Thread: Camdave's Workbook

Well congrats on the awesome night of dreaming!

I also had another odd sensation whilst trying to WILD; towards the end of my attempts, I did a nose-pinch RC and found that I could breathe through my nose, so I thought "finally!". I sat at the side of the bed, rubbed my hands to try to stabilise the dream (as it was dark in my room, so couldn't see anything) and then stood up. When I stood up, my body suddenly felt very heavy and I "fell" very slowly to the floor; once I hit the floor, I woke up.

From reading your description here I get the impression that the wild was indeed successful! You actually did transition!

what would be a good secondary RC to do in a dark room? Whenever I'm doing awareness practise, I always do a back-up RC just-in-case; I found during dreams last night that the pinching nose didn't always work as a RC.

Some transitions can be very subtle. One moment you are lying in bed in your room, the next moment you are in your dream room, in the same position. How can you tell? One of the things that tips me off is that while my eyes are originally closed and I am looking at the darkness ahead, parts of the room become visible, as if you are seeing through your eyelids. At other times I have felt my dream eyes suddenly open when I fully transition. You might want to wait a bit depending on your gut feel, then either slowly get up or imagine some movements. Here you can imagine all sorts of motions, repetitive ones, touching surface, grabbing objects. If your dream body reacts to these thoughts and they become more real, then you are already in. You can also try summoning different objects - maybe a flashlight would be cool! Summoning or tk can be a RC then. Also, the numbers on your clock if they change or stay the same.

When I had the FA above, I also climbed into the cupboard as I believed that if I was dreaming then it could act as a teleportation device - I've been visualising this in case I wake up in my room! However, it didn't work - I presumably didn't fully convince myself that I was dreaming as the RC had failed.

That's a great idea to try! Maybe spend a little more time in the cupboard next time, examining it from the inside, to give the outside world more time to change? You can try this with doors too, btw.

It seems in the last few days that I've really started to question in my dream now - instead of recognising something as being strange, I'm now looking around and doing RCs in my dreams.

That's the perfect attitude to have!

I also can't help but feel I'm trying to dive straight into the deep-end by trying to find my DG straight away by summoning/teleporting - am I better off doing some training first, Rocky-style? I was hoping to find my DG and let them do the teaching!

Do whatever feels right for you! There are really no steps with dream control, although one could put things in categories to allow us sort of mental order for our mind. If you look for other things to do, then you can check out our tasks of the month and year. At any rate the more practice, the better! Have fun!

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