The Online Dream Journal Tutorial

This page will provide you with detailed information on how to use our online dream journal. If you don't see the gadget on the homepage, add it using the Gadgets main menu option to the right.

If you haven't registered with us for free, you can do so using the buttons in the top right corner. Only registered members can use the gadget because we store the details on our database against your username.

Setting Your Password

The first time you use the dream journal you will be asked to enter and confirm a password. This password is used to encrypt your data and protect your content. Note that because your journal is encrypted using the password, you will not be able to change it later. We do not store your password so if you lose it we will not be able to help you gain access to your dream journal entries. So, USE A MEMORABLE PASSWORD. If you don't want to use a password, leave the password boxes empty but still click the Set Password button.

Logging In

Whenever you arrive at or refresh the homepage you will be asked to enter your password before you can view your online dream journal. If you are leaving your desk, just hit the refresh button on your browser to return the gadget to it's login state.

Entering A New Dream

Hit the Add button to add a new dream to your journal.

Minimum Input

• Enter a short Title to help you identify this dream when browsing through your journal.
• Enter the Dream Text. This can be any length, try to be terse but include relevant details.
• The Date of the dream will default to today. If you are entering details of previous dreams, click the Other Details tab and enter the appropriate date.

Extended Input

Click the Other Details tab.

• Enter the approximate Time you had the dream. This may help you identify when you are most likely to have lucid dreams.
• Enter the Duration if you want to monitor any improvement in the length of your lucid dreams.
• Use the Lucidity Rating to identify if this was a normal dream or a lucid dream. This will help you analyse how many lucid dreams you are having.
• Use the Experience Rating to record how good the dream was. This is handy to find dreams that you want to read about again. You may have a fantastic dream which wasn't even a lucid one.
• Enter any other Notes relating to how you prepared for the lucid dream, your condition that night, or the results of any experiments etc.
• Mark the Techniques used. This will help you to understand which techniques are providing the best results.
• Select a Dream Exit Reason if you want to monitor what is causing your lucid dreams to end. You can selected an entry from your previously used reasons, or use the Add New button to type in a new exit reason.

Dream Signs

You can optionally identify potential DreamSigns. Dream signs are categorised in to Characters, Settings, Objects and Miscellaneous. You can identify new dream signs as you type your dream text by surrounding the words that describe the dream sign with square brackets and prefixing with the first letter of the category name followed by a colon. For example, central park is a Setting for your dream so enter [s:central park], a dog is a character so enter [c:dog].


When you save your dream, any new dream signs are extracted from your dream journal entry and stored. You can easily insert previously used dream signs in to your dream text. Simply position your cursor in the dream text where you want to insert the dream sign, and select the appropriate dream sign from the drop down lists.

The number in brackets indicates how many dreams the sign has appeared in. This should allow you to easily spot reoccurring dream signs which you should train yourself to react to with RealityChecking.

Browsing Your Dream Journal

After logging in you are presented with a list of your dreams. Click the column headings to order by Date (showing most recent first), Lucidity Rating (showing most lucid first) or Experience Rating (showing your best dreams first).

Hover your cursor over the lucidity ratings and experience ratings to be reminded of their meaning.

Click on a dream to view or edit it.

Filtering Dreams

You can filter the dreams shown in your journal in various ways. This is useful when searching for dreams, analysing dream signs or generally researching what is working for you.

• The Lucidity Rating, Experience Rating and Duration all allow you to enter a comparison operator. This allows you to filter items that are equal to, greater than, or less than the selected value. For example, you could filter all the dreams with a lucidity rating of 3 or higher that have lasted less than 5 minutes and then browse through the entries to examine the exit reasons.
• Optionally filter by a Date range. You can enter a start date, end date or both. The filtered entries are inclusive of the dates entered.
• You can choose to only show dreams that contain selected Dream Signs, or that you used selected Techniques with.
• You can also choose to only show dreams that match a selected Exit Reason.
• Use the Clear Filter button to reset the filter to default values, which results in all dreams being shown in your journal.

Finally

We hope you enjoy using our online dream journal and that it helps you to improve your dream recall and your lucid dreaming experience. If you experience any problems or have any suggested improvements you can email us using the address at the bottom of the page.

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