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    11/22/14 I Can't Believe This Is Not A Dream! Many RC's, DILD

    by , 11-22-2014 at 10:38 PM (637 Views)
    11/22/14 I will see if I can do a written DJ entry in a quick way...trying to find a good balance. This "meditating" on my previous dreams seems to bring much more of my immediate waking life into the coming dreams somehow but it's only been three nights in a row so it's hard to tell if it could be some other cause and hardly conclusive. Leaving out some non-lucids should help speed it up.

    I am on the couch with my wife and we are cuddling and getting more frisky and we have a blanket and while I wasn't looking she removed all her clothes and I knew what was next. The visuals and the vividness are quite good with very enjoyable sensations. <snip********************************************* ************************************************** ***************************>. Next we hear the keys in the front door lock and my wife rushes to get up and brings the blanket with her and runs around to the hall to hide leaving me with just my hands to cover up. I find my underwear and put them on. My son comes through the front door. As I greet him I hear a hair dryer going in the back corner room which, in hindsight, the layout seems most like my childhood home. The sound is coming from the bathroom in the master bedroom and no one should be in there. I ask my son if he knows why there would be a hair dryer going in there, did he use the hair dryer in there but that wouldn't make sense why would it come on by itself as this whole situation seems more supernatural...I get the thought that I can't believe this is not a dream. As I carefully head that way to see if there is an intruder or ghosts or what, my mother in law comes out of the bathroom and it is explained supposedly. I wonder what she is doing here though. I decide to do some state checks as we all head to an eat-in kitchen area that is in the place where the wall used to be between our kitchen and living room. I try to float and it feels like I'm doing it a little bit but I start to doubt...could I just be imagining the sensation really well right now. I do finger into my palm and my palm is solid but I know that many times the dream will create that scenario and decide to push my finger harder and I am amazed as I can see the skin on the back of my hand pushing out in the shape of my finger. But then again I wonder have I ever pushed this hard...can I actually see the shape of my finger on the other side of my hand if I do it this hard in waking life? I then decide to do a floating back flip and this convinces me enough to say OK then I can remove my underwear this is definitely a dream. I look over at my son who has a normal waking life reaction like "you are crazy what are you doing" but then I look at my wife and she has a "go ahead, whatever" look on her face and that is all the confirmation I would ever need! Unfortunately all this buildup, and then full confirmation in my mind, kind of felt like a strong emotional moment and I think it woke me up or I was just coming to the end of REM anyway.

    I had several lucid just before waking moments after this that I won't count. 236
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    1. CanisLucidus's Avatar
      If I'm not mistaken, finger through the palm was one of the first reality checks that I used. I loved the drama of it and how cool it looked but I moved away from it a bit because of situations like this where the dream didn't have to make it work if my lucidity was a little dicey. Looks a lot cooler than the nose pinch tho.
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    2. fogelbise's Avatar
      @CL: It was cool to experience that whole "I can't believe I am not dreaming" > I am dreaming...but...and doing all of those different RC's and the palm effect was quite cool. I would like to go back to the nose plug but may need to use the simulated plug/breathe/I'm dreaming during the day due to a slight issue I have with actually plugging my nose and trying to breathe (I won't poison you with the details). I guess it feels like one of those where my brain chemistry probably wasn't helping but my awareness work was trying to peek through and was enough to make the difference giving me hope that if I continue putting in the work I can have more DILDs in situations where the conditions aren't perfect...where I have one or two of the three pillars in place and make it work...one can hope!
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      Updated 11-24-2014 at 06:35 AM by fogelbise
    3. FryingMan's Avatar
      Those moments are awesome, especially when you can capitalize on them. I had earlier this summer a "Boy I sure wish I was dreaming" thought in a dream, which stopped me dead in my tracks and a lightbulb went off, "How do I know I'm not dreaming right now!?" Nose pinch -> lucidity. The lucid portion was short but it was fun going through that thinking process in a dream.
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    4. fogelbise's Avatar
      @FryingMan: Exactly and it feels like an accomplishment. I love your example "Boy I sure wish.." I bet we could use this train of thought or make it a mantra for some of those interesting DC's! I sometimes use "if I were lucid I would..." in my day practices and which may play a part in by (personal boldness) initiated lucids.
    5. FryingMan's Avatar
      @fogelbise "I bet we could use this train of thought or make it a mantra for some of those interesting DC's"

      ExxxxACTLY