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Alright, i am The Yellow One, occasionally magenta or indigo, depending on my mood.

I dream lots and lots, pretty dreams mostly, barely any bad dreams. Have been writing dream journals on and off since my teens, now in my 40's and on my second journal in 7 months!

Never been fully lucid, have had many vague notions of "well this isn't proper is it?" but never go further than that, something usually diverts my attention away from the fact that i am in my own dreamworld.

Read the LaBarge book, read the recent Daniel Love book too, just ordered Dreams of Awakening by Charlie Morley for more of an insight.

I do regular RC's now, all i need to do is decide which way to do it... attain lucidity...

Dream on.

The Yellow One.

Out of interest, i have been awake for 24 hours now, even done a night shift, will i get a REM rebound seeing as i am sleep deprived?

I do hope so, im off to lala land :wink:

Hi and welcome here, hope you enjoy your stay :D

For me the key was practising All Day Awareness. Just focusing on what you do so you act as a robot makes lucid dream a lot easier. Take a look at this: All Day Awareness/DILD. If you meditate it will help too. Keep doing RCs and look for dream signs, for example most of the time I am at home in my lucids, so everytime I go up or downstairs I do a RC.

Good luck!

Welcome to DV TheYellowOne! :) Hope to see you around!

Oh i meditate when i can, as for RC's when dreamsigns arise, i am still deciphering my recent dreams for any other signs i may have missed, but i do try to do a RC when they pop up, but i could meditate until the cows came home if i had the time, i went tor a medative walk yesterday during hour 20 of being awake, i have some lakes nearby so its great to go there for reflection and calm.

So, had a few hours sleep since my last post, bugger all to recall in my sleep, frustrating, my third wipeout in a row now, yet in the week i was recalling 5 or more dreams per night! Such is the fragile nature of our minds...

Lucidity, why? Personally for me, i just really want to engage with my dreams on a deeper level, consciously. Like everyone else, my dreams are vivid, bizarre, lifelike, entertaining and sometimes revealing. And our dreaming mind does not appreciate the sheer beauty that unfolds within a dream, a beauty all of the dreamers making, our making, it is only upon waking that we regular dreamers go "oh my word, that was a pretty good dream"! Yet we were merely observing the dream in a way, not really a part of it., even though the dream actually comes from us, i feel dreaming could be greatly enhanced with lucidity, to participate more, engage more, explore more. Like most people, i have some profound questions to ask myself, but i can also see myself having a lot of fun too, i fly in dreams so much, i also swim in my dreams, neither of which i do in reality, the waking world, real life...

My last dream...

I am in a garden, not a familiar one, and i am sitting on my faux leopard print fur bed throw, feeling the warmth from the sun, the softness of the fake fur, when a butterfly passes by, bright green, almost glowing wings. Suddenly the fake fur leopard print blanket takes the form of the butterflies body, which i straddle confidently and the blanket morphs into a big butterfly. Oddly enough i cannot recall the wings after this occurs, but we do take flight, and the butterflies body feels exactly the same as a horses, and i behave as if i am riding a horse, the butterfly then becomes a horse, jet black, strong and powerful, and we are gliding through some landscape which has little details in it, gliding as i sometimes glide, running with longer and longer steps in the air, running mid air to maintain some distance from the ground. The ground beneath us is sandy, with patches of dry yellow grass and yellow flowers, possibly dandilions but could be buttercups.

The dream fades away, and i wake up thinking, "why didnt i stay on the butterfly?", "why didnt the butterfly have leopard print wings?" and "how the hell do i know how to ride a horse, when i have not even had a donkey ride at the seaside before?" because riding that horse seemed so real, i used all the muscles i suspect you would while riding, and i knew where to place my body in relation to this horse, yet i have never rode one in my life!

Anyways guys, thanks for the welcome, should any of you see someone on a butterfly in your dreams, give me a wave :lol:

*The Yellow One*

TheYellowOne

I "frended" you because I love your huge biography in your profile. I'm 54.

There are lotes of youngsters here.

Dreamviews began as a school project and has had 3 owners. Alex is the latest.

He lookes after his investment very professionally. He keeps the site up no matter what. This is perhaps the safest dreamsite on the web cos of Alex and his team.

By "friending" you I'll be able to keep up with everything you post in threads or in your dream journal. Because it will pop-up in the "recent activity" part of my profile.

:welcome:

:smitten:

:bliss:

:yddd:

:boogie:

:takethatfoo: ... :cheeky: ... :welcome:

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Originally Posted by havago

TheYellowOne

I "frended" you because I love your huge biography in your profile. I'm 54.

There are lotes of youngsters here.

Dreamviews began as a school project and has had 3 owners. Alex is the latest.

He lookes after his investment very professionally. He keeps the site up no matter what. This is perhaps the safest dreamsite on the web cos of Alex and his team.

By "friending" you I'll be able to keep up with everything you post in threads or in your dream journal. Because it will pop-up in the "recent activity" part of my profile.

:welcome:

:smitten:

:bliss:

:yddd:

:boogie:

:takethatfoo: ... :cheeky: ... :welcome:

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Awww thank you Havana :bow:

Yes, officially middle aged now, i turned 40 in January this year, far from being all sad and depressed about it, i embraced my new found maturity with aplomb so far, maybe life really does begin at 40? Actually mine started 3 years ago but thats another story lol

I chose this site cos it seemed very well cared for, and busy, nothing worse than visiting forums and no activity happens hour after hour, i was recently a member of a ukulele forum but there were so many snobs there, who all bought handmade, finely tuned solid wood ukes from Hawaii, and really looked down on those who bought cheapo ukes like myself, my £50 Makala is a dream though :biggrin: i ended up leaving and building my own uke, which turned out fabulous in the end, even without much technical help from experts. But DV does seem lively, and some of the experiences documented here are truly amazing.

And so much talk about OBE's, which is something i experienced in my early teens while in hospital, i never told anyone for years because i thought it was a dream, but you dont dream when pumped with anesthetics, do you? That is only something i have learned recently, but given the conditions of my only OBE i certainly would not want another one, not until i breathe my last breath.

Anyway, i accept your warm offer of friendship dear dreamer, its an honour :cheers:

*The Yellow One*