A free journal designed for dreamers in search of lucidity.
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"Follow its directions and you will be bending the laws
of reality while getting a good night's rest." - techTV
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 Journal entries
To create a new dream, simply click on New and select Dream.
Then type a title for the dream and write down as many details as you can remember.
To generate a list of common dream signs / category items, click on Tools
and then select Dream Sign Builder. This will chart the 10 most used words,
which can be clicked on to either be ignored or added to a category.
To create a new category item, simply click on New and select one of the
categories (Character, Location, Object, Action, Theme or Emotion).
Then type a title and description for the item. The Words field can be used to save words with similar meanings to the
item so that it is linked up with those words too. The words can be entered in a
comma separated list, e.g.: word1, word2, word3.
Saving a category item will plot a graph with each dream that contains that item.
After saving a dream, a list of unassigned words will be displayed below the dream that can be dragged and dropped
into a category, e.g.:
The cycles are designed to be played on a computer within earshot of where you sleep.
The trick is to keep changing the time when you start a file until you have a feel
for when you will be dreaming.
To create a new REM cycle, click on New
and select REM Cycle.
The Cycle Length field determines how
long, in minutes, a sleep cycle should last. On average, the first few sleep cycles
last 90 minutes and get shorter from then on. And the REM phase occurs at the end
of a sleep cycle. This is, of course, different for each person and different again
each day, depending on a number of variables.
The Sleep Cycles field determines the amount of cycles to graph and the total
length of the file. E.g.: 90 minutes × 6 cycles = 540 minutes = 9 hours.
To add a new file to a cycle: right-click on the graph and select Import.
From there it can be moved to any location by dragging the small “x” at the bottom
of the cloud. When you click on Play, the cycle will begin and as each minute
passes any files assigned to that minute will be triggered.
REM cycles and any other Lightened Dream files (.ld3) can be shared with other users:
right-click on the file in the tree-view on the left and select Open File Location
or Copy To and then Desktop to view the file in Windows Explorer.
Merlin is back, by popular demand. Merlin
is a Microsoft Agent character that can be controlled through a sequence of actions
and written dialogs that can be spoken through a TTS (Text To Speech) engine. The
idea is to design a bunch or reality tests (e.g.: What did you do an hour ago?)
and have Merlin play them throughout the day while you are working on your computer.
Then, you should eventually dream of them and hopefully realize that something is
different.
To play reality checks in the background, simply click on the Play button
while in the folder / list view of the reality checks. It will start with a random
check and then keep running at random intervals.
To create a new check, click on New and select
Check. Then click on Add Item and either select an action for Merlin
to perform or type some text for him to speak. Then click on OK to add the
item to the sequence. Keep adding items
Merlin might not run on Windows 7 machines out of the box. If Merlin does not work
for you, please read this Microsoft Support article:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969168 and request the correct installer
for your platform (x86 or x64) from here:
http://support.microsoft.com/hotfix/KBHotfix.aspx?kbnum=969168&kbln=en-us.
Or click on Help -> Support for personal assistance with this.
Subliminal messages can be used in the background while working on your computer
to display messages.
To create a new subliminal file, click on New and select
Subliminal.
The Interval controls how long, in milliseconds
(one second = 1000 milliseconds), to wait between displaying messages. The
Duration determines how long to display a message on the screen. A Transparency
value of 0 is completely opaque and a value of 100 is totally see-through.
Readings can be used to read text in a relaxed or meditative state without having to move to scroll or change the page.
To create a new reading, click on New and select
Reading. Then set the Interval (again, in milliseconds). Note: if
you click on the “Readings” label just above the free text, it will replace any
spaces with a new line – to quickly make copied text from a novel display one word
at a time.
Recordings are designed to be imported into REM cycles but can also be used to make
a quick voice recording of a dream for later transcription.
To create a new recording, click on New
and then Recording.
Then click on Start to begin recording any input from the microphone and
Stop to end the recording and play it back. Alternatively, the
Import button can be used to import any existing sound files (e.g.: mp3,
wav) from your machine. And if any text is type into the area below the recording
panel, it will be spoken via TTS.
The exercises are designed to increase lucidity and you should aim to do one a day.
Your progress will be charted over the months.
To perform an exercise, click on New and then select Random Exercise.
If you do not wish to follow the instructions right away, delete it. Advanced users
should create their own exercises. The drop down list with the numbers represents
the power of the exercise / how likely it is to help one attain lucidity.
 Dream Recall
If you don’t remember any dreams, simply think through your day backwards in fast-rewind mode within a few minutes
before falling asleep. Works. Every. Time.
 Why LD
If you have read this far, then what you are currently doing, how you practice lucidity
from day to day, is probably good enough as it is - what you need to change or improve
is why you are doing it.
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