Thread: Was This Lucid?

i know some basics abt lucid drwaming...tried it with moderate success though 5-6 months back...
however last weekend found myself get into a discussion with a friend abt LD...
and in the following week i changed my sleeping pattern (going into office early )...and it seems I have started getting lucid again (or is it?)

My dream is as follows:

I am in some sort of an outdoor party...in a backyard....with tables, people all around.....there is a band playing some music....
people dancing, eating, drinking....even though I am in the party, I get the feeling of an outsider.....
probably I have come in late, or it seems more like I am anticipating something to happen.....
there is a gated fence in front of me and a person appears out of nowhere and points towards me.....
and says something like I am here to kill you (do not remember exact words though)....
it seems evrything comes to a halt and all people are staring at me.....then the person appears to sprinkle something in the air and vanishes...
then I look around and evrything, evryone has vanished and I am standing alone.....evrywhere there is smoke.....
then i say to myself the only way out of here is to get out of the front door...and I start running...i somehow manage to get out of the door....
and then i cross the road and then find myself in a field with crops around waist high....i start running....after running i just stop to look around....
I stare behind for a second and then from the crops millions of people clad in armour stand up....it is like I am surrounded by en entire army....

at this point of time i think I woke up(i guess!!! dunno whether a false awakening)....
then i told myself that this cant be possible(in dream or real life i dunno)...it is just a dream...
and this is your dream....who are these people....go and question them.....then I found myself back in the dream....
and I asked the nearest person who are you? and immediately evrybody vanished....

i dont remember anything afterwards.....

I want to know whether this was lucid dreaming whereby I had a false awakening however still managed to get thru it and then conquer my fears?
or is it that I woke up and then made my mind believe that this happened.....i am confused because when I told myself that u need to go back in the dream...
i felt that I had woken up but just wanted to continue my dream to see who these people are and what are they doing in my dream???

Before I answer I would like to ask.

Do you have any feelings of uncertainty at your workplace or school/university?

Not necessarily negative although that could be. It could also be positive such as anticipation of a new promotion or raise perhaps? Upcoming exam?

Any concerns about work/school?

Starting a new job or school? Moving to a new location?

As far as your dream it does sound like you were maybe mildly lucid and with a possible false awakening. Look for recurring themes with your dreams and record them.

Lucid dreaming has different levels of awareness. You will definitely know if you have a full blown LD. Once you have done that (and you will if dedicated) then it becomes easier to spot the less lucid (yet still lucid) dream experience.

Don

Yeah I am contemplating whether to switch from my current job....Though I am happy with my current work, I have some other expectations which cannot be met with my current company....however the indecisiveness is because I don’t know whether these things would be met even if I make the switch…

btw, I am really amazed that my dream conveyed the above!!!

Thanks

Originally Posted by Don

Before I answer I would like to ask.

Do you have any feelings of uncertainty at your workplace or school/university?

Not necessarily negative although that could be. It could also be positive such as anticipation of a new promotion or raise perhaps? Upcoming exam?

Any concerns about work/school?

Starting a new job or school? Moving to a new location?

As far as your dream it does sound like you were maybe mildly lucid and with a possible false awakening. Look for recurring themes with your dreams and record them.

Lucid dreaming has different levels of awareness. You will definitely know if you have a full blown LD. Once you have done that (and you will if dedicated) then it becomes easier to spot the less lucid (yet still lucid) dream experience.

Don[/b]

The content of your dreams definitely convey your feelings or thoughts. Stress is also a factor that can act as a catalyst.

In so far regarding the dream. It seems like you had a moment of lucidity. Lucidity is whenever you realize that you are dreaming. Anything beyond that has to deal with lucid dream control etc. Welcome to the forums.

I think you did have a bit of lucidity in the mix of your dreams. Anyway, welcome to the forum.