Thread: lumiina's Workbook

Lesson Two

Homework Checklist
[x] Study up on all of the induction techniques listed here and find one that suits you.
[x] Continue to post all of your experiences, even failed ones, into your workbook.
[x] Practice your chosen induction technique for at least 2 weeks (although longer is preferred) before changing it to something else or ruling out that it's not working.

OPTIONAL
[x] If possible, it is highly advised to include WBTB into your routine.
[x] Discuss your chosen technique with the teachers by posting in your workbook. There are lots of ways to go about each technique, we will be able help you find a method that suits you!
[x] Choose a second (and possibly third) induction technique that compliments your first. For example, if you chose DILD you will also be able to perform WILD.

MILD/WBTB history
2/22/14 6:15am
- Used mantras 夢を見ています (I am dreaming) すごい夢を見ています (I am dreaming an awesome dream) うれしい気持ち (happy feelings).
- Did not become lucid.
- However, did recall up to three dreams after WBTB and MILD
2/23/14 3:33am
- Recalled one non-lucid dream without using any techniques
- Used mantras 夢を見ることを分かってます (I will realize I'm dreaming) 野原に風で空を飛びたい (I will fly in a field using the wind).
- Became lucid.
- Recalled one lucid dream and one non-lucid dream after WBTB and MILD
2/25/14 2:30am
- Played soundtrack from おおかみこどもの雨と雪
- Used mantras あの草原に行きたい (I want to go to that field) 夢を見ることを分かってます (I will realize I'm dreaming)
- Imagined my dream plan, from going through a door to arriving at the field to stabilizing myself to taking flight
- Purposefully induced hynogognic images of mountains from the field and a woman growing wings and taking flight
- Really struggled to fall asleep, mind was too aware
- Turned off music around 4am
- Did not fall asleep until around 5am
3/10/14 8:05am
- Awake at 7:20am
- Brushed teeth, went to bathroom, hugged husband goodbye
- A little afraid to fall back to sleep
- Reminded myself I need to sleep for rest and to achieve my lucid dream plan
- Visualized my dream plan
- Prayed to God I have a lucid dream and fly
- Quickly fell asleep
- Became lucid
- Achieved dream plan of flying and talked to a dream character
3/28/14 7:32am
- Had FA at my mom's house, non-lucid
- Mantra: I fell asleep at my apartment. If I wake up somewhere else, like my mom's, I'm dreaming.
- Fell asleep and became lucid.
- Achieved dream plan of talking to a DC in Japanese
5/20/2014
- WBTB through autosuggestion, woke up at 5:30am
- Fell back to sleep, woke up at 7am to say goodbye to husband, went back to bed
- Woke up at 8:30am then kept pressing snooze
- Had a lucid dream and woke up at 10am
- Lucid dreaming had been on my mind throughout the morning
- Achieved dream plan of telekinesis, accomplished task of the month
7/8/2014 7:23am
- Woke up to say goodbye to my husband then went back to bed
- While trying to fall asleep, thought about my lucid dream plans
- Had two non-lucids (one FA), then two lucids (FAs)
- Attempted to go through window as a portal, but just entered another FA
- Attempted to go through door as a portal to reach Japan, but it ended up just my apartment hallway and I woke up

DeILD/WBTB history
2/25/14 5am
- Laid on my back, fell asleep and experienced SP, woke myself up
- Continued lying on my back
- Imagined a female dream character in my house in another room
- Triggered SP, starting slipping into a dream state
- Had an auditory hallucination of a man saying "I love you" and then "you" repeatedly
- Woke myself up

WILD/WBTB history
3/11/14 8:30am
- Awake at 7:30am
- Brushed teeth, went to bathroom, hugged husband goodbye
- Very active stream of thought (regretted not waking up to have coffee with husband, visualized my dream plan)
- Took a while to fall asleep
- I tried swimming in my room out of bed towards the door and breathed through my nose as an RC (despite not being in water)
- I realized I was not just thinking but transitioning into a dream state and felt my body under paralysis, so jerked myself awake
- Following this short WILD I had three short dreams in which I also jerked myself awake from
7/5/14 11:30am
- Woke up at 8am, went to my mom's to dog sit, took a nap around 10:30am
- Took a while to fall asleep
- Induced a WILD by laying in a supine position
- Used hand in front of vision RC and realized I was dreaming
- Auditory hallucinations (a little scary, but I wasn't bothered) and feeling of my body lifting up (pleasant)
- First time a WILD has been exciting and pleasant for me as opposed to scary from lack of control, but I woke up shortly after, probably out of excitement

DILD/WBTB history
2/20/14
- Said goodbye to husband, went back to bed
- FA and lucid
- Scared and used all my effort to wake myself up
6/26/14 8am
- Pressed snooze repeatedly
- Awake at 8am
- Towards the end of the dream realized I was dreaming and felt paralysis
- Stayed calm despite paralysis and debated continuing the dream and attempting dream plan to visit mother-in-law's house in Japan or to wake up for work
- Chose to wake up for work since I had already pressed snooze repeatedly that morning and it was time to get up
6/28/14
- Woke up around 7am, went back to bed
- Non-vivid dream
- Realized I was dreaming, but nothing came out of the lucidity and I just witnessed the dream
6/29/14 8:47am
- Woke up around 8am, went back to bed
- Lots of non-lucid dreams, but at some point I became lucid
- Did some flips in the air
- Tried to make the pitch dark room lighter by shouting either vivid or brightness, but it didn't work
- Knew I had to get up so either woke up or lost lucidity, don't remember which
7/2/14 8:30am
- Husband woke me up to say good bye
- Pressed snooze a lot on my alarm clock
- False awakening, couldn't move from my bed
- Mostly stuck in bed, but at some point was standing up
- Used thumb/palm RC and realized I was dreaming
- Changed repetitive auditory sound to make it less scary
- Woke up
7/18/14 5:45am
- Napped 7am to 10pm, Bed 2am to to 5:45am
- Woke up with a DILD
- Achieved dream plan of going to my mother-in-law's in Japan, lost lucidity at my mother-in-law's