Thread: iThousandSunny Workbook

Day 19. Had an odd dream? was lucid but not lucid? Basiclly I woke from a dream,while still dreaming,but not in the dream? I woke up,like fully awake,with my eyes closed(which usually never happens,I usually open them though I try to keep them closed if im aware enough), though the dream was still playing,but not in first person,kinda like a movie. I had control over what my character did,not sure about the dreamscape,etc. (I didnt try) I could move my body,I had thoughts outside of the dream. at times it would fade away,than return. Didnt feel like glimpses of dreams,or a dream forming,but just as if it were playing. Going to stick with wild abit more,starting next week,im going to try to WBTB WILD for an entire week and see my results are like.

Also will try some of the dream control techniques mentioned in the Introduction thread,just to see what happens,even though my dreams usually seem pretty solid when im actually lucid.

Been away for awhile,but now im back and fired up. Going on a road trip to California in May,so want to get my lucids down before then so I can lucid on the road. may be no different from lucid in a bed,but it seems like fun. Lol. Restarting my Day count as a mentality refreshment,and marking the days of my Wild every night for a week. Day 1. No lucid,but to be honest,I didnt do as much as I did the previous time it was successful,this may end up being a trial week,as I really need to figure out the timing. Today,tonight,ill be trying 5 hours after ive layed down to rest,and dialing back from that point throughout the week until I finally find that "sweet spot". Wish me luck.

Day 2. Woke up 3hrs into sleeping before my WBTB,stayed up abit longer than ide liked during my WBTB,but it seemed to still get the job done. I had a lucid,but not as good as my previous lucids. I think this might've had something to do with,in all my previous lucid,I got up after them,this one I went back to sleep. The problem occured with recalling,it wasnt as easy as before. The previous times,it seemed like a waking memory,I can recall my previous lucids in great detail to this day,but this one was like a non-lucid,in the sense of recalling it. Also I struggled in the lucid abit. Feel like I never had full control,or that is wasnt completely stable,as there were moments where I still had my 'lucid body?' but the dream went dark visually,than returned,than back to black. Ill see if this happens again,in my next lucid,if it does,ill start troubleshooting it. but hey,another lucid,not going to conplain for now. xD

Day 3. Went to bed too late to try anything,nothing special occured,'normal' dreams.

Day 4. OVerslept my WBTB unfortunately,woudlve tried once again but had work in the AM. Definately going to get it tonight,nothing planned,not staying up late or giving myself any excuse. want to atleast lucid the rest of the week so i can go 4 lucids out of 7 for the week.

Day 5. No wild,but I did have A Dild. Which is always kewl,since thats my preferred method,Wild is just actually works( for me) lol. Plus I get to see what I wear in my dreams,which was one of my goals,and is what caused me to go lucid,as a dream sign would,since seeing what I look like,and what im wearing,is what I always plan as a goal while im trying to sleep,before WBTB/WILD attempts. So thats 2 out of 5 for the week so far.

If anyone has any tips on how to fall asleep quicker,that'd be helpful. Will research this,since I have trouble sleeping initially,which ruins some of my attempts.

Day 6. Once again,no wild,but another dild. Convinced I need to find a way to fall asleep quicker/easier,as I cant control my WBTB times,since I cant goto bed in a controlled way. ie: garunteed between 5-10mins, Most the methods im finding arent working,may try and fix my sleeping schedule instead of wilding tonight,but I may aswell finish this challenge.

Good job iThosandSunny! Did you do a wbtb on both nights when you had dilds?

How long are your wbtbs and how long does it take you to fall asleep?

I didnt do WBTB on the nights I had Dilds,I overslept the alarm one night,and the other,my phone had I died. I usually dont time my Wbtb accurately,just guestimation,sometimes I do 5mins,sometimes 15. the longest was 30,or 45 mins. I usually shoot for 15 though,if im awake enough. Falling back to sleep,if I did it succesfully I usually fall back asleep in 5-10 mins. otherwise,I just lay there not able to go back to sleep.

aaaand,Im back. Lol. Had taken a break from my lucid journy because I ran across all these Astral Projection videos on Youtube that,tbh,kinda freaked me out with people saying its dangerous ,some saying its not,etc etc. and the process seems very similar to Wild,and kinda reminded me about my Day 13 where I had a "experience" before my actual lucid dream that sounded similar. but I decided,if it happens,it happens,maybe one day ill even actually pursue it,but I dont want it to detour my lucid expereinces anymore than it has. So tonight,attempting wild again.

Welcome back! Unless you're prone to sleepwalking, I'd say lucid experiences are pretty much safe.

Just recently started back getting into Lucid Dreams A week ago or so,and decided why not become active on DV,even more so than before given how helpful this place was. Reading back,I could actually see and recall my progress,so I'm convinced this is a good move,as it was in the beginning. Tomorrow starts the Journey once more,or today technically. ��

Cool. Try to make it a habit to do at least one dream related activity every day.

I find this thread a good place to start.

http://www.dreamviews.com/general-dr...-sentence.html

Will do. Day 1: I was woke form my dreams multiple time,honestly surprised I was able to remember them all,even though at first I thought ide lost them,til I remembered a small portion of one,and decided "the hell,I'll just write it down" and ended up remembering them all. Probaly had something to do with how vivid they were,could swear I lucid in the last one,but didn't become aware of it. Didn't reality check except once today,will make that a priority again. Will probaly get back into wild,as of lately ode just begun getting into the habit of reality checks,and dream journaling again,as those are like fundamentals. Just need to find a reliable alarm,as my phones battery is dying,and doesn't hold a charge well. Look into dream yoga,as I enjoyed the techniques. And for the most part just picking up where I left off.

I am getting into rcs again too. I love just remembering dreams too. It makes life come alive. I will let you know roughly how many rcs I do but I want to make it consistent for a couple of months.

Seems silly,but I haven't thought about the idea of counting them,though that can enforce remembering them. Like,having a quota for each day,I'll probaly start that,plus it has the possibility of finding a "target" number so you don't over reality check,though that's not a thing I don't think.mbut just helps. What I have been curious about though,is better improving my reality checks. I read in The general forum,that someone,and I'm sure others, will RC in places they are in waking life,that they're in their dreams,which seems kewl and smart,but I never if hardly ever dream in places that I visit in waking life,or places that I can visit frequently(home state).

Ok I will report back tomorrow. I will look for places that could be my dreams. The quality of the rc is also important. Getting in touch with the senses and wondering about the possibility of this being a dream. When I have become lucid before as soon as I question whether it is a dream or not I know straight away it is a dream.

I agree with that aswell,and that's why I was into the dream yoga,teaches you to do just that,embrace and feel your surrounding so that you notice the differences easier. I hadn't gotten to that point completely,but enough so that I noticed a DC just out of place,or just staring at me.

You keep your eyes pealed

Day 2. Woke up after about 4hrs sleep,Don't think I had any non-lucid dreams,which is honestly the first time al month. Probaly because the short duration. When I woke up,I could've went back to sleep right there,I decided to try WBTB instead. Layer there for about 30-40 mins,mostly just extremely physically irritated,more so than usual when trying WBTB/Wild,so I eventually gave up. On the plus side,I decided to surf around Dream views,found some new things to try,and kinda lifted me from feeling down that my WBTB was unsuccessful,and I couldn't sleep after.

Day 2.5. Spent my entire day on Dream Views for the most part. Eventually fell asleep unintentionally,had some very interesting and vivid dreams. Unintentionally performed a WBTB,as about 20 to 30mins I decided I didn't want to be awake,so,I went back to bed. The process was. Goals,focused on my goals of the lucid. Goals: ask A do the date,see my clothes again,change clothes since the options should be limitless and for a guy,I love fashion,or just dressing and looking nice. And two other that I ain't remember unfortunately,they'll come to me later more than likely.(just out of bed and closing journal)I set the intent that the next imagery I seen,ide automatically treat it as a lucid dream,first time trying this. Figured ide get back relaxed since I was awake longer than my usual WBTB. So as many say on here,just enjoy the journey. I counted up to a hundre,focusing on my breath,letting thoughts come in,but always remembering,I'm focusing on my breath and gaining focus again. At every 10th number(i.e.:10,20,30) I enforced the next imagery I seen I would assume a lucid. After that,I layed abit longer,just feeling my body,using dream yoga. Moved abit to scratch itches,clear throat. After I felt my body nice and relaxed/numb I let myself drift,woke up to a lucid dream. Didn't even have to reality check. Was an interesting dream,though control was lacking,it was stable for a majority the time,could've stayed longer but knew I had things to do soon.

My other two goals were to kinda ground myself,stay calm,think,and remember. But it was just so natural,I did the planning,took the steps,kinda had no doubts that I wouldn't not have LD,and it payed off. Now,as for those goals,I completed none. Lol But that's because when I stepped outside,the dream was already occurring,so I just observed. On the plus side,I actually ended up in a place I often do reality checks. My other dream goal was to find an animal I wanted to kinda have with my in all my LDs,and I think I found him/her,though I keep referring to her,as a she in my mind,so I assume she is in fact a she. A huge Beautiful white and black dire wolf with icey blue eyes,I was too afraid to approach her because of her size,and not expecting to meet her,but I know for a fact she isn't hostile now,so I'll take that as a small win. Got to hear music while trying to wake up,so that's kewl,since ai read in general that it's different from waking,can't say I agree too much,but I also didn't turn it to max volume,or was too focused on it as the member described. Honestly thankful ,accredit this LD to DV,since I had the thought "let's try this tonight,so I'm putting as much effort as others on dream views,and hopefully have a story,but even better a LD as a reward ". Which workout out,kinda makes sense,since I enjoy doing for others more than myself a majority the time. So thanks guys.

Day 3. Had a few dreams,also had trouble sleeping,but was to be expected since I sorta forced myself to sleep,since ide slept quite abit prior. Some vivid dreams,and at one part became lucid inside a video game,this time I noticed difference in sound more. While playing the game,I was talking to my friends through a headset,but not me in the game? Lol if that makes any sense. Won't really count that one,but progress.