Thread: Lucid Nightmare

If I were you I would approach this as an interesting challenge, perhaps as your mind challenging you to take lucidity to the next level. Lucidity is a spectrum not just a yes no proposition: at the most basic level of lucidity we may vaguely realize that we are dreaming but have faulty logic and very little control, higher levels of lucidity may have increased awareness but still very little control and we may still fear dream aspects that we should not fear, at its height lucidity involves awareness that nothing in the dream can harm you and either ability to control or at least to accept your dreams as they happen. This may be a challenge for you to gain further lucidity. Your mind may be telling you that you should take lucidity to a higher level in the future. Also when I was really into lucid dreaming before (now I am just starting back and have not achieved any lucidity yet) but in the good old days I actually learned to look forward to nightmares because they often were a dream sign clue ing me in that it was just a dream, and then I would often try to befriend my attackers or challenge them fearlessly, and usually the end result was amusing or empowering or both! Good luck to you.

EDIT: Out of some reason this thread reminded me of the Spanish language taize religious chant Nada Te Turbe translated as Let Nothing Disturb You. I unfortunately cannot post the link here because I have only been a member for 1 day and the rules of this forum prevent me, but I encourage you to Google it. While this is a religious song, I would encourage you to take it to heart even if you are not religious or have a different religion. Literally this song is about do not worry because God is enough, and if you are religious that could certainly apply in dreams as well as in waking life. Even if you are not religious, and I hope noone will think I am blasphemous here (I am religious myself and I do not mean to blaspheme here), but in a way in our dreams we are God (we have God like powers and control) and that suffices. You may consider chanting this song to yourself if you think it would help. If this helps you, great. If not, please ignore it.