Hello all,
During the summer when I am off from school, it’s easier for me to continue my quest for lucidity. I have spent the past couple of weeks looking for all the shortcuts possible to finally have my 2nd LD (my first was sometime during the summer last year). I tried safe amounts of DXM, teas, and other kinds of foods, but with no luck. My dream recall is already not so good (barely remembering 1 per night).
So anyway, yesterday I was in the local supermarket and while strolling down the tea aisle, I noticed this tea flavor “Sweet Dreams.” It’s made by Bigelow tea with ingredients: chamomile flowers, hibiscus flowers, peppermint leaves, rose blossoms, spearmint leaves, spice, orange blossoms. So I bought a box (only $2.79) and decided to give it a try. I made the tea, drank it with some cookies, and went to bed about a half hour later.
From 1 AM to 5 AM, I slept a dreamless sleep. After I went to the toilet at 5 AM and headed back to bed, I can remember the ensuing dream. I was in my 5th grade class doing something and the teacher had walked out of the room. I noticed there was something odd about the other kids’ faces and found out I was dreaming. I thought to myself “I am dreaming,” but never managed to actually say it. During my first LD, I had said it out loud and was able to fly around for a few seconds before waking up. However, this time around I think I already knew I was dreaming yet had not taken any action toward doing something like flying, etc. Then I woke up at 7 AM and went back to sleep. I vaguely remember going into another dream, then waking up at 10, going back into the same dream, waking up every 15 minutes, and so on.
The hardest part for me is to recognize that I am dreaming. So I think this tea had helped me clear my mind enough so that I could do that. But what kept me from acting on it was probably the fact that I had no previous intentions before going to sleep. Now that one half has been taken care of, I can focus on the other half in the hopes of reaching another LD.
I’m going to drink the tea again tonight, hoping for the same effects. I hope some of you got something out of this, for what it’s worth. Any comments are more than welcome!
P.S.-I didn’t know whether this should go under Quest for Lucidity or Shortcuts to Lucidity, but I figured Shortcuts because it had to do mostly with the tea.