Thread: Sara's journey to lucidity

Intentions! A good portion of the time they really do work! I'm glad they did for you.

Napping's worked for me in the past too.

That's not a very happy way to begin a dream...i'm sorry..but Sinterklaus..wow, i'd love to meet the original. The sideways gravity sounded quite strange, but amsuing. Tell me, you're able to set "RC targets"?, that's fantastic. I've noticed the same deal with DC's faces..they seem to be unsteady and unstable, kind of ever-changing..hey, well maybe in your next lucid you'll see if you get the answer, "Anita" again.

You mentioned reading materials may have influenced this dream..I find it amazing just what is "processed" from the day...lots, but not always in a way that you'd think.

Anyway, who cares if that name is trashy...it sound pretty to me.

Originally Posted by bro

That's not a very happy way to begin a dream...i'm sorry..but Sinterklaus..wow, i'd love to meet the original.

The original Sinterklaas:

Including his helpers 'black pete' (I think they were slaves a few hundred years ago, but now they are black from climbing through the chimneys to deliver the presents )

Tell me, you're able to set "RC targets"?, that's fantastic.

Check out my 'train your memory' topic, it's to learn to recognise RC targets throughout the day and helped both me and Kyhaar to get lucid and finish our TOTM.

Anyway, who cares if that name is trashy...it sound pretty to me.

Thanks I'll try one more time, see if I get the same result. But from hearing it once in my dream, I guess it will be the same next time, even if it's just 'placebo' effect...

Alright..i'm exploring your topic this moment actually, very good thread idea, lots of people seem into it.

Another dream on the edge of lucidity...

Healing touch

I was dreaming about trying to fall asleep again so I would get lucid. There was no space to lay down. My sleeping couch was located on the side of a road with trash lying everywhere. When I finally managed to create a more or less flat space to lay down, a young man arrived.
He was very friendly. He sat on the ground and I was laying in his arms. He started to touch my body in a healing way, he stroke areas on my body where I had some pain, but without saying anything. I was so amazed he knew exactly where I was hurt, I felt a very deep connection to him. When I wanted to say anything about it, he just smiled and continued touching my arm and my shoulder. Not really taking away the pain, but it felt very soothing and full of love. (I don't suffer any physical pain IRL at the moment)

When he was 'finished', I wished I could do the same for him, but he wanted to leave. I didn't want him to, so softly pushed him down so he couldn't leave. He looked puzzled, didn't understand what I wanted. Finally I bent over to him to kiss him, but I still had some popcorn in my mouth. I thought 'I don't want him to be disgusted by this, so he'd better be eating popcorn too'. Then he understood I wanted to kiss him and he gave in. When our lips touched, I discovered he was also eating popcorn and we had a very short 'popcorn-kiss' before I woke up.

Popcorn kisses! That's one I've never heard of. I've dreamed of making lucid attempts in the strangest of places too...not the side of the road covered in garbage though. That was really kind of a nice moment as this DC man tried to leave an you kept him there..heh..I've had those "deep connection" feelings and usually wake up feeling rather sad as I haven't found someone (yet) like that IRL..You could really attribute a whole bunch of meanings to him knowing exactly where it hurt...I'm pretty sure I know what you felt at that moment though..someone understanding you deeply.

Anyway..I think i'll stay away from pocorn kisses *shudders* :p

Originally Posted by Sara

Healing touch

such a sweet dream! im envious. That sounds very very nice I bet you were really happy when you woke up.

That lucid was sad at first but it ended up kind of funny lol were you stuck against the wall?

like you dream name to

Glad your method worked!

It's also interesting that you had no accent in your English speaking..

What does that mean? Maybe it means that accents have to do with muscle memory. hmmm

I don't know about popcorn kisses. Strawberries work better.

Originally Posted by Sara

popcorn-kiss'

The healing touch sounded very nice. Do I sense food dreams on the horizon? BTW, did you try the peanut butter bar recipe I sent you?

Originally Posted by bro

I've dreamed of making lucid attempts in the strangest of places too...not the side of the road covered in garbage though.

Yeah, so funny that even IN a dream, you can try to go asleep to have a lucid dream. Strange actually that this doesn't induce lucidity right away!

.I've had those "deep connection" feelings and usually wake up feeling rather sad as I haven't found someone (yet) like that IRL..You could really attribute a whole bunch of meanings to him knowing exactly where it hurt...I'm pretty sure I know what you felt at that moment though..someone understanding you deeply.

In my dream it was a really nice feeling, but upon awakening, I was a bit sad for not having this connection with anyone anymore. They say it's better to have lost, than not to have known at all, but I'm not so sure about that... It's getting a bit personal here... I have dreams like this every now and then and the whole day (or 2) after, I'm feeling a bit sad/melancholic.
I once dated someone who gave me this feeling, but this relationship lasted only 7 weeks. Damn I loved that feeling so much... still miss it. I'm very happy with my current boyfriend and I'm sure I'll be happy with him for a long time (won't say 'rest of my life' because you never know what can happen). But sometimes I just really miss that special feeling I've once known.

Originally Posted by mark

such a sweet dream! im envious. That sounds very very nice I bet you were really happy when you woke up.

That lucid was sad at first but it ended up kind of funny lol were you stuck against the wall?

like you dream name to

I couldn't move away from the wall. I guess if that wall wasn't there, I would fly away without control It's this stupid sideways gravity trying to pull me off the earth

Originally Posted by yabber

Glad your method worked!

It's also interesting that you had no accent in your English speaking..

What does that mean? Maybe it means that accents have to do with muscle memory. hmmm

Or maybe that sound in your dreams doesn't come from your mouth, but from inside your head I guess I had the voice of some actress...

Yeah, the exercise for training my prospective memory seems to help. Good motivation to keep practising

Originally Posted by The Cusp

I don't know about popcorn kisses. Strawberries work better.

Hehe, you're so right
But even a popcorn kiss is better than no kiss at all

Originally Posted by raklet

The healing touch sounded very nice. Do I sense food dreams on the horizon? BTW, did you try the peanut butter bar recipe I sent you?

Yeah, food dreams! Sorry, but the popcorn kiss was not that delicious, hehe.

I made your recipe last weekend and totally forgot to write about it. I'm so sorry. It was really nice!!! I had some work converting cups to grams and put the oven on 180 degrees instead of 350 but the final result was delicious!
I think I screwed up the chocolate frosting, because it didn't get really hard, but the peanut butter 'cake' was also great without chocolate. I shared the last bit of it with my friend yesterday and they were also enthusiastic.
So, thanks a lot! And if you have any other typical American recipes, please send!

Originally Posted by Sara

In my dream it was a really nice feeling, but upon awakening, I was a bit sad for not having this connection with anyone anymore. They say it's better to have lost, than not to have known at all, but I'm not so sure about that... It's getting a bit personal here... I have dreams like this every now and then and the whole day (or 2) after, I'm feeling a bit sad/melancholic.
I once dated someone who gave me this feeling, but this relationship lasted only 7 weeks. Damn I loved that feeling so much... still miss it. I'm very happy with my current boyfriend and I'm sure I'll be happy with him for a long time (won't say 'rest of my life' because you never know what can happen). But sometimes I just really miss that special feeling I've once known.

I follow what you're saying..

Burned up actually enlightened me of that melancholy feeling (like you described) I get awhen I wake alot..I have a sweet dream with my "dream girl", or a true friend..one that is hard to come by, (I'm not making a joke, like someone who deeply understands and cares mutually) and I wake..wondering, "why, just why it couldn't have been real."..why can't that person be real? It's easy to think that there aren't people out there like we wish in our dreams, but like you described..there are.

I get these dreams quite often too..probably because I'm still "finding myself" and yearning for things I haven't found yet..deep things.

Anyway, onto more light-hearted, fun lucid dreams!

December 5th: sleeping at a friends place

Again, I didn't spend my night at home. I screwed up my everyman schedule once again and after sleeping 7 hours I felt tired until after a 15 min. nap at noon. Tonight is my only night at home for the coming week, so I'll try to make it a well spent night

Not recording my dreams upon awakening caused the loss of details, but it wasn't a very interesting dream after all.

science competition
I'm in a kind of contest about who has the best 'invention' for something.
A competitive group has tried to copy our idea and I'm upset because of that

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I'm outside in a field, with the same group of people from the contest.
We are waiting for something. The weather is really nice.
It starts to snow and I'm the first who notices.
First, small snow flakes fall down and I try to catch some in my mouth.
I feel the refreshing cold of a drop of water in my mouth.
Other people notice the snow too, the flakes get bigger and it's getting cold

Wow, after writing this down, I realise this would have been a perfect completion of the advanced task of the month Too bad I was 'unconsious' and it started snowing all by itself

Ahh, yeah..that would have been a good opportunity..I'm sure you'll make it snow soon :p.

Those kniving competitors! How dare they steal your invention idea..we have to go teach them a lucid lesson.

I very much like the way you described the last bit of your dream..almost poetic..the flakes melting and refreshing you.

I hope you do get to make the most of tonight. (sorry for the numerous comments..bad timing)

cool dream

I like the catching snow flakes in you mouth, reminds me of being young lol

Could have been a good opportunity but I think you will have plenty more this month

Thanks mark & bro!
I've just had my night-"nap" with a first DV dream

I wanted to sleep for 30 mins, but I had such a nice dream that I didn't want to wake up and slept for almost 2 hours.

Live Dreams
The dream was about DreamViews, there was an undefined place where you could post your dream (kind of big screen hanging around, being visible for everybody) and it was in warm brown colors, not the fresh blue as you see here
I don't remember any names but there were a lot of dream journals I was reading. Every time I wanted to wake up (alarm was on snooze) I discovered another dream that related to me or there was a question I needed to answer.
On one page, there were many candles. Most of them 'off' but others were burning. This was at times people were lucid dreaming and you could click on a candle to see/read about the dream. I was talking to some people, as if they were very close, but at the same time they were not physically there.

All in all a very happy dream, too bad I didn't remember any names.

That sounds absolutely fantastic, like a live link to DV'ers dreams..a perfect way "in".What you said about clicking on a candle, that sounfd great..to be able to see someone's dream as it's happening...I wish the technology existed. :p

cool dream! I love DV dreams, they are always so interesting to read about.

Its a shame you couldnt remember names or the questions that were being asked I could imagine they would be very very interesting

Thanks for the support Mark & Bro, I got a great lucid this 'night'!
After completing the basic TOTM for the first time, I was not really satisfied with my name (plus the vague, fading dream in which I heard it) so I was going to try and see if I could change my name.

I'll highlight the name changing parts and one funny part, for quicker reading



I went to bed when I was very tired, tried to WILD, first time I woke up too early (I thought I was seeing through my eyelids, counting my fingers but then
I opened up my eyes and discovered it was only SP. The dream felt like a WILD/DILD combination (meaning: not sure at what point I got up) but regarding the way I got up and out of bed, I'll count it as a WILD.

Total dream time: approx 20 minutes. I went to bed around 4:45, woke up at 5:15 and had spent some time falling asleep) Writing down almost took 1 hour


Name change!

Second time, I felt myself laying in my bed, being very nauseous. I really needed to get out! I looked down from my bed (I have a high bed with a small stairs) and the stairs were not connecting to the bed. THIS MUST BE A DREAM! As soon as I realised, the WILD-like noise kicked in.
(this scene happened twice, I'm not sure but I guess the first time I tried to wake up and go to the bathroom, the second time I realised my stairs were going away from the bed, I knew I was really dreaming)

I tried to ignore the noise. It transformed into a 'halleluja'-popsong. Slowly I stumbled out of bed. Keeping one hand on the bed till my feet reached the floor. I could feel my mouth fill up with vomit (ieuw, groce) and was still not 100% confident it was just a dream, so I hurried to the bathroom. Pfew, I made it! As I spit it out, I felt a strange sensation in my ears. I drank some water and realise I could 'squirt' it out through my ears! I looked in the mirror, but it was blurred on the sides of my head I could see my face rather clear, but I had a big blurry scar around my nose.

I started talking to my reflection, asked her for a name change. I wanted to be called wealthow (from Beowulf), but my reflection was not very cooperative in talking back. She was behaving more or less like a real reflection. I tried to pull her out, but I didn't have hands to reach inside the mirror and gave up. I concluded I was not allowed to change my name by myself.

A girl came in via the front door, walking to the end of our corridor. She was tall, brown hair and had a friendly attitude (and a little bit 'biology student' look) I asked her in Dutch: "do you know my dream name?". "Yeah, it's Sylvia", she said. Hmm, OK, just another random normal name...
I followed her up till her room, asking for her name. That was something like 'Miss paperbrll#Y&%$' too difficult to remember
I entered the room, there was another girl in the room, a bit younger and very sweet. I was embarrassed to discover her there and made apologies (it was as if I caught them on something I shouldn't be knowing, but they were both dressed and not acting caught or so) Then I saw there were 2 beds in this room and I concluded they were just room mates.

I was supposed to know both girls, as they were living in my corridor, but I really didn't... It was an awkward moment, I didn't want to ask for their names, cause they would think I was stupid, but I was also curious. So I suggested to make dinner tonight. Something healthy, since I was not feeling very well.

Then I got over my hesitance and said: "hey, blonde girl, what's your name again?" She told me, but I forgot the name, it was just a normal one. I asked her for her age, she was 19. Hmm, she looked younger, more like 16.

Then I turned myself to the older girl again. I asked her once more: what is my dream name? "Judith", she replied. I said "Hmm, OK, so you are not sure what my dream name is? And I can get a different name any time I ask?" Yeah, sort of, she said....

Well, then I want a special name! But instead, I said 'I want to wear a special dress' (huh!) So I turned around, said 'I want a black dress' and suddenly the opposite wall had transformed into a mirror, showing myself in a black dress! However, not a normal dress, but a rather kinky/lingery one. It was very long, but made of this fabric you can see through. There were embroideries around my private parts, but not enough to cover... I felt a bit ashamed and try to put my hands in front, but that didn't work.

Impressed by the power of changing clothes so easily, I tried again. I want a NORMAL dress, I said. Upon looking again, I was now wearing a pair of slim jeans and a sweater. Satisfied with the result of being dressed again and appearing slimmer than IRL, like I got a size 34 instead of 38 (that is XS instead of M? not that I'm fat now, but I would like to loose some of my 'student weight') I turned to the girl again, asking her for another name. "Well, what about 'Joyce'." she said. Hmm, OK, if you can't come up with an impressively creative name, I'll give up.

I left the room hop-skipping and felt how my feet were touching the floor on every step/skip. Hmm, now that I'm dreaming, why don't I visit my ex (the one mentioned earlier) so I can ask him some questions. He lives in the same building anyhow (IRL too, it's so strange I only see him once or twice a year). It took some willpower to open the door, as I can't go through solid objects yet. Outside, the doors to the elevators were about half a floor down. Hmm, very dream-like, I thought. Let's fly down the stairs. But I couldn't, I could only fly up, back into my own corridor. Well, maybe I wasn't meant to be talking to him now...

There was another girl in my corridor now. A real biology student type, busy with some flour that she put in small pots on the ground. "I'm going to make dinner, healthy dinner, do you want to join?" She was hesitant, but agreed. Then I asked her my dream name, but she said she didn't know. I walked into the kitchen and saw a little kitten. "Hey, Tobby! What are you doing here?" I said to him (name of my boyfriends cat). I picked him up and was pleasantly surprised by the warm and soft feeling of holding a dream-kitten.
"Put him down" said the biology student, he is very weak! He wasn't weak when I picked him up, but as soon as I put him down, he was very tiny and looked like he could die any moment. I walked away, cause it wasn't "my" Tobby anymore.

I didn't know what to do next, so I tried to realise once again this was a DREAM and that I could do whatever I wanted most. Suddenly small rats, cats and mice appeared everywhere! They were all the same color: white with light grey. The color of my new baby rat. I love small animals and got all excited "Ohhh, look at this little diddle mousies!" The excitement woke me up and left me pondering: why did I get excited of little creatures

I'd better have a nice set of questions ready for my next encounter with DC's It would be nice to spend some time talking to them. Too bad there were only girls around, otherwise I would have liked some dream sex (in fact, next time I could try with a girl... never done that before )

Oh my lord...incredible. Congratulations The task done again!!

What a terrible way to begin a lucid dream! Your reflection seemed to be a bit uncoopertive eh? Then all those different DC's playing with your mind, a different name every time... "Judith", "Sylvia" and "Joyce"..that must have been a bit bothersome. Haha, I giggled with all the clothes changing..that sounded like it was alot of fun. Another thing, you mentioned lots of sensations, the kitten, the errr---vomit, your feet hopping along the ground, isn't it a thrill when it's just so realistic? I know I love that...In fact, feeling and using the tactie sense is what gives me some longer lucids.

I'm happy for you, this sounded fantastic and like an ideal way to attempt the task..yay! Many more for you

I just had a quite explicit (and a bit dirty) sex dream, don't know if I'm going to post it, but I did work it out. If I can find the courage, you have something to look forward to...

ha ha cool dream, I must admit Sara im very very impressed by the progress you have made. I have been here a good few months but you have already surpassed me by far lol

lol I love your dream names ha ha "joyce" .....strange my mums middle name is sylvia

I like the dream kitten sounds very cute.

lol explicit dream last night? are you going to post it? I had some to that are very explicit even for me lol

Originally Posted by Sara

I just had a quite explicit (and a bit dirty) sex dream, don't know if I'm going to post it, but I did work it out. If I can find the courage, you have something to look forward to...

We've all done it....well most of us, especially mark, have.

That is an impressive lucid! Funny how you said that you wanted a special dress instead of what you really wanted to say. I agree with mark, you are doing really good!

Originally Posted by Moonbeam

We've all done it....well most of us, especially mark, have.

ha ha ...its true lol

Thanks MB and Mark!
OK, on your request (Don't blame me for maybe a strange use of words. I'm not used to talk about sex in English, LOL)

Sex at the office

I'm working with several people in an office building. It's a collection of several small (start up) companies, helping each other. We are very involved with how well the others are doing.

As a test, I'm climbing up and down a childrens play thing, try to escape from something. It feels good if you got away from it, because that represents succes in your business.
There are 'magical' things happening. I see a tree with a mother bird that feeds little flying snails. The snails fly fast around this sitting bird. And some other things I see that are to represent succesfull (or failed) business activities.
There was also some real business going on, but I forgot details about that.

**
I'm in an office with bunk beds instead of desks. The light is dimmed, it's an atmosphere you woul expect in a sex club (never been there, but I think my mind made a good guess). A couple is having sex on the lower bed next to me. The man grins, as if to say 'gnagna, I'm having sex and you don't'. Another man, I was in business with some minutes ago, comes over to me and holds me close, in a loving way. He's strong and handsome and I enjoy his close company. Then he starts rubbing against me, looking a bit revengefull to the man in the bed, lol.

It feels exciting, I know what he's up to, but by the time I put my hand in his pants and start fumbling 'down there', he tells me it's OK, I'd better stop, cause he's already coming inside his shirt . As he backs off, the man that had sex on the bed also comes, making a lot of noise. There is sperm all over my cabinet with comic books. First I blame the guy that was rubbing agains me, but then I see this man has a wet spot in his shirt, so it must be the man on the bed. (where did his woman go??) I throw a lot of tissues on the comic books. It's strange, but I'm not disgusted by all this sperm flying around The man in the bed says tissues only make it worse, he prefers to clean it up with his hand. NOW I am disgusted. I tell him: "so every time you cleaned it up with your hands? And you wipe it off to your pants an to MY furniture! You are groce!"