Thread: YoursTruely's Workbook

Hi, I'm YoursTruely and I'm looking for likeminded people to explore the magical realm of dreaming.

I've been interested in dreaming for some time already but have yet not reached out to other people that share that interest. I had one person in my life with whom I tried to form the habit of dream journaling, but she bailed out and now I'm a bit gasping for some motivation.


Reality Checks:
- The one I'm most partial to is plugging your nose while trying to breath through it. I have been doing it occasionally. But I haven't yet developed this kind of relationship where you do the reality check after something specific happens.

Dream Signs:
- Sking. Being in the mountains. Snow.
- A person of authority requesting me to do something absurd/being really wrong. Usually a teacher.
- I had maybe four dreams somehow related to New York. Going to New York, being in New York, etc.

Short-Term Goals:
- To have a somewhat stable worry-free lucid dream.
- Meditate in a dream.
- Create something re-occurring. An item, place or a person.
- Share my dreams with other people.

Long-Term Goals:
- To remember at least one dream every night and write it down no matter what.
- To try to somehow connect dreaming with some creative activity. For example, composing a song based on my dream experience or writing a short story in similar fashion.

Lucid/Dream Recall History:
I had a couple of lucid dreams through my life, but they were all extremely frantic and although I was aware during them there was nothing lucid about them. Basically it was like those sterotypcial scenes in the movies where superhero discovers his superpower and has yet no control of it. I had a similar dream to that scene from Iron Man where he tries to figure out how to use his flying boots and has a problem with figuring out how much force to apply and is consequently flying idiotically around the room. In my case I just became lucid while hovering and spent the rest of the dream flying into a wall. Other time I was flying through space while nervously holding on a carpet that was my method of transportation and the only thing standing between me and the void of the universe while strange figures (Hitler, Stalin, Chaplin, the usual) were appearing from thin air without rhyme and reason while loud circus music was being played. I was a bit too overwhelmed with stimuli to do something with my awareness. I guess my mind is very far from being a peaceful place.

I used to hardly be able to remember a dream, but then out of blue it changed and I remembered a great deal nearly every night. I think it was because I really wanted the other person I was doing this lucid dreaming to have a lucid dream. And it somehow got my subconsciousness to remember that remembering dreams is important. After she bailed out I stopped writing down my dreams. But I really wish I didn't and I'm here to get back on track.

I still can recall quiet a lot of dreams the minute I wake up but if I don't write them down they are gone forever. Sometimes I even feel like the dreams are bugging me to be written down and I feel bad that I'm not doing it.

Current Technique:
I really like that All Day Awarness thing and I really think it's the way to go.

I'm just focusing right now on having the best dream recall I can. I feel that if I get to know my dream world really well it will be easy for me to turn lucid. I want it to be a familiar and easily recognizable place. So for now I'm just visiting it and gathering information about it and keeping it in my dream journal.