Thread: Control in non lucid dreams

Hey...
So I realize that a lot of people say things like:

"non lucid dreams are almost like watching a movie, you don't really have control of what you do."
"I am on auto pilot in my non lucids and just do random things."
"I am never finished with the plot when I wake up."
"It is like I am an idiot in the dream."

I have dreams that are like the above ^^^ at least I had some dreams like that before I started LDing. I always loved dreams because it was like escaping to a magical faraway land. When I learned about LDing I flipped. I can control my dreams?!?

Anyways back on subject (stay on target). I am normally very "Aware" in my non lucid dreams. Not really aware that I am dreaming, but aware of what is around me. I used to separate my dreams by "dreams that I am in charge." and "dreams that I am just watching."

Dreams that I am just watching were like the ones people described above.

Dreams that I am in charge I constantly am discovering amazing things. I am normally being chased or something of the like and when I think why I am being chased I come up with a normal reason like "I stole his diamonds!" and I can remember fully doing this. When I am running I will start remembering other dream elements that didn't seem to exist before. It even happens in the first dream of the night when I have no previous dream. Because of this constant creating of "fake" dream memories, my non lucid dreams are normally very long seeming and very meaningful. I will share the one I had last night.

Spoiler for Dream 1:

I am on an island with my wife. We are spending our last day together of our lives. I am thinking about all the time we have had. After we died God told us that we could spend three more lives together of 50 years each before we entered into heaven. I am going up to our beach house to meet her and go on our last walk as I am remembering this (150 whole years of memories in one thought, I sometimes feel overwhelmed by these). I grab her hand and we walk to a place overlooking the ocean as the sun goes down. We talked about our kids and the life we had. The sun was setting and I looked at her face. We both had to hold octagonal screens in front of our faces that showed our face behind it. We could see through it somehow though. This seemed normal enough that I didn't think about where it came from or I would have another history in my mind. The sun set and as I expected to go to heaven I was sad and happy, because I had had a long beautiful time with my wife and we would both be going to paradise.

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r = 6 in (approx 15 cm)
a = 4 in (approx 10 cm)
2 inches thick (approx 5 cm)
The screen was mostly black with the other person's face somewhat floating in the middle. It was also 3D. The sides were made of gold.

That was last night. I was very confused to wake up in my bed and not in heaven.

Spoiler for Dream 2:

I was sitting at a booth in Applebee's getting ready to order. A girl comes up and just sits down right across from me. I think for a second (as I always do) of my relationship status. Can't think of anything (like my wife... this always freaks me out), so I start flirting back with her. I have this happen a lot in dreams since I am pretty self confident in my looks (if you are wondering. There is probably a 1 out of 20 chance you will think I am good looking. Doesn't matter how good looking you are, it is a weird truth I have found out). I continue talking to her and she diverts the flirting and starts just talking with me, doesn't seem too interested, rare for any DC. I keep talking to her and we are getting along great, fast friends. Suddenly a lady (early 40s) and a young girl come and sit next to us and the lady, whom I know is her mother, says "Have you just been catching up with Cece?" (pronounced C-C). My mind spins and I look over at the girl. I think about all the time I spent with her a few years back before she just disappeared. Two years of time. Her name was Tracy. All the information on her family and where she lived and all this came back to me as a rush of information. Tracy looked really embarrassed and ran off. I started chasing after her and woke up shortly after.

That dream was a few months ago.

In these dreams as in almost all others I have a past that seems to just program itself into my mind and I also have choice and my full consciousness, I just have my full consciousness with a different past.

Share experiences, or tell me what you think about it.