Keeping A Lucid Dream Journal: Basic How-To And Benefits

Lucid dreaming is an amazing experience that anyone can have and enjoy if they know what lucid dreaming is about, how to prepare for a luciddream, what to expect from lucid dreaming, and what to do in a lucid dream. But what should you do once the lucid dream ends? What post-dreaming benefits will you gain from lucid dreaming? This is where a lucid dream journal comes into play.

Your Mind’s DVR

A lucid dream journal is simply your way of recording what you have seen, felt, experienced, and done in your lucid dream. Many people have amazing normal or lucid dreams and enjoy the experience while it is happening, but moments after they wake up, it is lost, and they struggle to recapture the amazing feelings all throughout the day. It can be quite a loss to feel that, so the best solution to be able to relive it is to record it ASAP!

Fortunately, it is quite easy and fun to record your lucid dreams; it can even be the first thing you do for your daily routine. And like any skill, the more you do it, the better you become at it, and the more you can enjoy the benefits of the lucid dream journal!

The Basics

We’ll have a more detailed guide on how to use a lucid dream journal to record your dreams in a future blog post, but for now, here’s what you need to know and what you should have:

1. Have a notebook, notepad, or actual diary (with a pen of course!) ready to record your dreams by your bedside within reach. It is important you can easily grab your journal as soon as you wake up because your dreams will start fading at that moment, so be quick!
2. As soon as you wake up, write everything you can remember. It is best to write them in the present tense so you keep the “moment” experience when you read them back.  Be sure to add as much details as you can. Don’t think about grammar or spelling. Don’t correct anything! Write things down!
3. Draw what you saw. It doesn’t matter if it’s stick figures or if it looks like a 3 year old made it. Dreams are mainly visual after all, and this will help you recall your dream when you read back.
4. Don’t skip a dream day. Write it down every time you dream, whether it’s a normal dream or a lucid one. This will train your mind to do it.

Oh, one more thing. It is important to have a dream anchor, something that will trigger your mind to remember your dream when you wake up. To do this, simply select an object in your room before you sleep and tell yourself that that object will make you remember your dreams. Always look at this object before you sleep, if you wake up in the middle of the night, and of course, upon waking up. Training your mind to do so will associate that object to your dreams, making you remember better!

The Benefits Of Keeping A Journal

The main benefit of keeping a journal is improving dream recall, and extending the experience of the dream into reality. Just like how re-reading a book or re-watching a favorite movie evokes the feelings felt when experienced the first time, only more potent and personal. This is most especially important with lucid dreams, as lucid dreams are of your own conscious creations, and like any work of art, you don’t want it to go to waste!

Another benefit is training your mind to be able to revisit your previous dreams, or at least, the theme of said dreams. Have you ever experienced dreaming about very similar places and experiencing very similar things over the course of your life? Imagine being able to consciously go back to those dream places when you lucid dream. The journal, with its records of details, will help you with that.

And finally, it also helps expand your mind. Making effort to recall your dreams, and the skills and the knowledge you have gained in those dreams, makes your mind stronger, its reach bigger than before. Think of it like bodybuilding, but for your brain. And the stronger your mind gets, the more potent your dreams and the potential they carry can be.

More details about recalling dreams and keeping a journal will be coming soon! In the meantime, enjoy this binaural beats track formemory and learning, which helps with dream recall. 

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The Dream Herb: Calea Zacatechichi (Calea Z)

The Dream Herb:
Calea Zacatechichi (Calea Z)

Calea Zacatechichi is for any courageous dream explorer who wants to experience a richer dream life. This dream herb that is scientifically popular to increase dream recall, dream intensity and an experience of the transitional state from wakefulness to sleep.

Calea zacatechichi is a plant from Oaxaca, Mexico known for its effectiveness on dreams. Conventionally, it is popularized by the indigenous Chontal as a way of dream prediction. A Chontal spiritualist would smoke a cigarette and drink a tea made from its leaves before going to sleep. The dream would then give them the answers they were looking for like the reason why a person was sick.

It is also known as the “Dream Herb”. It will thrill you to know that this plant is known for its ability to induce lucid dreams. During the night, the dream herb works its magic by creating vivid dreams and producing consequential insights for the dreamer. Calea Z helps elucidate the senses specifically the inner senses and induces a state of excitement. Other reported results include mild hallucinations and being more aware of sound, where it is coming from such as its depth and distance. 

The major effect of the Dream Herb is to increase the vividness and lucidity of your dreams.  Some effects of Calea Z occur in the dream world.  Consuming the dream herb before sleep brings on a state of relaxation, and can also help relieve you from insomnia. You might feel a slight loss of coordination due to deep relaxation the herb puts you in, so it is always advisable to intake this herb as your sleep aid. The relaxing effects can last through till morning as well. Calea Z will provide reflection on your dream experiences and the messages they transmit.

These are the proper methods of consumption:

Drinking it as tea. The tea gives you a relaxing effect and an easy way to get the benefits of the Dream Herb. This herb is really bitter. You can take it as tea with lots of honey.

Vaporizing or smoking. Vaporize the Calea Z.  It is significantly healthier and you get the same relaxant effect as in drinking its tea form. It will help you to increased relaxation and produced deeper sleep.

Ingesting Capsules. You could take this herb in capsule form. This gets around the bitterness issue and also ensures you take a specific amount. Find a supply of ready-made Calea Z capsules, or you can pack the dry leaf into empty gel capsules. Take1-2 capsules after 4-6 hours sleep. This gives you sufficient deep sleep before getting on longer REM cycles.

If you are a lucid dreamer, it really helps if you maintain your desired dream as you fall asleep, having ingested your dose of Calea Z.

Think of your desired dreamscape and direct your consciousness into that scenario, attracting all the senses. Repeat the affirmation in your mind silently. The next scenario will be a dream. You can breathe it in and out, like ocean waves softly caressing at the shore.

Try not to get too excited about the possibilities of your Calea Z dreams. Relax and enjoy the experience, set yourself with no pressure to achieve a life-changing dream or a reflective lucid dream. There will be ample of time to analyze and imitate on your experience in the following day.

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