Thread: Task of the Month for December 2012

How amazing, I am only new to lucid dreaming and this type of stuff is just awe inspiring, our minds are magnificient.

The space stuff and the flying isn't really what I find amazing though. That stuff happens to me a fair amount in non lucid dreams as well. I'm just happy that I was aware enough to remember things I had read on here before going to sleep and that I was able to actually do them. That's a first for me.

Sing Christmas Carol - Completed.

Easy. I went to an English school where chapel service is compulsory. We sang various Christmas hymns at the end of every winter semester. This is the one that I remembered the best. I'm not Christian but I always thought this one shows the tenacity of blind faith:

O come, O come, Emmanuel
And ransom captive Israel
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the Son of God appear
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.

O come, Thou Rod of Jesse, free
Thine own from Satan's tyranny
From depths of Hell Thy people save
And give them victory o'er the grave
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.

O come, Thou Day-Spring, come and cheer
Our spirits by Thine advent here
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night
And death's dark shadows put to flight.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.

O come, Thou Key of David, come,
And open wide our heavenly home;
Make safe the way that leads on high,
And close the path to misery.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.

O come, O come, Thou Lord of might,
Who to Thy tribes, on Sinai's height,
In ancient times did'st give the Law,
In cloud, and majesty and awe.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.

I've managed to complete two of the tasks! Contained within here (The same as the message I'd previously send to you)! http://www.dreamviews.com/blogs/wish...ttempts-41332/

Visual / audio representation of my previous post:

Dang, it hasn't even been one week yet and you guys are already kicking ass!

I did a WBTB this morning and had a lucid dream where I completed the two basic Tasks of the Month.

Dream:

I don't remember what I was doing when I became lucid. I remember I had been with this little girl. She had shown me her bedroom and I noticed there was a dripping sink there. I tried to turn it off, but instead made the drip much worse. I told the girl that she needed to find her mom to see if there was a trick to fixing it. I also remember the little girl showing me the teeth she had lost.

Suddenly I was lucid. The first thing that came to my mind was that I wanted to do some of the Tasks of the Month. I was pretty sure the "snow" and "singing" ones would be pretty simple. I was inside a building and I decided to fly out and make it snow. As I flew out the window I found that I was about six stories up. The city I was in looked old. The buildings were brick and aging, but nice in the way that a lot of old buildings were.

The sky was dark gray, and I could see the first few flurries of snow blowing in the wind. I was pleased that it was happening already. I willed it to snow harder. Soon the flakes were coming down more uniformly, but still blowing in the wind. What I really wanted was for the snow to start landing on the ground and other things around me. I needed to speed this up. So as I flew, I tried to make the passage of time move more quickly.

I then noticed the snow building up on some of the tree branches and against the curbs where it had blown. I continued to fly. The snow was starting to cover everything now. I saw a thick layer of snow on a tree branch in front of me. I reached out and scooped it up as I passed. I took a big bite of it. I could feel the texture of the snow, but it wasn't as cold as real snow. I felt a little disappointed.

By now the sky was really dark. I couldn't see the sun. I wasn't sure if it had gone down or if it was just that stormy. I decided to do the task of Singing a Christmas Carole. Before I had gone to sleep I had thought about the different caroles that i knew and wanted to do something interesting. But now at this time I decided on the easiest one I knew....Jingle Bells.

Jeff was suddenly standing by me. I told him to song with me. " Dashing through the snow.....In a one-horse open sleigh....."

I didn't stick around to see if he would sing with me. I took off flying again as I sang. I noticed that it was no harder to sing the song in my lucid dream than it would have been in real life. I had wondered if it would have been different in any way. But it wasn't. I finished the carole and started thinking about the next Task I wanted to do. I wanted to see the Northern Lights.

I looked around and noticed that I had somehow gotten inside of a building. The area I was in was very large--like a huge indoor mall. I flew around looking for an exit. But I wasn't finding any. I was frustrated. I shouldn't be having a problem like this. I was better than this. I knew that if I believed, that I could go through the walls and be outside. I touched a wall. It felt so solid, but I knew that I had control over this. I backed away and prepared to fly through the wall....when my alarm went off.

I pushed "snooze" and tried to will myself back into the dream. Nothing was happening. Then suddenly I got this very vivid image of a gray kitten with an orange tabby face looking through a window right at me. It startled me, and I was fully wake again. And at this point I knew that I didn't have time to go back to sleep again.

As a reminder to all who completed the lucid task of the month please remember to visit the Lucid Task Club. You get to post suggestions for both next month's task and the Task of the Year for 2013.

When you complete a task: go to your control panel, then to permission groups, and request to be in the group that applies to the task that you've done. Of course you still need to post the dream here because we check.


•You will receive access to the "Lucid Task Club" which is a limited access forum for people that complete the lucid task each month.

What's with all these 2 hitters?? I need to make 'em harder next time! That or you guys are just getting better and better

We're singing christmas songs in choir all month, shouldn't be too hard to remember in my dreams

I completed the "aurora borealis" Advanced Task of the Month last night!

This one produced a really outstanding dream for me -- my thanks to the inventor of this task! (RareCola?)

I perch my son on my shoulders and start running past the barbecue into a city... I walk to the base of a skyscraper and look into the sunny sky. I need darkness for this Task of the Month so I tell my son, "It's getting dark now." The sun fades out of view and the color of the sky deepens to twilight. As soon as night falls, I see the autora borealis above me!

I start to rise off of the ground but my son is squirming on my shoulders, saying, "Don't want to go! Don't want to go!" He starts crawling around on my head, even giving me a little foot to the face. I shift him so that his arms are around my neck and he seems to settle down. I fly straight up, staying close to the skyscraper to keep my bearings.

I'm feeling an overwhelming sense of excitement as I fly toward the aurora. I'm so pumped that I shout a continuous battle cry as I rise. In response, the dream starts blasting a full symphonic orchestra soundtrack to my ascent. Looking back this seems totally cheesy, but I can't even care! It was amazing. The music was fantastic... I wish so badly that I could have somehow recorded it.

I fly over the aurora and see that inside it conceals a vast mother ship, a space carrier that stretches for miles. As far as I can see down the length of the ship, smaller yellow spaceships are taking off from the carrier to destinations unknown. As each leaves the mother ship, it emits this purple flash of energy that joins the rest of the Aurora. It's the energy "exhaust" of each of these smaller spaceships that creates the aurora.

All along, the soundtrack (and, amazingly, my battle cry) keeps going. I realize that I can do just as these ships are doing and I start pouring that purple energy outward from my palms, and it bleeds into the rest of the aurora. More and more energy pours from my hands as the dream begins to fade. Soon all I can see are my hands, and after that I wake up.

This is the full DJ entry: Aurora Borealis - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

I tried and failed at a making it snow in this dream, never mind, I cannot insert the link. Here is the last part of it,,,

***
Two armored dump trucks came barreling down the street at me. I decided that I had enough of this, so I used TK to fling the first truck into the sky. The second one took two quick attempts, the ifrst one just made the truck lurch. The secong flung it like a toy into a tree or house.
That is the most interesting part. After that I just messed around for a couple minutes. I started to wake a bit, and suddenly thought I should do the lesser TOtM making it snow. I focused and leaves started falling from the sky, not snow. I adjusted and went to change the leaves to snow, but had woke to much and lost the dream. .***

Wow, it is getting hard to do anything here, I can't even put stuff in quote boxes.


Here is the dream in which I finally did make it snow, however I will also attempt this one again as I was not completely satisfied with the results. The dream was fun, because I did it all in cartoon mode...

****A short and cute litttle WILD. I did a standard WBTB and tried for a WILD.
Before to long the standerd HI stuff resolved into a scene. I had chanted the song "Let it Snow" as my anchor, so i at once knew what my goal was. I think it may have been in nREM because of the cartoon quality of the graphics. I decided to just go with it and have an anime type LD, unless it advanced to life like on its own.

The first thought was of the charlie Brown x-mas special. The scene morphed into a very nice rendition of Peanuts cartoon graphics. It was kind of like the scene when they pick out the x-mas tree. It was snowing a little and snow was on the ground. However, my goal was to make it snow, so this scene was not going to work.

I decided that maybe I should go inside and then come out again with it not snowing. I saw a house and something in the window. the cartoon thing was working very well so I kept it up. I decided that it would be that cat Garfield.

Suddenly I was inside the house watching garfiled in the thirdd person, but was also kind of experiencing being Garfield. The house was very X-massy with garlands and other stuff. The graphics had resolved far beyond comic strip level, with bright vivid colors and some slight 3D effect. Still much more cartoon than real life, so I kept up the cartoon theme. I was actually finding it fun.

I made Garfield climb up the chimney to the roof. I saw him enter the fire place, and then the dream shifted to 1st person, as I climbed out onto the roof as Garfield. It was not snowing. I focused on making it snow. The funniest thing happened! It did start to snow, but it was cartoon snow! Little white pokadots slowly drifting down and slightly moving from side to side, like in the Peanut's X-mas special. I thought that was wickedly funny! I should have stabilized at this point, but was so busy being humored by the snow that I lost lucidity.

I did make it snow, but will also be attempting this task again, as I did want to really make it snow like a real blizzard. ***

Count me in! I'll stick to this one since I am a newbie Basic Task ii - Change the weather by making it snow. I want to make it snow then fly in it =)

Well I think I might have made it snow but I can't remember it clearly so too bad. LOL. I also, tried the Northern Lights TOTM. Fail. I could not find any so I clapped my hands and said "Northern lights". I got nothing from it but the dream was still pretty awesome.

Lucid #99 December TOTM fail - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

The site keeps messing up when I try to post a new DJ, so I'll just post it here for now.
2x half-completed tasks this time!

6 December, 2012
I became lucid in a dark house. I decided to do the basic Task of the Month first, ‘Sing a Christmas Carol. Get the lyrics correct.’
I started singing Silent Night, but I couldn’t help feeling like I needed to keep my voice down, because it was night time in the dream and everything was very still and quiet (I guess Silent Night was an appropriate choice of song...)
I only sang a few lines, up to “Round yon Virgin Mother and Child,” before deciding to leave the house and try another task. I figured I could continue singing on my way to the next place, although I forgot about that idea by the time I left.
I walked out the front door of the house into a quiet, unlit neighbourhood.
I flew into the air and imagined that above the dark clouds, there would be a bright sky where I could complete the advanced task, ‘Locate the aurora borealis, fly into the atmosphere and find out who or what is creating it.’
Sure enough, above the clouds was a clear blue sky, and as I flew higher, the sky transformed and revealed brilliant streaks of green light.
I flew above them and saw a tornado spiralling down to the ground - apparently its force was bending the natural light and creating the spectacular display.
I started to fly down inside the wind tunnel, but soon decided that I should fly back up and trace the tornado right to its source.
I flew high in the sky and saw a huge formation of clouds above me in the shape of a gaunt face. It was mostly white, but appeared to be decorated in theatrical makeup, like a mime with a vertical black line in the middle of his lips.
Unfortunately I forgot about the second part of the task, ‘Create an aurora borealis of your own while you're up there.’
Oh well, I look forward to doing that next time!

Woot! I completed one of the basic tasks! This is my first time completing a task . X) Before I went to sleep I thought about how easy it would be to do so I guess it affected my dreams and I ended up dreaming about snow.
Here's the dream journal entry >> Snow and Bears - Dream of December 6th, 2012 - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

I did it and it was an awesome experience I am so glad I did it!This was a great adventure I won't soon forget. On top of all this this is also my 7th lucid dream I'm so excited! Since I'm not big into typing my dreams on DV I'm just going to copy it write from my written dream journal!

The Snowy Attackers
My dream started with me in a big field surrounded my evergreens. As far as my eye could see there were trees outlining the field. The sun was blazing and it was hotter then ever it felt so much different then the regular sun in real life,it almost a had a stingy feeling to it. I started to walk around the field searching for something. I'm not really sure what I was searching for because I wasn't lucid yet. As I continued walking I noticed a very small pond with about a foot of water in it. The water was completely clear and I could see straight to the bottom. I noticed there were all these little fish with red dragon heads on them. I thought wow that's weird I must be dreaming! So I did a quick reality and sure enough I was in fact dreaming. I started playing with the fish but then one of them shot a fire ball into the air and it light up the world around. In a flash though it was gone. I soon realized that there were dragon headed people coming out of the forest. I became scared but then my inner bad-ass kicked. They started running at me from about 400 yards away and they were approaching fast. I then thought of the task of the month and started thinking about how I could use them. Then I remembered the control the weather and make it snow. The dragon people were really close now so I started running backwards and lifted my self slightly off the ground and flew really fast to the other end of the valley. They just seemed angry and started running really fast towards me. I then had to use my quick thinking skills, I told my self make it snow. Then very lightly snow started coming down. I needed it to be a blizzard for my plan to work. I started using my hand motions to control the wind and snow. I then moved my hands down and then forward and the snow started hammering the ground. It was such a thick snow you could barley see 5 feet in front of you. I don't run away from a good fight especially in dreams. I then decided the only way I could defeat them was to make some sort of device that would would help me see in the snow. I then imagined a pair of sunglasses that would allow me to see in the snow and sure enough there they were laying on the ground when I had thought of them. I put them on with the snow pounding me hard and the wind crippling my dragon pursuers, I was able to see clear as day through the snow. I knew the dragon people couldn't see me so I approached one of them silently and took his sword from his sheath and stabbed it right through his back he instantly vanished when I did this. I then yelled "come get me you dragon bastards". They all started running towards my voice, it almost seemed as if they could see me now. One came up from behind me and I sensed It so I flipped over him and sliced his head off. More continued to come and I kept killing them. I then noticed a very large dragon headed person off in the distance I made this out as there leader. I yelled " Increase wind and snow Now"! The snow and wind was blowing so hard the beast could barley move forward, and the snow was hammering him and sticking to his body. He started to freeze into a big ball of snow. I took out the last of the small dragon people and made my way towards the beast. He must have been easily five stories tall, so I flew through the bitter wind and landed on top of his head. He started breathing fire, melting all the snow on him. I knew if i was going to finish this fight I needed to end it now. I manifested a bow and arrows, I then flipped off his head and in mid air shot him twice in each eye. He was now completely blind now. I then threw the bow down to the ground with anger. The beast dragon was stumbling now and tripping all over the place. I then manifested a giant rope and somehow threw it around his legs to trip him. I then yanked with all my strength and threw him to the ground. The dream was becoming fuzzy and unclear so I knew this was the final straw. I leaped on top of him and said " you are one lucky bastard this dream is going to end". I then stabbed a sword threw his neck and left it there. I then started walking away and flying somewhere I don't remember where though. And there was something about walgreens later on I'm not sure though.

There's something about having these tasks on your mind. I haven't been lucid since. Dreams have been very vivid and my recall is still good, but I've been missing some pretty obvious signs. I think maybe I'll make some tasks during the day that I can try at night and see what that does, or take a crack at the advanced.

RareCola and I made another podcast relating to these tasks:

http://www.dreamviews.com/f158/dream...r-totm-138728/

We covered the tasks, and mentioned those of you who have already accomplished them. Special credits to Sivason, TwoShadows, and CanisLucidus.

Well done all of you!

I did the basic task! The task part is in red.

I was running. I believe it was night time. I bare feet and I could feel the grass whenever one of my feet hit the the ground. Then I remembered, and said to my self: didn't I just went to bed? I already knew I was dreaming but I confirmed it with a nose plug RC. As soon as I felt the air rush through my closed nostrils the scene completely changed. I was in what seemed to be an airport. looking to a city covered with mist. Later on I knew that city was Jakarta

Spoiler for Jakatra :

Fascinated by the view as I'm a third world country inhabitant. Living in a small town. I didn't saw much skyscrapers in my life. So I just walked slowly enjoying the view. Little kids playing soccer there and some advertisement boards over there. Grown grass on both sides of the road that I was walking on. I then decided when I reached the skyscrapers that I should set a goal. I tried to remember the TOTM and I remembered something about snow. Oh yea I have to make it snow, I said to myself. I thought of just asking for snow but that seemed boring. After a few moments I decided what to do. I clapped my hands pointing them to the sky. A huge shock wave was the result of my clapping. that shock wave headed straight upwards and into the white clouds. I expected grey clouds to gather and that's what happened, and then it simply started to snow.
I then -happy with my results- decided to just do random stuff (which was the thing that made me lose lucidity) I remember jumping very high then falling and then waking up.

I woke up in my grandparents's house. I searched for my DJ to write my dream but couldn't find it. I then woke up for real.

I don't get wings for completing the basic TOTM?!

Hooray! Did the snow ToTM last night. I think my lucidity was greatly influenced by me listening to the latest podcast right before bed.

I go out and look at the mountains. They are quite magnificent. The dream is extremely vivid and I can even feel the cold brought about by the fog. I think about my goals and remember the basic ToTM which is to let it snow. I know I have already done this a few weeks ago, so I decide to change it up this time. I put my arms out in front of me, and start moving it as if I were erasing something on the blackboard. As I am doing this, I am actually erasing the fog from the dream scene. After all the fog disappears, I try to make it snow by willing it with my mind.

At first, it doesn't work, so I decided to try something else. I shake both of my hands for a few seconds (like after you wash them and you shake the excess water off). Amazingly, it starts to snow! I imagine the snowflakes having different colors, just to make it interesting. Little by little, snow starts to fall in different colors – blue, yellow, orange, green, etc. I realize that they kinda look like cupcake sprinkles falling from the sky, but they are cold as ice, and they lose their color the moment they come into contact with another object (like my hand or once they land on the terrace). I look out at the mountains and indeed, they are covered in a thin, white sheet of snow.

Full DJ entry here: ToTM: Let It Snow (pt. 2); Lucifer's Offer - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

Damn! Another failed Aurora Borealis attempt. I actually had decided on making it snow first but I forgot that part. No matter how much I concentrated or used expectation I could not make an Aurora Borealis. I even was able to put us in a northern location with snow and ice on the ground! Oh well I had fun flying with my wife. That was the first lucid where we actually went on an adventure together. The funny thing is, we were inside Minecraft. Oh Lord I have a problem. HA!

Anyway, I think I will move on to another task and let Aurora Borealis be.

Originally Posted by areyoume

I don't get wings for completing the basic TOTM?!

Oh bless your heart of course you do! I don't wing on the weekends because I work 10-12 hour shifts.

Weekend's over, enjoy your wings.