Thread: i am dreaming, wait im awake.

hmm.... well did you do an RC when you woke up? maybe you didn't really wake up...

That happened to me a few times, maybe it's just because you showed a hint of emotion, that was the problem with me. Staying still might have something to do with it too. I find spinning is the best solution, and just skipping to what you want to do.

Originally posted by philton
I will keep this post nice and short, but i had a lucid dream last night, but it only lasted around 5 seconds. When i realized i was dreaming, i managed to stay calm, but for some reason i felt myself going back into a state of blurriness, even though i was aware. in a few moments i was awake. Why is it that i stayed calm and prepared, yet my subconcious totally ignored the fact that i was dreaming?

DREAM ON[/b]

your subconcious did not ignore the fact that you were dreaming you have no control over your subconcious and i am relatively sure no one does

it was your concious mind that lost to the subconcious

next time try to concentrate on a detail of something like the floor or you hands this some times would help me to become concious in my dreams

Tell me, did you become lucid in the dream, or was it through something like a WILD?

i just spent ten minutes on this general topic, so i'll post an excerpt here. ignore the line or two that might not make sense in its recycled context.

*if you find that everything is sort of vague, or you aren't really experiencing the dream, so much as having a stream of dull concepts pass before your eyes, try stabilizing. i say this because every single dream where i was dissappointed i wasn't as lucid as i could have been. sure, i knew i was dreaming, and so instantly tried to fly, or have dream sex, or whatever. but i'd usually wake up pretty quickly, and the dreams weren't very realistic or exciting. *

but the two that really stand out, and by far the longest ones, are those in which i didn't get ahead of myself as soon as i got lucid. i stood still and said "ok, i'm dreaming. but everytime i get caught up in it right away, i always wake up and realize the dream wasn't all i hoped it to be". *
then i look around, and notice that things aren't nearly as vivid and lively as they could be. its hard to explain, but i've realized in lots of dreams, its almost as if flimsy concepts and words are substituted for experiences. one can have a dream that resembles a story. you can remember it after, and write it down, and know you've been through it, but its not real, so much as dim, empty concepts. *

anyways, there are different ways to liven up the dream. try rubbing your hands really fast, until you get that burning feeling. say "clarity now!" really loudly. look at your hands in great detail, until you are amazed at the intricacy of them. or try anything else you can think of to bring about a level of vividness you are happy with. remember, if you aren't happy with it while you are in the dream, you won't be when you wake up. you determine the memorability, excitement, and fun qualities to a dream while in them. *

survey your environement again. it should be very realistic, and your senses should be fully engaged. THEN go and jump off the balcony. there is hardly a comparison between a fully lucid dream, and a short, mildly fuzzy one where one never really fully real-izes their lucidity. *

whenever i become lucid and instantly get caught up in the dream and run off to do something, i wake up feeling a little dissappointed. but the times where i've remembered to stabilize the realism and fully survey my surroundings, and ensure they are at a level of vividness/realism i am happy with, i stay lucid longer, have a better, more exciting/beautiful dream, and am much happier when i wake up. [/b]

hope that helps

well i usually do not wild because i had tried it many times before to no avail and i wake up very tired if i do so....i just went to bed as usual at 11 o clock. i guess i jsut need to practice being calmer and concentrating on control to not lose my lucidity.