Thread: Tlalocs Workbook

Yeah!!! :Congrats on the milestone, T!
Fantastic results with your new tech! As you said it's also quite nice that you don't waste much sleep with it either.

I start rubbing my hands together and the dream feels very stable, I am in the kitchen, and I decide to try your shoe challenge NyxCC (totm) given my clothes are on the floor, I lift my foot up, but then...and this is what I need advise on...I start to kinda of feel this dread that I am 'stuck' in this place/dream and something dark might happen. And I sort of panic and drop the dream and wake up.

Let me say that this a normal reaction that even experienced lders have. Every once in a while we would freak out for a reason or no reason at all. But we must learn to control all this. I used to have frequent nightmares but simply by repeating a mantra over a long period of time until it got internalized, the number of unpleasant dreams significantly decreased. There are numerous ways to handle bothersome situations and related concerns. First of all, on the conscious level, decide that there is nothing to be worried about, nothing will happen, always approach the dream with confidence. Resolve that you will have no fear or worry and if necessary repeat this in your mind.

When in the dream and a thought like this crosses your mind, try to suppress it. There is actually a slight delay between the thought and the manifestation of anything so it's possible to nip it in the bud. If by chance you summon something undesired than you can again approach it with confidence and turn things around. You can influence your mood and change the mood of the DC. Even if there is a scary figure in front of you, why shouldn't it be on your side? Be creative and win them over to your side. I like to hug aggressive DCs, confront them with denial or ask them to teach me something instead.

Good and bad - getting some dream control (I can fly, change direction and height), I can easily recall memories from real life (intentions, other dreams etc) but I am still frustrated about the length of the dream, and I think I haven't resolved my 'fears', I think flying helps defeat this, but with flying I feel I am not stimulating my dream body enough, (maybe I should flap rather than superman?).

I have a similar experience with flying, actually. It's cool to fly but the weightlessness is a lack of tactile sensations and that accompanied with often diminished focus may contribute to me losing the dream faster. Again, my best advice is to try to follow through with a task, something that will keep you engaged and focused. I know it's easy to go into panic mode that you are losing the dream. The problem is when you go into that mode you divert attention from the dream and then it might be too late. But is it too late? Be confident and stubborn, expect the scene to return, to distinguish images through the closed eyelids (no need to open them).

Hope this helps and looking forward to your next lds!