Thread: Cedwards' Workbook

Day 1

Night time routine: I might try to establish a more regular routine. This is what I usually do:
Lay down. Read scripture and pray. I usually fall asleep kind of quickly after this. That's what happened last night. Last night I was also dealing with some respiratory issues, had caffeinated tea in the evening, took melatonin, and then took nighttime cold medicine.

Dream Recall: A good bit of recall. The dream journal takes up at least a page, typed.

Time spent dreaming: A little hard to tell, because I don't quite remember where my dreams started or ended. If feels like altogether I was experiencing things for, maybe, 20-30 minutes. Maybe more.

Other notes: Yesterday evening I was intending to try to induce a dream about the Dream Base, with the intention of finding the library. I did some writing ahead of time, describing myself in the present tense as though I were in the dream. My dreams did include elements such as a library (I think), an ocean-like body of water, and statues. However, I often dream about libraries and water. Not so much about statues though. These were glow-in-the-dark statues too, which, perhaps, were inspired by the column/globe and beacon. I plan to try this again tonight, with more intentional incubation.


Went to bed around 12:30. I have been having some respiratory problems, and in the evening I had a cup of tea (which seems to help sometimes). This being caffeinated, I took some melatonin to counteract the sleeplessness. Then I took some nighttime cold medicine. I think I fell asleep rather quickly after Devotions.

Day 2

Bedtime: 12:00 - 12:30. Spent more time reading in the evening than usual (other than studying or Scripture reading). I had intended to try MILDing again, aiming for a dream about the Dream Base library. But then I got absorbed in the adventure story I was reading, and changed my mind to putting in a pier at the Dream Base where we could have a ship and sea voyages. I don't know that changing my intention is always a good idea. I also tried a little of Sivason's dream yoga visualization exercise, laying down and trying to change the patterns and colors that I see. I think I also ended up taking about 3mg of melatonin. Scripture reading, prayer, and then focusing on a mantra.

Dream Recall: Still fairly decent. Almost another page worth. But it didn't come to me all at once in the morning.

Time spent dreaming: Maybe about 10 minutes or so. But there was more that I don't seem to fully recall at the moment.