The 1 Week Challenge: #2

**djpatch999** · 12-07-2012 09:29 AM

Welcome one and all to the 1 Week Challenge! The idea of this challenge is to get people who are new to this to have a lucid dream within 1 week, that's just 7 days! But don't worry beginners, it can be done because it was done in the previous one last week. This challenge isn't just for beginners struggling to Lucid Dream, it's also for those members (like myself) who haven't had an LD in quite some time.

If you want to join in then post below saying you're in! The challenge will start on the night of Tuesday the 11th, you then have 7 nights, no more, no less, to have a lucid dream. This time it will be a bit different though, there is no first or second prize instead we have...

LUCID TRIGGERS

Okay so the idea with these is that I will give you the name of an object, you then have to use that object to aid you in becoming lucid. For example if I said it was a teddy bear then I would do a reality check every time I saw one in real life. Then when I saw one in the dream I would do a reality check and become lucid (This is just my method, but you get the idea. Use the item to trigger lucidity). Should you get lucid using the item you automatically win yourself 100 points. You can get the 100 points only once! So without further ado, the weeks lucid trigger is:

Christmas Lights

Good luck with it I think it'll be a lot of fun!

Rules: (Only a few of them)

1. Don't lie about what you've dreamed
2. If you do have a Lucid via LD trigger, you must dream journal it and post the link here to get the points
3. You will have a lucid dream
4. Enjoy

If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask

and if there are those beginners that really want to get lucid then you can ask me anything about your current technique to get lucid. I'll try to answer you as best I can but it doesn't hurt to ask around the forums or in chat. There are people with so much more experience than me on here

Anyway I wish you all the best of luck, I will be participating myself but not for the points. Enjoy yourself and I can't wait to start on the 11th

**Wishfulthinker** · 12-07-2012 11:40 AM

The trigger sounds interesting, I think I'll try this again this week!

**Oceandrop** · 12-07-2012 12:35 PM

My recall was nice today, so I will join and hope to get a lucid dream :-) Maybe I can even accomplish the basic task of the month about letting it snow in the same dream. Btw what if you become lucid without seeing christmas lights, but after it summon them?

**djpatch999** · 12-07-2012 04:21 PM

Oceandrop: I have been thinking about this one quite a bit and have decided to allow it. But you will only get the points if you RC afterwards (and of course post what happened). I was not sure at first about it since if you summon them then it's not actually a trigger. But sure why not

Just to note though you then can't get a second lot of points if in another dream it triggers lucidity

**Oceandrop** · 12-07-2012 04:43 PM

I see, that sounds fair enough, thanks for answering Djpatch999. Good luck everyone!

**TheObserver** · 12-07-2012 04:59 PM

I feel I'm close to a breakthrough in my LD's so I'm defintelly up for it, and I think I'm due to have a LD this week.

**Sensei** · 12-07-2012 05:14 PM

Good luck everyone! I will hopefully see some interesting dreams in here.

Do your best!

OceanDrop: what is your signature from?

**Berto** · 12-07-2012 06:03 PM

I will try to have my first lucid this week as well (:
but I'm working on WILD at the mo, so I probably won't use the lucid trigger... i'll still RC though

**BnT** · 12-07-2012 06:25 PM

Count me in

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**Santoryu** · 12-07-2012 08:34 PM

I'm in! I shall have my first lucid in this challenge! The lucid trigger seems like a great idea.

**Oceandrop** · 12-07-2012 11:24 PM

Originally Posted by BrandonBoss

Good luck everyone! I will hopefully see some interesting dreams in here.

Do your best!

OceanDrop: what is your signature from?

It is from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy*, it is the slogan of the restaurant that they visit at some point; you can just visit it if you time travel, because it exists right before the End of the Universe and ofc also behind the End, it's defended by some kind of weird time thingys

So the main attraction is of course the End of the Universe itself when lol, so from every time period, just from everywhere beings travel to it, and after the Universe ended, the Restaurant will ofc spin back again lol.
It is one of my goals to visit it in the future, in a Lucid Dream.

*I have the book "The Ultimate Hitchiker's Guide" it contains all the Stories, so not that you buy just The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy and are suddenly disappointed that it doesn't contain what I just talked about, but anyway all Stories are great.

Also I just googled it, I imagine it a bit more amazing that all the illustrations, so I hope my Dream Mind will come up with something really amazing when I sometime try to visit it

**Sensei** · 12-07-2012 11:37 PM

That is AWESOME! I have been meaning to read that book. I have heard from a ton of people that I need to read that book, but I have about 1 million books I need to read.

I have a lot of places I would love to visit from books. My next in line is the wood between worlds from The Chronicles of Narnia.

The_wood_between_the_worlds_by_Irete.jpg

The rings are the key to get there^^^ they are just normal rings that fit on your finger. So all I have to do in a lucid dream is find or summon them. The woods go to other dimensions. I hope to use this for about a million reasons.

The rings look more like this:
http://www.examiner.com/images/blog/...Reduced(2).jpg
I can't get it to link though.

**Taffy** · 12-08-2012 11:58 AM

Count me in too. I know it doesn't start until the 11th but I'm on a WBTB right now (just about to go back to sleep) and I'm going to do a wild.

Edit: Aaaaaaaah!! I just woke up from a totally intense WILD. WILD Rush - what even happened? - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

Any tips on what I should have done or should do next time?

**TheObserver** · 12-08-2012 02:34 PM

I JUST A LUCID DREAM VIA A WILD!!! JUST LIKE 10 minutes ago!! It was amazing, I left my body and I start flying around this outdoor restaurant. I FELT SO FREE!!!! IT was crazy, I was flying and stopped to try to talk this girl who I thought looked pretty but then my dream faded

. But Im so excited!!! It was so cool!! Next time I'm going demand even more clarity, and do more stabilizing before I fly around!

**Michael073** · 12-08-2012 03:49 PM

I am in!

Can't wait to get a warm, christmas-like lucid

!

**Sensei** · 12-08-2012 04:57 PM

Originally Posted by Taffy

Count me in too. I know it doesn't start until the 11th but I'm on a WBTB right now (just about to go back to sleep) and I'm going to do a wild.

Edit: Aaaaaaaah!! I just woke up from a totally intense WILD. WILD Rush - what even happened? - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

Any tips on what I should have done or should do next time?

Taffy! It freaks me out when people change their profile picture. haha.

Anyways, with the WILD, I have the same feeling happen a lot, but it sometimes happens mid dream, sometimes when I am just sitting around the house. What you need to do it stabilize, get more clarity. But! you have to be very careful not to move your real body, I used to do this all the time, but I always thought that I was just "daydreaming." then one day I tried to do a RC and I all of the sudden lost all feeling in my normal body and was completely in my dream!

I actually did that this morning again. haha. Good job! Good luck!

**Taffy** · 12-08-2012 05:53 PM

So I should've just stabilized. Ok, I'll remember that for next time.

**djpatch999** · 12-08-2012 07:06 PM

Dammit guys you're meant to save the lucids for the challenge haha

Originally Posted by Taffy

Count me in too. I know it doesn't start until the 11th but I'm on a WBTB right now (just about to go back to sleep) and I'm going to do a wild.

Edit: Aaaaaaaah!! I just woke up from a totally intense WILD. WILD Rush - what even happened? - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

Any tips on what I should have done or should do next time?

Nice one Taffy!

How did you do it? Did you mediate before? What kind of time was this? I think I've been doing the same thing as you but always given up because I got no results

Originally Posted by TheObserver

I JUST A LUCID DREAM VIA A WILD!!! JUST LIKE 10 minutes ago!! It was amazing, I left my body and I start flying around this outdoor restaurant. I FELT SO FREE!!!! IT was crazy, I was flying and stopped to try to talk this girl who I thought looked pretty but then my dream faded

. But Im so excited!!! It was so cool!! Next time I'm going demand even more clarity, and do more stabilizing before I fly around!

Blimey, nice!

Keep it up and both of you will be on top of this challenge like a pro

Wondering if I should have started it when the thread was posted haha

**Sensei** · 12-08-2012 07:10 PM

Haha, don't worry too much about it DJpatch. The more lucids you have, the more likely you are to have a lucid. I think that getting some lucids now should warm them up for the competition.

**djpatch999** · 12-08-2012 08:42 PM

Originally Posted by BrandonBoss

Haha, don't worry too much about it DJpatch. The more lucids you have, the more likely you are to have a lucid. I think that getting some lucids now should warm them up for the competition.

Ahh true true, I'm so motivated for this one

**TheObserver** · 12-08-2012 10:31 PM

I created a dream journal for the WILD I had this morning, but because I have been only registered 6 days I can post this link, although I think you can find it on my profile.
It is titled 'My First Higher Level Lucid Dream via WILD/DEILD: Freedom, Flying and Forgetfulness'.

**djpatch999** · 12-08-2012 11:28 PM

Originally Posted by TheObserver

I created a dream journal for the WILD I had this morning, but because I have been only registered 6 days I can post this link, although I think you can find it on my profile.
It is titled 'My First Higher Level Lucid Dream via WILD/DEILD: Freedom, Flying and Forgetfulness'.

Wow that sounds like quite the experience you had there! Maybe you'll be like Wishfulthinker and it'll just click and you can WILD whenever you like

I find it strange how you can't post links though, how odd

Oh well, congrats and I wish you many more

**TheObserver** · 12-09-2012 12:50 AM

Yeah, it says I need to be a member 7 days to post links, to make signatures and probably other things too, so one more day haha. Yeah and about the WILDing thing, I have been getting into sleep paralysis like states naturally since I was younger, but I would always do it right before I went to bed and usually would end up falling asleep after doing it. But when I got my LD this morning I did the same the thing I always have done except I did it 5-6 hours after I feel asleep and it worked. I remember reading in, Exploring Lucid the World of Lucid Dreaming, that LaBourge said it's almost impossible to get a WILD right before bed or a little after, but if you try 5-6 hours after you feel sleep you chance increase drastically. So I think that might have to do with it, or it could be coincidence.

**TheObserver** · 12-09-2012 12:53 AM

Oh and thanks for your support!!!

**Taffy** · 12-09-2012 01:39 AM

Originally Posted by djpatch999

Nice one Taffy!

How did you do it? Did you mediate before? What kind of time was this? I think I've been doing the same thing as you but always given up because I got no results

I got up at like 4~4:30, which was about 5 and a half hours after falling asleep initially. I laid down on my back with my hands over my stomach and just kind of laid there. Initially I felt nothing but I was persistent and kept going. Almost fell asleep, but I caught myself, and shortly after than I felt some light vibrations all over my body (from what I hear people say, it starts in one part, but for me it just happened all at once, slowly). I looked at the back of my eyelids and didn't see anything, but the ice cream shop came into view after a while. At that point the vibrations were really strong, a similar feeling to when your arm or leg falls asleep, only all over my body and a bit stronger. I was kind of merging with the scene, that part is kind of fuzzy, but I found myself standing in the shop.

I didn't do any meditating beforehand. Just got up to go to the bathroom. Definitely going to do more WILDs. ^^