Clairity.. Perchance to Dream

[Clairity]

Thanks.. and I have every faith that one day you will!

[Clairity]

I have had non-lucid dreams these last couple of days that ended up being fragments due to my dog barking or my husband moving or my alarm jarring me awake. But I am noticing a definate dream sign for me which is "saving" people, animals, etc.. I seem to be the "champion of the underdog". The Kitchen Cabinets Dream: I can't recall alot of this dream but I do remember the last few minutes. I am with three other people.. two of whom are an elderly married couple. We are being pursued by armed men who are intent on killing us for some reason I can't recall. We run into a hotel kitchen knowing that our pursuers aren't far behind us. The elderly couple can't go much further. The older man has the beginnings of altzheimers and is starting to get agitated. The other man with us runs out and leaves us to save ourselves. I look around for someplace to hide and notice the cabinets under the kitchen sink. http://i349.photobucket.com/albums/q...HotelKitch.jpg I had often thought that that's where I would hide if someone were to break into my house (either the kitchen or the bathroom cabinets). I open the doors and realize that altho there are no walls between two of the cabinets.. if I totally empty out all the cabinets, there is nowhere to put what came out of them thus giving away our location. I make the decision to put the elderly couple in the cabinets and then try to block them from view with pots and pans. I help them both in but the elderly man is resisting. He starts to protest loudly that he wants out and I see his wife trying to shush him.. to comfort him into being quiet. I know I don't have much time and as I ponder what to do.. I hear the elevator "bell" and know that they are down the hall.. searching I open the cabinet door and tell the woman.. that they're here.. that she MUST keep her husband quiet. I see her eyes widen in terror as she grabs her husband's head and covers his mouth with her hand. Suddenly I spy a ketchup bottle on the counter and an idea springs to my mind.. an idea that will hopefully save me and also the hidden couple. I grab the bottle and squirt my chest and face with ketchup and lay myself face down on the floor blocking the cabinets with my body as the armed men enter the kitchen. I have never felt such fear. I purposely lay down with my face towards the cabinet doors so that they wouldn't see my chest rising as my heart pounded through it. I needed to breath but was terrified to do so. Take short breaths.. shallow breaths.. act dead.. what if they turn me over?!.. please don't turn me over!!.. what if they SHOOT me to confirm I'm dead!! OMG!!.. what if they can hear my heart!! What if they can see me shaking?!? I can hear the old man softly protesting through his wife's hand and I scream silently "SHUT THE F*CK UP!!" I can hear footsteps coming towards me and then stop. I feel a boot push at me.. and then kick me.. hard. The sharpness/unexpectedness of the kick almost caused me to cry out but I caught myself and continued to act "dead". I hear the sound a revolver makes when one is preparing to fire and my mind screams! Just then, a shout rang out from outside the kitchen.. they had found the guy who had run out on us! And just as quickly as they had entered the kitchen, the armed men left it going out the oposite door that they had come in through. I lay there for just a split second debating if I should get up now or wait in case they were to come right back in. Plus I couldn't see if there might be someone in the doorway who could still see me. A muffled sound from the cabinets made up my mind for me. I sprang up.. opened the cupboard door and quietly placed the pots/pans blocking the couple on the counter. I reached in and helped the woman out and then we both reached in and grabbed her husband. Without a word.. we all ran through the doors towards the elevators. I frantically pushed on the up button and the doors opened immediately! Just as we were safely inside.. my husband turned in his sleep, bumping into me and jarring me awake!

[Sanquis]

But I am noticing a definate dream sign for me which is "saving" people, animals, etc.. I seem to be the "champion of the underdog". SUPER CLAIRITY TO THE RESCUEEEE! xD Suddenly I spy a ketchup bottle on the counter and an idea springs to my mind.. an idea that will hopefully save me and also the hidden couple. I grab the bottle and squirt my chest and face with ketchup and lay myself face down on the floor blocking the cabinets with my body as the armed men enter the kitchen. Hahahahahahahaha. Clairity covering herself in ketchup... didn't your Mom tell you it doesn't look ANYTHING like blood? =P I can hear the old man softly protesting through his wife's hand and I scream silently "SHUT THE F*CK UP!!" Screaming silently? Well at least cussing gets to the elderly to be quiet! Nice dream. Its like a comedy gone wrong =P Oh and the 3rd dude who ran away is a moron. He should have stayed and done something more DC-like. Like perhaps attacking your pursuers with pots and pans XD

[Clairity]

SUPER CLAIRITY TO THE RESCUEEEE! xD Yeah.. I try! Hahahahahahahaha. Clairity covering herself in ketchup... didn't your Mom tell you it doesn't look ANYTHING like blood? =P In the dream world it looked real enough! Screaming silently? Well at least cussing gets to the elderly to be quiet! I did what I could at the time! Nice dream. Its like a comedy gone wrong =P You found this dream to be a comedy?? I didn't find anything funny about it.. but maybe you had to be there. Oh and the 3rd dude who ran away is a moron. He should have stayed and done something more DC-like. Like perhaps attacking your pursuers with pots and pans XD Pots and pans versus guns??

[Oneironaut Zero]

Ooh. That was pretty intense. Hooray for quick thinking!

[The Cusp]

I have never felt such fear. I purposely lay down with my face towards the cabinet doors so that they wouldn't see my chest rising as my heart pounded through it. I needed to breath but was terrified to do so. Take short breaths.. shallow breaths.. act dead.. what if they turn me over?!.. please don't turn me over!!.. what if they SHOOT me to confirm I'm dead!! OMG!!.. what if they can hear my heart!! What if they can see me shaking?!? That was pretty intense. I'd imagine it's not easy to play dead, especially when they are kicking at you!

[Clairity]

Ooh. That was pretty intense. Hooray for quick thinking! LOL!! It's amazing what you can pull out of the air! That was pretty intense. I'd imagine it's not easy to play dead, especially when they are kicking at you! Very true.. but it was a choice of either be real convincing playing dead.. or end up actually dead! Thanks so much for reading guys!

[Pancaka]

SUPER CLAIRITY TO THE RESCUEEEE! xD Wow Claire, you're like a super hero. What'd I say?!

[Burns]

The Kitchen Cabinets Dream: Scary dream! My heart was beating fast just reading it! It kinda reminded me of the kitchen scene in Jurassic Park a little...

[Clairity]

What'd I say?! Yep.. you said it first! LOL! Scary dream! My heart was beating fast just reading it! It kinda reminded me of the kitchen scene in Jurassic Park a little... Wow.. you're right! Hmmm.. which would be worse..armed men or dinasaurs?

[NeAvO]

17/9/08 Last time I posted in here! Not long enough if you ask me Cool dreams you got in here though. Is that picture of a kitchen your actual kitchen?

[Clairity]

17/9/08 Last time I posted in here! Not long enough if you ask me Cool dreams you got in here though. Is that picture of a kitchen your actual kitchen? 17/9/08? I've missed you too! LOL!! Nah.. that's a picture of a restaurant kitchen silly!

[Alovelyfeeling]

my husband turned in his sleep, bumping into me and jarring me awake! Damn your husband! i wanted to know what happend next! Great dream, freakin scary! Peace!

[Clairity]

Yeah I know.. but then I figured that if he had to wake me up at least he waited til I was "safe" in the elevator! Thanks for reading!

[Burns]

Wow.. you're right! Hmmm.. which would be worse..armed men or dinasaurs? hmm, depends on the dinosaur, I guess... You have the coolest dreams, Clair! I'm enjoying reading your DJ

[Clairity]

I'm glad! I just have to get my recall up so I can post more than three "decent" dreams a month.

[Clairity]

I am an observer in this dream tho I am not physically present.. No one sees me/nor interacts with me. The dream starts with a terrified young man of about 15 years old running down a dark deserted neighborhood street. This is an older neighborhood with big yards and chain link fences. His parents have just been murdered (tho I don't know why, by whom or how). He races up a driveway and pounds on the door until an elderly woman lets him in. She seems to know him or to at least have known his parents. She quiets him and tells him to follow her.. that she will hide him. She leads him to a closet and pulls aside the clothes to reveal shelves that can be climbed to a hidden room up in the attic. The boy climbs the shelves to the room where he hides and sleeps from this day forth. He is withdrawn, afraid of everything and trusts no one but the elderly woman who decides to send for a woman who she hopes can cure his melancholia. A pretty woman in her 30s comes to the door and the elderly woman lets her in. The lady states that she is here for the boy and he is coaxed into the large living room. The lady pushes the tables and chairs out of the way until there is plenty of empty space on the hard wood floor. She gently takes the boy by the hand while saying cheerfully, "I am here to dance with you!" He resists at first and will not meet her gaze but she slowly wins his trust and they begin an awkward clumsy waltz/box step to the music she hums. Day after day.. the lady comes.. and day after day they dance together. She now brings music and he is no longer clumsy and she finds that he can easily mimic her footsteps. One day she comes and brings her daughter. She tells the boy to try dancing with someone his own age but he angrily refuses saying he doesn't want to dance with anyone but her. She tells him not to be silly and has her daughter take his hand and they begin the waltz. He is confused but obedient until he suddenly switches partners by releasing the daughter and scooping the mother up in his arms. He holds her tightly for he loves her now.. not as a patient.. but as a young man loves with an open heart. The lady laughs him off and tries to pull away but his mood turns angry/insistent and he holds her fast. He is no longer a boy to be led.. he is a man who will not be denied. And my alarm goes off! .

[Pancaka]

A pretty cool dream overall I'd say. Very interesting. And my alarm goes off! Good thing too. Who knows what else may have happened . NOTE: I saw this picture of a dancing boy and it reminded me of the boy in my dream: http://static.flickr.com/2319/1789652938_624203cca7.jpg Looks more like an awkward stretch to me, lol. Cringed at the tights

[Clairity]

I just remembered another attic dream that I had posted in the Lucid Experiences forum on 5/10/05 but neglected to put in my DJ. Here is that dream posting: Below are the details of the lucid dream I had this morning. I debated whether or not I'd share it with the forum but decided to go ahead and post it. My alarm goes off and I think I'm just laying in bed waiting for my husband to get up or the second alarm to go off (we have two alarms set about 30 minutes apart). As I lie there I start going over what I need to do today when the second alarm goes off and my husband gets up. I lay there for about a minute and then I too get up. I walk into the living room and it is very dark.. too dark. I think this is very strange because normally this time of morning our living room is extremely bright and sunny. I dimly see my dog sitting across the room by the couch and I think "how strange.. why would my husband let her upstairs?" when it suddenly dawns on me that I'm dreaming! For some reason I go back into the bedroom. I look up and see the sky! It's blueblack and full of fuzzy tiny stars. I concentrate and bring the stars more into focus. I decide to fly up to them but I only get so far when I hit the ceiling! My bedroom's ceiling now appears to be sky and I can't go any higher. I levitate and start to claw at the ceiling and slowly break my way through. I lift myself through the hole and see that I am now in a well-lit (and what I thought was an empty) attic. As I stood up, I heard a noise and looked to my right. I see a small boy about 7 years old huddled in the corner of the room. He is blonde and his face is tearstained. He is sitting on the floor with his knees to his chin and his arms hugging his legs and he looks absolutely terrified. I follow his gaze and look to my left. There on the other side of the room is a fullsize bed upon which, laying on his back, is a naked man about 40 years old. I suddenly got the sick realization of what had happened or was about to happen in this attic. It didn't appear that either of them knew I was there (almost as if I was invisible). I am beyond disgusted and angry as hell as I walk over to the bed. I won't go into detail of what I did to him but it would be safe to say that he won't be hurting anyone else for quite some time (if ever). I love kids and the thought of one of them being harmed disturbs me on so many different levels and I have never had a lucid (nor non-lucid) dream like this before. FYI.. I have never been molested nor do I know anyone who has (at least I don't think I do).. I just don't know where this dream came from. As I said, I debated whether to share this but decided I trust you guys enough to do so.

[Clairity]

I wish to start this entry by saying I had snippets of dreams on this morning due to the bad thunderstorms/tornadoes that were hitting in our area. I will share only a couple of the most interesting dreams. The Storm: I am in my home when a tornado hits. I feel the house start to physically sway with each breeze as though it's breathing in rhythm with the wind. In an almost surreal fashion the entire house starts to slowly tilt to one side. It reminds me of a fun house I visited once where the floor would tilt you to one side and then the other but this house never "righted" itself. Small items and then furniture start to slide across the floor and I run to the stairs and grab the railing. The house literally rolls on its side but thankfully it only rolls once. I hear voices and see rescue workers breaking their way in and I suddenly think of my dogs in their kennels. Dream ends.. The Robot Wife: I find myself in this dream and I am married but I know somehow that I am an android/robot wife. I can softly hear gears when I walk and I can hear a quiet motor hum as I breathe. A friend of my husband's shows up needing to be driven to Drake University (?). We all get in the car and I'm driving.. yet I have no idea where to go. I think to myself how strange it is that I'm driving when I'm lousy at directions and I never drive anyone around except for my son when he was too young to drive himself. This thought should have triggered me that I was dreaming but then I realized that I was doing "ok" driving and I released the thought. I stop the car and find that we are now in a huge covered futuristic city-like structure. There are different university signs at different ends of the streets/corridors but no "Drake University". We stop a young man and ask were "Drake University" might be. He says, "This is Quad 4.. you need Quad 44 but they don't allow people like him on the train". I look over at who he was referring to and discover that the man that we were helping is now a crippled child. The 3 of us head over to the escalator leading to the train to Quad 44. My husband and the boy get on and a metal cap from his chair falls clanging slightly on the floor. I stop and reach for it and when I straighten back up I have tears in my eyes and I feel them start to run down my face. A woman who I sense is also the mother of a crippled/not perfect child holds out her hand to me helping me on the escalator. An overwhelming sadness fills the air and a hauntingly beautiful song can be heard. I can still hear it in my head as I wake up and I can still hear it even now as I write this. I wrote down the simple but meaningful lyrics: "I'm just like a Shriner who doesn't own a jacket.. all I have is just a name.." SIDE NOTE: Once I thought about this dream after awakening.. it occured to me that the reason it was so sad towards the end was because, in this dream.. even in the future.. it will still be the haves vs the have nots.. the whole vs the harmed.

[Jdeadevil]

I like the way you type your dreams.

[ninja9578]

Robot wife? Sounds weird, I could use a robot butler but a wife would be no fun.

[Clairity]

I like the way you type your dreams. Thanks sweetie! Robot wife? Sounds weird, I could use a robot butler but a wife would be no fun. Oh, you'd be surprised..

[Clairity]

I did the basic task of the month this morning (i.e., take a look in your closet and report what you find). And I have to say it was one of the most BORING LDs I've ever had! I got up at 3:15 am, went to my living room couch to WILD and after about 45 minutes or so, I felt my consciousness "shift" and I was lucid. I was in my living room so I walked downstairs and opened the door that led to the closet beneath the stairs not having any expectations on what I would find there. To my utter disappointment, it looked just like it did in real life, some jackets hanging, boxes on the floor and a vacuum. I didn't even bother to wake up to write it down instead letting myself drift off into multiple non-lucid dreams but at least it was the end of my dry spell and the completion of the basic task.

[Clairity]

I find myself walking into a university auditorium as class is getting ready to start. The auditorium is set up in three rows of six chairs each with aisles between each row. I go halfway down one of the aisles but my usual spot next to my friends is already taken. I scan the quickly filling room and see one empty spot near the wall. I got to the row and excuse myself as I pass by the other seated 5 people and take my seat. There is excitement in the air as class begins and I see that the stage is set up like a cooking show.. a stove, sink, oven, etc. I asked the girl what was going on and she said that today was our final and that we each have to prepare a dish in front of the class to pass!! "What?!" I replied to her as I felt a rising combination of instant panic and nausea. "Yeah. They announced it the last 15 minutes of the previous class." she replied. It was then that I "remembered" that I had left class early that day (tho I don't remember why). I started to sweat as I realized that there was no way I could bluff my way out of this. There were about 150 people in the class and everyone was seated! There was no way I could simply sneak out without being noticed especially since I was trapped against the wall and would have to climb over 5 people to get to the aisle. Just my luck they decided to start with my side of the room. As the first student went up to the stage, I realized that I had no choice.. I had to get out of there! I made myself as "small" as I could by hunching over and slowly walked past my seated row mates. It felt like all eyes were on me and I all but run out of the auditorium. Once outside, I allowed myself to breathe and my heart to slow down to a normal rhythm. I reached for my cell phone and gasped as it fell out of my hands and dropped to the floor.. breaking into three pieces. I tried to put it back together but it was no use. I thought to myself.. "This is just GREAT!!" and went to find my car in the parking garage. I walked around and it dawned on me that I couldn't find my car!! I remembered my car alarm on my key chain and pushed the button to set it off and followed the sound til I reached it. As I sat in my car I realized that I hadn't prepared for ANY of my finals.. that I was going to flunk them all and I had wasted 4 years of my life!! The feeling of grief and depression that I felt was almost palatable. I then wake up..