Not exactly new to the dream scene but I have some questions as I begin to learn more. Why is it that I can know that I am having a dream and sit back and watch it unfold?. I never have been able to control it but I often recognize that it's a dream and allow it to continue. Thats the first question. Secondly does anyone know anything about seeing spiders in your dreams. I am never afraid of spiders but I am puzzled at why I often see them in my dreams. And thirdly What about dying in your dreams. I don't think it is possible to actually dream about your death because how would you know what it feels like. But in my dreams where I die I am not afraid but seem to be waiting for my death and then the dream switches to a different topic. Last night I dreamed about getting in a fight with like 4 other people but one of them was TuPac and I killed all of them except him because in my dream he was my friend. He told me to kill him or he would kill me and I refused, so I told him to kill me if thats the way it has to be. He jumped on his street bike and turned around and shot me with an uzi. I fell on the ground and a sigh of relief passed over as if I was thinking "so this is what it's like." He walked over me and shot me in the head and I flashed over to a totally different dream. Weird huh? P.S. I do not wish to die in life, in fact I enjoy it quite much