Thread: Something is not connecting...

I lurk, never talk. I’m posting here because I think all of you would have some interesting insights into this strange variation of dream I’ve had. Many of you have all had much more experience and understanding than me. When I’m in doubt, I turn to someone more competent.

I call them Second Life dreams. Please don’t mistake my meaning, they aren’t dreams about the virtual world, rather, they are so named because of a feeling that comes over me that I can do anything I want. That everything is possible because this isn’t a hard reality. The people in it are varied in appearance and purpose, from the normal to the fantastic but all of them have this casual, fun, summer day vibe to them. The environments are clean and ordered. The furniture, equipment and other man made items have the feel of both careful placement and the result of a wild imagination. I feel that if I were to fly, I would notice sharp and sudden changes of environment as I go across the land, forests suddenly becoming beaches, or coastal towns, or a snow laden mountains. As you can see, very much like Second Life. Let me make it clear, it is like it, but it is never about the game. I am convinced of this, even after analyzing them. The dreams are similar to it, but feel and act like so much more.


These dreams are wonderful to me. The ordered and comforting landscapes are something akin to paradise to me. The feeling that I can do anything is an incredible high (as you know already) I wake up from these dreams feeling fantastic, if not a smidge disappointed.

Here is the rub, I know that anything is possible, the world is welcoming to me, the world is obviously made, and I am aware that this is not reality. But it never enters my head once, not once, that this might be a dream. The thought that this is a dream never occurs to me in these. Ever. In fact, I’ve noticed that my few lucid dreams have a different feel to them all together.

What can you make of that? Is it a half-lucid dream? Or just a good dream? Is this any mark of progress as far as learning to regularly lucid dream? If I could marry these with my lucid dreams, I may run the risk of never wanting to awake again.