Thread: Task of the Month for January 2017

Originally Posted by gab

Advanced - ask a pencil to draw something - success
Bonus - Pandora - fail

Yeey, finally. I did some flying too and it was exhilarating. I was so happy. Lots of sex too, but what's new, ey?

I tried to go to pandora, but my apartment door didn't lead there : (

Spoiler for Pencil task:

4.
I remembered the "Tell pencil to draw something" TOTM.
I sat at a desk, pulled out a pencil from my back pocket (just as I visualized before bed. It was logical, because I carry a pen there at work, but have not seen a pencil in a long time.)

I looked at it as I pulled it out. It was a regular pencil, with forest green shaft, white band at the top and black top. No eraser. I put it down and say "draw something". I look at the desk and there are some marks as if someone drew with an eraser. That's not good, so I ask it again. I lose the scene here.

I end up at the similar table again after something else, pull the pencil out again and this time it's shorter, as if it was drawing a lot in the meantime. Some female is sitting opposite of me and we are talking and watching the pencil. I ask it to draw. It does some calligraphy ribbon on the desk itself, but it doesn't look like a drawing. I look at it and when I look back, surprise! There is a beautiful, technical drawing, like from a blue print, of an airport. 2 runways, 2 passenger buildings with boarding attachments and some perimeter buildings. It's clean, no shading or anything else. Only blueprint, except it's on white paper and with the lead tip.

I pick up the pencil to examine it. I want to read what kind of pencil it is, the manufacturer and anything you can usually see on a pencil.

There is a lot of writing on it, lot more than it should fit. There is something in faded golden letters on every side of this many sided pencil. Left and right side of lettering is faded, the middle is more readable. I look at the lead and it's loose, ready to fall out. Great details.

I also did the "touch the ground" Beginner task. It got me up close and personal to the dream. I really like this, because I don't do it enough, always rushing to do something "more fun or important". But these tasks ground you and really connect you with the dream.

Spoiler for touch the ground:

I remember I wanted to do some of the Beginner tasks just for fun. So I kneel down and my hands touch beech sand. It's so soft, like the softest flour, cool to the touch because it's nighttime. I play with it, take it in my hands and let it run through my fingers. I smooth it with my hand and watch the pattern my hands make. (It's so simple but very cool detail and I will do this from now on often.) I decide to look for some seashells and I find a huge mollusk with some seaweed, but it opens and I can tell it's dead. I wonder how come it doesn't smell.

January TOTM - Pencil - success, Pandora - fail - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

Grounding..Something I hardly ever remember to do, Even a few seconds sitting on the edge of the bed and squeezing it gives me time to organize a plan, Instead I just think "Yay, Lucid, Lets go" And fly off looking for something that's likely not there anyways

Originally Posted by woblybil

Grounding..

What what I was trying to say is that they connect us by us actually touching and feeling the environment. How many times do we really stop and touch something in a dream and realize, absorb how the item feels. The temperature, surface, weight, ... Some of the best moments I had in lucids is when I touch and feel some item. The details can be amazing.

I am not surprised though that we don't do this a lot in dreams. Since we don't really do it during day, when awake. I guess that would be part of awareness, which I really lack. I want to work on that. Be more aware during day and during sleep.