DefineMeAsOne's Workbook thread

[DefineMeAsOne]

Reality Checks: -The time check, used to work for me. -The light switch as well made me lucid in a dream(accidental I don't RC with this in waking life) -I look at hands -plug my nose -mental checks(where am I, how did I get here, who are these people?, etc) Dream Signs: -My Sister, Cousins, well mostly my family. -Environment Changes, I am mostly in my old high school or middle school - Short-Term Goals: -Remember a dream a night - - Long-Term Goals: -Have 4 LD by end of February(2/4) -(Really long goal) Have LD 70%-80% of the time. -(Really long goal) Finish all the ToTM & ToTY. Lucid/Dream Recall History: -My first lucid dream was in early 2012 or late 2011. It took me four months to accomplish, and only after letting go(giving up) did my brain give me a break. I had one or two after some weeks or months, to be honest I didn't try. I hesitated to do LD because I didn't want to go against my faith, Christianity. I saw videos that said it was demonic. So I stopped doing it. I was focusing on school only. I lost my friends, we became distant. And school work didn't provide happiness. I never forgot how great it felt to LD and started doing LD again. This was in summer of 2013. I did some research on LD and it had no mention in the Bible. I also started meditating around that time as well. Most of those fears I had previously were not of my own but other people's fears. It was hard at first to have better dream recall, but I worked hard and I got a few LD. I recently joined LD and had 5 LD in over one month period since joining. Current Technique: -DILD -MILD Reason for LD: -It's fun -To know the truth of who and what I am. -To realize the true nature of reality, and to see illusions for what they are, illusions.

[DefineMeAsOne]

I am taking notes so that I will see this and remember the order or the way I want to do it. So, I want to integrate RareCola's night routine with Sivason's and Evolventity's technique(MIlD technique is my choice to practice). Link from lesson Link Notes: At night do these things 15-30 min before sleep -Drink enough water to wake you up in 4-6 hours. -Relaxation or meditation: do mindful meditation or awareness meditation. -Mantras: say some mantras for some time(min or 2). Say something like, "next time I am dreaming I will realize I am dreaming" -Visualization: Do a visual visualization mentioned by Sivason. Like become aware of the images in your mind's eye. Then do one for tactile. Here is full post Sivason's Visualization thread -Dream Incubation: Imagine a dream scenario where you become aware of the dream. Make it as convincing as possible imagine that you are not lucid and you became lucid. Do a reality check in this dream. Then imagine what you want to do. Then go to sleep after about 5 - 10 min of this. -Make sure that you have drank water before doing this to do WBTB.

[DefineMeAsOne]

MILD Attempt log #1, Day 1, 02/09/14 So, I was going to cut the time that I practice it like this, 5 min for relaxation, 5 for mantras, 10 for visualization and 10 for dream incubation. I was too sleepy so I did 3 min for relaxation and mantras, I did 5 min of visualization, unknown time for dream incubation. I slept at 8:50 or something like that. I was sufficiently relaxed. I had some trouble doing Sivason's visualization because when I close my eyes I don't see patterns. I instead get my imagination going wild, I see images of people and things(random). I also caught myself feeling some vibrations but while I noticed them it disappeared. I woke up at 1:15am to do WBTB, read somethings about WILD. Ideally I wanted to sleep at 3 o' clock. Had a hard time going back to sleep. I couldn't concentrate because I was angry that my mind won't let go of the task of tomorrow. I wrote it down and everything. Well when I managed to fall asleep I lost complete consciousness and not only that I didn't remember a dream when I woke up.

[OpheliaBlue]

Welcome DefineMeAsOne! Yay I'm glad you were able to come to the conclusion that LDs won't interfere with your religion. Good luck with the visualization, it works pretty good for a lot of folks.

[DefineMeAsOne]

Welcome DefineMeAsOne! Yay I'm glad you were able to come to the conclusion that LDs won't interfere with your religion. Good luck with the visualization, it works pretty good for a lot of folks. Thanks, I will work on that visualization.

[DefineMeAsOne]

MILD Attempt log #2, Day 2, 02/09/14 - 02/10/14 02/09: I had many good moments to do RC. Nearly got into a car accident while going to church maybe about 3-4 times. I tried to stay aware (ADA) the whole time in church, but kind of forgot the whole practice. Also when I do RC, I get distracted by a thought & I come back to doing the RC but the distractions make it more painful to do a RC. I normally sleep around 8 or 9 pm, but Sunday I sleep around 10-11 pm, which resets my sleep schedule.I wanted to do the relaxation and visualizations, but I was too sleepy to even think about it. And I have an early class that I have to leave at 7:30 am. 02/10: I woke up with only a depleting memory of a dream. Which I could only sum up to one sentence & a word.

[DefineMeAsOne]

MILD Attempt log #3, Day #3, 02/10/14 - 02/11/14 02/10: I prepared for sleep early. I made some juice well it wasn't really juice. I took out some avocado and I pealed it. I put it into a paper cup and I grinned it up with a knife after getting the inside. I put a little amount of water in their. I added a banana, and did the same with the banana inside of it. I added a little amount of milk. And I put some grapes, I had to hand squeeze though. After I had some of that I made me some tea, I thought it was the "calm chamomile" but it something else. The tea tasted nasty so I ate some cookies with it. I tried doing a sleep meditation by Diana Winston from UCLA. Maybe this could have helped with my dream recall. I feel asleep before I could commence with the mantras and the visualization. Hopefully tomorrow. 02/11: I woke up and recalled my dreams in great detail. I was conscious after every rem and I kind of thought about the dreams but I accidentally fell asleep without writing it down in my DJ. Until I woke up completely to do a WBTB at 1:10 pm. When I did awaken I went on computer and tried to make some music that distracted me for an hour and half. Then my sister came home and she distracted me. By 5:00 am I went back to my room. I managed to do the meditation. Something I noticed was that after the guided meditation has ended, my mind sort of drifted off. I forgot to do the visualization and I went to bed. Recall for second part of the night was ok. MILD Attempt Pro/Cons: Pro: Recall went up exponentially. Manged to do meditation and mantras before sleep, after the WBTB. Con: I fell asleep too quickly before doing visualization. Mind drifted off without me noticing it. Did a RC in dream but I didn't follow through for some reason.

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MILD Attempt log #4, Day #4, 02/11/14 - 02/12/14 02/11: The stuff I made in log#3 doesn't not increase recall at all. I now think recall has to do with state of mind.I was stressed about my chemistry exam so I didn't have a good recall. I did however manged to go through the relaxation and mantras but I fell asleep in dream incubation. 02/12: I woke up during the night but I woke up too early around 12 o' clock. I went to sleep woke up again but it was too late and I needed to get back to sleep so I won't feel too tired for my exam. MILD Attempt Pro/Cons: Pro: Manged to go through mantras this time. Con: I fell asleep in dream incubation. I didn't do a WBTB. Had a hard time doing RC during the day because my mind kept thinking about my exam.