Thread: Tlalocs Workbook

and finally lucid #45 this morning - using vibe and RC and interrupted sleep method (ISM). Awake 5.30, lucid around 6.45.
I am dreaming I am finishing an eyetest - its going pretty smoothly but suddenly I think - hold on their something different about my equipment - the stand is on the wrong side of the chair! (Its not when I think about it later, but the colour is wrong - so my premise that somethings not right is correct). I do a watch RC and it goes from 4.30 to 555 and I'm lucid, I do as I planned which is to fall backwards onto my butt and start rubbing my hands on the carpet, it feels really bristley and my hands can feel it but the feeling of my dream body starts to come in - I keep rubbing my hands but become awake, I can feel the tingly in my hands even after the dream has ended. I try to DIELD for a second but am happy to get up as I need to get up asap anyway.

I was happy to get lucid again so quick and again through same methods as prev lucids - DILD through questioning abnormalities in the dream, being promoted by the interruption of my sleep and reinforced by a sort of MILD/RC. Seems to be effective which is exciting!

Now I have decided I can work on stabilization more. I decided to do the fall back thing as its very tactile and quick, I can scrub my hands on the floor to increase my dream body sensation, what I want to do in addition is to:
1. do a nose plug RC rather than watch RC. I think based on my experience that the watch RC is reliable BUT it takes your attention away from the visual environment (you're just focused on the watch not your surroundings), its non tactile so the dream body isn't felt, and it gives you a shock when it changes. I think the nose RC would negate some of these things, I can continue to scan the dream environment, its less rapid and more tactile - worth a try - if it makes a difference for me -might be interesting to do a Dreamviews study on whether some RC's do help stabilize the dream more than others.... (this could take a while to change as I've done the time thing for so long now, but it does tend to startle when it changes)
2. stay more calm, and immediately take action - drop to floor and stimulate hands on floor.
3. plan party for when I reach my fifteeth! (you're def invited to party NyxCC!). Seriously hopefully 1+2 might allow me to have longer LD's like the flying one. Even that was only a few minutes long, but I feel I am making progress, if its slow. I am trying to get the fundamentals sorted, and hope if I can do, maybe I can pass on some information to those others who are also struggling, but if there's one thing for sure I am not a natural lucid dreamer, but I am fairly persistant!