Thread: Task of the Month for January 2016

Originally Posted by Intet

Thanks to Basic II, my NLDs these past few nights have been full of weed and beer.

Lucky You ...

Finally a proper Lucid with enough awareness to recall goals...
Completed Basic I and Advanced I... aimed for Bonus too but got distracted by a side goal

Spoiler for Basic I & Advanced I:

I lie on a bench in an pharmacy with my eyes closed. i realize that i am dreaming. i let my eyes closed and imagine a cafe on the moon. i stand up and try to feel the lower gravity. i open my eyes but it didnt work. never mind
i remember to do the totms. i turn my back to a DC hold my hand behind my back and say "Sensei come on take my hand" i feel instantly a hand but like i expected its the guy that was behind me.
i let go and move outside. its very bright. i am concerned for a second that the brightness might be not good for my sleep because it might alter my internal clock but i let go of the tought because it makes no sense. i put my hand behind my back and try again. this time when i turn around i see an old female classmate.
she is in a group of 3-4 girls. i recognize another one. i kiss her (C) on the mouth (in a not so sexual way) and say hi. she smiles and is polite but i see she didnt liked the kiss. since i dont want to start sexy time and get distracted i go with the flow and move with the group. the other girl M i didnt saw for a very long time in real life so i ask her "hey M how come that you turn up? where have you bin how are you?" she has a jacket on but seem to freeze. i find it warm and i think neither i nor the other girls wear a jacket. i tell the group that i am pretty tensed at the moment because i have an exam on monday (false memory) and need to finish my thesis till next month. but then i will chillax really hard. We pass a fence
i decide to try again because this time there are no other people. i turn my back to the fence and this time it works. i feel a hand turn around and a guy is there and i just assume it is sensei [in waking life he looks different i know but a sensei comes with many faces . he dont wear a backpack] who instantly start moving. i am still standing and he starts to pull. i pull back a little more determining. he stops. i start
"hey sensei nice that you are here. i need some help from you for a competition or more accurately a totm. i need a book from you."
he instantly start put of his backpack and says
"yea i can give you a comic [or was it a porn magazine? something slim i know]"
"no i meant more a real book, i actually just need the title"
"yea no problem you can have it"
and he pulls out a green book that looks like an educational book. the title is more vertically than horizontally and the letters look like vapor or steam and the title is curved. i have some problems to understand what i read there:
Molecular-Bending
i turn the book several times because it dont seem to make sense. after some moments i say
"AH now i get it: Molecular-Bending like Molecular-Binding now that makes sense" [therefore the curved writing and educational look of the book...smart smart subcon.]
We continue to move and enter an canteen. i ask him my sidegoal:
"Tell me how i can stay longer in my dreamworld. i know there are people who just have 10sec lucids for month and years and i am not that bad with several minutes but i want more" [At this point he turned into a woman but i didnt notice until waking up]
she take a glas and move into a toilet and take some water. she nod understanding. i decide to want a glass of water too because i remember beeing thirsty last awakening (...) but the glas i find is clouded and i remember (false memory) that i better dont take this one. we continue moving thru the back of the canteen and look into some fridges. at the end i see some ice that is mix from milk-based ice cream and ice tea?! i wake up shortly after.

so yea i actually incubated that i get a straight answer or get shown something right away and would make a portal and jump into the void. would have been pretty cool to do basic, advanced and bonus in one dream but nevermind. i will try the bonus again because teleporation is at this moment a constant goal anyway

Got two more TOTMs last night. Not that it counts for anything, but at least I got some giggles.

Spoiler for Basic II - Get drunk or high. (Intet):

I recall the TOTMs that I haven't done yet, and remember the drinking/getting high one. I walk back to the kitchen and open the door to this refrigerator, to find one convenient beer sitting on the bottom shelf. I twist off the top, and as I take my first sip, I immediately lose my balance and fall over. Man, I'm such a lightweight.

I try to get up but keep falling over, until I somehow fall face-first into this small hole in the concrete. It's not very deep, so my body's still like half-way out of it. I take a moment to restabilize, since the dream is still pretty shaky. While I'm at it, I decide to try my hand at getting high. I imagine a blunt between my fingers, and inhale deeply. It takes a couple tries, but I eventually am able to make a huge puff of smoke when I exhale. I start to feel a bit lightheaded, but the dream is pretty stable now, so I crawl out of the hole.

I find myself in a ditch beside one of the sidewalks at my college. There's some kind of electric wheelchair race going on down the sidewalk. But everything seems to be going in slow motion, most likely because I'm high. My vision is really distorted too, almost like tunnel vision. I look down at my hands, and they seem really inflated, kinda like rubber gloves when you blow them up. It all seems, well, like a dream, which makes a lot of sense. I shake off the high and everything returns to normal.

Spoiler for Advanced II - Change gravity in any way for a dc report their reaction. (Sensei):

I think of the next TOTM, which to change gravity for a DC. I watch the people on electric wheelchairs race past me, so I decide to try it on them. I focus on one of them, and try to make him lift off towards the sky. On my second try, I finally succeed, and he and his wheelchair start flying upwards. I stop exerting my energy, and he falls back to the ground. He doesn't really react much, he just quickly gets back on his wheelchair and rejoins the race, like a very determined computer-controlled character in a racing game.

Full dream.

I entered the void, but again couldn't create the waterscape I wanted. I guess I'll focus on summoning a dv member.

I had a semilucid from which i DEILDED back into a Lucid and was able to complete the Bonus Task:

Spoiler for Bonus Task:

I reenter the dream lucidly. i fly some meters over the ground. in front of me is still an attraction from an amusement park i participated in the dream before. its build on a small "island" made out of woodplanks surrounded by a the ocean. i fly over the attraction and see two people i know talking about her family and stuff. i fly over them land next to them on a backrest and let myself fall backwards. i fall some time but then accelerate into the sky. i am pretty high and i hold my arms horizontally behind me kind of like wings. the couple is looking up because they thought i fall down. i accelerate down in the direction of the ocean. right before i reach it i turn and fly up again. i do a this a second time but this time i dont get to turn the corner and dive some meters into the water. i turn around and fly out again. i think for a second and remember that i could do the bonus task. i aim for a free space on the amusementpark. everything is made out of this woodplanks. i have some problems with controlling my flight i go up and down very fast with a lack of fine tuning but eventually manage to land without much crash^^. i am looking for a wall that suits me and i find it after some meters. i paint a circle on it and try to push the portal open. it doesnt work at the beginning. i paint a bigger circle and push again. i say "come on portal open up" and my hands dive in. "okay so void i come" and i jump in. i find myself in the nothingness. From here i want to get to the "Dragon Ball Z"-Universe because i want to find someone who can show me some firebending or equal stuff. so i speak out loud "dragon ball z, bring me to son goku" and repeat this for some time. this time i am pretty long in the void. maybe my subc. need some time to find the right schemata? i didnt watch DBZ for about 15 years^^ the only thing i hear are some noises from left. a mother with her child? maybe still from the park? i wait some time and start thinking "come on bring me somewhere atleast" my vision now is not completely black anymore but a little pixel noise. then a picture flashes up for a second and i concentrate and find myself finally there. everything is in comic style. its a small "room" and it seem that every "wall" is a screen. i face vegeta (with a little altered face) that makes some sort of energybeam on me. i react and shoot something back. he disappears i turn left and another "screen" is there with another DBZ character. i do a kamehameha on him and he disappears too. i do this one or two more times and i find myself in a dark room or cave. a dude is standing there and i approach him and tell him "show me some firebanding i have some problems with it and you look like someone who knows how to." he turns to me and instantaneously start to explaine what i should do. he shows me handgesture. my brother stands suddenly next to us and listens too^^ before he actually can show me something i wake up because it seems that i reached the end of my rem. i cant deiled back.

so i am pretty happy with my teleportation approach. i imagined a little different world but nevertheless the theme was authentic and there. until now i just tried to visualize where to go but this time i tried more the "hey bring me there"-move and let it do someone else.
to bad i didnt learn what i wanted to but nevertheless a funny short lucid^^

Completed basic i! Interestingly enough the nld before it was about drinking - i.e. basic ii.

Spoiler for Basic I completed:

There are couple of books right on top. How convenient! The first one is a notebook, so I put it to the side. Then I grab three differently colored books with lavishly decorated hardcovers. I take the top one and examine it. What does the title say? Gibberish again. Would that count, I feel disappointed. I look again as the letters keep changing until they finally make actual words "The boredom of God". I browse through the pages which are filled with more gibberish words and think about this. Maybe god is bored because I can't get any information out of this book. Nevermind. I look up and try to memorize the title. Surely I will forget this any moment now so I decide to shout it out loud several times.

Attempt (failed) at Basic I - Find a book and read the title

In a second lucid I was sitting in a high chair, like at the bar or barber shop. I just remembered that I wanted to read a book title. I grab a magazine off the counter and start paging through it.

Every page is a full cartoon add for a movie or a DVD. For some reason I think it's not for books. I read them with amusement. At the end I decide to wake up and write them down. So I reach form my pen I prepared and write down at least 6 titles. When I woke up for real, I only remembered "SpongeBob - Under the Sea" and "Iron Giant". I remember thinking "ooo, Iron Giant, OpheliaBlue loves this one too"

I also got to meet Payton Manning and 3 of his Broncos teammates, and taught CJ Craig from the West Wing about Lucid dreaming. Also came this close from having sex, but I had too many clothes on.

Basic (i) success! And a loooooong dry spell broken.

DJ forthcoming.

Spoiler for TOTM summary:

I was looking through a lot of books. I've never spent concerted effort in an LD on reading, it proved quite difficult. There were books that I rationalized I couldn't understand because they were part of my wife's German books collection [IWL she has none, she has only a very elementary knowledge of German], and I "recognized" my college Astronomy textbook but it (including the title) was full of constantly shifting abstract shapes. I flipped quickly through one book full of colorful, detailed stick figure drawings, and was amazed that my mind kept up with the need to produce all those images instantly. Luckily, in the beginning, the first book I took off a shelve was in my son's room and it had "winnie" on the cover, whew.

I failed advanced I and the bonus task. Usually I'm good at summoning but I tried summoning Ginsan using active control rather than passive for more points. I couldn't though, and at that point, my mind was in such a bad place, I couldn't summon passively either. At least I remembered!

As for creating the dream scene I want from a void, I think I just have to imagine more vividly.

Originally Posted by FryingMan

Basic (i) success! And a loooooong dry spell broken.

Well It's about damn time you got back here, I've gone thru a hundred dream-girls/women since you been here and I loved them all but I can't handle all the the girls in dreamland by myself...
Let's get busy

[Shrugs] I think I'll just do Basic Task 1. I might do the bonus task.

Yay, congrats on all that TOTMs guys!!

s/that/THE/

Originally Posted by FryingMan

Basic (i) success! And a loooooong dry spell broken.

DJ forthcoming.

DJ Entry

Originally Posted by woblybil

Well It's about damn time you got back here, I've gone thru a hundred dream-girls/women since you been here and I loved them all but I can't handle all the the girls in dreamland by myself...
Let's get busy

It's been a tough month for lucids, that's for sure. Dreaming's been pretty great, though. Good to be back!

haha well I tried to summon one in particular in LD#1 of two nights ago, she didn't show up. Went and found one in LD #2 but it was pretty tame. last non-lucid of this night just now had me rubbing up against a gymnast dream girl and then the team took turns showing (all) their stuff "to the camera" but I didn't realize what was going on until after I'd woken up.

I summoned a young lady who claimed to be Naiya, but I don't know what Naiya looks like so that doesn't count.

I have to summon a specific DV member. So many lovely ladies to choose from the "post pictures of yourself" thread, but I think I have one in mind.

I *think* I completed bonus task for the month. I started out lucid in the voide, does it count? and does a minecraft world that's trippy AF count as a fantasy world? lol
Anyways, here's the dream, let's see if it counts...

Spoiler for Teh Dream:

I was in the Void. Literally just floating around in darkness. I knew I was dreaming right from the get-go. I had thought maybe I was still awake, but also knew I wasn't. I started walking in the air, trying to figure out what to do with my lucidity. I remembered something about creating a new world from the Void, and decided to recreate a minecraft world. I wasn't sure if it would count for the bonus TOTM, but it was worth a try. First, I made a body of water, in which I was standing. Then, I made sure there were large hills all around me. Somehow it turned into an area of the minecraft server Zukin and I play on, in which we've constructed this huge wall to enclose us and inside the wall are building all sorts of crazy, trippy, colorful, wonderful things. I was so happy and started flying around to explore. There were new structures around my "spawn point" and they were completely beautiful. I was a little sad because I knew I couldn't make something with of this level of beauty in Minecraft. I landed in the water of another pool nearby and there decided to try becoming a man. Upon looking down I discovered my manhood and touched it. It was an interesting feeling. I was starting to lose rational lucidity and then another man comes into my view and things got steamy. I think he was doing research on the water levels in that area of Minecraft when he saw me (apparently I was nakey) We touched each other. A lot. I lost lucidity. And then I woke up.

Originally Posted by KestrelKat

I *think* I completed bonus task for the month. I started out lucid in the voide, does it count? and does a minecraft world that's trippy AF count as a fantasy world? lol
Anyways, here's the dream, let's see if it counts...

Spoiler for Teh Dream:

I was in the Void. Literally just floating around in darkness. I knew I was dreaming right from the get-go. I had thought maybe I was still awake, but also knew I wasn't. I started walking in the air, trying to figure out what to do with my lucidity. I remembered something about creating a new world from the Void, and decided to recreate a minecraft world. I wasn't sure if it would count for the bonus TOTM, but it was worth a try. First, I made a body of water, in which I was standing. Then, I made sure there were large hills all around me. Somehow it turned into an area of the minecraft server Zukin and I play on, in which we've constructed this huge wall to enclose us and inside the wall are building all sorts of crazy, trippy, colorful, wonderful things. I was so happy and started flying around to explore. There were new structures around my "spawn point" and they were completely beautiful. I was a little sad because I knew I couldn't make something with of this level of beauty in Minecraft. I landed in the water of another pool nearby and there decided to try becoming a man. Upon looking down I discovered my manhood and touched it. It was an interesting feeling. I was starting to lose rational lucidity and then another man comes into my view and things got steamy. I think he was doing research on the water levels in that area of Minecraft when he saw me (apparently I was nakey) We touched each other. A lot. I lost lucidity. And then I woke up.

The bonus task just says "Enter the void," it doesn't specify that you should enter it right away or later in the dream. And I don't see how anything minecraft WOULDN'T be a fantasy world lol. So congrats KK!!

Woot! Also, sorry for my lack of presence lately. First year of teaching has been rough as hell so far D:

Almost forgot to post this here! Did basic ii:

Spoiler for >>DJ<<:

Not sure what triggers me, but I suddenly "notice" I'm lucid. I do a nose RC and feel the air go through, then head out to find H & Lk for my personal goal (smoke weed w/ them). I expect them to be around every corner. The first place I look is inside a nearby gas station. They aren't in there so I turn to leave and there they are, coming in through the doors. Lk has a lit joint and takes a quick, hard drag as he strides quickly towards me. He hands it to me and rushes off to the bathroom. H is still standing in the doorway. He looks like his scrawny college self but he's wearing clothes like some of the people around here do: grey hoodie with thick, hunter's-camo jacket over top, baggy blue-jeans stuffed into the tops of bulky, simple brown work boots (Lk just looked like his normal self from a few days ago). I take a big, long hit of the joint and keep inhaling until I feel the tingly smoke fill my lungs entirely, then I hand it over to H. As I hold in my hit he takes a few teeny tiny puffs while leaning over to scrape hardened mud off of one boot with his other hand. Finally, I exhale and feel lightheaded for just a moment until the buzz settles over my body, spreading from my chest up my neck and down my arms and torso. My eyes feel a little tight, too, and I can't stop grinning. I get super excited about completing goals and I just fly all crazy like out the doors (not phasing unfortunately). My excitement is too much and the dream ends.

Hey everybody! Here I post a couple of tasks that I finished:

Basic i

Quickly after I went back to bed I found myself in that pre-dream state, knowing I was asleep but not yet dreaming, so I got "out of my body" OBE style.

After stabilizing the dream really good, I almost went out of the house but remembered the task. I went upstairs again to where I keep my books in waking life. Went to my book shelf and picked up a couple of books, the first ones were'nt really interesting, named stuff like "faces".

But I then came across one labeled "This book will make you fall asleep". It was apparently a comedy, with the picture of a cartoon elephant screaming because of the shenanigans of another character... Haha, so it was ironic in more ways than one, considering that it was a "comedy" (not supposed to make you fall asleep), and that I was already asleep.

Advanced ii

In the middle of a long lucid that I was having, I suddenly remember I wanted to do the task. I was in a grocery store at this point for some reason.
I looked around but couldn't find any DC for like 30 long seconds.

Then I saw an old janitor. Light brown skin, mustache... He was really funny looking, I liked him... I changed gravity for him making him go up, hit the ceiling, and then go down, hitting the floor.

His reaction was this:
He just looked at me frightened, like I if was going to kill him. He was going "No", moving his neck, and "please no", moving his hands...

But he wasn't really talking, just the body language... Wanting a better reaction, I said to him, "what are you mute?" And then he screamed a little...
I wanted to keep having fun with him but he suddenly started running away... Either way it was really funny!

Basic ii

I have tried this task (to get "high") a couple of times and failed in more ways than one... I will later write my attempts...


Hope everyone has a great 2016!

Wow, congratulations PRtitohp5!!

Don't forget to request the permissions for the TOTMs next time. That way I don't catch as many gray hairs.

Originally Posted by OpheliaBlue

The bonus task just says "Enter the void," it doesn't specify that you should enter it right away or later in the dream. And I don't see how anything minecraft WOULDN'T be a fantasy world lol. So congrats KK!!

I Didn't want to claim it so early in the month hoping to maybe do better but I posted almost exactly the same back on the the 1st without reporting to Permission groups, And I can fly pretty well on one wing anyways but I didn't see any views on my DJ or any likes meaning likely nobody even saw it and likely the confusion of Christmas holiday season kept everyone preoccupied but thinking back now I don't think I really created a fantasy world either.

Just saying ....

I summoned paigeyemps but she refused to meet me. She walked away!

Basic I - Find a book and read it's title (success)

Spoiler for totm:

I'm sitting on a floor of some room. Looks like a nursery. There is bunch of books around me. I pick up one and it's a small childrens book with all hard pages. Nice green cover and it's about animals.

I pick up another one, it's an atlas. I got excited and started paging through it. I thought what if I pick a place and teleport there. I'm looking at map of afrika and thinking NOPE. I look for north america, I know it's at the beginning. I think New York would be nice to visit. I find the east coast, but Los angeles is in it's place. Dangit. I put it down.

Then I remember the TOTM. I pick up the atlas again and start reading the cover. As I do it, the letters flip and now I see the back side and it's also upside down. So there is the barcode, and ISBN# and bunch of tiny numbers. I turn it around and it's the back side again. I laugh. The page turned upside down like on a tablet when you turn it sideways.

I pick up a childrens book and it's about animals. I pick the next and the next, all about animals.

Then I see some book titles, not sure on what. I read like 10 of them. I think I better write them down. I reach for an empty envelope and pen that I prepared. I know i prepared it for real in WL too. But I know this is a dream and the envelope is not the same one. So after I write them down, I keep repeating 2 titles so I remember them. One I forgot, the onter one was "6 doctors laughing".

http://www.dreamviews.com/blogs/gab/...success-72912/