Thread: Twoshadows' Dream Journal

Originally Posted by Twoshadows

Here is the scary left eye.

And yes, I seem to like to take pictures with only one of my eyes showing.



And I also like to play with my pictures. So they are more interesting than a normal picture of myself smiling at myself in the mirror.


Edit: Now that I think of it, it's my right eye, since it was taken in a mirror.

Good one...I like it.

You are so creative.

Dreams:

Dream 1:

Don't remember details. I just remember that I was on this quest to kill a dragon. I needed to go through this veil that took me to a secret land. There was an important prince there that was supposed to help me on the quest.


Dream 2:

Gross dream.

There was this scab on my forearm. I sctached it off. Instead of a drop of blood appearing, a large reddish yet clear worm slowly squeezed out. I shook it off and it landed on the floor. It looked a lot like a gummi worm. Yet it was alive and slowly making its way across the floor.

Then I noticed there was a friend in the room with me. She had a large pet spider. It jumped out of her hand and ran to the worm and started to suck its insides out.


Dream 3:

I was with some friends. First we were tubing down a snow covered hill. Then we were rock climbing. This dream was long, but I don't remember details now.

But I remember my friends were no longer able to rock climb with me. I got on a forum and was asking people if they would please come and rock climb with me since it wasn't somethign I could do alone.


Dream 4 (Lucid dream):

I was standing on my grandparents' street by the house next door. As I stood on their driveway I could see that the river ran straight up their driveway and through their garage and basement.

I watched as some kayakers had to manuver a bit to get their kayaks up their driveway and disappear into where the river went through the basement.

I was suddenly feeling jealous that a river didn't run through my house.

I then looked over and saw my old friend JP who used to live in that house. I hadn't seen her for years. I went over to her and hugged her. We talked about how fun it was to see each other again. Then she held up the DVD set of Battlestar Galactica Season 2. She had some friends over and that's what they were going to watch.

Something made me lucid.

I looked over and saw my dad, aunt, and grandparents standing on the lawn of my grandparents' place. (My aunt is the only one of the four that is still alive).

I then looked past them where I could see the view of the valley. I had this sudden urge to take off and fly over the valley. But I made myself wait. I needed to interact with a DC. I went up to my grandma. She seemed to look similar to how I rememberd her, except she had this dark birthmark looking thing on her cheek.

I asked her the first thing that came to mind (the basic task for Feb). "Tell me something about myself that I don't know."

She looked at me and said, "Have you seen Hiroku Harari?"

I said something like, "Grandma, that's not a good answer. Try again."

This time she said something to me completely in Japanese.

I looked over and saw my younger sister. We both laughed. I asked her one more time. She still talked to me in Japanese.

I said to her, "That's enough Japanese."

And my sister started explaining to her that she needed to speak to me in English so I could understand.

And at that point I woke up.

Originally Posted by Moonbeam

Good one...I like it.

You are so creative.

Wow...thanks, Moonbeam!

Originally Posted by Twoshadows

It jumped out of her hand and ran to the worm and started to suck its insides out.

Gross? That sounds awesome! I guess that is the difference between girls and boys.

Originally Posted by Twoshadows

She still talked to me in Japanese.

Stubborn DCs. Do you think we can draw any conclusions from that? It seems that most people that want to do the DC interaction tasks only encounter obstinance. Why is that?

You're grandmother's japanese, or was that some weird manifestation of your dream?

I want a river in my house

It jumped out of her hand and ran to the worm and started to suck its insides out.

ugh, I had a dream similar to this, the only difference was that the spider was the size of my car and it started chasing me, oye.

Originally Posted by raklet

Gross? That sounds awesome! I guess that is the difference between girls and boys.




Stubborn DCs. Do you think we can draw any conclusions from that? It seems that most people that want to do the DC interaction tasks only encounter obstinance. Why is that?

Well, I don't think the spider sucking the guts out of the worm was as bad as the worm crawling out from a wound in my skin. Wouldn't that gross you out a little?

And I think that DCs don't always cooperate is because when you want something from them, there is always that little fear in the back of your mind that they just won't do it. I think it's the same reason that as soon as you think that something will reach out and grab you from the darkenss, it will. Or when you are in the ocean, and suddenly think about a shark, it''ll be there.

Originally Posted by ninja9578

You're grandmother's japanese, or was that some weird manifestation of your dream?

I want a river in my house

No, my grandma didn't speak Japanese. i don't either. But I did recently watch a Japanese movie that was actually in Japanese (with English subtitles). So my brain probably just imitated that.

Originally Posted by BrentMatthews

ugh, I had a dream similar to this, the only difference was that the spider was the size of my car and it started chasing me, oye.

Eee....

Well, I'm glad mine was little...and that it was only after a parasitic worm that had just emerged from my arm.

Dreams:

I had a DV member dream and a dream that may have been a lucid. (Or it may be one of those where I reference LDing without being completely lucid--but since I'm not sure, and since this is my journal, I'll call it a lucid dream..... I'm not sure where the blue should start so I'll just use it at the moment wehre I was most likey lucid.)


Dream 1:

I'm at what was supposed to be my house. I hear a knock on the door. I go to answer it and find Aquanina there. I am surprised at first to see her. But then figure that because we are both DV staff that she just wanted to get to know me better. So I go to a bookshelf and pull out a few photo albums and start sharing my life story with her.


Dream 2:

I don't remember how this dream started. I seem to pick up in the middle of it somewhere.

I am in a big city. I realize how beautiful the plaza area is. I walk out into it. There are fountains, and planters full of flowers and everything is made out of brick.

I think this was near a college because there are college students everywhere. I walk of to a group of girls and one wants to share some marijuana with me. I tell her, "No thank you."

I then walk over to a building not far from that group. It is at least five stories high and made of brick. I want to impress the college student. I know that I can fly, but instead I decide to scale the brick building.

I decide to make myself wieghtless and use my fingers to lift by body up. The bricks don't have much to grip, but since I am wieghless, this isn't much of a problem. I climb the brick wall for a time.

The next thing I know I'm about four stories up, and suddenly facing outward. My feet are now holding up my body, which doesn't feel weightless at all.

I am amazed at how I went from being in control of my dream to feeling like I was truly and physically in this very precarious situation. I stood there for a long moment and felt my legs start to shake. I could feel the weight of my body. My fingers gripped the bricks to my side. I was afraid to even move.

But at the same time, I knew I couldn't get hurt. I knew that I should just be able to fly back down, and that I just needed to believe that I could do this. I briefly remembered that LD I had a long time ago where I was afraid to jump off a building because it felt too real and that even though I knew my real body wouldn't be harmed, I was still afraid of experiencing "dream pain".

I'm not sure what happened, but the next thing I remember is that I'm back down on the ground again feeling very relieved that I did it without any pain involved.

Originally Posted by Twoshadows

Hmmm... Wilson doesn't ring a bell. Guess I need to look that up.

I love carrots, BTW...

I also love sepia tones pictures. Kind of classy. Like eating carrots.

Wilson was Tim Allen's neighbour in the sitcom Home Improvement. One of the gags of the show was that they never showed his whole face. His mouth was usually covered by a fence in the backyard, and the occasional time you saw him away from the fence, he'd be covered by some scenery.

I remember once they had some kind of special or a live episode or something, and at the end all the actors came out on stage. The guy who played Wilson came out holding up a piece of fence in front of his face It was hilarious.

Originally Posted by Twoshadows

I am amazed at how I went from being in control of my dream to feeling like I was truly and physically in this very precarious situation. I stood there for a long moment and felt my legs start to shake. I could feel the weight of my body. My fingers gripped the bricks to my side. I was afraid to even move.

But at the same time, I knew I couldn't get hurt. I knew that I should just be able to fly back down, and that I just needed to believe that I could do this. I briefly remembered that LD I had a long time ago where I was afraid to jump off a building because it felt too real and that even though I knew my real body wouldn't be harmed, I was still afraid of experiencing "dream pain".

I'm not sure what happened, but the next thing I remember is that I'm back down on the ground again feeling very relieved that I did it without any pain involved.

Ouch. I hate those kind of dreams where you know you can't be hurt, but your afraid anyway. Too bad you didn't think of the monthly task and let yourself fall

Hmmm. How come you went from falling off a building backwards six times because it was so much fun to being afraid of standing on the edge? Strange how our dreams change.

Originally Posted by Hiros

Wilson was Tim Allen's neighbour in the sitcom Home Improvement. One of the gags of the show was that they never showed his whole face. His mouth was usually covered by a fence in the backyard, and the occasional time you saw him away from the fence, he'd be covered by some scenery.

I remember once they had some kind of special or a live episode or something, and at the end all the actors came out on stage. The guy who played Wilson came out holding up a piece of fence in front of his face It was hilarious.



Ouch. I hate those kind of dreams where you know you can't be hurt, but your afraid anyway. Too bad you didn't think of the monthly task and let yourself fall

I never really watched that show, but that does sound familiar now. And that's funny about him holding the piece of fence in front of his face. So if I ever meet anyone here, I'll have to remember to do the same....

I actually did think about the Task--after I woke up. I feel like I amost did it. but I don't think it was a conscious enough effort. So I'll wait and do it for real next time.

Originally Posted by raklet

Hmmm. How come you went from falling off a building backwards six times because it was so much fun to being afraid of standing on the edge? Strange how our dreams change.

I know. Isn't that the weirdest? But there is a very real, very distinct difference in these kinds of dream. Most LDs where I am flying, I have this very "floaty" feel to my body. I know that when I fall I'm not going to get hurt. I know I have control and can fly or float at will.

But a few times I have felt too "real". Too heavy. Too vulnerable. I don't know what causes the difference. But I have learned to be careful when I feel "real".

New pictures:













TS

The mountains are pretty I should fly there in a lucid dream.

Originally Posted by ninja9578

The mountains are pretty I should fly there in a lucid dream.

Thanks.

Good idea. I want to fly there, too.

Then for the "indestructable" Task I should throw myself down the waterfall (in the first pic).

More reminders to self....



TS

I had one of those mornings where I didn't have time to wirte down dream notes. And now that I have a moment, the dreams are gone. I still have a few images that keep escaping me. I hope to catch on to at least one of those images and try to write somethign up later.

Oh-oh-oh....I just remembered a part of one.

Dream:

I was with a group of people that were on this very long hike. It was something that was going to take days or weeks to finish.

I rememeber Mark H was there and talking about some people getting to sleep in the inflatable boat. One girl told a story how she had gotten under an inflatable boat during a storm and that it had protected her.

Also I remember that some of the people were upset because some of the food/treats were all eaten up and they hadn't gotten any.

Then I started following a girl who seemed to be an experienced hiker. But I noticed she was wearing flip-flops.

Gorgeous pictures. I really like the third one.

Originally Posted by Oneironaut

Gorgeous pictures. I really like the third one.

Thanks.

The sun was just right for those pictures. The sun was getting low and was shining through the clouds onto the cliffs.

Looks like your recall is back, and Lucid too! That was funny about your grandma speaking Japanese. And the reason for it being you watched that Movie lol.

I agree with what you said about Getting DC's to give appropriate answers.

As soon as you ask a question, all sorts of things go through your mind wondering what they will say. And that effects their response.

And great new pictures.

Originally Posted by Caradon

Looks like your recall is back, and Lucid too! That was funny about your grandma speaking Japanese. And the reason for it being you watched that Movie lol.

I agree with what you said about Getting DC's to give appropriate answers.

As soon as you ask a question, all sorts of things go through your mind wondering what they will say. And that effects their response.

And great new pictures.

Hey Caradon--thanks for stopping by.

I have actually had fairly good luck with my DCs answering me. I'm always totally surprised by their answers, but they ususally always answer.

And that is really kind of strange when I think about it. Just where do these strange responses come from? What weird part of my mind comes up with such bizarre things? And how can they be so unexpected when it is my brain that is thinking it?

Piggly Wiggly!

Hiking in flip flops Sounds like hell.

Originally Posted by ninja9578

Piggly Wiggly!

Hiking in flip flops Sounds like hell.

Yeah, I actually really dislike flip-flops. I only every wear them if I am swimming. I would neve hiking in them. I wonder if that's why they showed up.

Although I actually was wearing flip-flops in one of my flying LDs.


I really want my pig puppet thing to show up again.

Originally Posted by Twoshadows

Yeah, I actually really dislike flip-flops. I only every wear them if I am swimming. I would neve hiking in them. I wonder if that's why they showed up.

I swim barefoot

I really want my pig puppet thing to show up again.

You know the advanced task of the month is to bring an inanimate object to life right? You can make him bigger too and ride him around

Originally Posted by ninja9578

I swim barefoot

Yeah...actually, I do too. I was kind of thinking that I wear them while I walk around on the shore of the lake. I hate stepping on tumbleweeds, but I hate sticking a wet sandy foot into a tennis shoe. So they work perfect in that situation. But yes, I do take them off them I am actually swimming.

You know the advanced task of the month is to bring an inanimate object to life right? You can make him bigger too and ride him around

Oh, that is such a cool idea. I'm going to try that for sure now.

Thanks, Ninja!!