Hi, I'm Nick.
So I became interested in Lucid Dreaming a couple of months ago. I can't remember where I got my information, but I started keeping a DJ. I had a couple of entries from a few days apart, then I lost interest/was busy for a long while.
Then, a few days ago, I saw Waking Life and it really turned me back onto the idea. That night I wrote in my DJ again, nothing special. At this point I also began RCing.
Earlier today, I was bored. I'd been meaning to look up more in-depth info for a while, so I did, and found this site. I read all the info on offer from the front page. I got interested in what was said about Afternoon naps. I'm often a little tired in the afternoons and more than a little bored. So I decided to nap.
I repeated "I will remember my dreams." a few times to myself, closed my eyes and started counting breaths. After about 200 I was getting a little annoyed, then my train of thought moved and I lost count. So I thought "Screw it!", and went to sleep.
And hour or so later, my little sister came in from school and shouted up to me. I woke enough to reply, but little more. I fell back asleep without really realizing.
And here's where it get's important. I woke another hour or so later. Here's what I wrote in my Journal.
From "waking up" to waking up, it was all over in about 10 seconds. But I'm so happy! Does this sound like a good step to you guys?Quote:
I awoke.
I'm sitting on the couch watching TV (thought the screen is blank). I glance at the digital clock on the TV, and fail to read the time on it. For a moment I accept it, then I RC, I still can't read it. After a short, third glance, I become aware.
I'm overcome with excitement, but keep myself calm. At this point though, I think I began to wake up.
I stand up, taking some of the bedding (which I was sitting on), with me on my back. I walk through to the other room, dropping pillows and such as I go.
When I reach the other room, for a flash I doubt whether I really am dreaming, and I worry about someone coming home to see me skulking around with my bedding, so part of me tries to wake up. It succeeds.
I didn't plan to post here for months, until I'd gone alot further, but this is so exciting, and I seemed to go so far all at once.
So hi, I'm Nick. I play video games, I study Engineering, I smoke dope. And now, I'm a dreamer!
