527-LD: Floating in city

 

5:12 am:

I spontaneously became lucid in a dream and then continued to wrap my hands and try to keep the lucidity going.

I was flying around or floating around in the city area and flying above the road.

And I was flying up and down, up and down like that.

So I went round and round like that.

Eventually, the dream finished.

526-OB: Bright light in mirror

 

6.00 am

Earlier, I did the Buddho mindfulness breathing to try to fall asleep.
When I felt that the mind was too restless and agitated, I switched to mindfulness of mind states. I said, “This is a restless mind, an agitated mind,” and just remained mindful of the state of the mind.

I was in and out of several sleep cycles, and I had the intention of doing the exit technique. In one of the sleep cycles that I had just woken up from, I felt that I wanted to give it a try.

So I willed myself to enter the phase state and just relaxed without pushing too hard. I managed to have the experience of the early-morning type phase state.

I then tried to rub my fingers, and it worked. I rubbed my hands and felt a familiar rubbery sensation.

Then I swung my feet over the bed, put them on the floor of my bedroom, and stood up.

I then walked quickly to the main door of my bedroom, opened it, and felt the door clearly. Everything was still dark.

I then quickly walked into the living room of my N-Park condominium and opened the main door.

Then I felt something, and when I looked again, I was back in my bedroom, I think. I peered at my hands. Both palms of my hands became visible. I looked at the texture, and then light and color appeared. Then the world appeared. The light appeared.

I was in my bedroom, and in front of me there was a mirror. I could see my reflection in the mirror.

I was standing there and kept peering at my hands. The more I looked at my hands, the more the color and the light on the world appeared.

Eventually the light became clear.

I then did a bit of loving-kindness meditation and radiated it to the world. Then the dream faded.

525-OB: Hugging Darren in living room

 

6.43 am

I did the meditation: I am just the awareness that is observing everything, and everything that I feel, experience, or think of does not matter.

It helped me to fall asleep several times, and I had a good sleep.

Before going to sleep, I also had the intention that I would have an out-of-body experience.

Then, coming out of one of the sleeps, I had the idea that maybe I should try something. I remembered that I used to imagine starting a motor to induce an out-of-body experience because of the vibration of the motor.

So I imagined that I kept kick-starting the motor. When the motor started, there was the vibration of the engine. That caused me to enter the dream state.

The vibration.

I could feel the vibration in the body, and I entered the dream state.

I think I rubbed my hands and felt a familiar feeling, and also a loud vibration. The sensation deepened by itself while I was rubbing my hands, and it continued to deepen.

I was in the house, and I could hear Adrian and Darren in the other room in front.

I did Buddhist recitations. Then I did the radiation of loving-kindness to the surroundings, and to Darren.

I hugged Darren and wished him well with loving-kindness. I also wished loving-kindness to all beings.

While doing this, I walked around the room instead of keeping still. I walked towards the back, and at one point I thought of going to the other side of the wall, where there was a bright outdoor area.

But then I turned around, I thought that I should remain in the same room, because familiarity would strengthen and maintain the lucidity.

So I just walked around the room like that, looking at the walls.

After finishing the earlier recitations, I then did the Buddhist mantra:
Om Mani Padme Hum, Om Mani Padme Hum.

I walked around while chanting it.

As I was chanting Om Mani Padme Hum and walking around the room, the dream faded.

I initially wanted to re-enter the dream because I could still feel the vibration — the vibration in my hands and in the body.

524-OB: Floating verandah covered grass

9.31 am

I have been practicing Ajahn Lee's mindfulness of breathing all night long to fall asleep and to relax. The method involves being very, very gentle—trying to make the breathing pleasurable so that the mind naturally wants to feel the breath. And it really works every time.

Then I've been having so many dreams, in and out and in and out—so many dreams. Before going back into sleep, I set the intention that I want to have an out-of-body experience—that I will come out of the dream slowly and then try the exit technique.

And true enough, after having many dreams, I found myself in a proper hazy state of mind and tried to feel my fingers rubbing. I managed to rub my fingers and rub my palms together, then rub the mattress of the bed, swing my feet over, and stand up on the floor of my bedroom.

I then peered at my hands and walked forward, and the world appeared. I was outdoors in a shaded area. I touched every object that continued to appear with my hands and rubbed them. I also touched the ground and could feel it. At one point it became grass, and I touched the grass and pulled on it. I was also floating around. I touched the objects around me as much as I could.

There was a fence. I went near the fence while floating around. Then the dream faded.

But just before it faded, I remembered I was holding something—an object. A brick. A triangular brick. I could still faintly feel the brick in my hands. Then I focused on the feeling of the brick, and I re-entered the dream again—holding the brick—and I was walking around once more. I could feel my feet on the ground, stamping on the floor as I walked.

I spoke to myself: “This is a dream. I am dreaming. This is a dream.” And I could hear my voice.

I was looking through the fence, outdoors, toward the beyond. Again, I reached a pole—a metal pole. And again, the dream faded. But I could still faintly feel the metal pole in my hands—the coolness and the solidity.

Based on that sensation, I managed to re-enter the dream again. The trick is not to rush out and record, but instead to try to prolong and re-enter. And it works.

So I re-entered the dream again. I could feel the pole. I rubbed my hands and arms down, and it became real. The whole world appeared again. I kept telling myself, “This is a dream. I am lucid. This is a dream. I am lucid.”

Eventually, the dream faded again. And this time, I let it go.

 

523-OB: Road with pine trees

8.19 am

Earlier, I did the Buddho Breath Mindfulness Meditation to fall asleep. Then later, I switched to dream yoga, reminding myself that this is all a dream.

I then went into and out of several dreams successively, reminding myself that I would wake up slowly from a dream and try to do the exit technique.

In one of the dreams that I came out of, I tried to feel my fingers using the exit technique. And I… I managed to feel the familiar rubbery sensation. I rubbed the right-hand finger and let it develop further. Then I rubbed the left fingers and also managed to feel the rubbery sensations.

Then I… as the sensation increased, I rubbed both palms together and felt the rubbery sensation as well. Then I rubbed my forearms of both hands and then rubbed the mattress I’m lying on.

I swung my left leg over the bed and stood up. I put my feet on the ground, on the floor of my bedroom. Then I stood beside my bed, in my bedroom.

I then touched the objects around me and also continued to rub my hands together as I walked forward. Then I did peering. While walking forwards, I did peering. I peered at the palms of both hands, alternately left and right, and rubbed, then peered, and rubbed, and peered alternately.

As I did that, the colour of my skin, of my palms, materialised. I could see it. Then around me, the world changed. The world appeared with colour and light as well.

I found myself outdoors beside a road, surrounded by pine trees. It was like there was not much light, probably in a cold country.

Then on the left, there was… I continued to touch the ground and peered as well at my palms, rubbing, not keeping still, not staring at one object for too long.

Then on the left, there was some kind of shop and some people there. I approached it and asked a man wearing a black jacket, “What day is it?”

He talked, he mentioned something, but I did not understand. I then continued walking and continued rubbing my fingers, rubbing my palms together, and continued walking.

I thought, “Let’s do loving-kindness.” And then I immediately, spontaneously — Om Mani Padme Hum — came out of my mouth.

So I did the mantra, Om Mani Padme Hum, repeatedly, many times, and looked around. Then from my chest, my heart, I radiated loving-kindness to the entire world, to the surroundings, and also to the entire world.

I turned around and around doing this. I also imagined Avalokiteshvara and continued loving-kindness with Om Mani Padme Hum. I did this for some time.

Then I floated upwards and then downwards again, and walked on the road. As I walked, on the right-hand side of the road, I talked to myself a lot.

I love being in a lucid state, in a lucid dream like this, because I know that I’m dreaming — or something similar like that — as I walk forward. I could hear my voice clearly as I mentioned these words.

Then from a distance, there was a car coming towards me. I floated up above the car and wanted to touch the windscreen at the front of the car.

And then the dream faded.

 

522-OB: Buddho breath in bedroom

 

7.57 am

I did the breath “Buddho” meditation all night long to fall asleep. Somewhere in the middle of the night, while I was counting the breath with “Buddho,” I felt the vibration and the phase state spontaneously arising as I counted and breathed. I just let it develop.

As I continued counting the breath and repeating “Buddho,” the vibration eventually faded. Then, toward morning, I was still doing the same meditation and fell into a very deep, easy, fuzzy feeling.

I spontaneously felt my fingers rubbing and experienced the familiar rubbery sensations. So I continued rubbing my fingers and also touched the mattress, then intended to put my feet on the bedroom floor.

I stood up and managed to remain standing. I tried to touch the curtain and continued to feel the rubbery sensations. Then I tried to walk toward the bookshelf in my bedroom. And the dream faded.

521-LD:Wrong outdoor of house

 

6.52 am

During the day, I practice dream yoga, recognizing waking reality as the dream state.

I had a dream where I recognized the dream state.

My wife and I were conducting some business in a terrace house. After we concluded the business, we walked out the door. Instead of finding the usual expected scenery, we found something different. I think we expected to see our car or something like that. But instead, we walked out and saw a completely different scene.

Immediately, I recognized that we were in a dream and became lucid. WP panicked and walked across the road. It was already night.

I said, “Don’t run there. Come back here. I will tell you how to get out of this dream.”

I held her close to me and knew that everything would be fine. I kept still. I knew that we would somehow return to the other side of the outdoor area where it was supposed to be.

After a while, the dream faded, and I woke up.

So I actually recognized the dream state and managed to wake up.

520-OB-Touch walls walking to bedroom door

 

10.10 am

Lying on my left side, I was going in and out, in and out, of several dreams. Earlier, I had formed the intention that whenever I came out of a dream, I would come out slowly and not move — to keep still and exit the dream consciously.

This time, after coming out of a dream, I kept still and did not move. I tried to exit gently. I felt the phase state was there, and I managed to imagine rubbing my fingers. I then rubbed my fingers and heard a familiar rubbery sound.

I put my palms together and rubbed them, feeling the same rubbery sensation. I rubbed my forearms on both sides, then rubbed my face and my body. After that, I rubbed the mattress on my right and on my left. Then I confidently swung my feet over and placed them on the floor of my bedroom.

I stood up easily. I rubbed the left window, felt the curtains, and rubbed my bed on the right. I walked toward the bookshelf, then rubbed the floor of my bedroom and felt it clearly.

The objects were still a bit blurred, and I intended for them to become clearer. I probably should have done more peering. Instead, as I touched each object, I told myself what I was doing — touching the window, touching the bed, touching the floor.

I turned right and walked toward the bedroom door, continuing to rub objects along the way — the floor and the left wall. When I reached the bathroom, I touched the right side and then the left wall. Just as I was about to reach the door, I think I slipped into a kind of sleepy, dreamy state.

My mind became too drowsy, and I fell into sleep. There was a loss of lucidity, and the experience faded away.

519-LD: Taking selfie with wife in legal firm

 

10:05 am

I practised oneness to fall asleep.

I was working in a legal firm and Wai Peng also. I was sitting at a corner table.

It was a huge office, and on the right of my table was an artificial grass patch.

I read the newspaper, Times, to understand some legal terminology.

And I put the paper on the grass, and then it was time to go for lunch.

And the back door opened, and there was a beautiful, long corridor of outdoors.

It was very surreal, and I was with Wai Peng.

So then I held the camera up to take a photo, a selfie.

But then the...

The aspect ratio of the screen was wrong, and I reset it.

But I couldn't quite get it right.

And then, suddenly, I realized this could be a dream.

I told Wai Peng, did you know that this is a dream?

And why? Because all the...

The dream world was like fuzzy and hazy.

So realistic.

And then I tried to adjust it and go somewhere to take a photo.

And she was walking away.

And the dream faded.

518-LD: With bicycle in N-Park lift with no buttons

 

8:56 am

I was practicing oneness, and I dreamed that I entered a lift with a bicycle, pushing the bicycle.

It's an N-park lift, and in the middle of the lift, I wanted to press the button, but there was no buttons to go up or down.

And then I felt a sense of rising panic, and then suddenly, I realized that this could be a dream. It was so real like I was actually there. And become lucid.

And I was so relieved, like that, I rubbed my hands, and then the dream faded.

517-OB: Office interview after exiting Regal hotel

 

9.50am

I was lying down in my hotel room, bed Regal Hotel, and I in and out of several dreams.

And finally, as I came out of one of the dreams, I remembered to do the exit technique.

By rubbing my fingers, and I continue to rub my palms together, rub my forearms, rub my body, and all the way down to my legs.

And then I rubbed the mattress, and then intended to swing my leg over and step on the floor.

And I did manage to stand up, and I tapped the floor, the marble floor, and then I felt the floor clearly.

And it was clear, I could see everything in the room, in the hotel room clearly.

And I also breathe in the smell, and also hear to increase lucidity, using all the senses.

I then walked to the door of the hotel room, and opened the door, and walked out.

And the moment I walked out, it was a different scenery.

There was a long corridor in white colour, it was very clear.

And in white colour, I walked to the end of it, and entered another room.

And inside I saw an office with tables and chairs, but there was nobody.

I was looking for people to interact with, then I walked into the next room again.

There was again nobody, and then I walked into the third room.

At this time, there were people, there were staff working, office workers, many of them, men and women.

And I appeared to be the boss, and I introduced myself.

I am Dr. Chin, and I can hear myself clearly.

And I then asked one of them, a lady, could I talk to you in private in my office.

Then she followed me, but I didn't know where my office was, so I just walked around, and found an empty room.

But there was a guy inside, and I said, please leave, I need to have an interview in private.

And then he left, and then she sat down on a chair, and I sat on beside her, and I ask do you want to

have interview with me. She looked away and said yes. I asked again, you want to have interview with me.

So I spoke to her and said I need to have resume.

And the dream faded.

516-OB: Talking to Chinese lady buying hawker food

 

9.40 am

I was dreaming of riding my motorcycle on Penang Road and then I became lucid and knew this is a dream. And then I woke up in bed in my hotel room, Regal Hotel.  I did the exit technique by rubbing my fingers together and then rubbing my hands and I also rubbed the bed frame.

And then I had the intention to stand up on the floor beside my bed. So I swung my legs over and stood up and then I felt my feet being planted firmly on the cold marble floor.I rubbed my palms on the ground to increase the lucidity. I could see the objects in the room clearly.

I then stood up and touched the objects and also the wall. And then I went to the window of my hotel room. I pulled open the blinds and I could see outside there were people standing outside. I opened the window and I climbed out of the room through the window to get out of the room. And in front there was an uncle and I tapped his back and I asked him: Are you OK? And he said OK.

And there was an Chinese girl wearing yellow t-shirt - waiting buying food from a hawker. And I spoke to her. She said she already had children. As I spoke to her - the dream faded.

515-OB: Fuzzy dark Regal hotel room

 

8.39am

Lying on my right, I dreamt that I was in the corner of a room, and somebody lifted up my leg and put it up in the corner of the room, on the ceiling.

And my face was facing down, I then suddenly realized that this is so strange, it must be a dream.

And I became lucid, and I then rubbed my fingers together and rubbed my hands, and then tried to do the exit technique from the bed in my Hong Kong room.

I managed to feel my fingers rubbing, and also rubbed my hands together, and I felt the familiar rubbery sensation.

I rubbed my foreheads and my face, and then also rubbed the mattress, and I wanted to stand up on the floor beside my bed.

So I used my mind to think of the floor, but my dream body did not respond to rolling over, nor sitting up and standing up.

So I imagined I just stood up already, and the room was dark, not clear, and I tried to peer with my right hand to bring in light color as well.

Eventually the dream ended.

514-OB: Two OBEs back to back in Regal Hotel

 

9.54 am

I am still in Hong Kong Hotel, lying on my right. I got up from several dreams. All the way, I remembered to do the checking for the phase state. Then I found myself in the phase state and I rubbed my fingers, rubbed my hands, and rubbed the bed. And then I took my time, rubbed my forearms as well. And then I took my time to slowly sink my feet on the floor over the edge of the bed.

And then I stood up, and then I walked around the room like this. And I was so happy. This is the second lucid dream tonight. And I was rubbing the floor as well. I peered at my hands. And the room was filled with light and colour.  [And I hugged the ones that were in the room, and I dreamt later. ] And that was the dream. I also had the same experience in all of my dreams. The dream faded.

Then I had my 3rd OBE tonight. As I lay down in bed and still had the same fuzzy feeling - so I tried the exit technique again. And I rubbed my fingers, rubbed my hands, rubbed my forearms as well. And then suddenly I kicked over the edge of the bed and touched the floor. I remembered to use my mind to move and not to use the physical body. And then I rubbed the floor. 

And the hotel room was a bit hazy. And then as I walked with this, I rubbed the floor. And I patted my hands, rubbed my fingers like this. And the dream faded.

513-OB: Rubbing grass lawn in Regal HK Hotel

 

8.19 am

I’m right now in bed in my Hong Kong hotel room, Regal Hotel. I’m lying on my right side.

I was practising dream yoga and non-resistance and mindfulness of breathing. I had a lot of dreams. And coming out of one, I remembered to check for the phase state and try exit technique.

Suddenly I found myself in a phase state. I rubbed my fingers, rubbed my hands, rubbed my face. Right after, I swung my legs over the bed and stood on the floor in the hotel room.

At first it was dark. Then I peered at my hands, and the hotel room became visible.

Everything was quite clear — I could already see things in daylight.

It was daylight. I walked around, touching the hotel room: touching the walls and other objects. I walked around the hotel room, my hands rubbing the wall on the left.

I felt quite happy just wandering.

So I walked around, touching the walls and looking right and left.

I went back to the large glass window on the right.

At first I thought I’d go through it — penetrate straight through the glass.

But then I changed my mind. I thought maybe I shouldn’t, since I didn’t know what was outside - and it would not help with lucidity. So I didn’t do it.

I turned left and walked back towards the bathroom area.

I kept touching things.

Then I found myself outdoors. There was a single-storey house in front of me. I was floating above the lawn grass. To the left was a paved road leading to the house. I touched the grass with the palms of my hands.

Eventually the dream faded.

512-OB: Rubbed Singapore sofa

 

3.42 am

Did mindful breathe relax technique, Reminders - this is a dream - not real - will pass.

In Singapore, in Adrian’s apartment. Lying on my right side, I felt the familiar phase state and thought, “This is it. Let’s do the exit technique.”

I rubbed my fingers together, rubbed my hands, and immediately felt that characteristic rubbery sensation.

Then I rubbed the surface of the bed with both hands, rolled over, and stood up on the floor beside the bed.

I moved to the left and rubbed the surface of the window, continuing to rub all the way to the door. As I walked, I kept rubbing the walls and sides.

When I reached the door, I tapped the wall and door firmly with my hands a few times, then yanked the door open roughly.

I expected to see something—but it was still dark, though objects were faintly visible.

I tried to look at my hands to draw in color.

After stepping through the bedroom door, I suddenly saw rich, thick color—like a developing Polaroid picture.

Then objects appeared: a sofa, some kind of glove-shaped sofa.

I reached out and tried to rub it with my hands. The dream faded.

511-OB: Rising frequency, finger rub

 

8:02 am

Practiced non-resistance and anti-perfectionism.
Then I was going in and out of two dreams, back to back.
After the second dream, I was trying to go back to sleep.
Suddenly, I found myself in the phase state.
I heard a vibration sound that was rising in pitch.
I could faintly feel the fingers of my right hand rubbing.
That was the exit technique.
I didn’t want to rush.
I let the thing develop.
Let the whole thing go deeper.
Eventually, it faded out.

510-LD: Long life with wife, old house

 

8.17am

I practiced non-resistance.

I dreamed that I was with my wife, and we lived a very happy life together.
It was in this house, and it was our home.
Inside, the room looked like an old, abandoned building made of bricks—old-type bricks.
There were windowless windows, two or three of them.
I was floating around.

Suddenly, I remembered that this was such a long dream.
I moved around, clapping my hands.
In the background, I was humming—or hearing—the song Auld Lang Syne.

When I became lucid, I thought how amazing it was that this was such a long lucid dream, and that I could still maintain it without waking up.
I went to one of the open windows.
Outside, it was daytime.

I touched the window sill, clapping my hands the whole time.
And suddenly, the dream faded.

509-LD: Meditate in hall spinning

 

9.31am

I practiced non-resistance.

I dreamed that I was in a big hall doing some meditation. I was kneeling down, sitting on my heels on a cushion. On my left was a Sikh man, and on the right was a lady. There was a deep, trance-like state, and I managed to get the meditation finished.

But then I found myself close to the man on the left, so I adjusted my cushion more to the right. I thought the meditation was over, but then I entered the trance-like state again. This raised my body—my body lifted up while still kneeling—and I fell forward, doing some kind of prostration on the floor.

I thought this must be some kind of advanced state, and I let it happen. After that, I sort of floated up into the air and began to spin in all directions. Then I began to spin clockwise, and that’s when I realized this could be a dream. I became lucid.

I then tried to induce an out-of-body experience. I clapped my hands and rubbed them and felt the familiar rubbery sensation. I then stood up on the floor and walked around. I was now in a dark room, and I tried to peer at my hands. I kept looking and gazing at my palms, and eventually I could see light and color, and objects appearing in the room.

I was now in a dark house. In the living room, I saw a table—a wooden table, rectangular in size, with chairs surrounding it. I walked towards the table, put both my palms on it, and started rubbing. As I rubbed like this, the dream faded.

508-OB: Peering at hands walking out of N-Park house

 

6.44am

Going in and out of several dreams, I finally found myself in a fuzzy state of mind, and I seized the opportunity. I tried to rub my fingers together, and it worked. Then I rubbed my hands together and felt a familiar rubbery sensation.

I took my time, slowly rubbing my hands and fingers together until the sensation became strong. I then rubbed my hands on the mattress and slowly turned my body to the left, swinging my feet over. I stepped onto the floor of my bedroom beside my bed.

Immediately, I rubbed both hands on the wall to the left and walked quickly all the way to the bedroom door, all the while rubbing my palms against the wall. I opened the bedroom door and walked out into the living room of my house at N-Park.

I peered at my hands, holding both palms face up in a prayer position. As I peered, I immediately saw color and light, and the living room became clear. I turned left and right, still gazing at my palms, observing them through my peripheral vision, softly illuminated by the color and light of the room.

I walked toward the main door and opened it, still peering and gazing at my upward-facing palms.

What?

I was not looking directly at the world, but using my peripheral vision. It was daytime, and I could see clearly beyond my fingers, beyond my palms, and into the world. I walked quickly toward the metal iron gates of my house and passed through them, my palms still facing upward as I peered at them.

They were facing up. And beyond them, I could see the horizon and the area extending beyond my sight—N-Park Condominium. I was turning left and right as I walked, and gradually it began to fade, until the dream faded completely.

507-OB: Raining near lift door of N-Park

 

6.53am

Lying on my right, I felt a fuzzy sensation and managed to rub my hands together, feeling a familiar rubbery texture. I rubbed the bed, then turned over and stood up on the floor of my bedroom beside the bed. With my left hand rubbing the curtain and my right hand rubbing the mattress, I walked all the way to the bedroom door and touched the wall of my bathroom on the right.

With my left hand, I opened the bedroom door and walked into the living room. Everything was still dark. On the left, I walked a few steps toward the balcony, but decided to turn right and walk toward the living room door instead. I opened the living room door. I was expecting to see daylight, but it was still dark.

I walked toward the metal grill gate and peered at my right hand. Light and color appeared, and I could see everything clearly in daylight. I touched my right palm to the floor, rubbed it, then walked through the metal grill gate and toward the lift. It was raining, and I was very happy.

I walked under the rain and waited for the lift to open. I pressed the lift button, and the lift came and opened. I walked in, the door closed, and I saw a mirror in front of me. I could see a Chinese-speaking face, which was supposed to be me. I enjoyed the reflection of myself in the mirror in front of the lift door.

I sang Auld Lang Syne. I sang and sang and sang while waiting for the lift door to open. At the same time, I rubbed my palms together, expecting the lift door to open. A few times, the dream almost faded, but I said, “No, no, no.” I continued actively singing the song and rubbing my hands, and eventually, the dream faded.