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LD with Intent
I've had three LD so far, pertaining to the subject of intent of my dreams. I don't always cause a LD, like I want to do, guess that comes with practice.
I'd like an opinion of what you think how this dream should be interpreted.
Main part of the dream: Two of the main characters 1) A short, smiling little man, child size, a dwarf, smiling all the time, one of those pasted on, cartoon type of smiles, clinging to my left side. 2) A tall, pretty, short haired, brunette woman, on my right. The three of us, sitting at a table, having coffee, and conversation, in a coffee shop.
The conversation shifted to the subject of intent, of my LD. The smiling dwarf was interested, and willing to help me, attain what I wanted. The brunette woman, who was smiling and chatting with me, till this subject came up, changed her mood. She was no longer happy, not about what I wanted.
In this coffee shop scene, the shopkeeper, on instructions from the smiling dwarf, got a newspaper, gave it to me, and I searched the newspaper, for what my intent of the dream was. The tall brunette woman, unhappy about this, snatched the newspaper from me, at the table we were sitting at, threw it on the floor, after tearing it up, and lit it on fire. This is when I woke up. The dream very fresh in my mind.
My interpretation: The subject of intent, in my LD: a part of me ( the smiling dwarf ) wanted me to attain what I wanted, in the dream. Another part of me ( the brunette lady ) did not want me to get what I wanted, in the dream. The dwarf is on my side, the lady, isn't. Am I to determine who is right, or, should I keep on LD on this subject, till I get the answer?
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LDing does not come naturally to most of us, and in fact it is quite common for parts of one's subconscious to fight the idea. I think part of it is that the idea of being conscious in dreams is not something our mind is used to, and our mind does not wish this to change. Or maybe it is because we just deep down do not want to question reality. Anyway very often during LDs some dream characters resist the idea that this is a dream and will argue against it. However, it is also not uncommon to have other dream characters who assist one in lucidity, give one hints that suggest that this is a dream, indicate that they know this is not waking life - do you? This happens in nonlucid dreams of people who are into lucid dreaming as well.
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I never thought my subconscious mind might be fighting me on being able to LD. That is a possibility, as I'm not fluent at being able to do so, at will. Maybe what I should be doing, is, as I drift off to sleep, " intend " on doing a general lucid dream, in other words, just be able to LD, not worrying about the subject matter?
What I am doing, is, going to sleep, or relaxation, with intent of doing a lucid dream, on a particular subject.