SGilley's Workbook

**SGilley** · 08-24-2013 06:08 PM

Just sort of a short history of me and LDing: When I was about 6 or 7, I was walking through my house when I looked at my father's bookcase and saw that he had a book called, "Lucid Dreaming" by Stephen LaBerge (I now am acquainted with LaBerge, and if I hadn't read his books I wouldn't be where I am today). I saw it had a cool (for a 6 year old) design on the front and I wondered what it meant. I found my dad and asked him what lucid dreaming meant. He said it was the ability/phenomenon of being self-aware in a dream, or being able to control yourself in a dream and not only realize that it was a dream when I woke up. I thought that was really cool and asked him if he had ever done it. He said he learned how to do it on his own when he was a kid and did all kinds of cool stuff such as flying, etc. I immediately thought that I should do it, but being the little kid that I was I forgot about it the next day. It wasn't until about last December that I saw the LaBerge book on the bookshelf again and I asked myself what it meant. I then remembered what my dad had told me and I researched it on the internet. I found DV and I've lurked on here ever since now. So yeah. That's my story. Hope you guys can help me and I'll be posting any new info on what I attempt here in my workbook.

Reality Checks:
-Pushing my middle and pointer finger through my palm
-Looking very closely at my palm
-Touching a door before I go through it
-Multiplying 9 * 7
-Plugging my nose and trying to breathe through it

Dream Signs:
-Karate (?)
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Short-Term Goals:
-Have a lucid dream
-Successfully WILD
-Successfully DILD

Long-Term Goals:
-Meet my dream guide
-Have at least 1 LD per month (very long-term!

)
-Transform into a dragon
-Summon something cool
-Teleport
-Move up on DV if I can

Lucid/Dream Recall History:
-I have a really easy time remembering my dreams, (I found a good technique for me is not thinking, "What did I just dream about?", but rather, "What did I just do?") but I'm still working on remembering very fine details (trying ADA at the moment)

Current Technique:
-DILD
-Many failed WILDS

**paigeyemps** · 08-25-2013 05:44 AM

Welcome

I'm looking forward to reading about your progress. Oh, I'm curious about the door reality check. Can you tell me the rationale behind that?

**SGilley** · 08-25-2013 01:48 PM

Thanks! The thing about the door is basically if I'm going through a door, I just tap it before I open it to see if my hand goes through. I find myself going through a lot of doors in dreams and IWL so it forms a good habit.

**paigeyemps** · 08-26-2013 03:54 AM

Ah I see, never tried that before! I usually stick with poking a finger through my hand or just plugging my nose which always seem to worm well for me. Oh, and don't forget to RC everytime you wake up so you have better chances of catching FA's

**SGilley** · 08-28-2013 09:45 PM

August 28 - Sorry I've been offline, the first day of the school year for me was today and that throws my virtual life way off, but now it's back on schedule. I tried entering a longer dream that I had two nights ago and my token expired, but instead of copying-pasting it, I just refreshed it.

So I had very poor dream recall for the past two nights. I picked up a bottle of 100 B6 tablets to take (one) before bed. Last night I tried it but I had no recall of any of my dreams. I will try it again tonight and try to recall as much as possible and DJ it.

**SGilley** · 08-29-2013 01:45 AM

August 28 (Later) - I just drank some Apple Juice and am going to take some B6 later. I hope I get my first lucid! I have a free app on my phone that just vibrates every 30 minutes and reminds me to do a check even during school and it really has helped me get into the routine of RCing. My first goal in a LD is to get up and walk around. I don't want to ruin the experience by trying to fly or something dumb like that.

**Anju** · 08-29-2013 06:16 AM

Originally Posted by SGilley

I don't want to ruin the experience by trying to fly or something dumb like that.

Haha..I ruined my first LD by trying to teleport the moment I became lucid

I think it's cool that your dad is a lucid dreamer. My dad would probably freak out if he sees LaBerge's book on my shelf.

**SGilley** · 08-29-2013 10:29 PM

August 29 - I had an interesting dream last night (pulled a dumb move, you can read more about it in my DJ, comments much appreciated!

) and had amazing recall compared to the two nights before today. I wonder if the apple juice helped? I have a very good feeling that I am getting closer and closer to my first LD and I am starting to mix techniques for greater success! I'll be back on before bed to log all of my techniques currently.

Originally Posted by Anju

Haha..I ruined my first LD by trying to teleport the moment I became lucid

I think it's cool that your dad is a lucid dreamer. My dad would probably freak out if he sees LaBerge's book on my shelf.

Yeah, my dad isn't much of a lucid dreamer anymore, but apparently my doing this makes him want to try again.

Also that sucks with the teleporting thing lol I know some people IWL who have done stuff like that too.

**SGilley** · 08-30-2013 02:10 AM

August 29 (Later) - I am repeating last night's process almost identically, except for the adding of one tablet of B6. I will report tomorrow morning how it went.

**Nuna** · 08-30-2013 04:09 AM

Im a beggining Dream Tamer if you will, and I would love some personal expiriance tips! (ive read all the guides on DV)

-Nuna

**SGilley** · 08-30-2013 11:11 AM

Originally Posted by Nuna

Im a beggining Dream Tamer if you will, and I would love some personal expiriance tips! (ive read all the guides on DV)

-Nuna

Hi! I'm not really the best person to ask because I haven't actually had a lucid dream before, (This is a good place to ask questions/for tips: Attaining Lucidity) but one tip that really helps is remembering to reality check often. If you don't do it habitually (on a schedule) it kills the point. For example, I have an app on my iPhone that reminds me every 30 minutes. Other than that, just have fun mixing techniques and another interesting thing to check out is dream aids. (Lucid Aids)

-Scott

**paigeyemps** · 08-30-2013 01:16 PM

Originally Posted by SGilley

August 29 (Later) - I am repeating last night's process almost identically, except for the adding of one tablet of B6. I will report tomorrow morning how it went.

How'd it go?

**SGilley** · 08-30-2013 08:45 PM

Originally Posted by paigeyemps

How'd it go?

I forgot to use the B6 (lol) but it went well overall. I had an odd dream, but it was fun. It was my first one involving anything from DV. You can check out more about it in my DJ. I seriously will remember to use B6 tonight and I am going to WBTB again. I'm so excited!

**Nuna** · 08-31-2013 01:46 AM

You've never had a lucid dream? Ive only had one but I wasn't aware of the AWESOMENESS

that the dream was capable of so I ruined it

I'm really hoping to have anotheroneso that I can take full advantage!

-Nuna

**paigeyemps** · 08-31-2013 07:41 AM

Originally Posted by SGilley

I forgot to use the B6 (lol) but it went well overall. I had an odd dream, but it was fun. It was my first one involving anything from DV. You can check out more about it in my DJ. I seriously will remember to use B6 tonight and I am going to WBTB again. I'm so excited!

Good luck! And which dream did you mean with the thing about DV? I read your journal but couldn't find the dv reference

**SGilley** · 09-01-2013 03:11 AM

Originally Posted by paigeyemps

Good luck! And which dream did you mean with the thing about DV? I read your journal but couldn't find the dv reference

I didn't have enough time to add that part but I'll report on that and my WBTB tomorrow as I am at my friend's house tonight.

**paigeyemps** · 09-01-2013 06:55 AM

Originally Posted by SGilley

I didn't have enough time to add that part but I'll report on that and my WBTB tomorrow as I am at my friend's house tonight.

No worries, looking forward to it. Have fun

**SGilley** · 09-02-2013 08:55 PM

I had my first lucid last night! I will chronicle it in my dream journal today but it was weird, intense and it was induced in an extremely odd fashion. Thanks for all the support leading up to it!

**SGilley** · 09-03-2013 03:16 AM

The link to my thread -> http://www.dreamviews.com/lucid-expe...5Bever%5D.html

**Anju** · 09-03-2013 05:15 AM

Congrats!

**SGilley** · 09-03-2013 10:41 AM

Just tried B6 last night, had no dream recall. I seem to not be able to recall my dreams when I use it.

**paigeyemps** · 09-03-2013 10:49 AM

Hey! Congrats on the lucid dream! That was pretty cool, I must admit. Not bad at all for a first time

As for the b6, try using it for a few more days to a week or so. It is very possible and very common that you might not get any results or pleasant results yet because it is very new to you and your body is adjusting first. Good luck

**SGilley** · 09-03-2013 11:39 AM

Originally Posted by paigeyemps

Hey! Congrats on the lucid dream! That was pretty cool, I must admit. Not bad at all for a first time

As for the b6, try using it for a few more days to a week or so. It is very possible and very common that you might not get any results or pleasant results yet because it is very new to you and your body is adjusting first. Good luck

Thanks for the feedback and advice! I'll keep using it and see how it treats me.

**SGilley** · 09-04-2013 10:57 AM

September 4 - Used 100mg of B6 again, had hazy dream recall. I'll put the snippet I can remember in my DJ. It seems to be progressing well enough though, so I'll continue with my B6 regimen.