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    Dive Bomber in Darkness

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    CanisLucidus
    , 07-08-2013 at 06:07 PM (838 Views)
    Color legend: Non-dream Dream Lucid

    Lucid #116: Dive Bomber in Darkness

    I'm walking out of the lobby of a hospital, some important errand on my mind. When I head through the bank of automatic doors into the night, I'm confronted by a huge crowd of reporters and spectators that are hanging around like something important is about to happen. Is this a dream? Yes.

    Looking into the crowd, I see my high school physics teacher, "Mrs. C". I walk up to her. "[Mrs. C]! I know that you've been waiting, like, forever for me to go on Draw Something. Sorry about that. How have you been doing?"

    "Oh, that's all right!" she says. "My wife and I have been doing great." This is strange -- Mrs. C has a husband, not a wife. He even came by the school a couple of times.

    "Well it was good talking to you," I say, and I step back from the crowd a bit, thinking about my next move. I remember wanting to go to Angel Falls so I decide that'll be my goal for this dream.

    But just as I'm making my plans, I notice that one of the reporters standing nearby is extremely attractive. She's about 30, probably half-Asian, and lightly freckled. I start thinking very sexy thoughts before catching myself -- if I approach her, I know for sure that the dream will only head one way (and not to Angel Falls.) I back quickly away, my mind still going sexytime. The reporter stops speaking into her microphone, looks directly at me and says, "I think I love you."

    I put out my hands and kind of wave them around. "No! No, you don't! I'm sorry, that was my fault!" Immediately she returns to what she was doing, forgetting all about me.

    Okay, Angel Falls. I scan the horizon but there's nothing to really use. I could just start flying and try to work from there... As I'm planning, I start thinking about the good-looking reporter again. Okay, I really need to get out of here...

    I allow myself just a moment to imagine that the top of Angel Falls is right behind me. Then I fling myself backwards as if I'm jumping off of a cliff, imagining myself going over the falls. There's a weird moment where I'm stuck upside down, my head sort of embedded in the sidewalk. After a couple of awkward seconds like this, I wind up in the void.

    I rub my hands together, then imagine that I'm falling along the falls. Almost immediately I feel the spray of water against my face and arms. I point myself facefirst at the ground, arms tight to my sides. Air rushes past my skin as I gather speed. I feel myself going faster and faster, air filling my mouth. I keep "falling" like this for at least 30 seconds, and the sensation is so awesome that I don't even mind not having visuals.

    I feel amused that "Angel Falls" is so incredibly high that I can skydive like this from it. I wonder how long this can go on. Even though I'm enjoying myself immensely falling through the darkness like this, I know that I need visuals to complete the task. I try to focus on what this should all look like but the intensity of the rest of the experience has me a bit distracted.     The dream ends before I can make it all come together.
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    Comments

    1. bemistaken's Avatar
      One word: "SWEET!"
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    2. NyxCC's Avatar
      Really cool experience! And congrats on resisting the sexy reporter!

      The reporter stops speaking into her microphone, looks directly at me and says, "I think I love you."
      This was very funny!

      By the way, I once ended up spinning by myself in the void for a very long time. I kind of enjoyed it but then got paranoid that it might screw my body or whatever, so instead of waiting to see what happens next, forced myself to wake up. There's no end to paranoia.
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    3. VagalTone's Avatar
      very enjoyable to read
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    4. CanisLucidus's Avatar
      @NyxCC - Thanks! And yeah, I really got a kick out of the reporter saying that, more after the fact than anything. It's amazing how you can almost... lose control of your dream control, if that makes any sense.

      I'm glad that the paranoia isn't an affliction that's unique just to me. I need to remember to take the time to remind myself how much control I have and that I'm always perfectly safe. I mean, I get it, but it can be a challenge keeping that internalized as you go through all of these amazing, weird experiences.

      I guess you visualized yourself waking up twisted like a pretzel?

      @VagalnTone - Thanks, I appreciate it! Glad you enjoyed.
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    5. NyxCC's Avatar
      @NyxCC - Thanks! And yeah, I really got a kick out of the reporter saying that, more after the fact than anything. It's amazing how you can almost... lose control of your dream control, if that makes any sense.
      Haha, it makes perfect sense! And I think sexy DCs are harder to ignore even when compared to chasers, because you can almost modify and stop a chaser, but to stop yourself or someone sexy - that's very challenging
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    6. CanisLucidus's Avatar
      Exactly!! When it's a chaser you can at least externalize the pursuer and try to change them in some way. But when the problem is yourself and the direction your dreaming brain is taking things, it feels so much trickier!

      Of course, they're both "you" and they're both your thoughts but it's hard to see it that way. In both cases, it's about diverting or ignoring some runaway train of thought. I've practiced putting threatening dream figures out of my mind (with mixed success). With practice, the same thing should hopefully work with the cute ones.
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    7. NyxCC's Avatar
      Exactly!! When it's a chaser you can at least externalize the pursuer and try to change them in some way. But when the problem is yourself and the direction your dreaming brain is taking things, it feels so much trickier!
      I agree! It is very tricky.

      Of course, they're both "you" and they're both your thoughts but it's hard to see it that way. In both cases, it's about diverting or ignoring some runaway train of thought. I've practiced putting threatening dream figures out of my mind (with mixed success). With practice, the same thing should hopefully work with the cute ones.
      It’s interesting how lds have made me look at non-lds in a totally different light. Now I know I am actively/passively creating this world. Like when I am in one of those paranoid moods I would look at a door and think in the non-ld “Omg, it’s coming!” and sure enough, it is coming as I am so causing it. And out of habit I would do that in lds too, but interestingly enough I didn't know that before I paid attention during lds. Or those wonderful dreams where you happen to be in a good mood and expect to see something fantastic and there it is. Then in the ld I am trying to reverse bad habits – learn to ignore the unpleasant and summon something nice or at least useful. This reminds me of a sentence I read in Dream yoga and practice of natural light (that I still have to finish). Systematically reverse everything. Maybe that’s the key.

      I remember gab’s advice for dealing with chasers - hug them, but as experience shows this might turn against you as well. Lol! But as you said, let’s hope that just like you did in this dream here, we will be better able to control ourselves and our DCs be they scary or sexy.
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    8. CanisLucidus's Avatar
      You're so right about the NLDs! Spending more time thinking about and practicing dream control helps a ton with deconstructing non-lucids and where they're coming from. I'm glad you pointed that out.

      Come to think of it, I can think of lots of times lately where I've typed up something that happened in an NLD and I can trace so many things from paranoia/concern -> actual event that I must now deal with. I'm being a bit speculative, but it seems like a very natural and elegant feedback loop to allow the dreamer to face concerns and fears they might be unwilling or unable to face in real life.

      Heh, the hugging a pursuer idea is clever, but like you said, you've gotta make sure you go with the "friendly hug"!
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    9. NyxCC's Avatar
      I understand what you mean with the feedback loop. Sometimes all it takes is just a tiny daytime thought and then it immediately manifests in the dream. And if you really have an issue with something, it can bother the hell out of you during dreams. With regards to that dreams are a good indicator of what we need to work on irl.
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      Updated 07-13-2013 at 12:55 AM by NyxCC
    10. Xanous's Avatar
      So close!