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Honorable Mentions
This is the dream journal of “dearly.”
I am documenting it publicly because here I will include only dreams I've had which give rise to speculation and my own personal theories and concepts, which may be of interest to others. It is a learning process into further understanding the way the dream mind works in relation to waking life. Along with my “honorable mentions,” I will provide insight as to how such particular dreams have gained my interest. Readers may also feel free to provide their own insight or even contradictions.
Enjoy,
D
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I'll get things started by recording a dream I had a few days ago:
2005-Dec-14
I was at the supper table when G asks me to say grace this time. I agreed, then was struggling to remember how it starts off. M notices that I'm struggling, so tells me to "just say the first part." Still unsure how it started, G hints, "Bless us, oh Lord..." I then remember how it goes and say, "Bless us, oh Lord, for these gifts for which we’re about to receive… from--", and laugh, forgetting how it ends.
I was unfamiliar with this particular grace, since I've only heard it a couple times. In my dream I was legitimately trying to recall how it started, and was given a hint by a dream character. The alternative to this in waking life would've been me trying to think how it started, and then after pondering for a bit (probably the same amount of time I was thinking about it in the dream), it would just occur to me. The difference is in the dream I was told visually by a dream character.
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I had my first DILD (Dream-Initiated Lucid Dream) last night:
2005-Dec-17
I was lying in bed trying to fall asleep when a flash of lightning reflects on my bed. I get up and open the window blinds and see heavy rainfall. I look up in the sky and see a beautiful array of stars. I keep the blinds open so I can watch the stars while I try to sleep. While lying down I happen to look at my digital clock and it read simply "0." I think, that's odd, is it possible that I am dreaming? A reality check proves true. I stand on the floor of my room, take a quick look around amazed by the realism, then try to remain in a still spot and let myself awake to feel the transition from standing dreaming to lying waking.
It’s nice that I’ve trained my subconscious to think of reality checking when I see unusual things now. Just a couple days ago, I noticed two identical TV remotes on the coffee table (where there has always been one), and the first thing that came in my mind was, "Am I dreaming?" A quick reality check proves not this time (of course, but it’s not so obvious when dreaming). I later found out that we’ve been given an extra remote.
Now that I have proof that keeping a conscious thought of awareness in waking life can benefit dream awareness, I will probably be a little more tuned in to my awareness from now on.