The Experiment

sounds like a plan, i’m in.

Fortunately, I experience lucidity in dreams on a semi-regular basis, but it began decades ago so I’ve had many total experiences. For me, so much depends on external factors such as schedules, other commitments, normal pressures of living in the city, etc. But if I’ve cleared all distractions and set my intention before going to sleep, I can become lucid.

A major goal for me is interacting with dream characters and it was only this year that I tried and succeeded in being able to read a document filled with numbers I was seeking. This was given to me by a dream character, one that maintained eye contact and answered questions. Finally a breakthrough!

I’m still struggling with lucidity and I’ve been lucid only a single time since my sign-up for this experiment, and the lucidity was low level only and I didn’t think of the experiment. If I manage to get lucid enough I’ll try to spread my password, no matter which night, hoping it will somehow live on there to be discovered by or told to another dreamer.
And yes, I do believe time and date doesn’t matter as much over there, as so many dreams have places of the past in them or people that are deceased in waking life.

I think the point of having it on one night a month is to really set your intention for it as it’s like…energy building…the great thing about LD’ing, the more you get excited about it, build up to it, the more intensely the dream world is felt because you notice it more, you make it important. But this must be coupled with a feeling of being fine with not having a lucid dream so you don’t end up being a self- saboteur…the dream world is already collective…the idea here i guess is to heighten those connections and then reduce that down even further to the exchange of passwords…it’s a great idea. So on the Saturday during the day i did lots of reality checks, meditations. I also set my alarm for 4am so i could awake and fall back into sleep using a meditation (in Charlie Morley’s book, a wild technique called Hypnagogic Drop In) which was good as when i woke at 4 I couldn’t remember my dreams but then when i fell back asleep using a conscious mediation, the dream world became fast and active. So look forward to the next one, put it in your diary, want to do it (if you really do want to) and i guess we grow from there. As a spontanious lucid dreamer, i could never rely on one night a month, so some focus and discipline is definitely without a doubt increasing the quality of my lucid experiences…I am getting better all the time.

Yes you have a very good point. I could spent more time during the day before on meditation etc. Go to bed earlier and set my alarm clock. It is my first day of the weekend and have some practical issues to deal with so I need to improve my planning. I know what works for me so dedication is key here.