Dream 25 (June 16, 2008)
This dream gave me what I have been attempting to get for the last few years: Lucidity. I can’t remember much of Part: 1, and I already lost the original copy of it, once, so now it will be even shorter than it already was with hardly any detail.
What I remember was me and a girl riding a huge roller coaster, in a cityscape. There was a sunset, and everything was like a silhouette. After this, I really don’t know. I remember me going over to Charlotte’s house, and her tricking me into coming in and her trying to kill me. Not much detail after that… and I’m afraid as to what the meaning could be.
Part: 2
I got off a school bus, with some strange class I never saw before, at a McDonald’s. The students were young, between the ages of 11 and 15. The one person I recognized out of the group was the teacher, which was my Drawing I art teacher, Mrs. Tyler. She was directing the kids to the line and telling us we didn’t have long and that we were going to go back to school. Every now and then, she’d look me but with a confused look, as if I wasn’t suppose to be there, and I didn’t try to speak to her, either. I felt so out of place when I was there, but the McDonald’s was beautiful. The building was out in the middle of the road, though, and lately, that’s been a recurring theme in my dreams: being placed in the middle of a busy intersection. There was windows all around the building, and you could see the cars speeding by on the intersection. The ceiling was very high but slanted downward as you went from one side to the other, making one side have a ceiling that could be easily touched if you were to jump. There was many tables, and they were all spread out. On the second floor was an aquarium. I didn’t go up to the aquarium, though--at least I don’t remember going up there. The place where you order your food was like a drive-thru but indoors. I got in the line, and everyone was talking to each other and having a good time. Every time I tried to start a conversation with someone, though, I was looked at, ignored, and then skipped in line by that person. I gave up trying to start a conversation with people, but I was still skipped in line. I ended up being at the end of the line, with some disabled kids, and they would ignore me and skip me, too. I kept trying to stop them from cutting in front of me, but I got sandwiched in by two that were in wheelchairs and got one of my ankles caught with one of their wheels, and almost fell.
By the time I got to order my food, I wasn’t hungry and just ordered a drink. I could hear my teacher shouting "Hurry! Hurry! We’re leaving soon!", on the other side of the wall. I got my drink and went to the side that had the lower ceiling, but I didn’t take a seat, and I could still hear my teacher shouting, repeatedly, that we were going to leave soon. There was some kids running around and playing, then I noticed that we were ankle deep in water. When I looked back up, I saw that everyone was in bathing suits; I was, too. I shrugged and saw a strange, little girl looking at me. The girl was standing near the wall (on this side there was no windows, like the entrance, only walls), and she looked almost like my mom when she was that age. She started to point to the right of my feet, but said nothing, and I could hear splashing. I looked and saw a huge crab under the table. It was moving about, frantically, in a panic, but I still moved away from it, even though it looked harmless. I was standing next to the girl, now, and she pointed to the ceiling this time. I looked up, and I could see water dripping from the ceiling. The girl tugged at my arm and pointed to my right, again. I saw a sting ray in the water, covered in sand and the water was almost up to my knees, now. I looked up at the ceiling and saw that the water was rushing in now, not just dripping. In that same moment, I remembered there was an aquarium on the floor above, and realized the ceiling was going to come down on us.
Now is when I--for the first time--experienced actual lucidity. It was what I expected, and more. The feeling was amazing… to actually live the dream, and to actually be in another plane of existence, but not just any plane: Your imagination. I wasn’t there long, maybe a couple of minutes, maybe longer, but I’ll talk more about it, later.
Lucid
The walls were coming in on me, as well as the others. I was the only one trying to escape, though, the rest just stood there, mindlessly. My teacher wasn’t there anymore, but I saw them in the bus, going towards the school… and that was the last I would see of them because the glass on the windows started to turn to cement. The water was waist deep, now, and I wanted to get out of there so bad, but at the same time I didn’t want to wake up. I kept myself calm, and in the dream state, by saying "It’s only a dream" and "I can’t die here". As I did that, I started to get more lucid and gain a little more control of the dream, and then I realized that since this is my world and my imagination--reality and its laws (two limits I despise) don’t apply here. I touched the walls, and of course, they were solid, but as I gained more confidence, I started to manipulate the cement a little. I don’t have the ability to actually change anything to whatever I want… yet, but I had enough control to jump through the cement and get out of there.
When I got out, I heard my teacher, but instead of saying "Hurry up! Hurry up!", she was talking to me and we actually had a conversation. That was another part that made me wish I had never woken up. I remember the conversation clearly, too, which I’ll write out in the next few lines:
"Come back to the school, Kevin," she said.
"Why, what for?" I asked.
"Because I have something very important to tell you…" she paused a moment, "…and to test you."
"Test?"
"Yes, test, to see how determined you are at reaching your goal… my information… and to see if you have the strength--and will--to get here."
"How are you talking to me?" I asked, confused. "I can’t even see the bus, anymore."
She laughed a bit, either at me or the question, or both, and said "I’m omnipresent. I’m a master… your teacher… and I can talk to you whenever I want… whenever you allow yourself to listen. I’ll tell you the rest, and more, if you can get here… but ONLY if you can get here. So, come."
She stopped talking, but as I was running uphill, to get to the school, she’d say "Get to the school, Kevin", every now and then. On one of the blocks, I passed an old man who was walking his dog, and he stared at me the whole time I was on that strip of the block. What I notice in my dreams is that everyone, but a few people, are mindless beings. No one, but a few people, has a personality. They’re always unaware of everything.
I kept running, and I could feel myself losing lucidity, as well as complete loss of control, now. What caused this sudden loss was when things were starting to come at me randomly and becoming unstable. The time of day would change quickly from dawn to sunset, then go backwards, then forwards, and the cycle would continue. Streets switched back and forth from those in GTA: IV, my hometown, and Spain. Then, the appearance of a wrist watch on my wrist, which read 9:20 AM... the last time I looked at the clock before falling asleep. My teacher (or whatever that person was) would call to me, too, and I tried my hardest to fight off the distractions. It was extremely chaotic, but strangely, the one thing that affected me the most was the clock, because I started to wonder what time it was in the waking world and wanting to wake up to find out. Every time I thought about it, I would say "Don’t wake up, get to the school", to combat the urge to wake up. Then there was nothing.
I failed. Everything went black… and I woke up. I might have had one last dream during that time, but all I can remember is running and then that darkness; nothing more. I woke up, frustrated, however, at the same time I felt accomplished. That was my first, actual lucid dream, and I put out that much. It was almost 10:10 AM when I woke up, so I could only imagine how long you could actually stay in your world. Hopefully next time I can reach the goal… if there is another one.
Notes: This is the continuation of the paragraph that was just before the lucid part of my dream. After many years of trying to attain lucidity, I finally did it. A few days ago, I had a hellish dream (hellish to me, at least), and I was rewarded with this. I can’t say the first part, and most of the second, was all that wonderful, but to actually get lucid is a reward, to me. After waking from the experience, it made me wonder more about my place here and what anything is. The dream world felt so real to me that it makes me wonder if the one I’m currently writing this on now is even the true reality or not.
The feeling was amazing. You’re so free, and everything is near-perfect. I guess if I flew, it would have been even better, but I never was the flying sort in dreams; it’s just not my thing. What I love most of all is that you control it all, so you get exactly what you make of it. Unlike waking from my "regular" dreams, I woke up from this one content and even more aware of my position.
Interaction with dream characters, creatures, beings, or whatever you want to call them, is very insightful and interesting. But while lucid, it’s even better because they will act almost like any person would in the waking world. It’s too bad I only got the chance to speak to one. The conversation with my teacher, even though it was short and vague, was entertaining. Maybe whenever I get more experienced I will finally be able to speak with her--Xyrathana Everbrand--face-to-face, but until then, I can only wish for that day to come sooner. I could only imagine how that would turn out… speaking to the ascended, feminine part of me… the other half.
There were a few problems I noticed in the dream world, though. The most obvious: It takes a lot of energy and concentration to actually keep yourself lucid. I knew it was difficult, and I expected it to be as such, but I didn’t think it was that difficult. I found myself struggling at times to keep myself in that state, but I’m sure it’s probably because that was my first time, and I’m still inexperienced. Second, either that world I created was dull or that reality has a lot of "dead" people. Everyone seemed to just disappear whenever I became lucid. I also figured you would be able to talk to every dream character you met, but the majority of the ones I met either ignored me or said very little. Perhaps there’s other means of communicating there, or I didn’t have as much control as I thought I had? Maybe it’s just me, and the world takes on my personality? I don’t know, but we’ll see whenever I get more later on. Other than that, and the complete randomness at the end--which had to be of my own doing--it was a wonderful experience.
I can’t say I took an active role in my attempts, because 95% of the time, I went to bed with no preparation and only one thought: What will I dream of this time? I do know how to dream more frequent and up the chance of an LD, though, which was something I overlooked in the past. I’ve seen many lists of others who are very experienced at becoming lucid, but I’ll add some of my own that I haven’t seen:
1. Go to bed at the same time every night. I don’t know why this works, but it does for me. I’m sure there’s a reason, but I’m not a dream expert… yet.
2. Wake up tired, early in the morning, and stay up between 30 minutes to 2 hours, then go back to sleep.
3. Read a fiction novel (I read fantasy) before going to sleep. That gets my imagination going and has my mind creating all sorts of mental images, so when I do fall asleep, I tend to create a world much easier.
4. Eat some sort of snack, but a light snack. I usually eat a slice of cheese or a piece of chocolate. Sometimes I take a few of my meds/supplements 20 - 30 minutes before I go to bed, which usually gives me the bizarre/prophetic dreams… but that’s just me.
Like I said, there’s many other lists out there, you just have to look. I would take more time to make a bigger list, but I want to keep this a dream journal--not a dreaming guide.
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