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Just a short update post about Project Green Room, the shared dreaming experiment. Registration is now open for the project. It looks like it’s going to be a lot easier then the previous shared dreaming party. Right now the goal is simply to get to the green room, and try and see your partner. No lucidity, no password required. Those are goals for the next step, which comes once we attain the current goals.
-Hatter
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Dreamport is hosting another shared dreaming project, called the “Green Room”. I am helping run it, and I think this one has a fair shot at getting some half decent results. This time we’re shooting for easier to achieve results, instead of the long term goal. For instance instead of trying to incubate a massive dreamscape, this whole project is based around a basic room, hence the name.We’re still in basic planning stages right now, so stop by to the Green Room and join up.
Further bulletins as events warrant.
-Hatter
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I was checking the ld4all forums as I occasionally do, and I came across this exciting new technique created by Jayster. The idea is an old one, (alert yourself that you’re in a dream with outside stimulus) but the execution is a new take on things.
The exact method is still being refined and retested, but overall it shows promise. The idea is to wear a vibrating watch throughout the day and perform a reality check every time it goes off. Once you have a reflex established, it should filter into your dreams. So as you sleep, your watch goes off, and your reflex causes you to reality check in the dream. Presto chango, you’ve got a lucid dream.
Another forum member, Rarebreed, is working on creating a device specifically for this technique. It seems unclear if this will be available for purchase, but it is possible. More likely Rarebreed will post the steps he went through for anybody who wants to build one for themselves. There is also another watch on the market that already fits the description of the “lucid watch” fairly well, but it is priced at around 70 USD.
If you’re thinking that this sounds very familiar to the lucid mask project I did a while back, you’re right, it’s very similar. Here’s why I believe this has more potential for success:
This is a way to automatically associate reality checking with the stimulus. The flashing lights for the mask was something you had to ingrain separately.
An isolated vibration is a sign that you encounter rarely. I know, cell phones are a big exception, but if you wear the watch around your ankle or your wrist, you’ll come to associate it with only the sensation in that area, and how often does your left ankle vibrate? I thought so.
It’s fairly easy to fall asleep wearing. The lucid mask was abominable in this regard. Falling asleep as per the timer’s requirements, let alone staying asleep was a huge challenge. Sleeping through the night with the thing staying on your my was something I’ve only accomplished about twice out of my 30+ trials.
It’s highly customizable. You can decide how often you want it to go off, and for how long. This is important because it seems everybody has their quirks when it comes to sleep.
I’m looking forward to seeing how some other people do with this method, as well as Rarebreed’s progress in building a device. Perhaps this is a breakthrough technique, although I’m a bit of a skeptic when it comes to those at this point. This isn’t to say there aren’t great systems for achieving lucid dreams, (MILD and Infinity come to mind) but to say that are no simple, reliable, and easy methods for inducing lucid dreams, at least that I am aware of.
Let’s hope this is the first!
-Hatter
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I received a bunch of prizes from a contest Kris had run a little while ago. I’ve had a lot of fun experimenting with that darkness mask, it lets you do meditation no matter what the lighting conditions are. And with the meditation bible, there is no lack of different meditations to try. This was probably one of the better gifts I got for the holidays.
Thank you Kris!
-Hatter
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