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    WILD, got stuck on the balcony

    by , 04-23-2013 at 04:32 PM (794 Views)
    Our guests woke me up again, I spent about an hour trying to fall asleep, my mind was way too awake, and when I finally fell asleep I got into some WILD/OBE thing where I couldn’t move much.

    Total sleep time: 6 hrs

    HI dreamlet1: Some woman, her face was colored black with something like tar. She lives in the woods, in a hole under the trees. A scary story begins about the holes in the woods.

    HI dreamlet2: I am an unknown street most likely in my home town, have different hairstyle

    Dream3 WILD/OBE: I am in my hometown again, in front of me are my guests. I am looking at my hands, some blue pink ghost like double layer is also visible. My hands quickly stretch out, a familiar feeling, they stretch into infinity, space bends and the whole of me is quickly sucked forward. I also feel my dream body detaching. A short moment of darkness follows and then I find myself on our old balcony. It is dark, there is some light perhaps from the moon. I immediately notice my position and feel my dream body. Instead of my feet being on the floor of the balcony, my midsection is where the floor is and my feet are below it. Don’t feel the floor, I notice that my position and state is somewhat similar to when I sometimes meditate – I am physically sitting, but feel the rest of my body is standing. I decide not to pay too much attention to that because I have to stabilize. I run my fingers over the surface of the balcony, very realistic. Everything is rather clear, but I can’t move my legs. I try to but I can’t.

    I decide that perhaps I should give my dream body some more time to adapt to the dream. I start rubbing my hands, now my elbows barely move! I decide to wait a bit, but black out for a second, then I am back to the dream still no improvement. I force my limbs to move, and I can feel a great force on them preventing them from moving. I try touching the wall again with my fingertips, but it doesn’t help. I look to my side, towards the end of the balcony and see many plants there, it looks like a small jungle, it is dark and there is a dark hole between the plants. Now, it is definitely not the time to expect something scary to come out of there, I tell myself. I try to be indifferent about it. I then notice that a song is playing “give me my love, give me my love”, a nice song, but then it gets stuck, the same part plays over and over again. I wake up.


    Comments and Analysis: I was worried after waking up that I have finally managed to mess myself up and instead of having normal LDs, the more time I spend in the void, the more aware I become of my falling asleep and will begin to get stuck more in the middle. I really hope not! Now, I feel relaxed about the situation, but am sure I will be getting more experiences where I would need to remain calm.

    The stretching hands and being pulled forward (not just the two bodies separating) experience plus ghost like layer is something I have seen before and I kind of relate to OBE types of experiences (if these can be differentiated from WILD). I can only say it is a different feeling altogether.

    Such continuous dream paralysis is not something completely new, but the only memories I have of it are when I was a very young. I don’t remember getting stuck in the middle of a floor ever.

    Some explantion why this happened: I am thinking that the longer time spent in WBTB, the more my mind is aware of my physical body. If I WBTB for 5 min, then I would transition to the dream much faster. An alternative explanation is that I am being increasingly aware of the void and this somehow affects me.

    Future strategy: I really have to write a few key words on a piece of paper so that I don’t forget. 1. Patience and detachment. I didn’t panic today, but the situation could have been different. 2. Rubbing hands 3. Try zooming into something else or 4. Try floating up?
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    Updated 04-23-2013 at 04:53 PM by 61764

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    Comments

    1. gab's Avatar
      If I have something I wan't to remember as soon as I become lucid, I use it as a mantra. That way I find myself still repeating it after I get lucid.

      I got muself stuck once. I was getting claustrophobic, god thing I woke up. I was flying up this white chimney and the opening was getting smaller, untill I was not able to move up or down.

      It just came to me, what if you changed the floor into water. I wonder if it would have helped.
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    2. anderj101's Avatar
      When I get stuck and unable to move, sometimes it helps to just levitate. Most often it turns into flying and I find myself able to move again.
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    3. CanisLucidus's Avatar
      I know it was a bit of a weird experience, but still, congratulations on this LD. I see lots of great ideas above, both from you as well as gab and anderj101. A few more come to mind:

      1. Do not look at the floor you're stuck in. Perhaps look up at the sky, removing all visual reference points. Now imagine the floor pressing firmly against your feet and yourself standing fully upright. Imagine this sensation in great detail. Without visuals contradicting your will, nothing should be able to stop you from getting the scene that you want.

      2. Imagine that the floor has grown soft and feather like a mattress. Again, imagine this in great detail to help make it real. Marvel to yourself how soft it is and how comfortably you can move and roll around on it. Looking away might help here too.

      3. If all else fails, look away and imagine that you've grown a new pair of seated or squatting legs out of your body. Once you imagine them, think of them as your only set of legs. Think in detail about what your new legs are feeling, how they're positioned, etc. Then just stand up.

      Good luck! And hopefully your guests let you get some good sleep from here on out.
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    4. NyxCC's Avatar
      Thanks for the replies and the advice guys!

      This whole situation is still a mystery to me. I am thinking that it might have been a physical/technical issue, where I didn’t properly enter my dreaming body. On the other hand it could have been part of the dream, but I don’t think I caused this with my expectations, I really felt my legs paralysed, most likely my real legs? Anyways, I get the feeling that I will have the opportunity to test out the advice received in the future.

      So to sum it up, if (or rather when) I get in a similar situation:
      - Look away and imagine to be at a different position
      - Change the surroundings
      - Change myself (how about turning myself into water or light perhaps?)
      - Zoom-move?
      - Levitate

      I really need to practice dream control until it comes out of my ears. You are right gab, I should add a practical mantra to help me with my efforts. Thank you everyone once again!
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