My Lucid Dreaming Journey Day 19 - Spending Quality Time With Homer Simpson!
I Slept For 12 Hours...
Yesterday I was really really tired... I even went to sleep 1 hours earlier than usual, because I was about to fall asleep while I was watching TV.
I don't watch TV very often, but I was just too tired to do anything else.
I set my alarm to wake me up 2 hours before I usually wake up, and went to sleep. I fell asleep in a matter of seconds. Like seriously... IN SECONDS!
I was this tired...
Anyway, I didn't dream anything until I woke up by alarm. I woke up still really tired. I tried doing the FILD method, but I just fell asleep really quickly.
So, one more day where I had no progress with lucid dreaming! Hopefully this night I will have some nice experiences...
Anyway, when I woke up at my usual time, I still felt tired! Gosh, I couldn't lift my head of my pillow. I continued sleeping. I got out of bed after a total of 12 hours of sleep.
Haha, spend half of my day sleeping.
I did have some fun dreams though... I only wish that I would realize I'm dreaming sometimes, because it never happened yet. I only managed to have lucid dreams only through the FILD method, because you go straight into a dream.
I'm doing 30-50 reality checks every day, but I never did one in a dream. But I won't stop doing them, because I know it will start doing it in my dreams sooner or later!
Homer Must Eat!
In my first dream, I've was dreaming about Homer Simpson! I was just hanging out with him...
We both went to a restaurant. The funny thing is... He ordered 2 of everything on the menu. 2 OF EVERYTHING.
The waitress was like, "so, how many people will be eating this?". And he said he's gonna it all of it alone. The waitress's jaw simply dropped to the ground.
And I'm not joking. It literally went all the way to the ground. Well, it was a dream, so why not?
Shortly after, the table was full of food. Homer was eating everything like crazy. I only got a few bites of the food before he finished all of it.
Lol, that was quite a weird dream.
Then I had another dream. I went into a magical forest with my friend. We just went for a walk to chill out. The colors were so amazing! Everything was so bright and beautiful.
The air was so fresh and each breath felt like I was breathing in magic! It's really hard to explain, but it felt awesome.
When we went back home, I immediately went to his place again and asked if he wanted to return there. I don't remember if we actually went into the forest again.
Some Dream Interpretations
I never normally did this before I started this journey, but I think it's going to be fun to check out what my dreams mean, since I'm getting more involved with them.
I don't necessarily believe the interpretations, but it's a great way to get even more immersed into the dream world.
So, I was dreaming of a cartoon character - Homer Simpson. What could that possibly mean? This is what I've found:
When you see a specific cartoon character in your dreams, it may mean that there is someone in your life who shares some of the same characteristics as the cartoon. In fact, it may even be you who has the cartoon characteristics. (source)
Well, I'm really not aware of anyone in my life who shares the same characteristics as Homer. And I'm absolutely certain it is not me who's similar to him! Haha...
Then, I was dreaming about walking around in a magical forest. What could that possibly mean? Here's what I've found:
In regards to the spiritual meaning of this dream a forest often symbolizes spiritual enlightenment as your soul is entering areas that have yet to be explored. It is important to recognize that you should be working towards what you want from life. (Source)
That could be potentially right. I have been on a spiritual journey for quite some time now. It's a never ending journey and there's always new areas to explore. While I'm far from being enlightened, I'm definitely entering new areas.
Especially when it comes to lucid dreaming (which is spirituality). It's a new land for me. A new area that I have no experience, but I'm trying my best to explore and learn more about it.
I'll stop with the interpretations and end this post. At the end of each post I'll include my first post (down below) about this journey as it explains why and how I'm doing this! (Full Post Here)
I Will Be Doing This Every Day!
The main reason I want to start lucid dreaming, is for self improvement. I've been reading a lot about it and studies have shown that you can actually improve certain abilities by doing it in your dreams. For example, if you wan't to learn a foreign language, you can practice it in your dreams. Since you're working with your subconscious mind while you're sleeping, you might find out that you know words that you were never aware of while conscious. It's really all up to your creativity to what you wanna learn and improve upon in your dreams. Is it basketball that you want to become better at? You can do that! Do you want to become a better fucker? Nobody is holding you back! Just make a nasty slut appear in front of you and do whatever you want with her! Apparently while sleeping, the neural pathways engaged in the activity are strengthened, and not only imagined or visualized. To achieve lucid dreaming, a lot of action has to be taken. Well... Some find it really easy to lucid dream, but most have to achieve it the hard way. It's really important to think about lucid dreaming throughout the day. This way you're telling your subconscious mind that this is what you're focusing on and what you want, thus it gives you the access to control the dream world. There are quite a few things I will be doing in order to achieve this goal! So, first of all, I will be posting my whole lucid dreaming journey here on Steemit every day. I will be writing down all of my dreams on a journal. A dream journal is basically essential if you want to achieve lucid dreaming. I will do at least 30-50 reality checks every day. Have a sleeping rhythm. That means I will be going to sleep at the same time every night. I'll also wake up at the same time every morning as well. I will also experiment with some techniques to induce lucid dreams. I won't look at any screens (computer, TV or even phone) 30-60 minutes before bed, because I've read that this helps a lot. For those 30-60 minutes I will be meditating. Talk, read and think about lucid dreaming constantly. Occasionally I will listen to lucid dreaming binaural beats and hypnosis. I will use an app called Awoken. This app is designed to help you achieve lucid dreaming. It reminds you to do reality checks throughout the day and it has a dream journal, which is where I will be writing down all my dreams when I wake up. I will experiment with the supplement called Dream Leaf, I already ordered it and I will use it when it arrives. I will take it only once or at most twice every week to see if it changes anything about my dreams and the ability to become lucid.
Tracking All My Progress!
So, like I've mentioned before, I will be tracking all my progress and I'll be posting about it every day here on Steemit. Also, after I achieve lucid dreaming, I won't stop posting about my experiences for some time still. When I achieve my goal, I will be writing down a lot of experiences that I have inside the dream world, and I'll experiment if it's actually possible to improve real life skills while sleeping. I set a personal goal to achieve lucid dreaming within 30 days starting today. I'm really excited and hopefully I'll be able to do that even faster than 30 days! This is not the first time I try to achieve lucid dreaming, but I never took it seriously and I was too inconsistent, so I never even came close to becoming lucid. But this time I'm gonna SMASH it and record the whole journey on this blockchain!
I'm going to lucid dream tonight!
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This week's posts:
My Lucid Dreaming Journey Day 18 - Didn't Have Time...
My Lucid Dreaming Journey Day 17 - Didn't Sleep All Night...
My Lucid Dreaming Journey Day 16 - How Do I Get Out?
My Lucid Dreaming Journey Day 15 - More Zombie Dreams!
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I'm trying to do my best, even though my family situation is quite rough right now...
There are ups and downs. At least that's what I'm telling myself. I guess we have to learn something from each situation. I know it's tough but sometimes you have to be rough.
There's always something to learn from every situation :)
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