Need some help

[Frishert]

Heya guys I've kept a DJ now for 2 months, and recapped yesterday. I found a couple of my dreamsigns and one is "mountains". I haven't got a clue why, especially since I live in Holland, the flattest country of them all, but I've got dreams including mountains on a frequent basis. Because we haven't got any mountains near here, I was wondering what élse I could do with this Dreamsign besides RCing whenever I see them (read: never -_-") Also, I've tried WILDing a couple of times, and all attempts resulted in álmost hitting it right. Whenever I'm in full sleep-paralysis (or it feels like that anyway) I start imagining things, and keep on doing that for...I don't know how long. Long . I dó see the scenes I'm trying to imagine, but they're too vague to see. When I look at my hands (RC) I knów they've got 6 or more fingers, but I can't count them because they're too vague. Any ideas? I'm still aware of the fact I'm awake, so I'm not dreaming yet. I hope one of you guys can help me any further. I'm ready to start LDing now -Stijn Frishert

[LuxAeterna]

Heya guys I've kept a DJ now for 2 months, and recapped yesterday. I found a couple of my dreamsigns and one is "mountains". I haven't got a clue why, especially since I live in Holland, the flattest country of them all, but I've got dreams including mountains on a frequent basis. Because we haven't got any mountains near here, I was wondering what élse I could do with this Dreamsign besides RCing whenever I see them (read: never -_-") You could do an RC every time you see pictures or images of mountains, or whenever someone mentions mountains. Maybe you could get posters of mountains and put them on your walls, or set an image of a mountain as your desktop background or something. I don't know if that would help, but you could give it a try. -Lux

[Chris182t]

You could do an RC every time you see pictures or images of mountains, or whenever someone mentions mountains. Maybe you could get posters of mountains and put them on your walls, or set an image of a mountain as your desktop background or something. I don't know if that would help, but you could give it a try. -Lux Yeh you could try that, or just imagine yourself, as clearly as you can, somewhere with mountains. Imagine yourself doing a reality check and realizing that you are infact dreaming. You should probably try that accompanied with a WBTB or even when you're in sleep paralysis. Once you are in sleep paralysis, try and "roll" your body out into the mountain scene that you are imagining. Hope that helps somewhat

[james-25:22pm]

if you cant count your fingers thats a pretty good dream sign itself! But do you mean...you are simply imagining counting your fingers...or you are doing it in a dream?

[Tornado Joe]

I dó see the scenes I'm trying to imagine, but they're too vague to see. When I look at my hands (RC) I knów they've got 6 or more fingers, but I can't count them because they're too vague. Any ideas? I'm still aware of the fact I'm awake, so I'm not dreaming yet. Six more fingers?! Unless you were born with extra fingers, that's a clear indication you were dreaming! It doesn't matter whether you could count them or not - if you were awake, why would the imagery be so vague? Vagueness itself can be a dreamsign. To clear up or "stabilize" the dream, simply call out (or speak) "increase clarity" - as you would if you were in some hologram deck or something. If not, keep staring at your hands, try and see if you can count he lines in your skin, focus, you'll see that you'll start gaining clarity and detail as your mind renders what it thinks your hands should look like up close.

[mikestankus]

you can really clear up a dream by yelling that out? I did not know that, i`ll give it a try. thanks

[Frishert]

That's the weirdest thing of it all. I can't count them, but my mind just knóws there are more than 5 fingers on one hand. I'm just imagining myself counting my fingers, yes. Anyway, thanks guys, I'll try out your advice and report back

[Tornado Joe]

you can really clear up a dream by yelling that out? Yup, it's a documented technique. Theory of why it works? Not sure, my guess is that control in a dream relies on how confident we are that it is a dream. Calling it out sort of re-assures and demands a response from the dream, re-affirms our awareness, and gives us a reaction to expect.