Mango's Workbook

Just a few fragments. Also feeling a bit crappy today, but I'll still try to do awareness.

Day 6: Gradually felt more better throughout the day thankfully. I forgot to do memory exercises (but I'm doing them now!) and RCs were done. Awareness in general was a bit low today. Ooh, I'm also pretty happy now! One of my friends happened to look over my shoulder when I was on here, and that sparked a conversation. He's also a lucid dreamer! :D So we talked for about half an hour while waiting at the bus stop.

Really awesome! Wheeee!

I did recall something but they're fragments and really, really hard to remember or put together. Something to do with chasing a team of people on a dragon-shaped hotel and saving the world.

Day 7: In the morning I did a bit of awareness and a few RCs, but by lunchtime I completely slacked off and did nothing. Maaaaan. Okay, gonna say a mantra ("I have a lucid dream tonight") as I'm going to sleep. Hoping I can also wake myself up for SSILD cycles too.

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One of my friends happened to look over my shoulder when I was on here, and that sparked a conversation. He's also a lucid dreamer! So we talked for about half an hour while waiting at the bus stop.

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That is awesome indeed! :D It's great to be able to talk about this to rl people who wouldn't reply with "this is boring, you're wasting your time, etc".

The world lucid population is secretly growing! :happy:

Remembered two dreams. I didn't realise I was awake for a while, so it was hard to remember them. Probably gonna change my mantra to, "I remember my dreams," and keep everything else the same.

Day 8: Did a lot of memory 'flashbacks' today. Not so much on the awareness, but my RCs are okay. Said that mantra a bit.

Holy crap, my recall spiked a bit. Recalled five dreams (though a couple were fragments). One of them was an FA and I said to myself I had two short lucids. I think this means I'm close to lucidity! :D My motivation is pretty high now. Bring on the awareness training!

Day 9: As I said, I did a lot of awareness and all that jazz. And I had a good conversation on Skype about lucidity. That got me even more excited. Come on, subcon; work with me here! I can do this.

That sounds awesome! Congrats on the recall and lucid related dreams! You're subcon's totally on it! :D

No lucid last night, but holy shit my dream recall was amazing. Seven dreams! Aaah, love ya, subcon! :) I might try and sneak a nap in later.

Day 10: Ah, no nap. At least I did awareness and all that. Also did flyers today and got wet cause it suddenly started raining. I was soaked!

My dad and step mum have friends around and since my room is right next to the lounge, I can hear every conversation and all the loud music they're playing. Man, if only they understood my dream life. Like, seriously. I love my sleep.

Jesus, seven dreams :wtf2: that is a freaking lot hahaha :)

Heh, yeah it is a lot. Most I've ever remembered. A few were fragments though. ;)

Recalled two dreams. They were pretty awesome (one of 'em was a cool Harry Potter dream) so I might write them up in my DV dream journal if my iPod decides to load faster.

Day 11: Did a lot of the usual. Also installed F.lux onto the computer. Unfortunately not my iPod; I really don't want to jailbreak it. Wish there was an inbuilt thingy-ma-bob for red lights on phones and other technology. It's totally needed.

Feeling a bit ill. I couldn't get much sleep last night because I had awful stomach pains; paracetamol didn't work either. So I'm taking a break today.

NO DAY 12.

Oh, noes! I hope you feel better soon! :hug:

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Yaa Hope you feel better maangoooface

Well, I think I've wallowed around in self pity long enough. I need to get out of this stupid rut. Anyway, I'm trying out MILD, reality checks again and the 'what was I doing before this moment' thing. My dream recall is crap at the moment, but I'm sure with dream journaling and intent, I'll get my recall back in no time.

I wanna try out a new mantra just for kicks. I've been hooked onto Gravity Falls - which does have dreaming elements in a couple of episodes. The mantra: "I know when I'm dreaming; Bill Cipher is my dream guide." He's a dream demon so it makes sense, and if I see him in my dreams, then perhaps it will trigger something. I mean, seeing a floating triangle is strange, right? :cackle:

And oh! Six months, really? Feels shorter than that.

AM! :)

The Bill Cipher idea is really cool! Reminds me of creating tulpas in a way too.

Have a great time! :)

Wow it's been six months o.0 Gongratulations on being back! It's quite a coincidence because the last few days I have been meditating en getting my dream recall back! I even had a glimpse of lucidity a few times. So I might remove the dust from my old workbook any time now :P

Hey AstralMango!! Welcome back! :happy: It's so great to see you back here!

Don't worry about the time off. Now that you're back putting in consistent effort, you'll get your dream recall back.

Enjoy the journey back! Be patient with yourself and take pleasure in the process of returning to your dreams. And let us know any way that we can help you along on the road back to lucid dreaming. :content:

Haven't said my mantra that much today. I'm sort of trying to get my mnemonic memory better by doing memory exercises. I'm still doing reality checks and the 'what was I doing before' thing as well - pretty much, I'm going over what happened throughout the day in my mind.

Also - I recorded a dream last night despite only getting 4 hours of sleep! :mrgreen: Gosh, I hate having trouble sleeping though. I think it was the excitement of getting back into lucid dreaming practises that caused it.

I'm also trying to make triggering words that will trigger me to do reality checks. Words like 'weird' and 'strange' and any other similar words - plus 'dreaming' - as I tend to say them to myself in my dreams. If I can get these words to trigger something in my mind then I'll gain lucidity for sure. Actually, has anyone tried the triggering thing before? I'd like to hear opinions or experiences of it.

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I'm also trying to make triggering words that will trigger me to do reality checks. Words like 'weird' and 'strange' and any other similar words - plus 'dreaming' - as I tend to say them to myself in my dreams. If I can get these words to trigger something in my mind then I'll gain lucidity for sure. Actually, has anyone tried the triggering thing before? I'd like to hear opinions or experiences of it.

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I don't think I have used such a technique before, but think it is a really good idea. Makes you more aware of what you are saying and thinking plus gets you into the habit of frequent RCs. Come to think of it, word triggers opens a wide area for RCs. One could use very specific triggers or frequent triggers such as "me" and "I" which means even more frequent RCs. Me? Who is that, where was I, etc. Fantastic idea, Astralmango! :D

Making a thread about it seems very tempting, but the problem is that I have no idea how to word it. :wink:

21/11/14: No dreams were remembered. I don't really mind though. I think I needed to catch up on lost sleep - I mean, I slept for a whole ten hours almost a week ago! Going on my iPod late at night may also have something to do with it, so I'm limiting my time on it. I usually go to bed at 9:30pm so I'll stop going on it much earlier than that.

22/11/14: Remembered two fragments and a dream. Bah, if I didn't quit trying to lucid dream a while ago, my recall would be a lot better. But yeah, last night I stayed up until nearly 11pm finding out that chat is, indeed, working again. At least I've got F.lux working...

Edit: Aha, it's the weekend. I think just for kicks I'll listen to a few hypnosis videos. I'm not saying they will work or not work. I'll see for myself! I need to relax after a long week anyway.

Edit 2: Decided I'm going to use MILD to try and induce a hover board racing dream. Even if I don't get lucid, hover boarding will still be heaps of fun!

Haven't recalled anything for the past two or three days. Just looking through some old posts in the workbook; I'll change my mantra to, "I remember my dreams," as that worked like a charm a while ago. :mrgreen: Gonna keep up the daytime practises. Then I'll say that mantra as I'm going to bed and will couple it with some visualisation.

Oh! I've started meditation! It's an object meditation where you stare and stare at a certain object. This one was my pencil case and I managed to get about five minutes of a clear mind. Really amazing; I felt so relaxed. My vision kept turning everything into greyscale colours as I breathed in though. Was it meant to happen?

In the weekend I couldn't do much memory exercises as they were pretty slow days, but I did a lot of sporadic awareness and RCs. On Saturday night the clouds and the sunset made everything have a red sheen and I automatically checked to see if I was dreaming. My brother kept joking that it was the end of the world, haha.

Recalled a dream after waiting in bed for ten minutes. Eh, I went to bed super late 'cause of family movie night so it was expected. I only slept for six hours and I've been so tired today as a result. It's hard to do sporadic awareness and RCs and the usual, but I'm still managing to do it. Don't want to miss out on a day! I haven't been saying my mantra that much today, unfortunately. I'll repeat it to myself this arvo.

I listened to a few hypnosis tracks from YouTube just for fun. Only one video did pretty well; the other ones, not so much. The good one managed to make my mind drift and feel relaxed. I sort of missed out on half the affirmations but I hope my subconscious got it. Not sure if it was actually meant to happen so I sent that YouTube channel a comment.

Hopefully I'll meditate today! :D

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Oh! I've started meditation! It's an object meditation where you stare and stare at a certain object. This one was my pencil case and I managed to get about five minutes of a clear mind. Really amazing; I felt so relaxed. My vision kept turning everything into greyscale colours as I breathed in though. Was it meant to happen?

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Cool! Hope we won't get confused with all these labels and definitions as different places may have different names. :P With regards to that object meditation may refer to open or closed eye meditation of a real or imagined object.

You can certainly meditate while staring at an object. I call it gazing meditation, never mind the name. It's a really powerful form of meditation and can help calm the mind easily as well as to enter deeper stages of relaxation. I get vision distortions as well. Usually what happens when I gaze at objects for a long time is that those HI lights (you might be familiar with these upon falling asleep, basically colorlful lights swirling around) would appear with my eyes open and get overimposed on the background. This can make the object or whole room become covered in colorful fog or it can become greyish. It also correlates with slower brainwaves.

Best of luck with your practices! :)

I'm losing track of what I'm actually doing during the day (I've forgotten about mantras. Crap. At least my dream recall is all right). So I'll write down a list here of things I should be/am doing. I'll also put this in my Notes app.

-sporadic (self) awareness
-RCs
-testing Dream Control
-reflecting back on what I've done during the day every hour or so (and remember the whole day in the evening)
-meditation
-dream journaling
-mantras/MILD during the day and before I go to sleep
-SSILD everytime I go to sleep
-going to bed early ish with no bright lights