bottom I'm another year older at that exact moment (in theory) haha.

Originally Posted by PennyRoyal

It does! This has been a personal unattainable 'dream' of mine since I was a kid. My birthday is Jan 1st, I always wanted to ride the ball down on New Years Eve and when it reaches the bottom I'm another year older at that exact moment (in theory) haha.

Oh wow, your birthday is January 1st? That makes this whole thing like 10x cooler. Love it.

It's cool that this is something you've thought of since you were a kid. That younger version of yourself would be very happy to know that you haven't forgotten about all the cool stuff he always wished he could do. I must admit... I think there would be a lot of overlap between my dream goals of today and my dream goals from when I was a ten year old.

Originally Posted by CanisLucidus

Oh wow, your birthday is January 1st? That makes this whole thing like 10x cooler. Love it.

It's cool that this is something you've thought of since you were a kid. That younger version of yourself would be very happy to know that you haven't forgotten about all the cool stuff he always wished he could do. I must admit... I think there would be a lot of overlap between my dream goals of today and my dream goals from when I was a ten year old.

Yessir, New Years Baby as I've always been called.

I'm sure if I had dream goals back when I was a kid, they would be nowhere near the same. They would probably be comprised of mostly me kicking ass as a ninja turtle and teasing my brothers in awesome ways Hmm.. That reminded me of a time I had convinced my youngest brother that he was a figment of my dream, and when I woke up he wouldn't exist. How mean! hahahaha

Originally Posted by PennyRoyal

They would probably be comprised of mostly me kicking ass as a ninja turtle

I confess that I have a number of lucid goals that aren't far off from this. LOL.

That reminded me of a time I had convinced my youngest brother that he was a figment of my dream, and when I woke up he wouldn't exist. How mean! hahahaha

That's awesome! Wow, you did some really sophisticated existential teasing there. That sounds like something straight from The Twilight Zone. I like it!! Yeah, here's the episode it reminds me of: "Shadow Play". It was about a guy who's about to be executed and he's trying to explain to everyone involved that they're just a part of his nightmare and that they'll all disappear if they go through with the execution. Shadow Play (1961 The Twilight Zone episode) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You had an impressive imagination as a kid!

Originally Posted by CanisLucidus

I confess that I have a number of lucid goals that aren't far off from this.

Lol one of mine currently is to fight a Hollow like a Soul Reaper from Bleach, no hate here

You had an impressive imagination as a kid!

It still persists to this day. I have the most VIVID daydreams when I read. It's nearly IMPOSSIBLE for someone to get my attention if I'm reading. But when I'm reading I don't even realize that I'm looking at a book after a few minutes. I'm just an observer of the scene I'm reading.

Originally Posted by PennyRoyal

It still persists to this day. I have the most VIVID daydreams when I read. It's nearly IMPOSSIBLE for someone to get my attention if I'm reading. But when I'm reading I don't even realize that I'm looking at a book after a few minutes. I'm just an observer of the scene I'm reading.

Oh that's good. Very, very good, in fact. Strong visualization skills will come in handy for you over and over in lucid dreaming, both for MILD and for WILD.

With MILD, envisioning yourself becoming lucid in some very specific scene and imagining what it would all feel like is a critical part of the technique. If that comes naturally to you, you'll have a big leg up there.

And with WILD, a lot of times what we're doing is massaging some bit of hypnagogic imagery into a real dream scene that we can enter and become fully part of. Tactile sensations seem to be particularly important in helping you get crossed over and locked into this new world. I theorize because it helps you forget about your sleeping body and refocuses the mind on the dream body.

It helps with dream control too! I find that those with high-def imaginations have a big head start on dream control. NewArtemis, for example, performed really advanced feats in a very early lucid of hers, manipulating and rotating text, and doing a bunch of other lucid stuff that is pretty high level. A strong imagination makes all that possible.

Hmm, that is interesting. I have not really played too much with the visualization part of things. Although now that I think about it, when I use my mantra for recall I envision myself getting up and writing something in my DJ in the morning.