Another n00b thread? Sweet!

[_omni_]

Hi people. I won't actually be posting much (or at all) for the moment, as I'll be reading my LD book and lurking a good deal here, but thought I might get the introductions out of the way. So I'll tell you how I got to know about LD. It happened like this: I was a big fan of the band Therion. However I hadn't listened to them in forever, and had pretty much forgotten about them. Then by chance I happened to watch a video of a concert of their's and my interest was renewed. So I decided to have a listen to the Sirius B album, and was totally blown away. I always research any band that I like, and therefore knew that they were closely tied with the magical order Dragon Rouge. So I started researching DR, and was reading an overview of their "levels" when in one of them I saw the words "lucid dreaming". That sounded vaguely familiar, so I researched it and was totally blown away (again!) by the idea, the concept, especially after I realized that it wasn't some new age BS. I realized I have actually become lucid at least several times in my teen years and later (I'm 21), but have never retained lucidity while dreaming. What happens is that I realise I'm dreaming (yeah, VERY occasionally), but immediately wake up. Not that retaining consciousness (or would that be unconsciousness?) - much less controling anything - ever entered my mind. So today I will be getting ETWOLD, and will hopefully be able to put it to good use. I'll just finish this off with a dream I had last night, I thought it was curious. No, it wasn't a LD. So I (in real life) really had to go to sleep, and was trying my hardest to do so. Time passes, it starts getting bright outside and I still can't fall asleep. Suddenly everything is dark, and I feel myself trying to get up. I knew that I was leaving my body. I feel weightless (perhaps even formless? I don't know, it was dark), but it's difficult to get up because my body seems sticky-like, as if I were lying down in honey. I managed to get to nearly a sitting position (the waist up, now outside my body, felt weightless) when I suddenly felt a very strong pull and was yanked back to a lying position, at which point I woke up. My back felt very hot. It was in fact all dark, the part about me still trying to fall asleep in the early morning sunlight was a dream (talk about frustrating!). I'm guessing the second part was also, but I'm not sure. Either way I thought it was interesting. Anyway g'day folks. I hate being a n00b anywhere, especially a clueless one, so will probably start posting more often once I gain some knowledge and skills.

[Amethyst Star]

Welcome to Dream Views, Omni We're glad that you joined us and have been enjoying your time here so far. If there's anything that we can do to help you achieve lucidity just feel free to let us know! And if you want to get to know some more of the members here at DV, you can also check out the off-topic forums, though I must warn you, they can be addicting. See you around! -Amé

[Gwendolyn]

Welcome to DV! It is awesome that you have decided to join our little community! Anyway, I think you are definately on the right track to becoming lucid. Since you've been lucid before, you already know that LDs are awesome and that they are some of the neatest experiences ever!

[_omni_]

Thanks . Gwendolyn, I don't actually know yet the joy of LD, as I said as soon as I realized I was dreaming I'd either wake up or wake myself up. Nothing that I took note of. Oh, can anyone suggest a good book on the subject? The only one I have is ETWOLD. Cheers.