Thread: Twoshadows' Dream Journal

wow your dreams are getting cool nowadays!

Originally Posted by Oneironaut

Whoa, that one at the window sounds pretty freaky. I've often had impulsive thoughts of who/what could be (even when I'm confident that nothing is) looking at me, through a window at night, when the lights are on, inside. It's a really creepy feeling. I can only imagine being right up close to the window, to close it, and someone like that starting right back at me.

Well, it obviously really creeped me out. It seems like only my worst of nightmares cause my physical body react--like talking or crying, etc.

I do think I know what inspried it (somewhat). I opened the bedroom window up, blind and all. And looked out the window as I fell asleep. Funny thing, though, was I felt so at peace as I laid there in bed looking at how huge Venus looked shining in the window on me.

Shame that it would cause a nightmare....

Originally Posted by ranma187

wow your dreams are getting cool nowadays!

Well, thanks, I'm glad you think so!


I actually had a short nap dream a little while ago. It was also odd.

Nap Dream:

I was standing outside a large house. It was made of wood and looked rather old. I knew that some of my friends were in there. I also had a really bad feeling. Somehow I knew that there were evil spirits bothering my friends. So I cast them out. A moment later the evil spirits, in the form of geese, ran out the door and into the woods.

Originally Posted by Oneironaut

Whoa, that one at the window sounds pretty freaky. I've often had impulsive thoughts of who/what could be (even when I'm confident that nothing is) looking at me, through a window at night, when the lights are on, inside. It's a really creepy feeling. I can only imagine being right up close to the window, to close it, and someone like that starting right back at me.

Yea I've had that a lot too; and even thought, what if I see a face in the window...that must have been really scary. I haven't had a dream like that in quite a while.

Originally Posted by Twoshadows

Finally, I remember I had this Pokemon type card. There was a picture of a cat-like creature on it. I set it on the table.

I'm geussing you caught a peek at my journal and the card pictures I had posted with my entry Friday?

That dream of the guy watchng you change was creepy. I hate it when you try to do something in dreams and it doesn't work, like not being able to close that window.

Hope I'm not spamming your DJ, you get a mess of replies in here. Wasn't your DJ more colorful before?

Originally Posted by The Cusp

I'm geussing you caught a peek at my journal and the card pictures I had posted with my entry Friday?

Come to think of it, I did read your journal entry. That could have inspired it....:p

Hope I'm not spamming your DJ, you get a mess of replies in here. Wasn't your DJ more colorful before?

I like getting replies here. I don't mind at all. You are welcome to "spam" anytime!

The only difference I have noticed with color is that my blue lucid entries are no longer blue..... . It will be a pain to go back and fix them all.

Dreams:

I don't have any real exciting dreams to share. The only one I remember from Friday night was of me complaining to a neighbor about her dogs barking all night and keeping me awake. [Makes me wonder if there were barking dogs that inspired this dream.]


Saturday night:

I had a dream that I hadn't had for a while. I dreamed that I had a newborn baby. It was a girl, and she was very tiny--like a very small doll--maybe 8 inches long. I remember that I was worried that I would injure her neck since it seemed so delicate.

I went on a long hike yesterday. I had the privilege of spotting two chuckwalla lizards. I have only seen chuckwallas once before, so it was really neat to see two on the same hike. The first two pictures are of the same lizard. I scared it, and it ran into a crevase and inflated itself. I was able to get fairly close and got the good close-up.

The third is of a smaller chuckwalla that also ran into a crevase where I took this picture.

The last picture is of these little desert plants in the sunset.

That last picture is so gorgeous that it looks fake. I love the way the sun is hitting the sand, and how those little tiny cactii have their 'prickles' illumated and look like they're glowing.

Great pictures, as always.

Originally Posted by Twoshadows

Don't be sorry. I'm enjoying this conversation.....

My DJ is not just for dreams but for my thoughts about lucid dreaming...and anything else I feel like.....

That's strange that after you found out about lucid dreaming that you've had a harder time doing it. But then again, I've noticed that after reading about other people's problems with lucid dreaming that sometimes I find myself having the same trouble. For example I read that if you close your eyes in a lucid dream that it wakes you up. You know, I doubt that is really true, but we are all reading it and then when it happens in our dreams, our minds "know" what they are supposed to do--so we wake up. That was what happened in my last LD (except mine was a false awakening).

So I try not to read negative exepriences of other's because I don't want my mind to pick up on these things.

Could that be what happened to you?

I don’t know what happened to me, I mean normally I would be able to LD most nights, then I found this site, read about lucid dreaming and everything that comes with it, and since then its been almost like a mental block. I can still lucid dream but they are few and far between, which I'm hoping to improve on as it sucks not being able to do it as often as I liked.
I can tell now too my dreams are not as vivid as they used to be, but I have discovered, that a glass of red wine for me before I go to be increases my vividness greatly, not that I want to encorrage drinking but for me it works, and this is the first step for me to get back into it, if my dreams are more vivid then there is more chance I'm going to realise I'm in a dream. I have just started watching Lost too, from series one, and have been having really strange island dreams recently, so then plan now is a glass of wine and a few episodes of Lost before bed, then going to train my mind to realising island dreams, and hopefully turn this into a dream sign, when I'm on an island, I'm dreaming; well that’s the plan anyway.
Happy dreaming

Originally Posted by CoLd BlooDed

That last picture is so gorgeous that it looks fake. I love the way the sun is hitting the sand, and how those little tiny cactii have their 'prickles' illumated and look like they're glowing.

Great pictures, as always.

Thanks CB. As you can see the sun was as low as it can get before it disappears over the edge of the Earth, so the shadows are very long, and the colors intense. Two minutes later the sun was gone. Anyway, I love how the desert gets the contrasting colors of orange (in the light) and purple (in the shade). I once painted a picture and used those colors. At first I thought they would clash and look fake. But it ended up very nice. I've got more pics. I will probably post a couple more to show the orange/purple combination.

Originally Posted by AdamA

I don’t know what happened to me, I mean normally I would be able to LD most nights, then I found this site, read about lucid dreaming and everything that comes with it, and since then its been almost like a mental block. I can still lucid dream but they are few and far between, which I'm hoping to improve on as it sucks not being able to do it as often as I liked.
I can tell now too my dreams are not as vivid as they used to be, but I have discovered, that a glass of red wine for me before I go to be increases my vividness greatly, not that I want to encorrage drinking but for me it works, and this is the first step for me to get back into it, if my dreams are more vivid then there is more chance I'm going to realise I'm in a dream. I have just started watching Lost too, from series one, and have been having really strange island dreams recently, so then plan now is a glass of wine and a few episodes of Lost before bed, then going to train my mind to realising island dreams, and hopefully turn this into a dream sign, when I'm on an island, I'm dreaming; well that’s the plan anyway.
Happy dreaming

I hope your plan works. I've noticed that my dreams are often influenced by what I watch (and it might help that I don't watch TV/movies too often).

And if you are on an island when you become lucid, you can make a Palm tree walk. It was a Palm that I tried to get to walk in my first attempt to do the Task this month. I didn't get it to work that time. But we still have time....


Let us know how it goes...


By the way....I didn't get much sleep last night...and I don't remember my dreams.

More orange/purple contrasts.....

I hope your plan works. I've noticed that my dreams are often influenced by what I watch (and it might help that I don't watch TV/movies too often).

Yeah, I watched Matrix Revolution two nights ago and had a very Matrix-like dream.

Originally Posted by Twoshadows

I will probably post a couple more to show the orange/purple combination.

That is beautiful; it looks almost pink and purple to me.

I've said this before but, you have a masterful eye for the perfect shot. Most (if not all) of the pictures you've shown us could easily fit amongst those in magazines such as National Geographic. Seriously, I don't know what you do for a living but, photography is your calling.

If you don't mind, I'd like to copy some of them to my computer.

Originally Posted by Oneironaught

I've said this before but, you have a masterful eye for the perfect shot. Most (if not all) of the pictures you've shown us could easily fit amongst those in magazines such as National Geographic. Seriously, I don't know what you do for a living but, photography is your calling.

I concur. Very inspiring.

Originally Posted by Oneironaught

That is beautiful; it looks almost pink and purple to me.

I've said this before but, you have a masterful eye for the perfect shot. Most (if not all) of the pictures you've shown us could easily fit amongst those in magazines such as National Geographic. Seriously, I don't know what you do for a living but, photography is your calling.

If you don't mind, I'd like to copy some of them to my computer.

Originally Posted by Moonbeam

I concur. Very inspiring.

Wow...thank you, guys. Those are some very nice compliments. That means a lot ot me.

But I think I will always just do photography as a hobby. I think it will remain more fun that way. And I still get to share them with people like you.

And yes, gh, you can use any picture you want. I use my pictures for my desktop background. I change the pictures every few days so I never get sick of them.



Well, I haven't done very well remembering my dreams lately. It's like I'm going through a period where they are not top priority, so I don't take notes, and I don't write them down in the mornings. And by now I have no idea what I dreamed about. I do remember that they weren't very interesting.

I need to get going again. Tomorrow I get to sleep in, so maybe tonight I'll take some B6 and go to bed early with all kinds of ideas in my head and ready to go.

On sad note, there is another funeral tomorrow--which I won't get to go to because of work. But I'm kind of glad I won't be able to go to this one. I didn't know the boy, but I do know the dad and sister. But I suppose there is a lesson to be learned here about not getting drunk and playing with guns.

you must be good at flying or something, whenever i lucid dream it's really hard for me and I can barely stay up. maybe i'm trying too hard

Originally Posted by luv2dream

you must be good at flying or something, whenever i lucid dream it's really hard for me and I can barely stay up. maybe i'm trying too hard

Yeah, I guess I can fly pretty well. I have always had flying dreams, long beforeI learned to become lucid. So that confidence carried over.

But there are times where I can't stay up very well or go as fast as I want.

But for the most part I would say it is a matter of expectation, and that comes with positive experiences. So keep trying. Come up with the little tricks that people suggest, such as picturing rockets on your feet or using other aids that may boost your confidence. In a dream you can do anything you believe you can. And I need to tell myself that as well.

One foot at a time, luv2dream.

And no worries about the lack of recall, Twoshadows, I'm just making it out of recovery now. I had a long, vivid dream last night, but it was too disturbing that I'm almost afraid to share it.

Originally Posted by Twoshadows

Well, I haven't done very well remembering my dreams lately. It's like I'm going through a period where they are not top priority, so I don't take notes, and I don't write them down in the mornings. And by now I have no idea what I dreamed about. I do remember that they weren't very interesting.

I need to get going again. Tomorrow I get to sleep in, so maybe tonight I'll take some B6 and go to bed early with all kinds of ideas in my head and ready to go.

Good to take a break sometimes. I'm in a down period now too. I'm sure once you get your mind back on it, you'll be lucid right away!

Originally Posted by CoLd BlooDed

And no worries about the lack of recall, Twoshadows, I'm just making it out of recovery now.

Originally Posted by Moonbeam

Good to take a break sometimes. I'm in a down period now too. I'm sure once you get your mind back on it, you'll be lucid right away!

Thanks for the support, CoLd BlooDed and Moonbeam. I have a lot of things going on right now in my waking life that are taking a lot of my attention. But don't worry. I'm addicted to dreaming/LDing, so I'll be back at it soon.

I had a long, vivid dream last night, but it was too disturbing that I'm almost afraid to share it.

Well, I understand that dilemma. I have had dreams that I don't want to share. Some of them I have. Some of them I haven't. Because sometimes you just have no idea where some of these thoughts come from..... .

I actually had a bunch of dreams this morning and even took notes. But they are a little fuzzy and confusing. I think I may have become lucid for a brief moment too.

Dream 1:

This was long and involved, but I only remember two parts.

I was with a group of people were were fighting against an enemy. I remember no details. But at one point we confronted a woman in a room. She looked like me, but I knew she was the enemy. We had to killer her. All we had were sticks and rocks. We started to hit her. But I remember thinking that this was very wrong. I didn't want to hurt her. It was very disturbing.

I don't even remember how this part ended.


Later in the dream:

We were running through a lobby of a hotel. Suddenly a guy turns around, and he has a gun and points it right and me and starts to shoot. Somehow he misses me. We all start running. I jump in the back of one of the guy's pick-up truck. And he speeds away.
More to come....

Dream 2:

I was driving with my family somewhere on a long drive. We started going through a town that had an amusement park. At first as I looked at it I believed that it was old and abandoned. But as I looked closer I saw that some of the rides were going.

Then I realized that the road was suddenly part of the roller coaster. I thought that was pretty cool. But then I questioned it and wondered how big trucks could go on this road if it was also a roller coaster. It started seeming strange to me. I even thought that this was the kind of thing that happened in my dreams. But for some reason –even after thinking that I didn’t become instantly lucid.

My notes say: “Stood backwards”. I actually have no idea what I meant.

I don’t remember all that happened here. But I think this part of the dream went on for a while here on the road/roller coaster.

I do know that somewhere in here I became partially lucid. I remember thinking that this was a dream and was trying to float. But there seemed to be no picture at that point. I was just existing in this grey void. So nothing really happened and I must have lost lucidity ......


Dream 3:

Notes say: “With mom talking about Easter.”

I have nothing to add.....


Dream 4:

I was in my mom’s bedroom. I looked over to her shelf and saw two of my favorite childhood dolls. I picked one of them up and I just hugged it. I suddenly remembered all my childhood feelings about that doll. It felt so real. I felt like I was in my childhood again. [This doll was called Magic Elizabeth. In the dream she had on a fancier dress than she did in real life. I actually still have this doll. I have never been able to part from her.]

Then I looked at the shelf again and saw another doll I had when I was even younger. It was the baby doll my mom had had when she was a child. I loved that doll. I used to sleep with it when I was very young (4 or 5).

[This doll started to disintegrate when I was in my teens so it had to be thrown away. In this dream my feelings for these childhood dolls were so extremely strong.]




This is not a very important detail, but I did have written in my notes (and I also remember it from my dream), but my mom had this really cool looking whale mobil hanging from the celing above the bookshelf with the dolls. The whales hung down in a spiral and were detailed and brightly colored.

I just have three very very short fragmants of dreams.

Fragment 1:

I was talking to oneironut.


Fragment 2:

I was talking to T


Fragment 3:

I was in a building.

[Actually the rest of this dreams is right there so close to the surface, yet slipping away each time I try to hang on to it. If I'm lucky, something today will trigger the memory, and I'll have something to add.]

Originally Posted by Twoshadows

I just have three very very short fragmants of dreams.

Fragment 1:

I was talking to oneironut.

Heh...are you sure it was me? Did we talk about radio? :p

Originally Posted by oneironut

Heh...are you sure it was me? Did we talk about radio? :p

Haha...yeah, I'm sure it was you. No...wait...maybe it was someone with a name nothing like yours....



And I have a feeling that if I could remember the dream, that, yeah, we were probably talking about radio. Or maybe I was just babbling on about nothing.....:p .