Lucid Dreaming
Added 2020-06-22 09:38:22 +0000 UTCGood morning and Happy Monday!
This week is a full one for me. A lot to do in many areas, but will make July all the sweeter for it! I realised one of the reasons I feel a bit "extra busy" is because many of my friends are.. well.. not. They're still furloughed and waiting on their various industries to resume or Uni in the fall, etc.
Anyone else living the busy life while their friends look on?
If you'd like to be helpful, please realise that usually I'm not in the midst of a move/pandemic/new project and be a happy, patient person! I'm helping a newly-arrived couple settle and yesterday spent time refurbishing bikes (and giving lessons!). Dave, you'd be proud.
Lucid Dreaming File Disclaimer: This file is for cultivating the skill of lucid dreaming. It can increase the risk (albeit slightly) of sleep paralysis - a harmless event where you feel awake but can't move. A bit like a great trance session without the warm fuzzies. For most people this isn't a problem at all.
Polyphasic sleep patterns are said to help with lucid dreaming. If you're said to be a poor sleeper, you should look at up polyphasic (or other) sleep patterns. A lot of people I've known over the years have this naturally and historical literature also backs this up. One typical pattern is to sleep until around 3am - but up for a while - and sleep again. Others will go to bed early, get up early and then nap later in the day. Or spread short naps throughout their cycle.
Another way to create intense dreams? Quit sugar cold turkey. I supported a friend through an elimination diet to test for allergies. She did a whole-30'ish program and cut sugar, flour, beans, soy, and dairy (I think that's it..). I'm vegetarian, so I didn't cut beans because I'm too lazy to learn new recipes for a month.
While I didn't think I had a lot of sugar in my diet, I obviously got it from somewhere. By day 3 I had the typical sugar-cutting experience of dreaming about brownies. Gooey, chocolate, brownies. (And brownies are not even my usual, my snack food of choice is anything with a vinegar bite).
From that experience, I started to notice sugar in more foods (although that decreased moving from the US to UK). I also enjoyed a deep dive into gut biome literature and how our second brain (gut) influences a lot in our body, including mood. Finally, I learned that black coffee is just *easy* and if made decently, I don't miss anything extra in it. Best cheap coffee on the run? McDs on a busy weekday morning. Worst? McDs in the afternoon. Best sit-down coffee? Bialetti moka pot at home, with loved ones.
Finally.. I won't have a CtD today, noise is simply not allowing it at all. It appears a few people are shifting households in July now that it's permitted. Two other homes appear to be getting gutted and having new ground floors put in. It's great news that these services are allowed again -- it's not so great news that it's literal jackhammers taking up cement floors and chucking bits into bins. As an American, it still shocks me to see how the terraced townhouses from the 1800s get remodeled.
I have other sessions being QC'd that will be up on SbE prior to July, plus private files that I've been in contact with folks about..
But actual new recording will likely be on hold. I'm disappointed because Harry gave me a brilliant idea I want to run with -- but it'll need to wait. It takes a long, long time to record when life is noisy and it just leads to frustration. I'm giving a nudge to the new place to see if I can move in this upcoming weekend so fingers crossed there! I'm also ready to start the settling in process vs. the sorting through.
Mistress
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At the moment, this file is an incredible tease for me. Sweet torture! I could argue that I should listen to it as you created it (that's indeed an excellent reason) and it's just a lucid dreaming file, and I would love that so much. But, I know exactly where it all ends. I would immediately search for a dungeon in my dreams. And when I woke up, I would find a liquid mess (maybe not in the first night, but it would happen with high certainty). How could I pretend that I have not been aware of this? And, I would hurt myself as it feels so important to stay chaste for my Mistress.
SoVeryBlissful
2020-06-22 12:54:57 +0000 UTCYes, polyphasic sleep patterns help. I did this, but I did not know the term. I recommend everything which keeps the mind clear: regular meditation, no TV, no computer games, no alcohol. Once I am in a dream, I usually change it by searching for a door to my desired dream. If I don't find a door, I simply walk through a wall. Or, I swirl around until my dream becomes black and then re-establish my dream world by stimulating my senses: Rubbing my hands and looking at them. With some good luck, the new dream is the desired one. I don't do a lot lucid dreaming any more. My sleep is usually very peaceful (my brain is occupied by integrating piano lessons).
SoVeryBlissful
2020-06-22 12:36:53 +0000 UTCI see what you invest personally on so many levels (beginning with answering our messages), and I felt your emotional investments in my own ("own", hmmm, you own me) personal recording in so many ways. I have sent you a lot of input. It has been an overwhelming mass of text. But you took the time, not only to read it and create a personal recording for me. You have somehow "processed" what I have written. Your recording has connected to my deepest, hidden dreams and everything I couldn't express or didn't know about myself. I have some idea about what it might mean to you to "process" me, my feelings, my thoughts, or simply what I have written. But it's just an idea. I am entirely astonished, not only about the results, but about this idea how much you put into it. I truly felt seen, cared for, *and* dominated. You even went beyond this magnificent gift to me. It was so much more. You put a lot of yourself into the recording. I felt so very close to you. I know for sure that this is so much more than technique - even for such a brilliant writer and experienced hypnotist as you are. I think that your writing skills help with different parts of creating the recordings, but not for your emotional investments. I cannot put it in words. I simply marvel at what you did for me (and that's a point where I really feel an overwhelming need to kneel, and I do it here in front of my computer, writing to you, at least for some moments to express my gratitude with my body). And, there is something you should know: Other Mistresses usually take a few weeks or several months (sometimes more) for completing a personal recording (and matching the creation process with their schedule).
SoVeryBlissful
2020-06-22 12:25:40 +0000 UTCGood morning, Mistress! Happy our ever generous Mistress is giving us a window to brush up on training in preparation for what comes on July. ;) Hm.. that makes me think. I have a history of poor sleep due to waking mid-night. I'm actually having a weeks long streak of terrible sleeping nights. Maybe I should just embrace it and use the time for some book reading. I've read actually some stuff about polyphasic sleeping patterns being widespread in pre-industrial europe. People in Central/Northern Europe commonly used to split their night sleep in two to tend to the fire mid-night during cold winters, while in the South the afternoon nap was common to avoid working during the high temperatures and the sun exposure during the hot summers. Being vegetarian without beans would be really tough. I can't survive without beans and other pulses... especially since I've found that peas and fava beans go reeaaalllyy well with pasta (I also wouldn't survive without pasta). Pea & Mushroom Carbonara is my definition of vegetarian comfort food. I guess this counts as the usual Monday ramblings we've learned to love, but in written form. :P Have a great week, Mistress! Hope you can sort out your housing situation soon enough and the extra noise doesn't last for long - not only because of recording tasteful smut and other treats for us, but also because noise pollution is terrible for mental health.
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2020-06-22 10:39:39 +0000 UTC
