Thread: Caradon's Lucid Dreams

Wicked dream, Caradon! I love the bit with the wooden horse sculpture. Examining detail like that is one of the coolest things you can do in a LD, as you taught me yourself!

Hey I'm on hol at the moment so have limited internet access, but will try to keep up with your DJ. If not, I'll catch up when I get home

Originally Posted by Caradon

Hi Yuri, Thanks.

Now that you mention it, I did have a Lucid once where I went, too. And after that I didn't notice needing to go any more. But I have had plenty of non Lucids where I used the bathroom and it didn't help at all. I never have ended up going in my bed either. But for some reason I had a feeling in that last Lucid that I would have ended up going for real. Probably because of how badly I needed to go.

yeah I know it's very scary- after I woke up I even checked my bed - luckily nothing. Still I think better to be on the safe side and not go in dreams- who knows how long this 'luck' will hold out- perhaps though, and this is a theory- SP affects you completly while in a dream, so just as when you shout something in a dream and are afraid ppl in the waking world will hear you perhaps the same applies to this... hmm needs more study.

Originally Posted by DreamQueen

Wicked dream, Caradon! I love the bit with the wooden horse sculpture. Examining detail like that is one of the coolest things you can do in a LD, as you taught me yourself!

Hey I'm on hol at the moment so have limited internet access, but will try to keep up with your DJ. If not, I'll catch up when I get home

Thanks DQ. Yeah sometimes it really is fun to just do that. It's amazing how realistic things can get. I just noticed you had new Lucid too. Congrats.

I'll try to get to reading some journals Monday. Sorry I have not been around much. I'm just concentrating on getting Lucid. I've had a little bit of Lucidity six out of the last seven nights. Nothing really countable though since the last one I posted.

Originally Posted by yuriythebest

yeah I know it's very scary- after I woke up I even checked my bed - luckily nothing. Still I think better to be on the safe side and not go in dreams- who knows how long this 'luck' will hold out- perhaps though, and this is a theory- SP affects you completly while in a dream, so just as when you shout something in a dream and are afraid ppl in the waking world will hear you perhaps the same applies to this... hmm needs more study.

Yeah maybe you right with the SP helping to stop it. Or maybe it's just so ingrained into our subconscious that we don't go for real. Either way, I think your right about being better safe than sorry.

I'll be getting to your journal soon too.

I had some interesting WILDing attempts this morning, and one in my nap. I think I'll post a couple of them.



# 1
I enter a scene fully Lucid. I'm standing in my kitchen in front of an open cupboard. I stand there looking at the dishes inside. I'm fully expecting to slide back out of it right away, but I don't. after a moment I'm like, "Wow I'm still here." I continue to stand there amazed for several more moments before I do slide out of it.

# 2 One of my best ones, I think.
I enter a scene with partial Lucidity. I'm on a ski hill, at the top. For some reason I have a gallon jug of water in my hand. At the top of the hill, on the backside, there is a railing. As I walk up to the railing, it's now like I'm on some bridge. I have the idea in my head that I need to pour the gallon of water over the railing. And doing so will somehow make me fully Lucid. (Like a reality check or something.)

I lean over the railing and turn the jug upside down. And as soon as the water starts to pour out, full Lucidity washes over me. I'm afraid to move and disrupt anything. I stand there watching the water pour out. Again I'm expecting I will slide out of it right away, but I don't. Several moments pass and I'm still there. I stand there looking over the railing, afraid that if I try to turn around I will lose the dream. But instead of the dream fading, I can actually feel it growing more solid around me. It now feels so stable that I think I may actually have this one. But now I get a little too excited and start to panic. And I know I'm about to cause it to end. I try to keep myself in it by focusing on the sense of touch. I pay close attention to how the water jug feels in my had. And I even rub my fingers over the side of it in a makeshift rubbing hands together technique. But as I'm doing that, I lose it.

There were a couple other very short ones early this morning I don't feel like recording.

# 3 Wilding into my nap.
I enter a scene fully Lucid. I don't remember the little details very vividly.( I'm not even sure the environment) I just remember my dog. She was there and I was scratching her ears. Telling her that she was a dream over and over. I'm aware that she is actually sleeping on the bed right next to me. And I start to wonder if dogs actually have a natural ability to dream share. And if this could really be her, projecting into my dream. After a moment or two I slide out of it. I didn't even really think about waking up in that one.

Wow! 157 lucids Thats awsome

Originally Posted by Caradon

I'm aware that she is actually sleeping on the bed right next to me. And I start to wonder if dogs actually have a natural ability to dream share. And if this could really be her, projecting into my dream. After a moment or two I slide out of it.

That would be pretty incredible. Watching my dog's restless dreaming, I always wonder what could possibly be going on in his head. Is he dreaming of playing fetch with me on the lawn and sniffing butts at the dog park? Or is he somehow tapped into his long forgotten instincts, and dreaming about taking down a caribou with a pack of other wolves?

Maybe you should set a lucid goal to try and enter your dog's dreams.

Originally Posted by Zeno

Wow! 157 lucids Thats awsome

Thanks Zeno. I'm actually about to record the 157th right now.

Originally Posted by Robot_Butler

That would be pretty incredible. Watching my dog's restless dreaming, I always wonder what could possibly be going on in his head. Is he dreaming of playing fetch with me on the lawn and sniffing butts at the dog park? Or is he somehow tapped into his long forgotten instincts, and dreaming about taking down a caribou with a pack of other wolves?

Maybe you should set a lucid goal to try and enter your dog's dreams.

I know what you mean. I'm always wondering what my dog is dreaming about too. I would imagine that we often show up their dreams, because we are such a big part of their life. I know she is often in my dreams.

That would be cool to have a shared dream with her. I've been Lucid with her
before, but there is really no way of ever knowing for sure if it was actully her. Too bad.

A Lucid Dream
Sunday/January/11/2009
Lucid Dream # 1 of 2009
Dreamsign/Spontaneous Lucidity?

This one took place about an hour and forty five minutes into sleep.


It starts out as a bear dream. I don't remember the very firsts part very well, but I'm outside Grizzly Adams cabin. There are brown bears everywhere, and they are tearing the place up. I'm not sure if I'm actually in this part, or just watching it like a movie. But I remember thinking that this is odd, because Grizzly Adams always has friendly animals around.

The bears all take off down a trail, and a woman comes out of the cabin and shouts."Oh My god! they are going to the house, where the kids are!" The dream shifts and I'm outside a small house. This is like a time before there were any phones, and there is no way for the woman to contact the children, to warn them about the bears.

I'm in the yard, and I can now see the bears coming down the trail towards me. But they are no longer bears. The bears have become creatures that walk on two legs. The only resemblance to bears they now have, is that they are covered in brown fur. They are very scary looking. They have long skinny arms and legs, and their torsos are skinny too. So that they are kind of shaped like stick figures. Their heads are all covered in fur. But probably the scariest thing about them, is that where their faces should be, It's just an empty black void. This gives me the impression that these are not just natural creatures, but some kind of evil. They are quite frightening, and they make a deep gurgling growling type of sound as they walk towards me with a slow lumbering gate.

There is about five of them, and they are scattered at various points along the trail.
The first one is out of the woods, and coming across the yard. With the others not too far behind.

I run to the house and try to open the door, but it's locked. It must be my house, because I reach in my pocket and pull out my keys. I fumble through my keys, looking for the right one. I fear I will not be able to get the door open in time. But just then, the door opens.

Somebody inside came to let me in. It must be one of the kids, I think. But as I enter I see that it's not a kid, but my moms dog. (Which I'm dog sitting right now.) I now have that weird annoying natural type of Lucidity that I've had in so many dreams the last two weeks. I'm aware I'm dreaming but don't fully comprehend the implications of that. I see that the dog is standing upright on two legs and has opened the door for me. And is actually holding the door as I enter. Aware it's a dream, I find this funny, and think." That's pretty good, the dog is letting me in the house."

I then walk across a kitchen, and halfway through the kitchen I think, "Wait a second... this is a dream!" And full Lucidity washes over me. I now stop and turn around to face these creatures outside. I notice I'm wearing my winter coat, even though there is no snow outside. I take off my coat and drop it on the floor, as I walk back to the door. And at the same time, I say to somebody in the room,(Probably the dog.) " I have some business to take care of outside."

I step outside, and my plan now, is to walk up to one of these creatures and give it a big hug. I want to see how the dream will change if I show these things love, instead of fear. But my lack of fear has already altered events. The creatures are no longer coming towards the house, but turn and start walking down a road, away from the house. I think, "great... now that I'm no longer afraid, they are going to leave.

I really want to confront them and still determined to do so. But now I start to worry that I will wake up before I can get to them. Just then I see a line of school buses pull up and stop. I watch as one of the creatures pulls open a bus door and enter the bus.
(before they would have been much too big to fit through a school bus door.)

The bus driver suddenly comes flying out of the bus as if thrown, and sprawls out on the ground. I start to make my way in that direction and wake up.

Wow that's a cool one. I like your description of the monsters. They sound like some sort of demonic Bigfoot creature. I know what you mean about your lack of fear already altering events.

I think you've answered our questions about what dogs dream about. They probably would dream about opening the door for us. I know it is a big deal to him if my dog walks through the door before me. They love that sort of thing. Showing dominance and all.

Why exactly do you have all these bear dreams? Is it something to do with your cabin? Or purely psychological?

Originally Posted by Robot_Butler

Wow that's a cool one. I like your description of the monsters. They sound like some sort of demonic Bigfoot creature. I know what you mean about your lack of fear already altering events.

I think you've answered our questions about what dogs dream about. They probably would dream about opening the door for us. I know it is a big deal to him if my dog walks through the door before me. They love that sort of thing. Showing dominance and all.

Why exactly do you have all these bear dreams? Is it something to do with your cabin? Or purely psychological?

Thanks, Yeah that's exactly what they were. I had another dream where a bear became a big foot. And I got Lucid in that one too.

Yeah your probably right. that would be funny, dogs acting human in their dreams.

Well bears are probably the most common. But I get all sorts of animal dreams. I get lions and tigers a lot too. But many others as well. Sometimes they are friendly, they don't always attack. But most times they do. I had a dream of a friendly tiger in my house last week.

I guess the reason for it is because I spend a lot of time in the wilderness. I used to do a lot of backpacking in the mountains alone. And the bear dreams started up shortly after that. Even though I was never really worried about running into bears or mountain lions at the time.

I spend a lot of time at the cabin in the summer now, and I do worry a little about running into black bears when I'm out walking. Though I know most of them are not dangerous, I would still be freaked out if I ran into one. So I suppose thinking about it when I'm out there, triggers more bear dreams.

I don't mind the dreams, they can be funny. And I keep hoping they will get me Lucid more often. I got Lucid from seeing lions in my playing with cars dream, that's in the Dream Gallery. I remembered to do an RC when I saw them.

A Lucid Dream
Thursday/January/15/2009
Lucid Dream # 2 of 2009
Bear dreamsign recognized

This one took place about four hours into sleep. And after hitting snooze for the second time.

Earlier in the night I had a polar bear dream. I remember doing a quick nose RC when I saw the bears, but the RC failed and I didn't get Lucid. But Then I returned to the same place and got Lucid the second time around.

I'm in a forest with many trails. There is a group of people with me, and we are aware that there are many polar bears in the area. For some reason I don't remember we all separate. I go my own way, and follow a trail that takes me to a wide open field. I Tell myself that the next time I see a bear I'm going to become Lucid for sure. I can remember what happened the last time. I must be already partially aware that I'm dreaming.

On the edge of the field, and because of the angle of the land, I'm having a hard time seeing the entire area. There is some tall grass too, that's not making it any easier. I know there is a bear Somewhere. I'm not too afraid, I want to see one so that I can become Lucid.

I see a large rock and climb onto it, trying to get a better view of the area. I can see most of the field now. I don't see any bears, and think, "Come on bears, where are you." I then hear a sound behind me. I turn around and see a polar bear standing right behind me. " A bear! Do a reality check!" I pinch my nose and I can't hardly get any air to go through at all. I'm momentarily confused because of the failed RC. But then I think, " I don't care, I'm getting Lucid this time!

I jump from the rock. and at the same time grab the bear by the head. I then begin to fly upwards, pulling the bear into the air with me. I remember a previous non Lucid polar bear attack dream, and I'm thinking about spinning around swinging, then throwing this bear. Just like I did before. But I then remember the last Lucid I had, and that I want to handle the situation another way.

Instead of throwing the bear, I put my arms around it's neck and give it a big hug. I begin scratching behind it's ears while I let us descend back to the ground. Once on the ground I continue to scratch it's ears and talk to it. I can't remember exactly what I was saying though. It was just silly things one might say to an animal while petting it.

The bear isn't trying to bite me, So I push my luck and put my nose right up to it's nose, giving it the perfect opportunity to try and take my head off. But instead of biting me, the bear licks my face.

There is a dirt road now, and I turn and start walking down it. The bear follows me, and I think, "This is cool, Now I have a pet bear." We walk down the road a ways, and suddenly there is a group of animals coming down the road towards us.

There are brown bears, panthers, and a family of...monkeys. Some of the monkeys are pretty large, almost gorilla size. And they have many small babies with them. When I first see this group I have the feeling that they are going to try and attack me. But I decide I'm going to face them down, like I did the bear. And I will have a whole mob of animals following me around my dream.

When I reach the group, I decide to go for the baby monkeys, seeing if I can provoke an attack from the larger ones. I say,"Oh look at the cute little monkeys." And I reach down lifting one of them up in my hand. It's so small that I can hold it up in the palm of my hand. Alarm clock goes off.

Edit: Forgot to mention that when I woke up I realized my nose RC's were failing, because my nose was pretty stuffed up.

Wow imagine if it was a real bear you had swung around.

Aaaaaargh! What a bugger re the alarm clock! I had the same thing happen this morning. I was just in the process of getting lucid at about 10am after a WBTB when the phone rang. I was in the middle of a FA, lifting my sleep mask off and thinking "is this real?" and suddenly RING RING! So annoying!

I'm glad you put in the explanation of why your nose RC failed. I was wondering what was up with that!

Great dream. I occasionally have dreams where I'm being chased by a tiger or something. I hope I'm as cool, calm and collected as you next time it happens! You did brilliantly!

DQ

Originally Posted by Zeno

Wow imagine if it was a real bear you had swung around.

I know, I'd have to have super human strength just to lift the thing, let alone throw it around.

Originally Posted by DreamQueen

Aaaaaargh! What a bugger re the alarm clock! I had the same thing happen this morning. I was just in the process of getting lucid at about 10am after a WBTB when the phone rang. I was in the middle of a FA, lifting my sleep mask off and thinking "is this real?" and suddenly RING RING! So annoying!

I'm glad you put in the explanation of why your nose RC failed. I was wondering what was up with that!

Great dream. I occasionally have dreams where I'm being chased by a tiger or something. I hope I'm as cool, calm and collected as you next time it happens! You did brilliantly!

DQ

Thanks.

That sucks the phone rang on you. I don't hear the phone when I sleep because it's not so loud that I can hear it through the earplugs I use. But if I could I would shut it off, or unplug it.

I've had the nose RC not work for me for no reason before as well.
That's what caused my last bad dry spell. I was to the point where I was getting Lucid nearly every night for a while, then my nose RC stopped working. I got so upset about it, I just stopped trying for a little bit. I'm still trying to recover from that. That's why I've been trying to train myself to use my watch RC more often. So far I've only successfully used my watch twice in a dream. I think the nose RC failing was a result of doing way to many of them, and too quickly besides.

Well, this has not been the best week for me. I'm not satisfied with the effort I put into it. I've only been about 50% focused. I need to be at least 90% every day. I'm annoyed with myself for letting things distract me. plus I had bad recall for a couple of days. Because of working late made it so I couldn't get my nap in. I hope to make next week better. Though I've been having a lot of fun with short WILDs. I tried to double my efforts at work Sunday. though I still felt I could have done much better, I must have done something right. Because I got Lucid in my nap once when I got home, and had another partial Lucid where I thought I was in a video game world. Then got Lucid again Sunday night. Though I'm only counting this one from last night.

A Lucid Dream
Sunday/January/25/2009
Lucid Dream # 3 of 2009
Spontaneous Lucidity?

This one took place four hours into sleep, and sometime after my first ten minute WBTB.

I'm in my car, in my drive way at home. I guess I'm just leaving for work. I back out, then put it in drive to go forward. But when I do that, the car stalls on me.(Never happened in real life...yet.) I turn the key, and it starts right up again. (That's surprising for a dream.) I begin driving down the road. It's not winter, and the sun is up.

There are some people outside a house, and I'm curious about what they are up to. I'm now no longer in my car, and I'm flying through their back yard. There is a cloths line with lots of large green towels hanging off it. I plow through the towels, thinking that these people have more towels than I have cloths. Through the towels, I'm now carrying a laundry basket. Somewhere about here I know I'm fully Lucid. Though there is no instant of becoming Lucid. I just know, as if I always had known.

The wind catches underneath the basket I'm carrying, pulling me higher into the air. I look down and see three people having a conversation. I shout down to them that this is a great way to fly higher. One of the people looks up and waves at me. Though he seems annoyed that I'm interrupting their conversation, and he just turns back to his friends.

I'm loving this. I keep getting pulled higher, and I'm doing nothing to make it happen.
I pass some power-lines, but nothing that gets in the way. The higher I get, and the wider the view expands. The more joy and excitement I feel. I'm perfectly content to do nothing, and just go along for the ride.

I don't remember turning over, but I find myself hanging upside down. I no longer have the basket. I'm wearing sandals, and the wind is now catching between my foot and the back part of the sandal, pulling me higher into the sky upside down like this.
I can actually feel my weight trying to pull me out of the sandal, but I'm able to hang on with my foot somehow. I'm totally thrilled, and I'm loudly singing the McDonald's song. "Oh I'm Loving it" Over and over.

From my upside down perspective, I look up into the sky. I can see a blanket of clouds so thin that I can see the blue sky through them. And there are tendrils of cloud all swirling around. I continue to sing my song as I get pulled closer to the clouds. I wake up before I get to them.

I try to WBTB again, but I can't fall back to sleep. Though I do manage a short WILD.

A Lucid Dream
Wednesday/January/28/2009
Lucid Dream # 4 of 2009
People dreamsign recognized
Reality check induced Lucidity

This one took place about four and a half hours into sleep. And after hitting snooze about five times. I had set my alarm early because I wanted to get into work early. But I was having such vivid and interesting dreams that I just kept hitting snooze instead. I'm glad I did, because I ended up getting an enjoyable Lucid. But I ended up being a few minutes late for work instead of early.

I'm at work and there is a girl there that I worked with about seven years ago. She is actually somebody I did not like very much, and I'm kind of disappointed to see that she is back. I walk up to her and tell her that I had a feeling she would be back someday. Then somebody else tells me that this isn't the person I think it is. Oops.
"But she looks exactly the same, and even has the same voice" I say.

I walk away a little embarrassed. The situation seems so to me that I decide I should do a reality check. I pinch my nose and I can breath clearly through the left nostril only. (The other one was stuffed up for real.) Surprised that I can breath though it. I do it a couple more times. I say out loud," I think this may be a dream." I'm aware that I had been pushing snooze a lot, and the idea that I had not actually gotten up and came into work yet seems really strange to me.

I walk to a different area and see my boss. I think, " This sure is a realistic version of my boss if it really isn't him." I try to get somebody else to try breathing through a pinched nose because I want some help confirming this is a dream. But then I realize the futility of that idea and give it up. I push my finger into the palm of my hand. After a moment it starts to sink in.

Once it starts sinking in just a little, I'm now positive I'm dreaming. I push my finger through a little farther. And say to my boss." Look at this." I show him the back of my hand. There is a large bulge where the skin is being pushed up. He looks at it, but doesn't really take much interest.

He suddenly holds up a plate stacked with French toast and says. "Here, try some of this." There is no syrup on it. It's just dry French toast. I decide to try and freak him out. Instead of taking a piece with my hand, I shove my entire face into the plate. Then grab a piece of the French toast with my teeth, and start shaking it around and snarling like a dog. My boss doesn't seem to mind at all.

"OK, Hmm, what to do next, oh yeah" I remember what I wanted to try doing in my next Lucid. I want to try pushing my arm into a wall. The same way I push my finger through my hand. I walk up to a wall. it's an inside wall, not real thick. There is a doorway to my left. but it has no door. So that I can easily look around to the other side of the wall.

I push my fingers up against the wall. It seems very solid. I begin to push. Nothing happens so I push harder. My finger tips begin to slowly sink in. But it's very hard going. I keep pushing as hard as I can, and gradually my entire hand sinks in. I keep pushing until I'm up to my elbow. I look around the wall to the other side, and can see my hand bulging through. But my hand is completely covered in an orange jelly like slime.

Instead of pulling my arm back out, I decide to try and make the hole bigger. I pull my arm to the side, towards the doorway. I am able to cut a long line across the wall as wide as my arm. My arm comes out, completely covered in orange slime. I pull at the corner where I had just cut a long hole. And the wall just starts to come apart in large chunks. I start pulling the whole wall apart, throwing the chunks across the room. And I'm getting this orange wall filling slime all over me. Both my arms and chest are just covered in it.

I give up on this, And I briefly think that it could be fun to freak out some DC's by getting naked and smearing this slime all over myself. But I discard that idea. I see some nice looking girl and think about making a sexual advance. Though I remember that that could wake me up. But the dream is so stable, that the possibility of waking up seems pretty far fetched to me. So I reach out and touch her. As soon as I do the dream frustratingly fades away. It's just as well though, because my alarm was about to go off again anyway.

Nice experiment with the wall. I've had that on my list of things to do since it was suggested the other day. I hope my experience isn't influenced by yours too much.

Funny that you mention slime. I had my 7 year old brother over the other night (yeah, he's 20 years younger than me...), and we made huge piles of multi colored slime out of white glue and borax. It was a fantastic mess. Something your parents definitely would never had let you do when you were 7. You should give it a try next time you want to feel like a kid again while appreciating the freedom you have, now as an adult.

Originally Posted by Robot_Butler

Nice experiment with the wall. I've had that on my list of things to do since it was suggested the other day. I hope my experience isn't influenced by yours too much.

Funny that you mention slime. I had my 7 year old brother over the other night (yeah, he's 20 years younger than me...), and we made huge piles of multi colored slime out of white glue and borax. It was a fantastic mess. Something your parents definitely would never had let you do when you were 7. You should give it a try next time you want to feel like a kid again while appreciating the freedom you have, now as an adult.

Thanks. I only partially completed that task, because I wanted to actually try pushing my whole body through the wall. but I got caught up in tearing it apart, and forgot.

That sounds like fun, making slime. Yeah, it's fun being able to do things your parents never would have let you.

Elevator Lucidity
This was a worthy dream, but I'm not going to count it because of waking up too soon.

I was having a really long adventure nightmare. I was in some huge place, like a giant mall or something. I was being hunted through this place by people that wanted to kill me. It was just me, and the people that were hunting me. I had partial Lucidity throughout several different points of the dream. I'm not even going to try and record all of it though. It was just a lot of me trying not to get killed.

I'll start it here.

I'm quickly making my way down a dimly lit corridor. There are at least two men pursuing, not far behind. The men are carrying long blades in each hand. I know that there is an elevator somewhere along this corridor. I'm trying to get to it, to make my escape. But the men are fast closing on me. I'm not sure if I can make it in time.

OK, I see the elevator now. Luckily for me, the doors are all ready open. I enter, and hurriedly push the button to take me up. The doors close, painfully slowly, but they do close before the men can reach me. Now the elevator begins to rise.
In of my haste to get away, I didn't at first notice, that the walls, floor, and ceiling, of this elevator, are covered in blood and gore. I realize that the last people in here, must have been killed by the elevator itself. And they have been splattered all over the place.

I hear a humming sound as the elevator suddenly begins to rise, faster, and faster. Until it reaches an outrageous speed. I realize that what happened to the last occupants, is about to happen to me. The just as suddenly, the elevator comes to an abrupt stop. I can now hear strange sounds, and the elevator begins to jerk a little. And I think it's about to fall.

At this point I remind myself that I don't have to worry about falling, because I know how to fly. It's not like I'm becoming Lucid here. It's like I'm reminding myself that I don't need to worry about being harmed, because I'm dreaming. Then... Oh yeah, I can't really fall anyway,. because I'm actually laying safe in bed. And this is all in my mind. relief washes over me, and all fear is completely gone. The elevator begins to drop. The dream fades and I wake.

Blinkin heck! Nasty! Glad you got lucid

Originally Posted by DreamQueen

Blinkin heck! Nasty! Glad you got lucid

Thanks, me too. I get some pretty insane dreams sometimes.

Sorry I have not been to your journal for a while. I have not had much time for journal reading. But I hope to catch up on some soon.

A Lucid Dream
Thursday/February/5/2009
Lucid Dream # 5 of 2009
Lucidity trigger unknown

This one took place between four, and four and a half hours into sleep.

I have No idea how I became Lucid, because I'm already Lucid in my first memory of this dream. I'm already in the process of flying. In each hand I'm holding some kind of large paddle. And I'm flapping my arms like a bird, using these paddles as an extension of my arms and also to catch the air as if they were wings.

I'm flying through a swampy jungle. The trees are so tall, that I'm still beneath their leafy canopy, even though I'm already quite high in the air. There is somebody flying with me. The person with me is male, and knows all about Lucid Dreaming. And he also knows this is a dream as well. In the dream, I think he is a real person.

We continue to fly, there are branches and vines I crash through. Eventually, we break through the tree line, and fly out over a wide open area. I accidentally drop one of my paddles and swoop down to catch it. I know I don't really need them to fly, but I'm enjoying flying this way. I feel like a great bird, and the sensation of flying with wings, is realistic and pleasant.

I fly up higher again, and I look down, and across the landscape. I'm literally bug eyed with wonder, excitement, and joy. I don't care about doing anything other than enjoying this moment, and just taking in all the stunning visuals. The landscape below is still kind of marshy, but there is lots of land too. And I'm flying over the ruins of ancient castles. There are many castles, but they all seem to be connected by long walls. The stone work is crumbling in many places. The ceilings are gone, so that I can see down into the rooms. And everything has kind of a brownish decaying color.
It's an extremely beautiful scene. In an odd dark sort of way.

Within these ruins, I notice the form of a white ghostly shape. It is a ghost, but it's like a cartoon ghost, just like Casper. the ghost seems to be dancing around. I stare at it, wondering if it will notice me, and what it will do if it does. The ghost sees me and waves up at me. Then it begins to change form, becoming a tendril of smoke or cloud.
It drifts upon the wind, rising into the air. Then slowly begins to dissipate, until it is gone altogether.

My dreaming friend and I, fly on, until I come to a point where there is a gap in my memory. The next thing I remember, is that my friend and I are in a large house. It's more like a mansion. I know that this is where our flight ended up, but the dream seems a little different now.

Some people show up at the door, and come in. It's a man and a woman. Apparently this mansion is for sale, and the people are here to view it. Like an open house or something. They bring a lot of stuff with them, like they are planning to throw a party.
My recall of this part is a little sketchy. This part of the dream lasts for a long time, and there is a lot of interaction between my friend and I, and these people. I can't remember much of what we had talked about. But apparently these people are from Wisconsin. They ask me if I'm from Minnesota and I say no, because I can tell they would not be happy about that at all.

For some reason I don't want these people to know this is a dream, and I keep the secret to myself the entire time. As does my friend. Eventually another person shows up. It's a friend of the first two. Things eventually progress, and they make a big dinner. Everyone is sitting at a large round table. the table is full of plates and food and what ever. I pick up this white plastic dish of macaroni and cheese. It has a clear plastic cover on it, like something you would buy in the frozen foods section of the grocery store. I peel back the plastic cover and dig in with a spoon. It suddenly strikes me, how odd this entire part of the dream is, interacting with these people like this. I'm just going along with what they are doing.

Out loud I say," This must be one of the weirdest Lucid Dreams I've ever had." My dreaming friend looks at me and smirks, because he knows the secret. I look to see if any of the others noticed that I had just said this was a dream. But They are into what they are doing, and don't seem to notice.

I wake up here, with two minutes left on my alarm clock.

I'm going to post these here because they were significant enough to me.
Sunday night I was Lucid, but they were early in the night, and my recall was bad for the firsts part of the night. I only know that I was doing something that Would have gotten me into trouble if I were to do it in the waking world. I'm not sure what it was though. I didn't sleep in very long last night. And the dreams I remembered I forgot to take notes on except for one. The ones I didn't take notes on, I forgot. stupid. I'm having a shitty recall period.

WILD attempts
From the last two days

#1
I had an odd experience where I started to hear a woman laughing. Though I had the odd perception that this time the voice I heard was not in my mind. Rather I was in her mind, like a part of her subconscious. She was awake, and I could here her voice. For a moment, there I actually thought I was in somebody else's mind. It was weird.

# 2
I enter the scene with partial Lucidity. I'm in my kitchen, with a wash cloth. I'm wiping off some stuff that's on my dry erase board on my refrigerator. I think, wait a second, I don't want to wipe this stuff off. Then, oh yeah, It does not matter because I'm dreaming. So I continue to wipe it off, thinking it would be a good idea to continue the action I entered the dream with. After a moment of wiping the board off, I open the refrigerator door. Sitting on a shelf, in an open plastic bowl, is some sliced ham. I pick up a piece and eat it. It tastes good. Just like ham. It even feels cold. I make a mental note to remember to write how the ham tastes in my journal.
I then close the door and walk out into the living room. As I enter the living room, the dream is gone.

# 3
Two early morning ones.

I'm laying on my back trying to WILD when a fragment of a dream comes back to me. I turn over and begin to write down the fragment in my note book. as I'm writing it down, I realize I'm actually dreaming this. I'm able to focus on the notebook and hold myself in it for a decent amount of time. It fades out just a little bit a couple of times, but I keep pulling myself back in.

# 4
I was thinking about a music DVD I have. I suddenly find myself putting the DVD in the DVD player. I'm Lucid and continue to mess around with the DVD player a little. I then spend quite a bit of time walking around my living room, barely holding onto the dream. The scene kind of fades in and out, so that sometimes it's completely solid, and other times the scene around me is kind of ghostly insubstantial. I eventually give it up.

Originally Posted by Caradon

I fly up higher again, and I look down, and across the landscape. I'm literally bug eyed with wonder, excitement, and joy. I don't care about doing anything other than enjoying this moment, and just taking in all the stunning visuals.

That sounds like so much fun That is my favorite feeling in both real life and dreams. Too bad it translates so poorly to memory.

Originally Posted by Caradon

Out loud I say," This must be one of the weirdest Lucid Dreams I've ever had." My dreaming friend looks at me and smirks, because he knows the secret. I look to see if any of the others noticed that I had just said this was a dream. But They are into what they are doing, and don't seem to notice.

This is sort of a creepy scene. Almost like you and your friend were spies at someone's dream-dinner party.