A few says ago i was reminded of Lucid Dreaming when i was reading somebody web page of stuff. He posted his experience with flying and flapping his arms, mentioning it was silly, but it worked. That night i had an LD.
When i woke up i felt absolutely great. It was my first LD in a long time, and the first that lasted long enough to do something. That got me thinking, why did i have the LD? I wasn’t doing any RCs through the day, nor consciously any LDIT (Lucid Dream Induction Technique), i just noticed my watch had strange characters and made the realization.
I decided, rightly or wrongly, it was because i was thinking about it: I read it, i wanted it, i dreamt it. That lead me to the next step, making myself more aware by thinking about it more. I chose RCs and a DJ. Perhaps half-hearted attempts, but it hasn’t worked yet.
With all that in mind, i want to go a step further. A reminder to do RCs, and a record of what i have tried. Not just type it in somewhere, because once logged, it doesn’t mean anything to me anymore! Almost, inching toward a goal by recording points or progress.
For the RCs, i was thinking a firefox addon would work well (seems to be the dominant browser of the (very small sample of) people who downloaded at my avatar) which could popup a reminder every x hours (random) to do an RC and optionally require a typed in answer (to force yet another).
For the record, create a webpage to record progress, successes, failures, times tried, and so on, showing an overview of what i have tried, so i could see where i am standing, graphically.
The reason for expressing this here, is mostly to get it out of my head (writing/typing is an excellent method for that) but also to ask for others to comment on it. I am new at this; i haven’t even made it past my two weeks yet (i spent time on another board for a few days as well though), and i might be letting my excitement, eagerness, and newness cloud my judgement.
So, my question is, do you think to go as far as having a plugin or webpage is overkill for the average nascent LDer? Or, hmm…, do you feel it is likely that it would even help?
I am not necessarily suggesting i would go forward with the idea even if it is a good one. I’m just trying to get to “step two” in my head. That is, now that i have an idea, determine if it is a good one. (Step three would be: find out if it has already been done.)
Afterall, you said you’re new right? And not past the 2 week mark. For some people, it takes them a month or even months to get their first one. Look at you! You already had a few. So I’d say you’re doing a pretty swell job right now.
