Thread: Caradon's Dream Journal

Last night a Lucid Dream!
Tuesday/ July/31/2007 Lucid Dream # 29 of 2007

I was with a group of people, and we were in the clearing of some forest. The people were playing some kind of capture the flag type of game. I don't know what was going on with me, but I suddenly had some kind of crazy motion. The first thing I really remember is that I was moving at very high speed, and I was airborne. I was still below tree line, and I was swooping around the edges of the clearing. And I was watching as the people were playing there game. I start to go higher, and I leave the edge of the clearing. Right around this point I become fully Lucid! It was a smooth transition though. There was no real point were I stopped and said holy shit this is a dream! It just kind of became obvious, and I continued with the momentum of my flight. Past the edge of the clearing, I look down And I am amazed at the view below me. There are these trees that, are just amazing to look at. The view is just becoming more incredible by the moment. I am now flying over these monstrously tall trees. They are as tall as skyscraper buildings. they are the most beautiful trees I have ever seen. They don't look like any kind of normal trees. Their trunks are a kind of reddish brown color,
and they have kind of a twisted look to them. And the leaves at the top are thick and dark green. The trees are actually all different sizes. So there is this amazing green canopy, That is like a rolling landscape in the sky. But there are places where it is open, where I can see to the ground through the redwood trunks. This is where things start to really get fun. I am getting more and more excited by the moment. I am swooping along the top of the canopy, so it feels almost like I am at ground level. But then the canopy gives way to open air, and I dive over the edge. as I dive over the edge, I completely relax. And let myself tumble into an end over end free fall, past the huge trunks of the trees. I am so excited, and I have so much adrenalin going, that I am just shouting for joy as I fall. I fall, and fall, and fall. Then I get control of myself before I hit the ground. I shoot straight upwards into the sky like a rocket, until I am far above the tallest of the massive trees. Then I lean backwards into another end over end free fall, towards the top of the green canopy. I start swooping over the rolling canopy some more. And again, I dive over the edge of a rolling green hill and into open air. And let myself tumble out of control. This is like the ultimate roller coaster ride. I nearly crash into the top of one of the trees as I fall. But I am able to stop myself instantly, with the power of my mind. I hover there, completely still over the tree for a moment. And I am thinking about how amazing it is, that I have such good control. When I have been so out of practice. I am thinking about flying somebody else up here, to show them the beauty of the place. But then I suddenly wake up.

Recap for the month of July 2007
# of Lucid Dreams 3 and One brief moment of Lucidity.
# of Lucid tasks completed 1 A Lucid Dream with Moonbeam
Unreliable Recall: Some days really good, other days not so good.
Strong focus at the beginning of the month, then got A little distracted.
Refocused at the end of the month, and got Lucid on the last night.
Doing well with staying off of the computer.Mostly just using it for my Dream Journal. Will try and stay up to date on the Lucid tasks.

Goal for August
To stay focused, And to get more than three Lucid Dreams

Space ship
I was with somebody that was from another planet. But he Looked like a normal person. He had a space ship and we were both inside it. It was a sphere shaped craft, and he told me I could fly it. I was flying us around in the sky all out of control, upside down and what not. I decide I want to fly us into the ocean, so I do. We travel to the bottom of the ocean, and I keep going. I sink the craft deep into the ocean floor. I am actually trying to go straight through the planet itself, Just to see how much power the ship has. I wake up while still in the earth.

At the park
I drive to the park in my car, to go Rollerblading! I am actually thinking about the fact, that I want to go Rollerblading to try and induce a Lucid Dream, While in a dream! (A cool side effect I didn't think about) I am sitting in my car with the door open, and getting my skates on. I see some very nice looking girls on Rollerblades. They are skating near where I am parked. I am afraid that if I start skating now, I will fall on my face and make a fool out of my self. So I just kind of sit there taking my time, watching the girls and waiting for them to skate away. I wake up before I actually do any skating.

No title
The first thing I remember about this dream is, I was walking out of some building towards my car, and I was carrying a bag of lemons. What ever was going on before this point, had to do with the lemons. I walk to my car, and I look in the back seat, of the car that is parked next to me. I can see this Homer Simpson blow up doll, I think it is pretty funny. I see this truck with some people hanging out around it. As I drive by them in my car, they invite me to hang out with them. I tell them that I have to be somewhere, but I will hang out with them long enough to smoke a cigarette. I turn the key in the ignition, to stop the engine. The engine starts making this horrible grinding sound. And even once the engine is stopped, the engine is still making the sound.
I eventually get it to stop, and I get out of the car and lite up a cigarette. but then I wake up.

Animal doctor
I am watching a TV show, about an animal doctor. first the lady is inspecting this lion. she puts her head in it's mouth, and I am thinking that she is pretty crazy. Then she has this strange bird with tall skinny legs. The bird actually looks like nothing more than bones. It is a skeleton bird. The doctor is giving it some kind of anesthetic, because she has to do some kind of surgery on it. At this point I decide to go outside to check on my dog she has been out for awhile. I find her sitting outside.But her fur is now the same color of a dog I had as a teenager. I bring her in the house, and I start to play with this sword.( That I don't have in real life) I am just kind of swinging it around and stuff. I wake up while playing with it.

Dreaming about Lucid Dreaming
I was talking to somebody about a Lucid Dream That I just had. It's kind of strange, I can actually remember the memory of the Lucid. Even in the dream, I was having a hard time recalling it. But I can remember the image of the dream scene I had in my mind, as I was telling somebody about the dream. In the dream that I was talking about, I was flying over some fields, and I can still remember the feeling of it. But it's strange That I can not actually remember being in that dream. I just remember the image and feeling I had while trying to describing it.

Don't have time to write anymore, stayed up to late watching the 300. Pretty wild movie. Only slept a couple of hours and recall wasn't that great anyway. I just remember a few other fragments.

Partial Lucidity
I was at work, And I was taking a bath! It was in an open area where every one could see. There is a woman I had worked with a long time ago there. And she starts pouring dirty water from an aquarium into my bath. I get upset with her, and I threaten to pour the dirty water all over her. we get into an argument, and she is about to go Tell the boss that I threatened her. I apologize to her, and tell her that I wouldn't have really poured the water on her. And she starts acting friendly then walks away. For a moment I am half aware that I am dreaming. And I think something like, "that was cool how I handled that even though it was a dream."

Kidnapped
OK tired of underlining whole dreams. The whole dream is a dreamsign.
I had been kidnapped, and I am locked down in some under ground cell. Only it's not quite as scary as it sounds. Because my perspective keeps changing, and I am watching it more like a movie. I am able to follow the events as people are trying to figure out where I am. Like twenty years go by and people are starting to give up looking for me. That's the basic outline of the dream, I skipped over a lot of details.

Dog loose
My dog was outside running. I notice, that she is going over the border of the invisible fencing. I am worried that she will take of running into the street and get hit by a car. I call her to me, but she just wants to play. So she is running around and I can't can't catch her. So I ask her if she wants a treat, just to get her to come into the house. That works well she comes running in.

Go-cart
I am driving this powerful dune buggy style go-cart. and I am racing up and down some steep hills.

Hiding in closet
There is some strange stuff going on, that I don't remember to well. But I eventually end up hiding in a closet. I am not hiding to well though. Because I have the door open, and I am sitting there throwing a tennis ball across the room. I bounce the ball off the wall and catch it when it comes back. I keep doing this until I Wake up.

Crocodile
I am on a trail, by the creek, near my house. There is a crocodile and I am just barely able to get away from it before it makes a meal out of me.

Note: crocodile dreams, go along with my bear dreams. And sometimes mountain lions too.

Basketball coach
I am talking to somebody, about a basket ball coach I had when I was like ten years old. I was describing his methods of coaching while we were in a game. And while I was describing it, I was seeing images of playing basketball in my mind.

Hey, lots of dreams! The lucid was cool. It reminded me of my trip; we went to B.C. and went on a forest-canopy walk. There is old-growth coastal rain-forest there, and they built walkways thru the tops of the trees. I was thinking if it was a dream, I would be swooping and flying all around. Maybe I sent that thought to you somehow...no, I think you had the dream before I went did that.

Nice to be home.

Originally Posted by Moonbeam

Hey, lots of dreams! The lucid was cool. It reminded me of my trip; we went to B.C. and went on a forest-canopy walk. There is old-growth coastal rain-forest there, and they built walkways thru the tops of the trees. I was thinking if it was a dream, I would be swooping and flying all around. Maybe I sent that thought to you somehow...no, I think you had the dream before I went did that.

Nice to be home.

It's good to see that your back! It sounds like you had a good time. Strange how I was Lucid Dreaming in a place similar to where you went. I never had a Lucid over a forest Like that before. I hope I find a place like that again, it was so amazing. My description really didn't do it justice.

Volleyball
I was playing volleyball. Hmm, well I guess that's all there was to it. Just running around trying to hit the ball back over the net.

Fighter jet
I am in some military fighter jet, there is some girl that is flying it. And she is doing all sorts of stunts and stuff, trying to freak me out. But I am enjoying the whole thing.

Tunnel in basement
I am with the same girl from the last dream again. We are living together in a house. there is some kind of under ground tunnel in the basement. The tunnel had caved in, and I am trying to dig it out with a shovel.

Recurring dream
I am with the same girl again in this dream! But thats not the recurring part.
For years I have been having this dream. I think it's been most of my life that I have had it. It's always a little different but the same plot. In the dream, there is a small opening on the ceiling, most of the time it's inside of a closet. Always, I can barley squeeze myself through it. I have had the dream so many times, that I always want to get through, because I know where it leads. Once I get through the opening, I am usually in some kind of shaft. And it's kind of narrow at first, but it eventually leads to other rooms. And to hidden, or lost places. Sometimes to completely other secret worlds. Sometimes I will find myself in some lost mansion, with never ending corridors and rooms. Sometimes the opening I go through, is nothing more than an air vent.

Anyway, last night I was with the same girl, for the third dream in a row. And excitedly, I was telling her about this secret place I know about. And I decided to bring her there. I look for the opening in the ceiling, and I find it inside the closet. As always I can barley get through it, but I do. She follows me in, and it eventually leads to some scary old lost mansion that is haunted. It's creepy, but I'm to excited about the adventure, to be to worried about any ghost. This dream always comes with a very magical feeling, and a sense of exploration. We don't really get to far before I wake up. strange dreaming about the same girl all night too. A couple of times I almost became Lucid during this recurring dream. Because I actually stopped to think about how this always happens in my dreams. One time, after finding a really cool secret room, there was a person in it. I asked them how they found this place. They told me that they saw it in a dream once. And I told them, that this felt like a dream right now. And I was just looking around thinking about it when I woke up.

Vacuum cleaner
This dream was earlier in the night, I forgot to write it first. I was trying to vacuum the rug. But as I was vacuuming, the dirt was spraying out of the vacuum all over the place. and the more I tried to vacuum it up, The more of a mess I was actually making.

Last night two Lucid Dreams! And two other close calls

Lucid Dream# 30 of 2007
It started out being a dream about Dream Views. I don't remember much about the beginning of the dream. But eventually, I end up out in the parking lot of the school down the road from my house. I am not even sure why, but I start trying to fly. I am partially Lucid at this point, and I am floating just a little ways off the ground. I am kind of stuck there, and I can't get any higher. So I start trying to flap my arms to pull myself higher. It starts to work, but I am all out of control. I am rising awkwardly, and I am hanging half upside down. But as I rise above the roof of the near by building,I become fully Lucid! I no longer need to flap my arms, I can now levitate with control.
The building no longer resembles the school. It has an-A- shaped roof. I decide to land on the roof, so I do. But it is covered with a thin layer of ice, and is very slippery.
At first, the only way I can stay on it, is by using levitation to keep myself from slipping off. I see another building close by, and I easily jump across the gap onto it.
Then I jump off of the building all together, and start levitating higher into the air. As my view of the area starts to expand, I really start to get that sense of absolute freedom, And my joy is complete! I now have the obstacle of power lines to deal with. I just grab onto them, and climb up them as if they were a ladder. And when I reach the top one, I balance on it like a tight wire walker. I look down at the scene below me.
There is a house, and some people just pulled up in a car and are getting out and walking around. They are oblivious to my presence on the power line. I start levitating higher again but I wake up.

Dreamsign noticed
Lucid Dream# 31 of 2007
I was cooking in a restaurant. I was trying to cook some eggs, but I could not. I burnt the hell out of them on my first two attempts. Then the yolks kept breaking on me, and I was starting to get pissed off about it. As I started carrying my burnt pans to the dish room, I start thinking that this always happens to me in dreams. Then I am like,oh my god, this is a dream! I look around, and I am aware that this is my second lucid of the night. I am very excited to be having another one. But I don't really remember anything else about it. I either woke up, or I forgot that I was dreaming. I almost decided not to count this one. But I decided that, the fact that I noticed a dreamsign, and then became fully Lucid. Is definitely worth acknowledging it as a success.

Comments
In Exploring The World Of Lucid Dreaming, It mentions That many people report having the obstacle of power lines, while trying to fly. I am one of those people! It happens to me often. It used to be annoying, But most of the time now, I just play with them, when I come across them.

I will post more dreams from last night later tonight. And maybe from a nap today.

More dreams from last night, and one from a nap
Squirrel
I am Laying in the grass somewhere. And I am trying to focus on inducing a Lucid
Dream. A squirrel runs over to me, and starts to crawl on me. It is dropping acorns all around me, and it's claws really tickle when it climbs on me. I am getting really annoyed with it. I wake up after a moment. I think the squirrel must have been trying to let me know, that I was dreaming right now.

Motion dream
This dream is hard to describe. But basically I was in some building, and there was this strange tiled floor. The floor had all sorts of depressions in it. So it was really hilly and it had all sorts of angles to it. It was also really slippery, and I started getting this momentum going and I was sliding all over the place really fast. I started to think about how this is the kind of thing that happens in my dreams. But I didn't actually become Lucid.

Rollerblades
I am at the park Roller-blading! This is probably The first actual dream I had about Roller-blading, That was not hypnagogic imagery, since I started skating more.
Anyway, I am at the park, But I am paying more attention to somebody Else's skating.
I am watching, as this person is skating down a steep hill, that ends at a road with heavy traffic. I am wondering how they are going to manage to stop at the bottom.
The person drags one skate behind them, using the wheels as a stopper. And then once they get to the bottom, does a skillful spin around and stop method.

Football in the rain
I am watching a football game on TV and it's just down pouring Rain. Then I am listening to music, and there are digital images on the TV that are flashing and changing to the rhythm of the music.

Note: A lot of sports dreams lately. I am not really into those kind of sports. But I did used to get into hockey for a while. But it was taking up to much time so I stopped following it. Every game is three hours long! That's to much time to waste every night.

Looks like you're getting your lucids back big-time! I forgot about EWOLD saying people get caught up in power-lines; that has happened to me too.

Squirrel-induced lucid dream, LOL.

Originally Posted by Moonbeam

Looks like you're getting your lucids back big-time! I forgot about EWOLD saying people get caught up in power-lines; that has happened to me too.

Squirrel-induced lucid dream, LOL.

Yeah, it seems all my hard work the last couple of weeks is starting to pay off. And I got another one last night too! Hopefully I can keep it up, and start getting some longer ones.

Last night a Lucid Dream!
Best dreamsign noticed!
Date: Monday/August/6/2007
Lucid Dream # 32 of 2007

I am walking down the side of a busy street, and I am near an intersection. There is some guy near by, and he reaches down to the ground and picks up a quarter. He asks me if I want it. I look at it and I notice that there is gum stuck all over it. I am grossed out and I say " I don't want that!" Then I notice that my light at the intersection is green. And if I want to get across, I had better hurry up. So I start to run! I am running so fast, that the cars are getting in my way. I am so amazed at how fast I can run. I think to myself ,"boy at this speed, I bet I could really jump far" So I leap into the air with everything I can muster. I really soar high, and...Instant Lucidity! I keep rocketing higher for a few moments. And I shout " Woo Hoo this is a dream!" I shout it a couple of more times, just to keep myself fully Lucid. And, because I am so excited about it. The weather is now really bad. The sky is gray, and it's raining hard, and the wind is gusting pretty strongly. I slowly drift back down towards the ground. And I lightly perch on the metal rim of a square street sign. I am thinking about yesterdays Lucid, how I was balancing on the power lines. The wind is so strong, that I am having a hard time staying balanced. I'm wind milling my arms, and leaning forwards and backwards trying to stay on the sign. I am along side a highway, and there is heavy fast moving traffic rushing by. I leap off of the sign, And I land on the roof of a passing car. I land spider-man style, And I start crawling across the roof Like spider-man would. I then lean over the side of the car, and I make faces through the window, at the freaked out people inside. I then leap into the air again, and I land on the wind-shield of the vehicle behind us. (which is a van) I am blocking the drivers view, and he is swerving all over the place. I make some faces at him too. Then I crawl across the side of the van and leap through the air again, and land on the next car. I do this for some time, It's so fun! The combined sensation of the cars moving at speed. And me leaping through the air between them. The wind blowing, and the rain pouring down on me. It was great! But I think, I was scaring the heck out of those poor dream characters in their cars. But then I do something stupid! I make myself wake up. I have never done that before. I start expecting to wake up, So the dream starts to fade to black, and I think I am waking up. But I was really just starting to go into a false awakening. For a moment I thought I was awake, and laying on my bed with my eyes closed. But I realized that I was not really awake yet. And even though I new it was stupid I somehow forced myself to actually wake up for real. I think I just wanted to wake up and say " awsome another Lucid Dream!"

Comments
Yesterdays first Lucid, took place after the first hour of sleeping. It was the first recalled dream of the night. This one took place after about seven hours of sleeping. and on the third attempt at Wake back to bed. And it was the Last dream of the night.
If I would not have slept in, I would not have had it.

That was a great lucid. You're making me jealous now. I long for they glory days of my lucid abilities, doing backflips off street lights.

I almost spit my drink all over my monitor when I read you were making faces at the drivers. And the spidey moves on the cars was just awsome.

Cool! You're on a roll!

Thanks guys!
Cusp: I know exactly how you feel about missing those great Lucid days.
It's been a long hard struggle for me The last couple of years, trying to bring them back. It took me nearly a year, just to start remembering my dreams again.

glad you liked that Lucid. I have done a lot of walking head on into cars, but that's the first time I ever climbed across them like that. I'm going to have to try it again sometime.

Almost Lucid again
Today in my nap, I realized I was dreaming for a second. But I got confused by a sudden perspective change, and Lost Lucidity right away. To bad too, because in the dream I was at work. I love getting Lucid during work dreams. The main reason for that, is because when you are working in your dreams, it's like working for free. So it's great when you realize whats going on, and you don't really have to be working.

A walk in the mountains with grandma
I was back in Colorado springs. And I was hiking on the Pikes peak trail with my grandma. ( Who has been dead for about five years now) She used to always get so worried about me back packing up there alone. Anyway it was A really cool dream. The mountains were just beautiful. Even more so, than what they really are. And it was cool seeing my grandma again. It was funny, because I was so surprised at how good of shape she was in for being so old. That Pikes peak trail, is a very steep and grueling climb. We eventually come to a restaurant on the mountain, and we are sitting at a table when I wake up. There is no real restaurant on the mountain. But there is a tourist place at the top where they sell food and stuff. They claim to have the best dough-nuts in the world up there.

Hypnagogic imagery
I slid into a dream scene, fully aware that I was dreaming. There was this evil woman, who had these dogs, or wolves on leashes. she set them loose on me, and I used my levitation skills to send them flying away. Then they dissolved into nothing. Then the woman dissolved into nothing, and I slid back awake.

Comments
yesterday I didn't take a nap. My intention was to get to sleep earlier. But I ended up staying up to late anyway. It just ended up messing me up. And I didn't have very good recall because of it.

You've gone back-packing alone?

Not much sleep

Hypnagogic imagery
I find myself in some very strange futuristic cartoon city for a few moments.

On the ocean again
I am in a little flimsy, blow up, rubber canoe on the ocean. There is somebody with me. I see a large boat near by. I am paddling with my hands. again I am worried about sharks, but none come around. There is a pretty large wave coming at me. And I am afraid it will swamp my little canoe.

Attack cat
There is more to this dream, but this part I remember the most clearly. I enter a room and there is a cat. It's really not much more than a kitten. But the thing has gone crazy and it starts attacking me. After a while, it turns friendly and rolls onto it's back. I pet it's belly, but it now actually looks like some big bee.

Sci fi movie
I am with my older nephew. We are watching some star wars style movie. We are watching it on an HD TV, and I am fascinated by how colorful everything is on the picture. Eventually I get pulled into the movie, and there is some very strange stuff going on. But I don't recall the details all that well.

Originally Posted by Moonbeam

You've gone back-packing alone?

Yeah, every time I went, I was alone.

Which was almost every week end while I lived there. In the summer anyway. I did camp out in the snow once. It was in march.

I would be scared to do that. I would love to be able to, but I doubt I would ever have the courage. It would be just a fear of the dark, or being alone, because I'm not really scared of anything real. (I mean I am scared of things of course, but not so much because I think there would be a real danger in that situation. I'm sure being in the city is much more dangerous.) But in the dark, in the woods, all kinds of scary things would become real to me. I don't know too many people who could do that; so, you are one of the bravest people I know.

It wasn't scary for me. It was very peaceful. I love the wilderness at night. Especially when the sky is clear, and all the stars are shining. I wasn't even worried about bears or mountain lions back then. Even though I new Mountain lions could have been a real danger. Bears, not as likely. That was also before I started getting a lot of dreams about them. I tried to stay fairly close to the main trails. In theory, most of the big wild animals will stay away from areas where there is more people around. But you never know.

Actually, my biggest fear, is having a big tree come falling down on my tent at night.

Originally Posted by Caradon

Actually, my biggest fear, is having a big tree come falling down on my tent at night.

Well, realistically, that is probably the biggest danger!

Hand gun
I had this hand gun. I don't know why I had it, but I was afraid that I would get into trouble for having it. I was outside, and I had it in my pocket. It had a full clip, and I started thinking that I should take out the clip. I thought maybe I wouldn't get in so much trouble if it wasn't loaded. So I take out the clip. but there is a bullet in the chamber. The one in the chamber ends up falling onto the ground. For some reason it's glowing red hot. The next thing I know the bullet fires on it's own. I am glad I don't get hit by it, and it doesn't hit anybody else either. Suddenly the cops come racing down the road. They are chasing somebody driving a race car. They all race by and then are gone. I see some people fighting across the street, I think that they are going to try and get me into it as well. So I go into the house, that I am standing outside of.
I wake up after that.

Pick up old friend from school
I pull into the parking lot, of the school down the road from my house. (in my car)
I am waiting for school to get out. It does not take long before my friend and his sister come out and get in the car. Then we start driving back to my house.( no problems with my car in this dream) A few moments after getting to my house I wake up.

Funny picking up my friend from school. He is about the same age as I am. I'm thirty six.


Fishing
I am near a large body of water. I think it's just a big lake. I Have a fishing pole, and I have live bait on the hook. My live bait is a pretty large fish. But An even larger fish takes the bait. Before I know it, I am in the water somehow. And now I am surrounded by these giant fish. They are coming after me for revenge.( It's a little scary.) Somehow I end up back on the beach, and there are some girls wrestling near by. I am watching them wrestle when I wake up.

New mountain bike
I have this new mountain bike. It is a very expensive high tech bike. And I am playing around with it marveling at how light wait it is, and just checking out all the high tech parts. Short dream, I wake up.

Comments
Not a lot of sleep, but decent recall. But there was quite a few dreams on the edge of my memory that I could not quite bring back. I think one had to do with riding dirt bikes with my brother.

My recent Lucid Dreaming success, has me extra motivated and excited. But I Just need more sleep! My short sleeping hours makes it difficult.