I recently acquired for myself a Super NovaDreamer. I have only used it a couple of times but I am already starting to believe it could be just the ticket to transform some of the many non-lucid dreams I have into LD’s.
I will post occasional results here in case anyone is interested how I progress using the thing. I suppose first I should outline my situation as regards dreaming…I am not a frequent lucid dreamer…rather I have occasional LD’s and OBE’s. I do recall a lot of dreams though, and of course I would rather that many more of them were LD’s, hence my purchase of the NovaDreamer. When I say I am not a frequent LD’er, I would say in the last month I have had several LD/OBE type experiences.
Please note that when I say I have an OBE I mean I become aware that I am asleep, but instead of the realization that I am dreaming as in a LD, it feels like I am not in a dream but experiencing events seperated from my physical body in real time. Whether or not this is actually occurring is open to speculation, but for simplicity’s sake I will use the term OBE.
Anyway…the first night I wore the Novadreamer I had an interesting experience. About an hour or so after falling asleep I become aware I am experiencing the vibrations. I am lying on my side and try to force myself out of my body. This gets me nowhere, so I turn onto my back thinking that this may better enable an OBE. As I turn I am aware of the Nova goggles in front of my eyes, but I am also aware I am seeing right through them, into the darkness of my room. I can make out outlines of bedroom furniture, everything looks just like it should at night. (This is impossible in actual “waking” reality, as the goggles are not see through) I guess I am experiencing a kind of “astral sight”. I focus on the vibrations and feel my conscious self float out into the room. I try to go through the ceiling but I can’t. It is pitch black now, getting darker. I try to go through the window, and can’t. I am lacking power for some reason. Then I feel myself being sucked towards the floor. Realising I am losing control, I remember mentioning here in a post about being able to return quickly and easily to one’s body in an OBE. I think to myself now is a great time to prove that. I picture myself returning to my body and do so and then awaken in bed.
I check the goggles to see if they signalled that I was dreaming, perhaps that would have triggered the OBE. However I don’t think they had, though I was not sure due to only having got the device and not being fully sure yet how everything worked. But…I became lucid, and I knew I was wearing the goggles…seeing right through them in fact. However I only managed to float about my room…no grand adventure…LD or otherwise. But still… I am happy with this first usage of the Novadreamer
Now onto a few nights later. I have learnt a bit more how the thing works. I have scanned the course in LD’ing which comes with the device. During the day I have started to use lights as RC’s, to help me recognise the Nova-D’s cues. So I try it again. I awaken in the early hours recalling I had 3 dreams, and one had potential. In it I was sitting in a room with 4 or 5 people, and we all have Novadreamer goggles on. We tamper with the settings, trying to find an adequate setting. I am aware of a buzzing which the goggles give off. This goes on before I sink into another dream. When I wake up I check the goggles to find it had given me plenty of cues…but only in the one dream had I noticed anything to do with the Novadreamer, and sadly I didn’t become lucid. But still, again this looks promising.
So that is it so far, my first week using it, and on both occasions it entered into my consciousness in some form, although the first time was better of course. I am going to intensify light RC’s, and I am going to start looking at the course in more depth. I will keep ya updated as to how I get on… When I get the time I will set up the computer interface and see how that works too…that side of things appeals to me.
I realise all this may be beginners luck. But on the other hand perhaps not. Either way the one thing I know is that on first appearences the Nova dreamer is a fun (expensive though) and potentially useful device. Watch this space though…I may well change my mind in the weeks to come.