Lucid (WILD/WBTB)
Like I mentioned before, my first entry will consist of my first LD. Appropriate, right? Now, I never wrote this dream down and it was about two years ago, so some of the details are a little fuzzy.
I woke up somewhere around 4 or 5 in the morning (I didn't look at the clock, but there was a little bit of light coming through the window) opened my eyes for a moment, and then fell back on the pillow with the intention of falling back to sleep. Almost as soon as I closed my eyes though, I started to get some pretty vivid HI. I regarded it passively, unlike past attempts at WILD where I got excited at the slightest hint of falling asleep while conscious. The image (some kind of unidentifiable green object) became more and more vivid until it reached full visual intensity. Then I felt my body go numb and got some pretty intense vibrations. When it all stopped I thought I had gotten too excited and woke myself up. So I opened my eyes.
I was shocked to see there was a big, domed ceiling lamp hanging inches above my bed. It was so real, I wouldn't have believed I was dreaming if it weren't for the lamp.
I tried to turn it on... no luck of course. So I got out of bed, being careful not to knock the lamp which was quite ornate in design. I walked out of my room to find myself in the hallway of my old house, which I hadn't lived in for five years. I walked into the living room, where it was suddenly broad daylight. Looking around, I noticed a Christmas tree in the corner and thought it must be Christmas day. The house was apparently empty, which made me feel a little lonely.
I decided I would step outside next. I went through the screen door into my old backyard. As I walked around, it occurred to me that I could fly. So of course I did. Sort of. I jumped about fifty feet in the air and began swooping down on my yard, from one side to the other. Pretty fun for a first flying experience, though I don't know why I didn't leave my property...
Anyway, at the high point of one of my swoops I though to myself "This is ridiculous, I can't fly!" So I fell. when I hit the ground, I woke up in bed.
It was dark, so I tried to turn on the light. I looked at my two bedside lamps and realized that one lamp was good, and the other was evil. Wait... I only have one lamp and it is neither good nor evil. It's just a lamp.
False awakening! But even though I knew it was a dream, the darkness was beginning to unsettle me. I felt an evil presence in my room, which I felt a need to escape. So I got out of bad and ran out of my door as fast as I could. Which was pretty fast. This time I ended up in the garage of my current house (throughout this dream I never left familiar territory). I heard music playing in the background somewhere, and noticed my guitar hanging from the ceiling. At this point I decided I would try to change the scene. I closed my eyes and spun, like I remembered reading about, while visualizing a lush jungle environment. When I opened my eyes, I was still in my garage.
I decided to walk around and take things in. When I reached the front I noticed the garage door was open slightly. I saw a guy next to an old orange pickup truck on my driveway. He was on the phone with someone, though I didn't hear what he was saying. When he got off the phone he went around and got in the car and drove away. Then the dream faded and I woke up for real.
So that's my first Lucid Dream worth telling about. It took a lot more typing than I thought it would.
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