oneiroer's workbook

[oneiroer]

Reality Checks: -Look in a mirror. -Try to push my hand through an object. -Read a sentence twice when I'm reading. Dream Signs: -Friends -My girlfriend -Places I've never been to before. Short-Term Goals: Back to the basics... -Remember to ask myself what I was dreaming about each time I wake up. -Record my dreams Long-Term Goals: -I wish to use my dreams as a gateway to writing storys/novels -I'm still interested in having OOBEs. (I recently got a book called Mastering Astral Projection by Robert Bruce. It's a 90 day program and hope to see some good results from it. I started day 1 today... ) - Ask a dream character who they are and have a conversation with them. Lucid/Dream Recall History: -only 1 to a few dreams per week Current Technique: -DILD

[oneiroer]

I have a pretty random sleep schedule so I'm going to start a schedule of going to sleep at 10pm and wake up at 5am.

[OpheliaBlue]

Your WBTB of 5am sounds good like a great start. Personally, I go to bed at about 12midnight and wake up at about 7am if I want to have a lucid dream. So it's pretty much the same time frame. You've had 3 lucids before, so I'm curious for starters, is that schedule how you were able to DILD originally? Or what did you do special to attain lucidity? And wow that you had all three in such a short span, well done!

[oneiroer]

Your WBTB of 5am sounds good like a great start. Personally, I go to bed at about 12midnight and wake up at about 7am if I want to have a lucid dream. So it's pretty much the same time frame. You've had 3 lucids before, so I'm curious for starters, is that schedule how you were able to DILD originally? Or what did you do special to attain lucidity? And wow that you had all three in such a short span, well done! I've actually had more LDs before but those 3 are the ones I had since I started keeping track. I usually have lucids when I take a nap usually never during the night so I thought I'd do that part of the homework by saying my new sleep schedule. Usually naps help my lucidity and I do a DILD by accident.

[OpheliaBlue]

Oh yeah, naps are great for attaining DILDs. I used to do that all the time when my son was a baby and I was sleep deprived. Some would say that a nap is really just a delayed WBTB, depending how tired you are. So something I do when I'm off and can afford to sleep in, is I wake up at about 6:45am to get my son to school, and then I stay up for anywhere between 30 minutes to an hour, then go back to sleep. I've achieved alot of DILDs that way, and even some WILDs. And it's really nothing more or less than a nap after I've been up for 30-60min after first waking up Just something to think about.

[oneiroer]

Cool thanks for the info about WBTB. I'll try that when I get up at 5am. I'll still occasionally take naps here and there too for LDs.

[oneiroer]

I've just started practicing All Day Awareness and I kinda feel as though I just woke up. I'm liking it.

[oneiroer]

I've updated my LD goals if anyone cares to read them.

[OpheliaBlue]

I've updated my LD goals if anyone cares to read them. Was recovering parts of your soul part of you lucid goals before? I can't remember. That sounds morbid and cool :p So how is the ADA going?

[oneiroer]

It wasn't really but I kinda want to confront a nightmare I had when I was a kid and see what happens. Like the tutorial said its kinda overwhelming to do it all day but I remember to do it when I think of it. I'm reading a book by Robert Moss about soul recovery. What do you think of the possibility of it?

[oneiroer]

I think stress is the culprit of my bad dream recall lately. I'm going to try meditating during the day and/or before sleep. Plus when I wake up I'm going to do as one of the tutorials on here says to do about laying in bed with eyes closed and I'll ask myself what I dreamed about which usually works for me.

[oneiroer]

Yes! I had a LD by a DILD by a nap but I don't remember what got me lucid. The dream seemed long but I realize I have to work on my recall. My dreams seem to want to keep me in them as when I get lucid I guess I don't want to leave and have to try really hard to wake up because I think my dream is reality kinda until I turn lucid. I guess that means dream as long as I can! . 2 things I remember happening is I asked if I could see my guide and I saw pictures coming up of animals. They were like black and white pictures but the rest of the dream was in color. I tried seeing if a person was my guide from before who I met in a dream through the pictures but nothing came up. If I stayed dreaming maybe I could have done a bunch of stuff! Someone was with me and I think I talked to him but I don't remember what we talked about but I remembered trying to break a glass window but it wasn't working. Then I guess I tried to change the dream and I guess I decided to wake up because nothing was working. Maybe my guide was with me the whole time! I'm not sure.

[Xanous]

Congrats on the LD oneiroer! Your dream is really interesting. Have you been wanting a dream guide or was that something you just though of?

[oneiroer]

Congrats on the LD oneiroer! Your dream is really interesting. Have you been wanting a dream guide or was that something you just though of? Thanks for your reply and interest Xanous. And to answer your question yes I've been interested in having a dream guide for a while now. I've had a few dreams where I felt a guide was by my side but am not really sure if they are my guide(s).

[oneiroer]

I'm checking out some lucid dreaming podcasts specifically the dreamviews podcast on itunes and Mind Power Hour on itunes.

[oneiroer]

So I've been sleeping on my floor because my bed went flat... I need to get a real bed. Anyway I seem to be getting more lucid dreams that way. Would sleeping on the floor help achieve lucidity? Or did I just answer my own question?

[Xanous]

Before you edited I totally thought you said pooped instead of popped I think sleeping in an unfamiliar or slightly uncomfortable position raises your awareness a bit. The Tibetan Dream Yogas move to a more upright position during the night for this purpose. Coincidentally, I have had may LDs while sleeping in my recliner.

[oneiroer]

Before you edited I totally thought you said pooped instead of popped I think sleeping in an unfamiliar or slightly uncomfortable position raises your awareness a bit. The Tibetan Dream Yogas move to a more upright position during the night for this purpose. Coincidentally, I have had may LDs while sleeping in my recliner. lol. Cool Xanous. Thanks for the info. I think I've had only one dream while I was in a recliner type chair. I was watching TV and The Cosby Show was on... Anyway I fell asleep in the chair and I dreamed I was sitting at a table with Bill Cosby.

[oneiroer]

One last thing before I start on the homework again I've been working on ADA a little here and there and I'm kinda astonished at how I've taken a lot of things for granted. Like the movement of trees blowing in the wind, lights like street lights(I can actually see the lights kinda differently now), and even the smallest movement of a leaf.

[Xanous]

That is what makes ADA so enjoyable. It's lucid living!

[oneiroer]

I'm going to try Evolventity's Dream Incubation tutorial tonight. I'm going with the art and writing part. I'll let you guys know how this goes. Since I'm a beginner poet not sure if this is poetry but oh well here's what I wrote: Tonight I will fly. I will wake up during the dream in a room I don't recognize and fly straight up out of the room and practice flying. Here's the poem... A room that I've never been to Before I have intent within the dream I have intent before the dream I rise up. I'm out of the room I'm in the air above the room I practice flying Where to I do not know I practice flying for as long as I can I do not wake from being too excited I keep calm I'm flying to an unknown destination When I've reached my unknown destination I wake up and record my experience

[oneiroer]

A dream idea. I drew this in paint. Not very good but ok I guess... dreamidea.jpg

[CanisLucidus]

Oneiroer (I am terrified that I am going to misspell your name, LOL), I love the way that you're integrating art into your lucid dreaming practice. Bringing in art and poetry like this should help you establish a tangible, emotional connection between your waking life and your dream life. Transforming your desires into concrete works of art seems like a very powerful way to focus intent. And intent is so important to lucid dreaming practice. I think that this combination of daily awareness practice and focusing your intent by creating artwork is awesome. Keep up the great work!

[oneiroer]

Thank you very much CanisLucidus!

[oneiroer]

I have some more art in the works. I keep messing up but I'll post it when I'm done. It's going to read DREAM and I'm probably going to hang it up by my bed and look at it before going to sleep so hopefully that will help with my recall a bit. Not only is it going to read DREAM but it's gonna be tribal style if not all the way tribal tribal-ish.