Thread: Lucid Task of the Month for September 2008

Yes, the water was about three feet deep, and I walking with my feet submerged only touching water.

Yay

yaaaah!

I think I did the advanced one. What do you think?


I had a super long LD last night. It was one of those that are so long and I did so much that I couldn't remember all of what I did when I woke up or in exactly what order eveything happened. BUt I'll do my best to put it back together.


Lucid Dream:

I can't remember at what point I got lucid. I remember something about Ninja and how he made these cookies. They were yellow rectangular snicker doodles. And I wanted one. I had one in my hand, but before I could put it into my mouth I started to wake up.

I must have been somewhat lucid at this point because as I lay there trying not to wake up, my mind thought it remembered something that pj had written about concerning False Awakenings. I thought it had something to do with rolling out of bed and falling, but because you weren't really awake you wouldn't hit the floor, but then be able to fly and continue the dream.

In retrospect, I know realize that this is something my mind made up, but in the dream I really thought pj had come up with this idea. [Please correct me if this is really something I read here on this board.]

So I rolled out of bed, and sure enough, I started falling and not hitting the floor so I then started to fly. It had worked out perfectly. I suppose it is a pretty cool technique that I hope will work again for me.

I started flying over these tall trees in a neighborhood. I was having trouble with control. I could fly straight, but couldn't change direction quickly.

Finally I came to these really huge white barked trees that were supposedly on my street. I decided that I wanted to impress my neighbors so I flew to the place where the branches came out from the trunks which were at least twenty feel above the ground. I swung around on the branches for a while before dropping down to the ground.

There is a place here that gets fuzzy.

I think the next thing that happened is that I had climbed a telephone/power pole. On the pole was a little door. I opened it up and there were cookies. I stuffed thatm in my mouth. My friends, the Johnsons had supposedly made them. I think I saw MJ standing on the ground below.


Then I was in what was supposed to be my house. I went to the fridge and opened the door. I wanted to eat more cookies. I didn't see any, but I knew that I was capable to creating them. I shut the door and opened it again. There was now a stack on cookies. They were about 4 inches across and flat like pancakes. I picked up the stack and shoved the cookies all in my mouth in one huge bite. I chewed while I created another stack of cookies. I shoved them all in my mouth too. I did this seveal times. The cookies were soft and had chocolate chips. I binged and binged and couldn't seem to get enough.

Finally I stopped myself and thought about the tasks. Because this was an accidental DILD and not preplanned, I had not read over the tasks or thought about them . I tried to remember what they were. Finally my mind thought it knew what one was. I looked at my couch and saw a place where ketchup had spilled and had dried. I knew the task had to do with removing spots off furniture. I stared at the spot and concentrated. The spot of ketchup started to move. I could see it start to lift up off the couch. The place underneith was completely clean. I was proud of myself for being able to do that so nicely.

I then tried to think of another task. I couldn't remember what it was. I felt frustrated that I hadn't checked on what the tasks were. I laid down on the couch. Then suddenly I remembered the picture on the badge of the DV advanced task with the two people facing away from each other. I knew it had something to do with splitting my consciousness. I had no idea how to do it. I wasn't even going to attempt that one since it seemed weird to me. But since it was the only thing I remembered to do at this moment I decided to give it a try. I decided that part of me would stay right here on this couch, while part of me went somewhere else. I concentrated on this thought for a while, and nothing seemed to be happening. Then I noticed that I was aware of two things. I could feel my body still on the couch staring ahead. But another part of me was standing in the large room watching people on a stage. I watched them for a while until I finally woke up and decided to write the LD down.

I'm making it into all the pretty girls' dreams recently

I like your way of detecting FAs. Roll out of bed, if you smack your head on the floor you're awake, if not you aren't

Originally Posted by Twoshadows

I looked at my couch and saw a place where ketchup had spilled and had dried. I knew the task had to do with removing spots off furniture. I stared at the spot and concentrated. The spot of ketchup started to move. I could see it start to lift up off the couch. The place underneith was completely clean. I was proud of myself for being able to do that so nicely.

You should get your own badge just for coming up with that task. Or at least your own infomercial

I'm jealous you've been having all these great lucids lately.

I did the basic task a few days ago! Here's an excerpt:

The thing sat up. "what?" it said.

"Get out of the bathtub. I need to use it."

"No." It went back underwater.

"Hey! This is my bathtub! Go someplace else!"

At this point, figured, screw it, I could walk on the surface anyway. I stepped on the edge, balanced myself by putting my hand on the wall, and stepped on. I used a downward force on my feet, like I do when I fly. After I was stable on the surface, I let go of the wall and walked from one end to the other, then walked backwards again. Ha! Take that stupid gorilla thing. It didn't stir.


Full Dream

Does this count? I immediatly became lucid as soon as I fell asleep. The dream: I was sleeping on the couch and I opened my eyes and sat up. My vision was a little foggy at first so I just sat there until my vision cleared. I looked around my living room and saw my boyfriend sleeping on the other couch. I got up and walked over to him and stared down at him. I then looked back at the couch I had been sleeping on and I was laying there in the same position that I fell asleep in. I dont know why, but I crept over to myself and preceded to kind of "pounce" on myself. My other self sat up fast, scared at being woke up, then layed back down and went back to sleep. I got up and walked outside into the night and started roaming around and eventually woke up. I went right back to sleep and in my next dream, (which was not lucid) I was telling my dad about the dream that I had just had! That last part was a little off subject but I thought it was pretty cool. Let me know if this counts!

Question.. on the advanced task, being in multiple places at once. Say I'm in a building, in a room where I can see other rooms, I look into the rooms and I'm also in there, does that count?

Or is it multiple where I'm in different states and far away?

It took awhile but I'm back ^^. I have already taken the liberty to look up and perform both tasks as my first thing to come back to. Not I kept them fairly short, so not much to them. Also the her I refer to is my girlfriend, I dont really want to submit her real name so I'll refer to her as Zera from now on.

Basic Task

As I landed on the water bare, covered only by a white cloud I walked to the island which I realized was heaven as I spread my newly formed wings. I sent my prayer for her protection and guidance and dissappeared into the Holy Realm for my final judgement.


Advanced Task

As I spent my day on the computer as usual, I was at the same time holding her in my arms in a dark room, enjoying both the solitude and the warmth and company she gave me.

I'm gonna try the advanced one in my next lucid. I'll try first person and third person at the same time. Like me looking at myself and controlling both.

Originally Posted by Naiya

I went into the bathroom, happy to see there was already water in the bathtub. But when I went up to it, something was in there. Something huge, dead, and hairy. Some kind of...zombie gorilla.

Sounds like someone didn't clean out the drain after after shaving. Eeewww.

Advanced Task - Be in multiple places at the same time

This is funny, because in my dream last night, my husband was actually in three places at the same time! He was driving our car with me in the passenger seat, but we were following him in his truck. We saw a wreck ahead at a bridge. When we crossed over the bridge, it was extremely hot because there was a fire underneath it, and guess who was one of the firemen? Yes, my husband, yelling at us to get the heck off of the bridge!

Sooo, does my hubby qualify? Just kidding...

Basically, I don’t even remember how I became lucid, but I did. One of the only things I remember is that I was in my house. I ran to find an exit until I thought I am able to just fly out. I flew through my house, which took a while to do since I had to go through the ceiling and all, then flew around to what seemed similar to a place where I lived, although at the same time different(Cranberry Township). So I want to go to a pool so I can do the “Task of the Month,” which I believed was to walk on water.
While flying I end up falling down a few times, but start to fly again. Then eventually, I can’t fly anymore so I find another means of getting there. I look around and I see a car and I am able to get in it. I am in the back seat of it talking to the people in front of me. I ask them weird questions like, “What girl do I like right now, since you know, you are my unconscious?” And it says Kiana? I think and it starts to list off other familiar names. I ask, “What about Maggie?” They reply, I was thinking of her at first, but now i don't really think so.
We continue to drive until I decide to get out near some pool that I do not recognize. I have to climb up this grassy hill to get to it. During this time I feel myself getting out of lucidity. I see my ceiling and what not, so I do the “spinning technique” that I remembered from reading “Exploring the world of lucid dreaming.” This works, fantastically actually.

BASIC
So I continue to be in the dream and the people who I was in the car with are now gone. I enter what seems to be a pool at someone’s house, I do not know whose. So I am in the pool area and I remember that I need to walk on water. So I try and i fail and fall into the pool. I ask this one lady around the pool area, “what do I need to do to walk on water?” She replies, “Be lifting by the atmosphere and you will get it.” (or something to that effect, I can’t quite remember what exactly) So I end up trying it again and kind of do it, but almost fall at the end so I fly to the other side. Some person I hear from the side says, “That’s cheating!” so I end up trying to walk across again. So, again, I try to walk across and I am able to go to the other side. I am happy about this and I see other people around me now doing it too. We are all having fun, but then I find myself again going out of lucidity. I try the spinning technique again and it fails.

FALSE AWAKENING
I am in my dorm room bed and want to type this all out. I waking up in my bed and go straight to my computer to type this dream. It feels strange at first, like, maybe I am dreaming still, but I ignore this for whatever reason. Then other people start filtering in and I tell all them I had a lucid dream. Then I truly wake up and started writing this down.

Finally! I had a great lucid last night where I managed to remember the basic task of the month. Walking on water was a very curious sensation.

The full dream is in my DJ, but it was a long one.

Originally Posted by Robot_Butler

I looked out the window of the chemistry lab at a concrete courtyard with terraced fountains. I took a running start, and leaped through the glass into the courtyard. The glass shattered around me, interrupting conversations and turning heads. I walked between the cafe tables, excusing myself to the stunned people whose lunches I rudely interrupted. The fountain was made of several stacked, rectangular concrete troughs, covered in redwood planks. I climbed to the highest terrace, and looked down on the courtyard. The water started to overflow the rim of the lowest fountain, spilling into the pavement. I made it flow faster, filling the courtyard below like a swimming pool.

The water was filthy and muddy. Straw and green scum floated on the surface. I balanced on my high ledge, then jumped down onto the surface. I landed on the surface, sunk several inches into the water, then floated back to the top. It felt like my feet were made of wood, floating on the surface of the water. Every time my weight shifted, my feet would sink or float accordingly. I walked awkwardly to a table (also floating on the surface) and sat down to take off my shoes. As I slid my sock off my foot, I remarked at the vividness of the feeling. What a mundane feeling for my mind to reproduce so accurately. I stepped out onto the surface of the water, this time feeling the water splash against my bare feet. It reminded me of walking along the sea shore. When you let the waves glide up along the sand in a thin film to swirl against your bare feet. I jumped up and down a few times, feeling myself sink into the water each time, and then bob back to the top. It was almost like walking on a trampoline.

Yay RB. Bare feet sounds cool, I wish I had done that. Oh well, maybe next time.

I dislike using smilies. I convey emotion with words.

Originally Posted by ninja9578

Report back in this thread, even if you didn't successfully accomplish the task, your efforts should make interesting reading! This is required in order to get credit, it is no longer sufficient just to say that you did it.

ninja9578 invites me to report back, even if I didn't successfully accomplish the task. I shall take him up on that offer.
I am very sad. I've decided to write here because the last time I was sad some person scolded me for my thread-title-spam and said all I am me-centered and always get what I want. I am sad because I can not lucid dream. ever. I am the worst lucid dreamer of all time. The last one I had was a month ago and consisted of me crashing to the ground and waking up upon the realization that flying was good practice for lucid dreams. A week or so before that it consisted of me crashing through a storefront without thinking, also waking me up.
So, I'm also writing here because then maybe the experts will see me, and if they aren't doing so already, maybe be inspired to head over to 'Attaining Lucidity' and drop some tips and tricks on the noobs. But mostly I'm writing because it's late and I'm sad and I felt like this place would be in at least a small way an appropriate place for a late, sad post.
I read in the Popular Science of this month that people who have lucid dreams have high activity in the area of the brain responsible for self-awareness when they are in REM sleep. Me being knowledgeable, I know that they are referring to natural, nearly constant LDers, not those of us who work for a year at it with no results.
I have had sparse luck with WILD. Luck is defined here as just the opportunity to attempt WILD. It always fails, all three times, three being my estimate. I think it's probably closer to 2 1/2.
I do not have an I-want-it-I-get-it attitude in life. I don't have a job. My job is being a seniour in high school, which presently isn't shaping up to be too much fun. The lack of a job has worked out because I don't have an I-want-it-I-get-it attitude. The only things that I presently want are a lucid-dreaming-LED-in-the-middle-of-the-night-remider-mask kit, which someone is selling for $30. A good deal, because I don't know enough about electronics to get the parts myself. The only problem with that is that I would have to learn to sleep on my back. Whenever I do, I rest on my back for a while, then proceed to not fall asleep, ever, until I switch to my side. The other thing I'll be wanting is Guitar Hero: World Tour, which comes out next month. I certainly don't ask much when it comes to video games. That would make a total of 3 games we (my brother and I) had bought for the Wii, and we bought the other two with our own money, along with the Wii itself.
Back to the subject: the LD task of the month. I started the month charged with optimism at my two recent LD's, telling myself that perhaps it will happen again, and when it does, I'll be ready to walk on that water. That seems like a perfectly reasonable goal, doesn't it? Because if I make small goals, it will lead toward the big goal of being a proficient lucid dreamer, like the many I glare at enviously on this thread, seemingly all of whom have had at least 20 lucid dreams since August. All I want is a starting point.

So that was the goal. Get a pair of goddamn wings under my name.

I was hoping for it to lead to bigger and better things. But now even it appears too far out of reach.
I don't post as often as I'd like, but I still feel like part of this community. I hope that all you nice people here at DreamViews continue to inspire me to try, despite my lack of any success at all.
I was asked to report back, even if I didn't successfully accomplish the task. Well, this is Forrest. There is my report. This unnecessarily long, sad, late, sullen, not-trying-to-be-emo-but-it-probably-sounds-emo-I-don't-like-emo-music-or-dress-emo-at-all-but-still-I-was-sad-so-I-made-this post has finally come to a close.
what? you guys don't get sad sometimes?

Keep at it, Forrest. Try to stay optimistic. The last thing you want is to create a negative association with lucid dreaming. There is still a week left. Plenty of time to complete the task.

wow i was thinking earlier about spawning/creating another of myself exactly the same in a ld

Not at all what I had in mind but by now I wasn't expecting to do the task anymore... I sort of stumbled into it in my less than full lucidity, but I suppose it could still quallify.

I run to the hillside and jump.
"Oh, that's real smart! What if you're not dreaming? I should have done a RC. Too late now..."
My flight doesn't take me very far. I have the impression of descending and, for some weird reason, the world is flashing in light and darkness before my eyes.
At some point I realize the old water-filled hole is down there again. The murky green-brown liquid I remember is now a long lane of cristaline night blue, probably due to the strange dark sunlight.( ) I casually jogg over the water with my bare feet. I can tell that it's cool to the touch but that's about it. I still haven't "waken up" after 3 lucid stunts and it's starting to annoy me. I come to a stop halfway into the "lake" and just stand on the water, looking around. It really isn't fun like this.
"I quit..."

Wings?

Yay!

Aww crap!

I thought i posted this ages ago - turns out i only dreamt i posted it. How annoying is that?! x(



Advanced task completed.

I was in a semi lucid state. Standing on top of some 40ft tall building. There were some weird looking creatures around me. Anyway, i felt that in order to become fully lucid i had to jump of the building. The weird thing was that i was actually scared to, but when i did i realised how silly that was and became fully lucid flying around and stuff. Then i remembered the task. I don't know where this idea came from but it worked brilliantly. (this might be hard to put into words).

I took a combat stance, with my right arm infront of my face, vertically. So that my arm kind of divided my vision in two. I then took these two 'visions' or screens, and made them go seperate ways. It was so weird, and i can hardly even picture it now. I managed to hold it for about 10 or 15 seconds of walking around the place, looking at different things from different viewpoints at the same time.

Then i tried the basic task but my lucidity was fading. I found a bath and started to fill it. Then i tried to walk on the water - but i was attaching myself to dream things to much (eg: 'my bath', 'the water', etc) and forgetting they werent real, making my control go downhill. Unfortunalty i couldent get the basic done, oh well, got the advanced

Basic Task complete?

Originally Posted by JET73L's Dream Journal

So, I was in a dream, I don’t recall what it was, but it may have involved deer (hunting or being or talking to), and a forest, or possibly dirt, like dirt that had been chopped up by bulldozers, and I got bored with that. So, I decide I’ll change the dream. Suddenly, all my consciousness can see is a series of choices, in a sort of silver-blue pattern like some of those webcomic forums, but with silver instead of white. I pick a choice that sounds interesting, and I’m suddenly both standing at the screen realm and standing in the middle of a storm-tossed tempest. (I think I was knee-deep in the water at parts, but I didn’t get wet and it was the middle of the ocean, and in the troughs of the waves I was literally on top of the water, so I’ll see if this counts toward the lucid task of the month). I even see a boat in the distance, some sort of fishing trawler, but a little one, like would be handled by just a few people (not circa 24 A.D., but circa 1950s-present). I decide I don’t yet want to drown in a dream, so I back out… literally, but without moving, you know how those people on the psi thread say to move the energy without using your muscles? Like that, only instead of moving a feeling of energy, I’m trying to move myself backward, and instead effortlessly move the entire area forward away from me, and the last bits of water sort of fade and drain away through the infinite space between me and/on the opposite side of the screen view thing. I pick another choice, and suddenly there’s a rush of warm air and ash. I’m standing in midair over the lip of a soon-to-be completely active volcano. I think, this is cool, elements, and wonder if this is air or fire, since the first scene was presumable earth, but the I suddenly think I’m going to be late for school, scrabble for my phone next to my bed, realize both that I’d woken up and that I didn’t need to leave for another hour, and started typing this.

The lime green text is that relevant to the task.

So, does that count? Or did I need to actually walk across the water itself, staying entire on the surface the whole time, with one foot moving, then the next? Because I didn't seem to be breaking the surface tension, and the soles of my feet never lifted up above the surface.

Yata! I did it!

Okay, firstly, I haven't been the most motivated LDer in the world. It's probably been about 8 months since my last (that I remembered upon waking, anyway), with a few halfhearted attempts in between. But, this week I realized how amazingly open my sleep schedule is (I work by correspondence, and the only morning I have to be up at a certain time is Sunday), and figured I'd give dreaming another good try!

So Wednesday, I checked the forum for the task of the month (which I had never accomplished before) even though it was the 24th already, and grabbed a little journal from my office. One thing I've learned is that my dream recall STINKS. I need to work heavily on this, no matter how elated I am about completing the task. Anyway, on to the good stuff.

I remember walking outside at my work (which is a camp/retreat center), but I don't remember how I became lucid. I think it was just something that snapped inside me. So, determined not to lose control and panic, I stared intensely at my hands and rubbed them together furiously (for quite a long time, haha). When I had a bit of control, I thought I'd like to fly, but I took a running jump and basically just jumped my normal human height. Rats! So I looked around and thought "well, what else can I do?" Kind of bored-like, haha. Then I remembered the task of the month! No hesitation, just walked up a little hill to the parking lot, which was now a good sized pond, walked on to it about 5 steps, then quickly walked off before I had a delayed fall like St. Peter or Wile E Coyote. While I was on the water, though, it was pretty cool. The water was really dark, for a pond, and I was wearing flip flops, and could feel it splash over my feet as I shuffled out there. So, after I walked off the pond, I promptly lost lucidity and dreamed about something else, which I don't remember in the slightest (see? dream recall STINKS!).

Anyway, that's the story of my first task of the month, and I am very, very excited!

~Jaq