Wasted lucid

[Squish]

I've been quite good with my recall for weeks now, and a few lucids have appered also. I've just been walking around, exploring the world. I've tried some things like flying and jumping, and it's really fun. But this night, I once again experienced a lucid dream. They come to me naturally, "I think I'm sleeping" -way. I mean, suddenly I realize I'm dreaming. No reality checks or anything. Though I've done them for weeks, and they've become quite a habit. But this dream had some elements of a nightmare, so I decided to wake up. But I also decided to go explore that dream, for some reason. I opened the door. I went inside. I was in a apartmen house's stair section, where you see all the other people's doors and stuff. There were these mirrors. I freaked out. I started yelling like a grandmother on an oven. I tried to close my eyes (I usually wake up because of that), but instead I saw myself yelling to myself, from the mirror, eyes closed. I must've done that for minutes. I wasn't scared, more like frustrated because I didn't wake up. I can't remember anything else. I think I woke up after some time. Now I'm pissed because I just wasted a fine dream because of stupid actions. But huhhuh, I can't wait for tonight.

[Squish]

Man, post something. Tell your own wasted lucids or whatever.

[PhilipJFry]

Well, I've had some wasted lucids where I just end the dream on purpose because I didn't yet know anything about lucid dreaming. And 1-2 lucids I wasted because I tried to have sex with somebody. (don't try that yet, it'll end your dream) Just remain calm in your lucids, try to go somewhere else in your dreams, if you don't like the place where you are. For example, when you walk through a door just tell yourself that "I'll be in disneyland (for example) when I go through this door" But hey, I see your from Finland so... "moi"

[Leo Volont]

Originally posted by Squish I've been quite good with my recall for weeks now, and a few lucids have appered also. I've just been walking around, exploring the world. I've tried some things like flying and jumping, and it's really fun. But this night, I once again experienced a lucid dream. They come to me naturally, "I think I'm sleeping" -way. I mean, suddenly I realize I'm dreaming. No reality checks or anything. Though I've done them for weeks, and they've become quite a habit. But this dream had some elements of a nightmare, so I decided to wake up. But I also decided to go explore that dream, for some reason. I opened the door. I went inside. I was in a apartmen house's stair section, where you see all the other people's doors and stuff. There were these mirrors. I freaked out. I started yelling like a grandmother on an oven. I tried to close my eyes (I usually wake up because of that), but instead I saw myself yelling to myself, from the mirror, eyes closed. I must've done that for minutes. I wasn't scared, more like frustrated because I didn't wake up. I can't remember anything else. I think I woke up after some time. Now I'm pissed because I just wasted a fine dream because of stupid actions. But huhhuh, I can't wait for tonight. It sounds as though your spiritual reality is a bit on the gloomy side. You know, at a certain point you really must aim higher, or you will stuck in a kind of Nightmare Noir as a chronic condition. A Lucid Dream Checklist might help, particularly if you include an intonation of an AUM. The AUM Mantra is very elevating. In fact, Elevation is in itself Elevating, and to intone an AUM and then to get into a good Lotus Position (the Yogic cross-legged position or asana) and then to fly away -- leave you dark nightmares behind and below. Also, acquiring some Spiritual Sponsorship from the Other Side might help. But the problem there is that most of the people who post here are strict materialists who presuppose that dreams are just arbitrary gurgles from the brain, and they reject any sense of the importance of their own subjective experience, or the possibility that their subjective experience may have some real connect into the Universal Collective. It is difficult to apply for any Spiritual Sponsorship while rejecting the possibility of any Spiritual Reality. And then there are those who wish to cultivate the Independent go it alone Bad Boy attitude, and they feel better about themselves by dismissing help, spirituality, community, etc. They think it embarrassing or humiliating to have to join up with a team. But the Spiritual Realms are full of spirits willing to help.

[King and God]

At first I was dreaming some regular dream, and slightly after I had a false awakening (I did not know at that point that it was an FA, but I realised afterwards). I fell asleep again during the FA, and could feel myself enter the dream. Now I became lucid. The dream had absolutely stunning graphics - almost as in reality. But it became unstable - most likely from noise from outside the dream. I started to awake, and I could feel my body moving. Fortunately, I managed to stop the awakening process, and enter another lucid dream, but with graphics worse than cartoons. It was impossible to hold on to this one aswell, as my sister was playing music and doing other annoyance, causing me to wake up. I think I will have to sleep in a sound-isolated room, or my chances to keep dreaming will be minimal. It really sucked to have a lucid dream wasted...

[Crow]

I freaked out. I started yelling like a grandmother on an oven.[/b] That is funny way of putting a scary sounding experience. I'll have to remember that one. Don't feel too bad about wasting LDs though, I'm sure you'll have plenty of good ones that will more than make up for it. And 1-2 lucids I wasted because I tried to have sex with somebody. (don't try that yet, it'll end your dream)[/b] That's not true for everyone..... The dream had absolutely stunning graphics - almost as in reality. [/b] And dude, that is funny, talking like we are machines running software

[King and God]

And dude, that is funny, talking like we are machines running software[/b] Hehe, but we are almost like machines. Sometimes it feels like I need to have my graphic card updated; many of my dreams feels like I'm a 200 mhz computer with outdated specs.

[TravisE]

Originally posted by King and God Hehe, but we are almost like machines. Sometimes it feels like I need to have my graphic card updated; many of my dreams feels like I'm a 200 mhz computer with outdated specs. Well, so far, I don't recall having any dreams like that. Although I had a few lucid dreams recently where everything was either blurry or looked like I had someone else's eyeglasses on. Most of them (lucid and non-lucid) look pretty close to reality for me. I wonder what causes non-so-realistic dreams?

[Distant Light]

ur lucky u got to fly. I for the other hand have had 5 LDs and not one of them have i done anything, basically i moved around and explored maybe a 30 by 30 feet radius and just wake up it sucks.

[Gwendolyn]

Every dream is a learning experience. Every second you experience in the dream world, lucid or not, you learn something you might not have known about yourself or about dreaming. You are still becoming acclimated to the lucid world. You didn't waste your LD.....You just have to learn to keep sight of your initial intent.