So after much reading I developed one of the easiest induction. It involves self-hypnosis. I need testers. Everyone is welcome. You don't need any XP in this domain
So after much reading I developed one of the easiest induction. It involves self-hypnosis. I need testers. Everyone is welcome. You don't need any XP in this domain
Why not. What do you have to do?
Well if you've got a good dream recall PM me and we can get this thing started! For anyone else, you can take part in this too, I need many testers
As you asked to keep you informed daily, I started with this last night. I wanted to listen it before sleep but fell asleep because of the background music I had on the phone. Anyways I woke up at 5:30 AM and listened to it. No lucids but lots of fragments when woke up.
[QUOTE=Astaroth;2104230]As you asked to keep you informed daily, I started with this last night. I wanted to listen it before sleep but fell asleep because of the background music I had on the phone. Anyways I woke up at 5:30 AM and listened to it. No lucids but lots of fragments when woke up.[/QUOTE
You mustn't play a music in the background.
This induction is not designed to make you lucid, although you can become lucid because of this. This is to train your unconscious to go into trance quickly. After 21 days I'll give you the quick Work in progress method to make you lucid.
Alright. By the way, I wasn't hearing that whilst hearing music, what I meant is that I fell asleep listening to background music I put every night on my phone to relax me.
Yeah - I am interested!
Do you want/need any specific kind of update?
Still waiting for another pm - or is my recall too bad?
I am interested as well! :)
Alright so you have been accepted. Anyway, those who received my PM, please talk to me only by PM. if there's anyone else interested, there are plenty of free seats!
I'll try this!
I'd like to participate in this as well.
Um - why?Quote:
Originally Posted by ZippLord47
Is it supposed to be secret?
Are we not supposed to report in here?
You can report here too.
But it is easier to me to keep track of the progress by PM.
Sounds interesting, I've PMed you.
I also should have asked, is this done before sleeping, or is WBTB required?
I PM'ed you, hope I can get on board! :)
I will start my 21 days tomorrow. I will probably fall asleep if I try tonight. :P
I drop out - sorry for that - don't have the patience for the repetitions. Good luck everybody - I'll watch from the side-line and look forward to hear how you fare.
If I come to the impression, I did miss out on something then - I'll take it up once more.
Well, day 8 of 21. Hope this works, listening to the very same track every day during 30 minutes is a little annoying :chuckle:.
Yea I just started today, and was surprised at how simple the track is. Hope it helps.Quote:
Well, day 8 of 21. Hope this works, listening to the very same track every day during 30 minutes is a little annoying .
Yeah - I was actually hoping and asking, if there would be a second and maybe further ones following - but that might completely go against the purpose.
I should do the script I have in use already again - that's different - it's goal-directed, and I don't really mind the reps - while this track sounds more like an introduction - a promise of something to come as opposed to "something". But I'm anyway procrastinating on number 6 or 7 of my planned 10 reps.
Guess I record it, instead of reading it out loud and see, if that seems to do something.
But I fear, the fine results I was having with numbers 1-4 was novelty and expectation more than reliable hypnotic effects..
My guess on this track is it's not supposed to have any hypnotic effects itself, it's more just encouraging you to find it by yourself, a very gentle guide toward inducing hypnotic effects.
Yeah - I know - and maybe I underestimate it all - I'll keep an eye on it!
Day 1 is complete.
I have a few comments - I'll PM you as well as posting here, to keep the discussion open for others to contribute. I'm hoping constructive criticism is welcome, since this is a trial?
• Just to clarify, you'd like us to listen to the exact same track every day for 21 days?
I'm just wondering because you finish by saying, "continue on to the next track."
A lot of this track feels like a once-off introduction, and I agree with those who have suggested that it may become tedious listening to the same recording so many times. In particular, it could become annoying hearing the same stories about your friends every day, and being told that we're just getting started and know nothing about what's to come, etc.
• I have done a fair amount of guided meditation/hypnosis and visualisation exercises before, and I find that the person's voice is a really important factor in my ability to be absorbed by it. An issue I've found to be quite common is unclear diction. I think clarity of each word is really important, and I noticed that you quite often slur your words into each other.
Another issue I had was with the voice itself. Your voice started out sounding fairly relaxing, but it became croakier as the recording went on, and it started to remind me of Christian Bale's Batman voice in some parts. :P I assume that you were trying to lower the tone of your voice to be softer and more relaxing, but for me, it had the opposite effect.
There are also a few words that you stumble over, and some moments of hesitation which break the rhythm of your speech, which is also distracting for me. I would recommend re-recording those sentences, but be sure to use smooth transitions between the audio tracks and adjust the volume levels to match.
• The audio is a bit jolting at 23:12 ("Where did that pleasant dream go to?") because it cuts out momentarily and loses the ambient background noise. Perhaps you could use an audio/video editing program to smooth that out. It also happens briefly at 25:39 ("So, I'd like to have you return now") but it was less of an issue. As a filmmaker, I generally use programs like Sony Vegas or Adobe Premiere, or Final Cut Pro on Mac, to add a simple crossfade effect between audio tracks. I'm sure there would be freeware that has this function, too. You need to leave a head and tail on your audio tracks, so you can use the ambient noise in the crossfades.
Note: I've just noticed that the times vary between music players. I'm using iTunes, but I've included the sentences that come immediately before the audio dropouts so you can find them. By the way, it may just be that my ears are especially attuned to sound variances, but it's something to think about if you want the track to be polished.
• Are you sure it's a good idea to reinforce every day that it's natural to forget our dreams instantaneously? (23:23) It seems counterintuitive to be repeating that to ourselves while in a suggestible state, when we could be using autosuggestion to convince ourselves that we WILL remember our dreams upon waking. Other things you mention are that dreams can be hazy, and that sometimes we don't realise we're dreaming (from 7:06-) which are both things that may not the best to hear repeatedly, in terms of LD incubation/induction.
That's my initial critique, I hope it's valuable.
I also have a couple of questions for you:
1. What kind of training/experience do you have in hypnosis? If you're self taught, what are your sources?
2. What would you like us to report daily exactly? Do you have a list of questions?
Thanks, I look forward to discussing this further.