Lobby's Dreams

[LobbyDonut]

LobbyDonut's Lucid Goals Key: Bold denotes completed, # denotes attempted but failed Have an epic martial arts fight with a squad of ninjas Sing or play guitar in a rock band in the Sydney Opera House (and remember at least some of the song when I awaken) Swim underwater with whales and dolphins Meet ancient Aborigines in the Australian outback and dance in a carriberie Meet Socrates and discuss the gods Visit the people in my life that have passed away Ride on the wing of a plane Visit the moon Revisit the places I love in the UK, where I spent a year Commit a terrorist act on America (why not - it's a dream) Fully control the behaviour of a DC Use telekinesis Summon the dinosaur park from the recurring dream I had when I was a child Turn into an owl Get drunk Crowd-surf Conjure up a delicious cake Cast the following RPG/Final Fantasy Spells: Bolt Fire Blizzard Quake Demi Tornado Flare Summon Bahamut Ultima Supernova Walk through walls Fly over Iguazu Falls Summon lightning and destroy dream characters and objects indiscriminately This is the first good LD I had. The first part got cut off somewhere along the line... basically it involved becoming lucid in my bedroom, flying through the wall and above the street outside. I thought I wasn't flying well enough, so I dream-spun while concentrating on flying better, and it worked amazingly well! I zoomed upward and didn't even have to use my arms. I flew out of the street and across the main road nearby. I watched two 4-wheel-drives go by beneath me, and I marvelled at the quality of the imagery my mind was making. I gained altitude and saw some amazingly detailed and colourful trees, and I knew that in reality they weren't there, but my mind was just filling in random trees because it didn't actually know what was there. I couldn't believe the clarity; I've never had a dream so clear in my life! I then heard a voice tell me to fly upward to see a beautiful bird's eye view of the area. I flew up and saw it, and it was really cool. Then the voice had a body, which was pretty silly - it was Nelson from the Simpsons for some reason. But he said, "see what I mean?" and I agreed with him. Then I was alone again and I pondered my flight. I wondered if I could go all the way to New Zealand (haha), but then decided just to fly around here for a bit. So I started flying again, and sort of flew into consciousness. I awoke. The first word out of my mouth was "wow". It was 4am, and I immediately wrote down my dream, because I was very afraid of losing it. I think maybe I got such a vivid dream because I had a fever last night, and a head cold which made me very lethargic. I had to go to sleep half sitting up to ease the pressure on my sinuses. Either way, it was the most amazing dream of my life. It's renewed my resolution to work on getting more LDs.

[LobbyDonut]

Last night I had a really oddball dream involving climbing a cliff, only I was like a mouse or chipmunk or hedgehog or something. I was travelling with a group of chipmunk/mouse/hedgehog friends. I was scared while climbing, but I overcame the cliff, and made it into a house, where I gained entrance via a loose light switch?? It was a house I have never seen before. It was very cosy; a cottage. It had a fireplace: Then me and my little rodent friends left the house, and that was when I awoke.

[LobbyDonut]

*Sigh* I've been having a lot of difficulty remembering my dreams lately. When something distracting wakes me up, such as my alarm or some guy cutting hedges or the phone ringing or someone coming into my room to tell me something (all have happened in the past week), I tend to lose my dream entirely. But I don't believe I have LD'd at all, so it's not so bad.

[LobbyDonut]

Last night I dreamed that my sister went and had her eyes checked. I recall walking down the stairs and seeing her on the armchair by the bay window of our house, crying. I ask her what happened, and she says she has to get glasses. I wonder why this is making her cry... it's only glasses. I'm the infertile intersexed asexual with the 11th toe, after all, and I never cried about it. I start to comfort her anyway, and then I wake up. This was a VERY realistic dream. It was also very believable because no dream signs occurred, and everything was... so normal! Apart from my sister needing glasses - but even that could have have happened. She has been deemed long-sighted in the past, so it is not a big stretch. How very deceitful and sneaky my dreams are becoming.

[LobbyDonut]

Man oh man, last night I had a dream that could have easily become a lucid one had I only realised the dreamsign. There were two distinct dreams that I remember from last night, which is a welcome change considering my dream-memory drought since my last post. Dream #1: <blockquote> It was a bit of a false awakening situation... I found myself in my kitchen. In almost complete darkness. Like, I&#39;d just got up. So anyway, I go to turn the light on and... nope, nothing. Booo&#33; If I&#39;d been paying attention, that would have made me lucid. Unfortunately I wasn&#39;t, so I went into the garage to check the mains power. One of the switches was off. So I switched it on. I went back into the kitchen and tried the light. Nothing again. This lead to yet another trek to the mains. This time all the switches were off. I turned them all on, and left the garage. My psyche decided to skip the frustration and make the sun come up. It was much lighter in the kitchen when I re-entered, and I saw the sunrise out the window. That&#39;s all I remember from that phase of my dreams.</blockquote> Dream #2: <blockquote>So like, the other night I watched a documentary about the Amazon, plus I went to Brazil last year. And my parents are moving. But in my dream, we were all moving to the Amazon for some reason. So there we were, in the middle of the jungle. Suddenly, a group of jaguars surround me, and they don&#39;t look happy. [attachment=472:jaguar.gif] What happens next is a blur, but shortly after the jaguars, the apocalypse happens I grab my laptop and run. Where to, I have no idea. The ground ends up looking like this: [attachment=473:0477_One...dscape_3.JPG] Then suddenly it is contained within some walls and my family and I are outside of it milling around. I still feel a sense of urgency though, and I&#39;m irritated hat nobody else seems to be phased by the APOCALYPSE&#33;&#33; Then I sort of wake up. There was more to this dream, but I just can&#39;t remember.</blockquote>

[The Cusp]

Chill man, it's the apocalypse. What can you do? I don't think I've ever seen a happy jaguar.

[LobbyDonut]

I'll tell ya though, that was the closest thing I've had to a nightmare in an incredibly long time. And it wasn't even too terrifying as far as nightmares go. It was kind of a cross between nightmare-terror and a subconscious "ho-hum" attitude. Like deep down I really did know it was only a dream.

[LobbyDonut]

Well, Since my last post I have spent a year travelling, and I am assuming that because so much was happening during my waking hours, my dreams have just deposited themselves far at the back of my mind and I haven't remembered any dreams at all, bar maybe two that I remembered for the day but cannot remember at all now. I did, however, astral project while I was living in Liverpool, UK. It was the first time I've ever been out for a period of more than a couple of seconds. But then, it also was only a couple of minutes and I didn't go further than just outside my bedroom. It was startling though, because I was only trying to go to sleep and suddenly I got massive vibrations. So I decided to try and astral project, and it happened. It was really cool. Anyway, I bought some vitamin b6 today so hopefully that will aid me in having vivid dreams so I at least remember that I had a dream rather than just waking up and not having any recollection at all.

[LobbyDonut]

Okay, I can say that the B6 definitely helped. But, I had a pretty broken up night's sleep and didn't get much quality REM time. I remember having two dreams but can only remember anything of the second. Apart from this, I had this bizarre inner monologue happening during the times in the night I was half asleep. Like, really mundane thoughts which I can't remember now but I'm sure it was really boring stuff; the sort of things I think about while awake, only it wasn't conscious. To complement this, the dream I can remember was equally mundane and boring: I'm standing in a room which seems to be a back room of a shop that is reopening today with new owners and staff. I'm given a wrinkly white t-shirt and white pants to wear. I notice that it looks a little odd against my black work shoes. The person of indeterminite gender next to me, wearing the same thing, looks me up and down and decides we are better off digging out some old uniforms from the attic. Zie asks me to go and fetch them. So I go up two small flights of stairs; suddenly I'm puffing and I cough loudly once. Then I enter a room, and everything fades out because my alarm has gone off. Stupid lame dream! Seriously, I could make up stuff while conscious that would way outdo the stuff my subconscious came out with last night! Up yours, brain!

[LobbyDonut]

Well last night was a complete waste of B6 tablets. Had a crappy night's sleep and remembered nothing.

[LobbyDonut]

I tried a WILD method last night after about 7 hours of sleep. Unfortunately, although ending up in a dream and being lucid, it was a TERRIBLE quality dream. I was completely aware of my body during the time I was dreaming. It was more of a pretty good visualisation than a dream. Again, I had a poor night's sleep. Third night in a row, coinciding with my vitamin b6. Could it be the cause? I admit, however, that I was really cold in bed last night because I unknowingly left my window open. (it is winter here) I will try again tonight, and if I get a bad night's sleep again I will stop taking the b6 for a little while.

[LobbyDonut]

Well I took a b6 last night but slept like a baby. However, I had NO dreams that I can recall. This is getting very disheartening. What's the point of a dream journal if I can't even remember I ever had dreams after waking up?

[LobbyDonut]

Well, I had a dream last night. It was a long one, but I don't remember it anymore. In fact when I woke up I didn't remember it either. When I was putting on a shower cap this morning, for some reason, I remembered part of it - only I've forgotten it again (I've had a long day). Sigh. Maybe tonight...

[LobbyDonut]

I went to bed very tired last night, and also had two Vit B6 tablets. (100mg) I had a dream or two. I tried to WILD but I didn't have any success. I was definitely dreaming before my alarm went off for the WILD. I can't remember it anymore, but after getting up I thought about it and felt quite happy that I had a dream. Now that I am having dreams I briefly remember, I'm going to need to start a journal again. The best thing would be to have a dictaphone, because to be entirely honest, I hate writing with a pen. It's too slow. But, I don't have a dictaphone and I don't want to keep my computer on every night to record with it immediately. A pen and book will need to suffice for now. edit: now that I have re-read the post, I DO remember part of my dream! I'm in some kind of well maintained garden that is made to look like a slightly miniaturised countryside with a lake (but is the size of a pond because of the miniaturisation). I remember something about Kylie Minogue being in the dream for some unexplained reason. Just before my alarm, I remember somehow growing into a giant, along with other people, and walking through this garden which now looks really small, for example, the lake is approximately the size of my foot. It was a dream with a very positive mood to it, and I am not entirely sure why - probably to do with something I don't remember anymore.

[LobbyDonut]

Okay, I've decided to write a list of 10 goals I have for my next lucid dreams. Might be jumping the gun; I haven't had any good LDs for a long time. Still it's good to have the list in case I have a random DILD. 1. Have an epic martial arts fight with a squad of ninjas 2. Sing or play guitar in a rock band in the Sydney Opera House (and remember at least some of the song when I awaken) 3. Swim underwater with whales and dolphins 4. Meet ancient Aborigines in the Australian outback and dance in a carriberie 5. Meet Socrates and discuss the gods 6. Visit the people in my life that have passed away 7. Ride on the wing of a plane 8. Visit the moon 9. Revisit the places I love in the UK, where I spent a year 10. Commit a terrorist act on America (why not - it's a dream)

[LobbyDonut]

Tonight I'm going to try something a little bit different. I have a whole lot of meditation CDs that are a throwback to my highly spiritual days. One of these CDs is called "Concentration". The CD inlay has a picture of alert meerkats on it. I used to use it while doing assignments for school. Despite it advertising alertness, it's actually pretty soothing and I have used it to go to sleep in the past. It's an hour long track with repetitive harp melodies and choir "aah"s. I am going to try this while going to sleep. Having tried a lot of astral projection in the past, I have definitely experienced sleep paalysis on many occasions (in contrast; very little astral projection) while initially going to sleep. In light of this, I may be capable of dreaming right off the bat. Though, unless I wake up, my chances of remembering such a dream are pretty small. Anyway, I will try this, and should I be unsuccessful, I'll also be trying to WILD in the morning with the same music. Ill report back tomorrow.

[LobbyDonut]

Apparently I was just too tired last night for anything. When I awoke in the morning I just kept snoozing my alarm and eventually turned it off because I just didn't want to get up. I'll keep trying I guess.

[LobbyDonut]

I made a more honest attempt at WILDing this morning than usual, however I couldn't bring myself to get out of bed as it's the middle of winter and I was so warm under my covers Unfortunately, I didn't have a lucid dream. Instead I had a thoroughly traumatising dream about my parents reigniting their love life. I really wish I could have forgotten it. In fact I don't even want to relive the blasted thing so don't expect any details. All I'm gonna say is that it involved walking in on some fellatio. *MUST WASH BRAIN* The sad thing is, I HAD forgotten it, until an ad for impotence came on the tube.

[LobbyDonut]

Last night I had a dream that I remember some vivid parts of, FINALLY. For some reason, I and two "friends" who I don't actually know (just random DCs) are on a balcony and there is an explosion in the room beyond. This is a carryover from a documentary I watched about the Kings Cross fire. Then, we are mourning. The next part is a blur but at some point the three of us end up at a road. One of my friends (a female) leaves, possibly to find help or a toilet. Then the two of us that are left (I believe at this stage we are both men - gender in my dreams is completely artibtrary and only comes up when needed, especially when it comes to my own gender) for some reason are shapeshifting into various forms, but it feels like we are quantum leaping (remember that show? I watched the entire series earlier this year). I am viewing this shapeshifting in the third person, but I'm still the taller of the two men I am looking at. I find the shapeshifting very funny and try to get into the character of the person I have shifted into. I think one of them is some kind of Vaudeville guy, dressed in a yellow striped suit and top hat. Weird imagination I have. Anyway, we then look around this road and see a bus stop. The other guy with me points out a train line to our right. He giggles and says it leads to Hurstville (which is a suburb in Sydney I sometimes go to). We see a bus coming towards us, then the third person shows up again. She hails the bus and speaks to the bus driver, then we decide to walk along the train line to Hurstville. End of dream. So, a bit of a weird mishmash there with no discernable point, and no good ending either. Would've been way better if I'd become lucid.

[LobbyDonut]

I'm incredibly frustrated. I had an extremely earnest attempt at WILDing this morning. I woke myself up after 6 hours (05:30), got up, used the toilet, petted my cat for a little bit and went back to bed after 15 minutes. Apparently, I was TOO awake, because I couldn't get back to sleep. At 06:30, I heard my parents get up. I finally fell asleep unexpectedly sometime between then and 0700, but because it was unexpected, I didn't WILD. In fact I didn't have any dream at all. It was pretty much like this: I heard my parents get up, then pretty much the next thing I knew my alarm was going off at 0730. If I did have a dream, I certainly don't remember having one, and it really feels as though I didn't. I don't get it.

[LobbyDonut]

Last night I wasn't at home, and didn't have access to my dream diary. This sucks a bit, because I have been randomly, throughout the day, remembering snippets of dreams I had last night. At one point I logged on here and was about to post one thing I remembered, but found that I had completely forgotten what it was. I've also forgotten the other little pieces I remembered today.

[LobbyDonut]

Okay! This morning I had my first (properly) successful WILD. Last night was bizarre. I went to bed at 1:30am, just after Star Wars Episode 4 ended on TV. My cat was sleeping next to me on the bed. Later, I woke up when she jumped off the bed to beg my sister, who had gotten up for an early morning shift, for food. I went back to sleep after this, though it was a very light sleep. At 7am, my WILD alarm went off. I turned it off and just layed in bed for a while. A bit later I wondered why I still had not fallen asleep. Then I realised my room was FREEZING COLD! I couldn't so much as drift off for half an hour, and I just got progressively colder, even with my electric blanket on. This completely baffles me. So I decided, since my room is the coldest in the house, I would try my sister's room. But she had clothing all over her bed, so I jumped into my parents' bed and switched on their electric blanket. I quickly began to drift off. I then recognised that I could try to WILD now. So I began to count my breaths, but gave up because I kept losing track. I then just concentrated on keeping my mind alert, something I was pretty used to since I used to do that to astral project. Very soon after this, I felt vibrations. Right then I was fairly eager to start LDing, and I pretty much went into a dream immediately. It started with my dream self yanking itself free of my body lying in bed. It was hard at first, because I was still connected to my paralysed body. It was because of the difficulty I had moving that I was completely aware that I was in a dream, despite trying the light switch and actually having it work. I confirmed this by levitating off the ground and floating through the bedroom wall. I floated right from my parents' bedroom to Iguazu Falls! I went to Iguazu in 2006, and despite travelling to loads of other places since then, it remains my favourite place of all. I soared over the falls, fearlessly, although I am generally afraid of heights, and of falling over cliffs It was AMAZING! Incredible! Just as beautiful as real life, with the added bonus of a bird's eye view. Eventually I started to become aware of my body in bed again, so I did a little dream spinning. This roped me right back into the dream, but changed my environment to something so boring I don't even remember it. I think it might have just been some street. All I remember properly after that was trying out some mighty godlike powers, which I have been reading about other people doing on this website. I killed a lot of dream characters with mighty bolts of lightning. I started with a small dog, progressed to some random people on the street, and then something big (I can't remember what it was) that I had trouble destroying until I focused all my energy and attention on it and CRACK! Explode! Hahahaha! It was around this time that I awoke, feeling pretty good about myself. I did, however, go back into my room and go back to sleep, but it was dreamless as far as I can remember. I got up at 1pm, feeling very well rested indeed. I love Sundays. My main regret is not having remembered to try any of the goals I set, although the lightning bolts might as well have been a goal.

[LobbyDonut]

I'm still thinking about yesterday's LD. In the dream, I could fly, which is something I've been able to do in dreams for a long time. That's not a problem. But I was also thinking about how I summoned the bolts of lightning. Also, in a few sparse dreams in the past, I have had powers like levitation and telekinesis. I have believed in magic pretty much all my life. Because of this, my beliefs have developed into real powers in my dreams. By staying open-minded about magic, believing that anything is possible, I can do incredible things while dreaming, whether I'm lucid or not. And in the practice of magic in real life, I have the benefit of knowing how to concentrate my energy within dreams to cause strong effects. It became apparent at the end of yesterday's dream that the energy focus enabled me to summon an extremely powerful bolt of lightning. I can only get stronger. I can truly become a god within my dream world.

[LobbyDonut]

I had a noteworthy dream (for once) last night, which turned lucid at the last second. It started out I was in a city of some kind, on the street and it was pretty dark. Then, for no particular reason, dinosaurs appeared and began stomping around destroying things. I think Godzilla might have been there. For some reason, the way to avoid the dinosaurs was to walk briskly without ever stopping, and it made them not notice you. So that's what I did, along with a group of people I think I knew in the dream but I'm pretty sure don't exist in reality. It came to a point where the only place to hide was this underground tunnel, which was made of stone and had a number of rooms. Somehow, I lost my group of people, but I was looking for a hidden message (apparently, I had been told about there being a secret message in the tunnels, the only way to save everyone). I wandered through the rooms, which were full of people hiding from the dinosaurs. Then, I heard that the tunnels were about to fill with water. Why, I don't know. It was a dream. That's why. So I began to feverishly look for this message. Then, in an empty room but for a small statue or something (I can't remember exactly what it was), I studied it and found a hook. I undid the hook and then pushed the statue, and the top came off. Inside was a note. Behind me, I could hear the fierce sounds of water rushing, and as I looked around I saw the lower area where I had entered the room was now filled with rushing water. I opened the note, and it said something about studying the ratio of unlikely stuff happening, and then it hit me. It was all fake! Of course, it wasn't real. Then, the rushing water sound faded and it seemed like the water had consumed me, but at the same time I could still breathe. Then, the sound disappeared and I opened my eyes in bed. It was pretty cool. Like... a quest to escape, ending with a realisation of it being a dream and then escaping... from the dream. Ha.