I use pen and paper. I also employ a mattress, blanket, and pillow. |
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Sooo. I started out simply enough using a free App for my Iphone called Sleep Cycle to asses what, if any factors in my waking life affected my sleep quality, and, as a side benefit, was able to map out the "typical" times when I was clearly asleep, and could divine from the charts the times and intervals of my REM sleep. I've used this App nightly for well over a year and it has provided me with a wealth of information. |
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I use pen and paper. I also employ a mattress, blanket, and pillow. |
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I am sure about illusion. I am not so sure about reality.
Well, that was an unnecessarily harsh, highly cynical and WRONG assessment. None of my LD success to date has relied on any of the technologies cited. Just like everyone else, I rely on reading (and re-reading) LaBerge, daytime awareness and night-time intentions. I keep a written dream journal, and have since February 2014. You seem to completely miss the point. Doing what I do keeps me involved and interested, and may bring me a higher frequency of success. I'm older than most here, so I have some catching up to do. |
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I for one think dream tech is cool. I plan on acquiring both an Aurora and a N2D2 (hopefully some time THIS century). I have a remee but it broke unfortunately before I could come up with a solid DEILD use pattern for it. |
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FryingMan's Unified Theory of Lucid Dreaming: Pay Attention, Reflect, Recall -- Both Day and Night[link]
FryingMan's Dream Recall Tips -- Awesome Links
“No amount of security is worth the suffering of a mediocre life chained to a routine that has killed your dreams.”
"...develop stability in awareness and your dreams will change in extraordinary ways" -- TYoDaS
I struck a nerve. I just like to prod people and then watch them think. People are much more careful and thoughtful with their ideas when they are challenged. |
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I am sure about illusion. I am not so sure about reality.
No, what you did was unnecessarily and inexcusably derail a perfectly legitimate thread. If YOU yourself did as you propose others should do (be more careful and thoughtful with their ideas) that care would probably have led you to the conclusion that different people can legitimately approach the same task differently - and you might have had something to contribute instead of take away. Instead you squandered that opportunity and ended up coming off like a mean spirited hypocrite. |
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Let's keep this thread ON TOPIC and BE NICE or it's getting the |
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My intent was satire. If I missed the mark, let's attribute it to lack of skill on my part, but not ill-will. I think you actually agree with my premise: One cannot simply buy lucid dreams. Rather, it requires skillful effort. |
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I am sure about illusion. I am not so sure about reality.
For future reference, the next time you do not want to participate in a thread or if a thread does not meet your personal requirements for interest, then just keep on moving down the "What's New" list to find one that is, or better yet, start one yourself. |
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FryingMan's Unified Theory of Lucid Dreaming: Pay Attention, Reflect, Recall -- Both Day and Night[link]
FryingMan's Dream Recall Tips -- Awesome Links
“No amount of security is worth the suffering of a mediocre life chained to a routine that has killed your dreams.”
"...develop stability in awareness and your dreams will change in extraordinary ways" -- TYoDaS
I've never used (nor yet own) a REM-sensitive device of any kind for LD induction. On occasion, I've tried using short alarm ring tones (less than 3 seconds in length) on my phone set to various intervals and volume levels throughout the early morning. Timing is pretty critical and my attempts have not yet yielded an LD. Either I never notice the alarm, or it's too loud and wakes me up. I can see where REM sensitivity would be a great advantage and I would certainly try a REM-detection device should one fall into my hands for much less than MSRP. |
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I've never read LaBerge or really tried daytime awareness |
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Sure LUCID DREAMS are all fun and games until someone loses a third eye.
Sisyphus: I get what you are saying about the alarm clock. I'm not blessed with the ability to focus on a previous dream and subsequently fall into a lucid dream irrespective of the time. However, I've learned a lot about my own personal baseline sleep patterns from using the Sleep cycle app and through its use have been able to divine a way to bias my time and energy spent entering into a lucid dream which minimizes overall loss of sleep. This has been a tremendous boon to me in that I know with certainty what time of night I'm most likely to be receptive to the intentions to have a LD, so I don't waste my time outside that "sweet spot." 90% of my LD's happen AFTER I've gotten up to pee and stayed awake for a bit afterwards - and that incontrovertible understanding came from my use of the Sleep Cycle app. |
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I use Halovision - a night-vision camera I coded for the bedside table that detects eye movements and plays audio tracks. The research version connects to Lucid Scribe on my laptop and generates GIFs that highlight where it picked up movements: |
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Wow...that's awesome, IAmCoder! I've literally never seen an image of eye movements in a human before today, although I've known of the phenomena for decades. The excursions are much greater than I'd expected. Are the audio tracks meant as some kind of cue to trigger lucidity? How do you deal with sleep positions other than right side down? |
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Thanks. Those excursion are still mild... here you can see the eyeballs moving around behind closed lids: |
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So what is your LD success rate IAmCoder? |
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Sure LUCID DREAMS are all fun and games until someone loses a third eye.
Hi, I have been using the RemDreamer with a lot of success!!! BUT I use it in a different way to you .... |
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The Biggest Risk in Life is to Never Take One
Last edited by ezzolucid; 05-03-2016 at 04:29 PM.
The Biggest Risk in Life is to Never Take One
Definitely will give that a try. My problem is that once awake, I have a VERY tough time falling back to sleep. Still, I think I'll try it on the week-end where time is less of an issue. I am not familiar with the Aurora although I see FryingMan also made reference to it. Gonna have to look that one up to see what it is about. |
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Hi, i think you may need to get accustomed with a few areas that may help you. Take a look at an earlier posting by me below and then Google 'iwinks aurora' |
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The Biggest Risk in Life is to Never Take One
OK...I was anxious to obtain the text so I got it as an e-book. I also read your thread on DEILD. Sounds so enticing as a technique, but my ability to even lightly wake enough to have the thought to perform the DEILD would probably be enough to set my mind to thinking about a myriad of work and family related things - and consequent failure. Still, I'll give it every chance. Oh, if I could only quell my busy mind!!!! |
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It just takes practice and summoning the will to do it. Make an affirmative decision NOT to keep following those temping thought chains. After all, your lucid dream is awaiting you right there on the other side of the sleep boundary, all you have to do to get there is continually release the mental and physical tension. On every exhale, you're getting more and more relaxed, etc. |
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FryingMan's Unified Theory of Lucid Dreaming: Pay Attention, Reflect, Recall -- Both Day and Night[link]
FryingMan's Dream Recall Tips -- Awesome Links
“No amount of security is worth the suffering of a mediocre life chained to a routine that has killed your dreams.”
"...develop stability in awareness and your dreams will change in extraordinary ways" -- TYoDaS
This is where a daily meditation practise REALLY helps!!! Just 20 mins practise each day will do wonders. DoubleHelix, you seem like a learned and intelligent mature man so please take the following advice on board |
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The Biggest Risk in Life is to Never Take One
Hi, Ezzo: |
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Oh man I forgot about Raduga's book, I read the first bit and had a lucid 2 days later but then forgot about it. I should probably check back and try doing the techniques again. On the subject of technology I have flirted with a couple of different apps but none of them have worked to my liking. I even coded my own little dream journal app but I find it to be too much effort for little gain, as I will rewrite them on Dreamviews instead. So overall I just use the Dreamviews DJ function, writing it down physically is too hard with light levels and sharing a room, not to mention the illegible scribble that comes out :p |
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