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[Celestial Phoenix]

Hey, I've been having lucid dreams for about three years now. At the moment I'm in college, studying abroad in Japan. I was looking around online for more information on lucid dreams yesterday and found this site. So, hi!

[Howie]

[size=18]HI Welcome. A good place to start is: http://www.dreamviews.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=16

[Seeker]

Hi yourself and Welcome! I hope you've found your way to the Tutorials section. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask!

[Umbrasquall]

Yep don't hesitant if any concerns/questions come up. Welcome to the forums! Japan huh? Aphius is learning Japanese.

[Aphius]

Welcome to the forum Pheonix! Aphius is learning Japanese[/b] Don\'t go telling everyone that... I\'m suxx0rz at it... I haven\'t had any time to learn...anything.

[Umbrasquall]

Aw man I'm sure you are not that bad! Anyways, changing the subject. I've been to Japan twice ya know. It's awesome. I got to go to the top of Tokoyo tower. It's amazing. BTW love the name Celestial.

[Celestial Phoenix]

I really want to go to Tokyo Tower before I go back--there are a ton of places I still need to go. The dancing muffin amuses me. And Japanese is painful to learn. I do have a question, actually...in the winter I stayed with this family in the country, and I slept next to this kotatsu, this stove thing. Occasionally, I'd fall asleep under it (it's like a heated table with a blanket) by accident, and I'd always have these freaky dreams. Not like nightmares, exactly. I would be able to see things around me, but I'd be paralyzed. Then I'd realize I was dreaming, and I'd start to struggle to wake up. It always took several tries before I actually woke up. Is this something that happens to other people? Finally I just got away from it if I was feeling sleepy. I guess this relates to lucid dreaming in that I'd realize I was dreaming and I would end up doing that to get myself completely awake. It still happens to me sometimes where I am now, though not with the frequency it did before. The other day, I was taking a nap and there was this weird flash of light when I drifted off and I felt really strange for a second. I woke up and fell back asleep several times, and I think there was this light every time. The last time this happened, I ended up in a lucid state and had one of the first lucid dreams I'd had in a while. It seems connected to lucid dreaming somehow, but not exactly the same. Has anyone else had a similar experience? One of my friends mentioned the flash of light thing happening to her, so is it that I've just never noticed? This happened a few weeks ago, so I might not be remembering exactly.

[Placebo]

Welcome Here's to the lucid journey into your dreams Good luck I've been meaning to learn Japanese myself. Is it really that frustrating to learn?

[Truthbearer]

WELCOME!!!! I don't have any experiences with any flashes of light or such, but I know that there are devices that use this technique in order for people to become lucid...You must find whatever it is that works best for you...