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    Cows in the Flowers; What is Spinning me in Bed?

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    The Sandman
    , 06-25-2012 at 06:33 AM (883 Views)
    Cows in the Flowers

    I dreamed there was an island of flowers in my yard. Three cows were on the little garden area. There wasn't even room on the flower bed for them to turn around, but they stayed right there.

    What is Spinning me in Bed?
    I felt as though I was spinning by the feet in bed. I opened my eyes (in my dream) to see if I really was spinning. I seemed to be in my bed straight.

    I closed my eyes again and paid attention to my body. I really started to spin. Not fast--I simply felt myself moving in a circle as though someone took my feet and was spinning me around.

    I thought it was satan, my ex step-mother, or my Dad. All should have been dream signs, and opening my dream eyes should have been a hint that I was dreaming. Oh well.

    Trying not to think about Satan (I don't believe in the devil iwl), I called out the name of my ex step-mother. I saw a silhouette of her, but there was a little light showing her dark skin color.

    I called out to my Dad.

    This is the third dream in the last few weeks where I kind of knew I was dreaming or that something was not real or not right.

    Dream skip

    I was at a party for a really rich guy. At first I was out doors. His property was huge. It felt like a college campus with grassy areas leading to a wall with a 2 foot drop, then a large walkway laid with brick.

    I ended up going with a guy inside. I had a beer that tasted like pink ginger-ale. We went in a room looking for something. I set my beer down, and when we left, I realized I had left my beer in the room.

    I went back to look for it and couldn't find it. I went to a back room and couldn't find it. I went back to a bathroom and looked around and finally found it.

    I then asked the guy I was with if he wanted something. He said he wanted a quesa dilla with four pieces of something. I then had a small, home made tortilla in my hand with 4 pieces of cheese. I went into a back bathroom to put it together with onion or something. My friend D's wife was in the bedroom. I was hoping she would show me a little something. She never did.

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    1. MrDreamsX's Avatar
      We went in a room looking for something. I set my beer down, and when we left, I realized I had left my beer in the room. I went back to look for it and couldn't find it. I went to a back room and couldn't find it. I went back to a bathroom and looked around and finally found it.
      As you know, I have a sneaking feeling these "lost and found" situations may dominate our dream lives. Especially in early REM cycles. But... seeing you are up to 173 dream entries, what recall techniques are you using bro? And how much reality testing are you doing?
    2. The Sandman's Avatar
      MrDreamsX,

      I'll try to remember when my lost and found dreams occur. I certainly seem to have enough of them.

      Funny you mention my dream count. I noticed just the other day that my count was about half of the days I've been registered, and I often remember multiple dreams in a night.

      I don't really have any technique there except that sometimes I'll consciously identify key concepts when I wake up, then I go back to sleep. When I wake up for the morning, I try to remember the subject of all my dreams immediately.

      Some of my dreams may not be that interesting, but I journal them if it effected me in my dream, and they usually gave me a feeling I want to remember if I dream at all. I think you told me I should journal everything for a year. I did, and now I only journal what is important to me...which is most, even if they aren't awesome dreams.

      I rarely do reality checks. I recently had a dream that I should have. I suspected I was dreaming and had an FA. I need to pay more attention during the day.

      Any reason you ask that last question? Do you correlate good recall with a better chance at doing an RC or becoming lucid?
    3. MrDreamsX's Avatar
      Well, because if you don't remember your dreams, you don't remember if you were lucid or not. But since your recall is so consistent, more reality checks should have a measurable effect on your LDs. I would love to see all the dreams that feature your childhood homes or old friends tagged or linked: "old reoccurring" or something like that..
      The Sandman likes this.
      Updated 07-08-2012 at 12:18 AM by MrDreamsX
    4. MrDreamsX's Avatar
      Also.. I don't see a cousins tag. Do you not have any dreams about your cousins?
    5. The Sandman's Avatar
      MrDreamsX,

      I have dreamed of one of my cousins I'm sure. I don't know why I wouldn't tag that. I have a very good relationship with the cousin I dream of from time to time.

      I'll keep in mind your request of old recurring homes and old friends.

      This is so funny. I just searched for a "cousin" tag, and found a "lost" dream.
      Lost all damn night ...just for interest sake.
      Updated 07-08-2012 at 08:25 PM by The Sandman (Added link of interest)
    6. MrDreamsX's Avatar
      I am being threatened by some criminal types. They are demanding all my money. I have a lot, but I tell them no, throw down a $20.00, kicked a couple of them and ran away.
      Oh yeah this dream! I love this moment, great diversion. If you weren't dreaming about your cousins, I would be perplexed. As far as recurring dreams/locations/people... They must be the door to remembering old dreams and motifs not accessible during the waking configuration of the brain. --At least 5% of my dreams involve childhood friends and family who are not deceased.
    7. The Sandman's Avatar
      MrDreamsX,

      Do you have a list of ideas that you track I have a really bad memory (Forget what you know about my dream recall.) I have to work really hard to monitor these hypotheses you put forth, but I think they are important to track, and easily enough measured.

      I have my own goals, but my personal interests are in inducing lucidity via Third-Party-Planned Game Induced Lucid Dreaming, and dreams infiltrated by speech--the latter typically accomplished by custom MP3.

      I'm also working on another project which takes much of my time and interest. It seems you or I could set up a spread sheet of ideas and predictions, to follow. It would be the only way I could follow all the ideas you have. Do you have some sort of list, or simply a good memory?

      BTW, I have to share something I read from one of my favorite threads on DV: "DC's say the darndest things." Someone posted a link you may get a kick out of. Sleep Talkin' Man

      Oh, and if you haven't checked it out already, do check out the DV thread I mentioned above.
      Updated 07-09-2012 at 05:23 PM by The Sandman