seeing your dreams on your eyelids

[feross]

The other day I had one of the most vivid dreams i have even had in my life. It was actually a lucid, but thats not the point. I don't have many lucid dreams. Long story short, in my dream I was on this flying snomobile looking thing. I was in the air going super fast and I felt every sensation as if I was on a roller coaster or something. My heart was pounding, and I barely could breath. During this dream i kinda want to say i was consious. I woke up a few times and went back into the same dream at the point where I ended it. But the thing that blew my mind now that i think of it was during this dream I would open my eyes half way and see my room with the tv on (the tv was actually on) and on my eyelids I would see my dream. I was still feeing the crazy sensation of flying this thing while my eyes were half open. I finally awaken and am so out of breath and sweaty. woah

[MadMonkey]

Wow thats really cool. I have heard people talk about images apearing to be on their eyelids but I never realized it was posible for it to actualy look like its only on your eyelids. That must have been a really cool sensation like duel consciousness to a new level.

[DannyC]

Sounds to me like a false awakening type of ordeal. This occurs a lot.

[Robot_Butler]

This does happen. Sometimes you can continue to see your dream imagery for a while after you wake. I don't mean a false awakening, even thought this could be one. I mean you actually, physically, see phantom imagery. Our eyes are not directly wired to our brains. There is some translation between the two, and wacky stuff can happen. It can be freaky if you are not prepared.

[nina]

I've experienced this many times...exactly as you describe. The most memorable of those times were during daytime naps, probably because it was light in my bedroom rather than really dark as it would be during the night, so I clearly recall being able to open my eyes somewhat and seeing my ceiling fan during the lucid dream. This does not interrupt the dream, and you are able to continue the lucid dream with eyes open or closed. It's really pretty amazing the first time it happens, because it doesn't make logical sense that some part of your mind is continuing on in the dream even though you are looking around your room with eyes open. I even remember doing this in my dorm room. I'd be napping and in a lucid dream and my roommate would come back from class. I can recall opening my eyes and seeing them walking around the room, hoping they wouldn't interrupt my lucid dream. I think these types of lucids tend to occur more often at lighter levels of sleep, such as during naps or in the morning (or sleeping with the TV on), rather than during the night when you are more inclined to be entering REM from deeper sleep stages. I actually just remembered a scene from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind that is a great example of this. When he opens his eyes during the procedure... if you've seen it maybe you know what I'm talking about.