Dream initiated dream recall?
So I recently had a dream wherein my friend and I were discussing a celebrity. When we were talking about him I remembered seeing him in church and told my friend excitedly that I had met him once when I went to church. :chuckle:
When I woke up I realized that this was not a memory from waking life, but it was not a false memory either. It came from another dream I had had a long time ago and completely forgot about. Probably a dream from several months ago that I never remembered enough of it to even write down. The dream caused me to remember a previous dream because it went well with the plot of the dream. I think this has happened to me several times before.
Has anyone else had this experience? Is it common? It is really exciting to me, like you can unlock hidden parts of your mind while dreaming. Has anyone been able to do this successfully on purpose while lucid?