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    Obligations Are A Drag

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    Xanous
    , 03-22-2014 at 06:57 PM (604 Views)
    #292 - DILD - Time?

    I blew past my WBTB and woke some time later. I didn't check the clock but it was turning light outside. I decided to focus on lucidity not really sure what tech to use. I fell asleep almost instantly but still managed a DILD. It was short and I almost forgot it but I was pleased I didn't need supplements for once.

    I am in some building that looks like a mixture of my house and some office building with huge open windows. There are several levels and I make my way to ground floor. I am with some people discussing business and I find myself wishing I was in a dream. I look out the glass and see a serene view of a vast lake. I think how nice it would be to phase out and fly away from this boring conversation.

    Slowly, I convince myself that I am, in fact, dreaming right now. I feel attached my obligations of the moment and almost have to lie to myself that it was all a dream and the men in suits no longer matter. I force myself to just let go and believe. I feel unsure as I risk looking crazy heading for the large wall of glass. I easily float up, phase through the window, and rise into the sky. Fully believing now, I become giddy and dive back into the room past the people and out through the window on the other side of the building. I do this several times until I decide to really go flying. Once up a ways, I lose my scene of direction and find myself lost in a type or blurry void. I wonder if I should go back into the building and interact with someone to stabilize but the dream collapses and I settle in to DEILD. Unfortunately, I fail and only remember a few vivid non lucid fragments for rest of the morning.
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    Updated 03-24-2014 at 03:00 AM by 5967

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    1. CanisLucidus's Avatar
      Nice, man! I can't tell you how many boring work dreams I was having about a year ago that I would have loved to become lucid and escaped like this. It's so hard to shake that sense of obligation and "being busy" because it feels so real in the dream. Good job managing to look past that so you could have this cool LD.

      If only waking life were so easy!
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    2. gab's Avatar
      Haha, true that, canislucidus!

      I recently started new work, and I have tons of work dreams. So i started RCing heavily in hopes of getting lucid in at least some of them. It's fun to look at my bosses and customers and think "just wait till I get lucid, I'm outta here"!

      @xanous - dat flying! It sure is great. I had to start a mantra "walk, don't fly", because the urge to fly is so strong in 99% of my lucids, that I rarely get to do anything else, such a simply walking down a street.
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    3. Xanous's Avatar
      Haha CL and Gab! I had a nice galantamine ride this morning and 3 of my 4 LDs were work related in some way. I've been trying to use work as a huge RC but it's so hard to be aware while focusing on work. Maybe it's paying off in some way.

      It's fun to look at my bosses and customers and think "just wait till I get lucid, I'm outta here"!
      I think this all the time! Oh you no longer matter. Bye. Yeah that would be nice.

      If only waking life were so easy!
      I totally wish it were! This pesky physical existence is so persistent!

      @xanous - dat flying! It sure is great. I had to start a mantra "walk, don't fly", because the urge to fly is so strong in 99% of my lucids, that I rarely get to do anything else, such a simply walking down a street.
      I get that way a lot myself. The problem is I am horrible at flying unless I am non lucid. If I don't keep the ground in sight I seem to lose my sense of direction and the dream crashes. I am better at staying low or "Hulk Jumping" or just avoiding it all together. I have actually focused more on just walking, mostly when I have OBE type of dreams, it can be really nice just going for a walk and even better when I run. I always feel like I could actually be in shape or something because running is so effortless in my dreams.
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      Updated 03-23-2014 at 03:37 PM by Xanous
    4. NyxCC's Avatar
      Nice one! This is one of the benefits of lding. It gives you the opportunity to reduce the time spent mentally in the office whether it is reality or a dream.
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    5. CanisLucidus's Avatar
      @gab - Ha, that's perfect. I know exactly the feeling you're talking about. It's sad to say this, but one of the more vivid non-lucids I ever had was of being stuck in this interminable, boring meeting where I just could not wait for it to be over. It went on and on and could have turned into a super-long lucid if I'd only had the attitude you're cultivating right now!

      @Xanous - Whoa, congrats on the galantamine super-ride! Can't wait to hear about it!

      Quote Originally Posted by NyxCC
      It gives you the opportunity to reduce the time spent mentally in the office whether it is reality or a dream.
      That's right, put that daydreaming to good use!
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