Learn Lucid Dreaming For Real: Dream Diary 4-9-18 Missed Breakfast Graduation
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Ever find yourself interested in starting a dream diary, but not exactly sure how? Want to become an [Oneironaut](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/oneironaut)—a lucid dreamer? <center></center> This past weekend, I spoke about dream diaries and lucid dreaming as a way to try to trigger myself into a dream I could recall as it has been quite a while since I've been able to. Last night, I had an interesting dream that may have jump-started this for me. Let's explore it and learn more about dream worlds! <center></center> --- # When Starting a Dream Diary * **Don't move** when you wake up, lay still and recall. Since your short-term memory is fresh, it will rapidly dissipate with any movement * You can **rewrite it later**, it's essential to get the memory on to paper before anything else * Write down **anything you can remember**, it may seem like not enough detail at first, but with practice, you'll be able to recall entire dreams * Emotions and feelings are **just as important** as the scenes, objects, and people in a dream. You need to write them down to boost your recall later * **Dreams are not going to make sense**, any detail that can be called upon is important * Time, location, narrative, who was there? **Ask yourself some questions** when you're stuck/unsure of a detail --- ### The Dream Verbatim > *Going late to high school. Catch wrong bus #608, goes through hilly house area and loops back. End up home, Chinatown—eat breakfast there. Sister is at home, I think eating Mc Donalds. Accept being late. Leis being put on beach. Budgeting $20 cheaper than watermelon leaf.* --- ### The Dream Analyzed I haven't gone to high school in 11 years, I did have to catch the bus there. For some reason, the bus stop I was waiting at was on a single lane road—ocean on one side, mountain on the other. I distinctly remember the number of the route being **#608**, although we have three-digit bus route numbers out here, this one doesn't exist. (As a note, anything read in your dream needs to be written as these are hard to come by) <center><br>[Alamy.com](http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/oahu-bus.html)</center> <center><br>[Pedalgoa.com](https://www.pedalgoa.com/travel/hawaii/oahu/how-to-get-to-lanikai-beach-by-bus/)</center> I get on it, and am riding through the *"hilly house area"*, that I have been to in other dreams. To describe it, a suburb area with many houses and trees, on a steep incline, with many winding roads and crossroads without stop lights. Similar to *Tantalus Drive* on Oahu, but instead of a single road with many driveways, the area is wider. <center><br>[Metro.co.uk](http://metro.co.uk/2017/03/19/britains-steepest-street-is-a-cyclists-worst-nightmare-6519396/)</center> <center><br>[lookintohawaii.com](https://lookintohawaii.com/hawaii/61/tantalus-round-top-hill-drive-activity-oahu-honolulu-hi)</center> I get off at a nonexistent bus stop *(Bank of Hawaii Downtown)* that I was told to go to which has no bank there but is a street or two up from the building I used to live in Chinatown six years ago. I am upstairs (12th floor) in our old apartment. Instead of transferring along the way to get to school a few minutes late, I go home to eat the breakfast I would have otherwise missed and accepted that I am going to miss a larger amount of my first class. My sister is sitting at a desk in the living room, eating out of a **happy meal box**. I don't recall myself eating. <center><br>[apartmentfinder.com](https://www.apartmentfinder.com/Hawaii/Honolulu-Apartments/Maunakea-Tower-Apartments)</center> Next thing I know, it is the middle of the day and I'm at a beach with a woman. I recall nothing else about her. The sand slopes downward into the shore, and there is a tree not too far behind where we are standing. It is not a palm tree. I am watching her place flower leis in rows, they looked like the dollar store ones in the shape and color (hot pink) but they were made out of real flowers. She made a remark that these were "$20 cheaper (each) than buying ones made with watermelon leaves" (which are not used in leis). Flower leis are synonymous with graduations, I have never attended mine. <center><br>[pintrest.com](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/569142471641417714/)</center> <center><br>[dreamstime.com](https://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photography-big-tree-beach-composition-seascape-as-sea-sand-submerged-rocks-image40775202)</center> --- ### What Are My Emotions? I've had my fair share of "End of the World" dreams, and this one gave off a similar vibe but more floaty—with a chaotic undertone. Although it became apparent that my dream was about me, I felt like the "me" experiencing the dream greatly differed to the me the dream was about. There were two people I didn't *know* and one person that I did. * The person that told me where to get off the bus * The person placing out the leis (A teacher?) * My sister (Who I haven't seen in 4 years) --- # About Dream Places From my experience, there are two types of places that you can visit in dreams. * Places you have been to before that are warped versions. (You can get a de ja vu upon revisiting, that it looks different. Individual details can be exaggerated or completely changed) * Places that **don't exist** when you are awake Fun things that are entertaining to note is that you can revist places that you have been to in your dreams before, and it's possible to map where they are in relation to other "real-life" places. When making a dream diary, **drawing maps** are also fun and can be used as a tool to experiment and play with later on. --- <center><br>[brisbaneeyeclinic.com](http://brisbaneeyeclinic.com.au/blurry-vision-could-it-be-a-cataract/)</center> # Dream Triggers / Reality Checks This is not as a *hotly debated topic* as I wish it would be. There are many things that are common that can signal a person that they are dreaming—triggers, that can help someone go lucid. Some of these are; * 4, 6, or a perpetually changing number of fingers on your hand * The inability to read the rapidly changing text. You read a page, look back and the whole thing is different * You can fly (I cant—only jump high and far.) What's interesting about this is that everyone has **different** dream triggers. When you write down enough entries, you will notice that there are specific and unique patterns to you, that can tip you off that you are dreaming. --- ### This Dream's Triggers: 1) On the bus alone (now revised to include daytime) Before this dream, anytime that I found myself alone on the bus at night could only happen if I was dreaming. I used to work an overnight job where I had to take the bus home between 3-4am every night. I haven't done this since I was 16, there is no reason for me to do so—when I do, I'm 100% certain I'm dreaming. 2) On the bus, I rode past a place that *only exists* when I'm dreaming, that I have visited before. If I could consciously catch a weird event while I am dreaming, the dream will either become vivid and has a chance at becoming a lucid dream. Recalling dreams may seem impossible at first, but by writing down anything you can remember, and talking about dreams when you are awake you can train yourself to recall your dreams better. There is no person that doesn't dream, it's just the matter of practicing the skill of recalling them. Thank you for stopping by, and hopefully you've learned a little more about the strange properties of dreams and the worlds they reside in. <center><br>**Would you like to start a dream diary too?**</center>
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