Thread: The Unknown

@Patience!
I love the good, crazy, and terrifying ideas of LDing. I think that being able to face anything sounds so amazing and awesome! A real adventure, of course, that is probably why adventure seems like such a good time. Every new adventure could lead you to Rivendale or to Moria, to Narnia or Charn, Azkaban or Hogwart, the Colored Forest or the Black Forest. The next thing you face could be Gandalf or Saruman, Aslan or the White Witch, Bellatrix or Dumbledore, Elyon or Teelah. You don't know what is around any turn.

@rodrodrod
first post
Thanks! I am glad you liked it, I don't know how watching a TV show for the first time can feel so nostalgic, but I realized that this how it felt, and really similar to how I feel when I think about this "unknown" something similar to nostalgia. I think the word is similar to "frisson".

@rebelseven
Yes, the staying up all hours of the night, nightmares, and dreams all seem to be contained in the same memory bank. That is why there is no time that I want to dream more than when I am accidentally staying up way too late.

haha, I agree, we are all a little crazy at that age and rational thought is not 100% rooted.

It may not be what they would want to be living and dying for, but it is their true self, whether they want it to be or not. I should quote some batman:
"It is not who you are underneath, it is what you do that defines you."
Now if what you are underneath and what you do don't coincide, then what you are underneath doesn't matter. It is just a concept of your true self, whereas your true self is what you ended up doing.

That is quite interesting about water, a schema that seems to haunt you. Have you thought about dispelling this while lucid?

It reminds me of Fin the Human from Adventure Time. He is super afraid of the ocean, but not lakes and rivers. Not quite the same, but he did once have an awesome lucid dream with the ocean in it.

I love seeing lucid dreams in TV shows and movies.

@rodrodrod
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That is what you think the mark is, the mark in Christianity is perfection, and we won't actually reach it. A common thought now seems to be living without hypocrisy being the only goal anyone should have in their life. haha. This is not a Christian thought, but it is a "good" thing to go away from hypocrisy.

Also! Water dream! One time I was in hogwarts and we all went in the water around there and were fighting a huge battle. I dove under the water and the huge Godzilla like monster from Star Wars Episode I. I think that was like my first time lucidly using a wand. Good times. haha.

Originally Posted by Sensei

That is quite interesting about water, a schema that seems to haunt you. Have you thought about dispelling this while lucid?

It reminds me of Fin the Human from Adventure Time. He is super afraid of the ocean, but not lakes and rivers. Not quite the same, but he did once have an awesome lucid dream with the ocean in it.

I love seeing lucid dreams in TV shows and movies.

I have attempted to confront this phenomenon while lucid many times. Quick list: Diving into the water and meditating on a feeling of safety and security, seeking out whales (which I love and consider powerful and protective), eradicating the water altogether with dream control, Drinking the water, trying to clean the water (it's often scummy and rotten, bathrooms are always unbelievably unsanitary in my dreams as well, I think it's a different facet of the same issue), trying to save the "good" aquatic life that's being destroyed by the "evil" creatures, and so on

These all had varying degrees of success (and failure) in their respective dreams, but none of it has even slightly derailed it from happening again. Don't know where to go from there.

I love adventure time When I watched the first Ocean episode I immediately made the connection to me dreams. I was actually really disappointed that Finn didn't come up with an infallible way to overcome his fear, I was going to steal it XD.

I do think its worth mentioning that these dreams never carry a fear of drowning or the force of the water itself damaging me (whirlpools, tsunami's, rip tides, etc) it's always what's IN the water that transforms the dream into a nightmare.