Thread: Sharpshoey's Workbook

Day #1

So today is officially the first day that I really start my Lucid Dreaming Journey. Yesterday I was still figuring out kinda what I wanted to do, I still did some ADA but just a little bit. I have also tried LDing in the past but wasn't nearly as serious about it as I am now so I think that this is officially my first day of training.

Last night, I was tired when I went to bed. I kind of forgot to do my MILD visualizing and repeating of my mantra. I did it for a couple of seconds and then drifted off. (My mantra is, "I know I'm dreaming. Is that a good mantra?) I remembered 4 dreams last night! There was one really long one and then there was one dream that lasted about two seconds. The other two were about medium length. I'm pretty sure in a dream I got lucid last night, but I didn't right it down cause I remember no details about the dream, other than getting lucid. Except I was only lucid for a few seconds if I ever was lucid.

When I woke up, I wrote it my dream journal and got out of bed. I became aware of my surroundings, and then asked, "Am I dreaming?" I then performed a reality check, while still being aware. I went through the nose, hand through palm, and counting fingers RC. Then, after I was done with that I walked downstairs and continued to maintain my level of awareness. I got through about 10 minutes of ADA so I got one session down today. I also did another RC when I was close to being done with my first ADA session. (I say "I realize I'm dreaming." After doing RC's. Do you think that this is good and necessary? Or should I just do my RC and then be done with it, saving my only mantra for MILD?)

P.S. I would love to hear some feedback from you guys so I can see if I'm doing anything wrong. I will also be updating this post throughout the day as I do more RC's and ADA sessions.

Edit: I have changed the mantra I say when doing MILDs to "I'm dreaming". It seems more effective and "I know I'm dreaming" and "I realize I'm dreaming" are really close, so they'd basically be doing the same thing. So I took away "I know I'm dreaming" during my MILDs. I still do "I realize I'm dreaming" though throughout the day and during my ADA and RC's.

I need some help with the ADA though. I get distracted easily and it seems that even when I try to notice everything I'm doing and everything around me, there is always something I am missing. Will this improve over time and get easier to start noticing everything?

Update: I am just going to write this update now, so I don't forget later. I have done a few more ADA sessions and in eah one I have done 2 RC's and said my mantra quite a few times. I have also said my mantra randomly throughout the day. I will be doing a few more ADA later as well.