Vibe Nites 20 + 21 and Lucid 29 and an interesting FA
Vibe Nite 20 - no lucids but some interesting dreams- I am guessing I didn't hit any REM periods with the vibe- think I was overtired as I'd been drinking a bit the night before which I don't think helped at all.
Took a good night off
Vibe Nite 21 and lucid 29 and an interesting FA - lots of odd dreams, in the morning I was trying to work out the chronology of it all. It reminds me of a Maori myth we have in NZ of Maui dragging up the North Island, I feel like I am pulling the threads of these dreams out of the deepest bits of my memory, pulling, pulling, pulling! I quite enjoy it as its amazing what you can eventually recall.
Anyways it went something like this....pre wbtb I had an odd dream about talking with the guys who were contributing to Zoths thread on the ND2 (see prev link) the dream was odd in that no knowing anyones true face their faces were their avatars....anyway I must have missed my actual wbtb cue as I woke up much later than intended - around 4.40ish am. Did a vMILD and set the IC for a slightly diff pattern, at 21mins it did a 5sec vibe, at 42mins 2 5sec vibes sep by 5secs and at 1 hr a 10 sec vibe before repeating. I managed to get through 5 vibes (ie almost 2 hrs) before I had to get up for work.
Now comes the bits I can't quite remember right. I was very conscious of the first 3 vibes going off (which is a good sign I'm not getting desensitized to the signal), then after that I woke from a very short lucid (not related to a vibe but prob related to the repeated microwakings)....
lucid 29 - very brief, I am standing in an underground carpark and there is a sort of sinster guy on the down ramp facing me, I feel alone and he radiates maliciousness, I suddenly become aware I'm dreaming (due to the anxiety boosting my awareness about the situation) but want to wake up and so do almost immediately. (We had just watched the first 2 episodes of the new House of Cards series 1 so I think the political intrigue got to me!). I think I have a subconscious concern about getting 'trapped' in a lucid dream I don't like, a couple of times I've become lucid I've freaked out that I am in a way alone.....anyway I then dropped back to sleep....
back into a couple of interesting non lucid dreams, but at somepoint I did what I thought was a waking life reality check of my watch. I normally do this after the vibe hits but to be honest I can't remember if this was the reason I was doing it. I did have a dream I was a student again and sharing a room and had woken up but I can't even recall if the reality check was part of this dream or if I was dreaming I was doing it in my own bed at home in real life.....anyways what happened was this......
an interesting FA - I am in a bed, its dark, and for some reason I feel I need to do a R/C (this is prob due to a vibration cue but I can't honestly remember if this is correct), I look at my watch and because its dark in the room I press for the light to come on, it kinda does but its so dim I can hardly read the dial, I squint and thinks its 7 something ( in Real Life it can't be as I get up at 630), I press the light button again and again its so dim (like candlelight) I can't read the dial - I think - damn the batteries must have died, and drift back into sleep.
In the morning I remembered this and checked my watch and the light WORKED JUST FINE dohhh!!! classic missed reality check - electrical equipment not working!!!! Just goes to show even when you think you've got a foolproof R/C (checking the time on my watch and rechecking) your brain can still beat you!!!!
Had last night off so may try another vibe night tonight.
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