Thread: Lucid Task For The Month Of April 2007

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Last night I had SIX LDs
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They all started the same - me escaping from a (forgotten) monster by flying through a wall and then flying around city streets at night. Then more flying and then hot hot hot women, sometimes at the same time, with plenty of time to practice various techniques
Anyway I'll cut (censored?) to the tree bit.

Remembered the advanced task.

To the side of the street there was a small park with a big gnarled oak in the middle.
I flew down and landed several feet away. The tree had a bum (!?) - must've been the previous dreams seeping in...

I thought it might be difficult to 'merge' and wondered if the tree would mind. So I started doing a Qi Gong (Chinese energy work) exercise called 'Embrace Tree'. No sooner had I started than I felt myself being drawn in by the tree. Brief thoughts of the scene from Fellowship of the Ring where Old Man Willow 'ate' ?Pippin sprang to mind - but all seemed OK.

Everything went darkest brown. The wonderful scent of resin, roots and earth filled my world. There were also two sounds: the first a repeating bell/ gong - Tibetan? - a high, crystal clear note, quite sublime; the second was a buzz/ hum like the sounds of a large spaceship.

I couldn't move my trunk, but my arms and legs seemed less restrained - although confined by grooves or channels - difficult to explain. The other main feeling was that of upwards movement - slow, powerful and relentless. As I grew/ moved upwards my arms became freer, and my fingers and toes started to tingle.

I became aware that I was not alone - I wondered if there were other DV members in there, but couldn't see or feel anything. I then wondered if it might be the tree itself. I tried to reach out to communicate with it - but it seemed like by now I WAS the tree.

At this point I woke, a little dissapointed to not have stayed with it, but too excited to not want to write it down straight away, and to relive the memory.

Great task! I feel elated and yet very grounded...

Originally Posted by slimslowslider

Everything went darkest brown. The wonderful scent of resin, roots and earth filled my world. There were also two sounds: the first a repeating bell/ gong - Tibetan? - a high, crystal clear note, quite sublime; the second was a buzz/ hum like the sounds of a large spaceship.

I couldn't move my trunk, but my arms and legs seemed less restrained - although confined by grooves or channels - difficult to explain. The other main feeling was that of upwards movement - slow, powerful and relentless. As I grew/ moved upwards my arms became freer, and my fingers and toes started to tingle.[/b]

Great visual description!!

Originally Posted by slimslowslider

I became aware that I was not alone - I wondered if there were other DV members in there, but couldn't see or feel anything.[/b]

LOL.. that would too funny!! You get in a tree and it's already occupied!!

Originally Posted by slimslowslider

Great task! I feel elated and yet very grounded...[/b]

"Elated and yet very grounded" (a very appropriate way to feel after merging with a tree)!

Very cool, slimslowslider.

Thanks folks
Still feeling happy and... tree-like...
I want to go back!!!

Way cool! I was hoping someone would become as involed as totally as you did, full experience! Man, soo cool!

Better late than never. Merged with a bush last night (that counts, right?).

Woke after about 5 and a half hours sleep, stayed up only ten minutes, but went for WILD. It worked.

Lucid:

I was standing on a balcony, high up above a garden. Nice colors, clear sunny day. I decide to float down to the vegetation (and not swoop down excitedly, as this could wake me up). I land next to a tall round bush, and decide that this being close enough to a tree I could attempt a merge.

I sort of walk into it & morph into it. I end up upside down, but knowing that I’m the bush…

That’s about it really. Nothing more spectacular than that for me! Not too sure what happened after this, but had at least one other lucid after that (or was it before?).

Originally Posted by three

I sort of walk into it & morph into it. I end up upside down, but knowing that I’m the bush…[/b]

Cool....I felt like I was upside down, too, when I merged with my tree. I wonder what it is with "merging" that makes us feel this way.

Good job.

And it is good to know that bushes work too. I almost tried to merge with a vine, but wasn't sure I could make it work.

Thanks! I would guess that it is possible to merge with pretty much anything by sort of morphing into it. But I suppose that it might be necessary to adapt size by first shrinking down or "growing up" (something I've not tried but have read about others doing...).


Interesting that you also ended up upside down! Must see if that happens with other mergers...

Back in the game!

It's been a while.. missed the last couple Tasks, but last night, I took care of both the basic and advanced in one shot.

It started out as a DILD. Dreaming and noticed a DC and her hair was different (ie cut short). Immediatly became lucid and grabbed her and had some fun, woke up, and re-entered as a WILD (or it may have been a FA and just continued back in, but it felt like a WILD because I had more control, remembered things from WL, etc...)

So I'm talking to a friend and I remembered the tasks. I told my friend "watch this, I'm going to will the easter bunny in to my dream..." I tried and tried, but nothing. My friend was looking at me oddly. So then I had an idea!

I asked my friend to will the easter bunny in. I thought if anyone could do anything, it would be a DC... sure enough.. poof.. there it was. We poked it and prodded it and tipped it's basket of eggs... we both started laughing like we did when we were younger. IT was cool.

Then I remembered the expert portion and told my friend about that. We were sitting up on a picnic bench in a park. I jumped off next to a tree and stood next to a tree with my arms held out straight and tried to merge with it (it was just a small sappling about 10 feet tall, with a trunk about 5 inches).

I remember the WEIRDEST feeling and looked at my hands and I had small twigs with leaves growing out of my fingers, then arms... it FELT SO WEIRD! So I stopped and shook my body and the branches fell to the ground.

I then woke up and smiled because I hadn't been lucid for a month or so. I actually think the reason is I'm not resting as well because my wife says my snoring is getting a lot worse and I think that wakes me up. But last night I did try some of that snore spray and it may have helped enough for me to be lucid just long enough.

Originally Posted by legbuh

So I'm talking to a friend and I remembered the tasks. I told my friend "watch this, I'm going to will the easter bunny in to my dream..." I tried and tried, but nothing. My friend was looking at me oddly. So then I had an idea!

I asked my friend to will the easter bunny in. I thought if anyone could do anything, it would be a DC... sure enough.. poof.. there it was.[/b]

Ok.. that's an approach I never thought of.. asking the dream character to make something happen! Very good!

Originally Posted by legbuh

I remember the WEIRDEST feeling and looked at my hands and I had small twigs with leaves growing out of my fingers, then arms... it FELT SO WEIRD! So I stopped and shook my body and the branches fell to the ground.[/b]

You didn't just merge with a tree.. you started to become a tree!! How cool is that?!?!

Ya, I don't know where I came up with that idea. I could tell my clarity wasn't 100%, nor control. I didn't want to wake up by trying to focus too hard (which is happening more often). I thought hey, why should I do all the work! LOL!

I think part of it is like in the Matrix, if you don't believe it will happen, it won't. If you're unsure, it won't happen. Well, I remember thinking the DC isn't me (although it is) so I had no doubts that the DC could will in the easter bunny! lol.. Can't wait to try it with my DL (my dream lover...lol...) Have a DC will her in... mmm...

As for the tree, that was the creepiest feeling I've ever felt in a dream. And I've had a screwdriver thrust through my scrotum while sitting in a car in a dream before (sorry to be so graphic, but this was a LONG time ago and probably one of the first times I became lucid, right after that happened.. lol).

I have a feeling if I wouldn't have stopped and "shaken off" the branches growing out of me, I would have become quite a tree... just didn't feel right.. lol!

Originally Posted by legbuh

I've had a screwdriver thrust through my scrotum while sitting in a car in a dream before (sorry to be so graphic, but this was a LONG time ago and probably one of the first times I became lucid, right after that happened.. lol).[/b]

OMG.. I know you were praying that you were dreaming!!

Hey.. let's make this a new "reality check"! (ok.. maybe not).

LOL! I remember that dream SO vividly... It is one of the dreams that sparked my interest in LDing... because I remember taking control after "it didn't hurt" and doing some weird stuff... then a few years later when the internet started finding a LDing newsgroup after searching for what it was I had actually done.. lol!

Gawd, that hurts just thinking about it!

Hey, I'm kinda new here... been a member for a few weeks, but haven't really posted much. Last night I found this topic and was really excited about it. So I went to sleep and I completed the first task! I have a dream journal but I haven't posted this dream there yet - okay, so like others, the lucid parts will be in blue.

This is hard to remember because I dreamed this in the middle of the night, and my roommate woke me up so I actually remember it!

I forget what I was doing before, but all of a sudden it was very imperative that I find a church to attend. I was in the suburbs. There was smallish roads and huge houses all round. In between the sidewalk and the street were patches of grass with trees in there. I couldn't see ANY churches. I was getting anxious. So I mustered everything and jumped up, up, and stayed up as I swung all around to see if I could find any steeples. As I hovered far above the ground, I saw one. I started flying toward it.

Somewhere along the way, I got distracted or couldn't keep up the flying anymore. I landed near the church and realized that every church I've ever gone to didn't have a steeple. Somehow this caused me to "wake up" into lucidity.

I got really excited because everything around me got clearer and I walked of my own accord. I saw the trees and remembered the second task. I thought that I'd try that second, I was afraid of getting stuck in there and not being able to complete the first one. So I called out, "Hey Easter bunny! Easter bunny!!!" I didn't see anything. I was expecting a giant bunny, you know, the kind where the people are dressed up like them, in the malls? But a simple white haired bunny rabbit hopped out. At first I didn't believe that it was the Easter bunny. Then I decided to experiment. It started hopping away, so I followed it. I grabbed its ears and let it drag me along. Comfortably, I reflected upon what I should do next. I yelled out, "If you're the Easter bunny, then give me some chocolate eggs!" (Now, I hate those eggs. I can't remember what they're called. Then or now. But this was the bunny from their commercial! Does anyone know what I'm talking about?) Well, the bunny laid some chocolate eggs, but they were pure chocolate. I was happy and ate them.

Then my roommate knocked over the lamp as she was trying to return to her bed and I woke up. I think it helped that I ate some of my easter candy last night, before I went to sleep.

What do I do now? In terms of the task stuff...

Originally Posted by Beryl

I thought that I'd try that second, I was afraid of getting stuck in there and not being able to complete the first one. So I called out, "Hey Easter bunny! Easter bunny!!!" I didn't see anything. I was expecting a giant bunny, you know, the kind where the people are dressed up like them, in the malls? But a simple white haired bunny rabbit hopped out. At first I didn't believe that it was the Easter bunny. Then I decided to experiment. It started hopping away, so I followed it. I grabbed its ears and let it drag me along. Comfortably, I reflected upon what I should do next. I yelled out, "If you're the Easter bunny, then give me some chocolate eggs!" (Now, I hate those eggs. I can't remember what they're called. Then or now. But this was the bunny from their commercial! Does anyone know what I'm talking about?) Well, the bunny laid some chocolate eggs, but they were pure chocolate. I was happy and ate them. [/color][/b]

First welcome!

The chocolate eggs I think you're talking about are "Cadburry" eggs:

You grabbed the ears of the Cadbury bunny and it was able to drag you along?

That had to be quite a sight!!

Congrats on completing the task!!

Whew.. cutting it kinda close but this morning I did the advanced task (sorta)..

I became lucid and found myself outside in an open field. I remembered the Easter Bunny task and yelled out, "I want to see the Easter Bunny!" I looked in the distance and saw two furry creatures. I happily ran up to them but when I got there I discovered (to my distaste) that they were human shaped and sized furry beings (and not particularly Easterly nor attractive). In fact.. they looked downright hostile so I decided to turn my attention to the "tree" task.

I don't remember how I ended up in an "office building" (oh yeah.. they'll be trees aplenty in here&#33

I just knew that finding a tree was going to be a challenge but, to my delight, there were a couple of tall potted trees in the rotunda (I don't think I've ever written or even said that word before.. RO-TUN-DA).

Anyhoo, I went up to one and tried to "merge" with it but only got a portion of myself in! I'm a size "8" not a size "-2"!! These were the trees where the trunk is about 4 inches around! I sincerely wish it had been bigger as I felt nothing "merge-like".. just awkward.

As people were begining to stare .. I decided it would be best to back slowly away from the tree.

I then ended up in a "non-lucid" dream eating waffles (which were really good by the way)!

Tah-dah and the end!!

I think maybe the chocolate eggs in question are mini-eggs? The commercial with the bok-bok bunny?

I love those things, we went through a $10 bag of them this Easter... Yow!

Congratulations all!

Just found this...

Congrats, Clairity! You barely got in under the wire, but you did both of them! (well the tree one was sort of lame but I think it counts. Way better than I did with it.)

Thanks Moonbeam! Yep.. I cut it kinda close but I made it! I really like your 'bunny' avatar tho!

Originally Posted by Clairity

Thanks Moonbeam! Yep.. I cut it kinda close but I made it! I really like your 'bunny' avatar tho![/b]

It's only a bunny for a couple more days; in May it will be a walking-tree riding koala.

Whoops...hope I didn't give anything away about next month's task...

Originally Posted by Beryl

Well, the bunny laid some chocolate eggs, but they were pure chocolate. I was happy and ate them. [/b]

Whew! You're lucky those were chocolate. I wouldn't have eaten them, LOL.

Alright, I had my second LD last night.

I was at the mall with some friends, and I saw that dirty looking easter bunny that you commonly see in malls; you know, wearing those ugly suits that look like pieces of shit?

Anyways, I took a kinder egg out of his basket, opened it up to find a small razor blade inside.
I cut off the head of the suit to find a midget on stilts inside.
My friend, who was playing baketball at the time (?) cuts open his ball, and removes a leather mask from the inside.
My friend put on the mask, then for some weird reason the midget starts making these groaning noises, then his head twists off.
Then a security gaurd came up and proceeded to play in the midget's spilled guts and brain juice.
It seemed normal in the dream, but when I woke up, I was laughing my ass off.