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[LucidEric]

hey, my name's Eric, i was recently wanting to know more about dreams and i finally started keeping a dream journal on my laptop since its right next to my head when i sleep. i was thinking i might be able to lucid dream at will but im not sure. 95% of the dreams i have that i can remember(which isnt that many) only like a few a month, i usually realize im dreaming pretty quickly and i have gotten pretty good at not awaking myself when i realize that. i hope to improve my dreaming quality by alot by browsing this forum. my most recent dream was last night and i dont remember the first part, but im pretty sure i was outside my school with my friends. heres my journal entry 4-15-09 "I was at school, i dont remember the first part, but i know i walked up thee stairs and was going to jump off the balcony(as usual in my dreams) and Boston(my friend) jumped first, someone told me something about a spot or somthing and i decided not to jump. because i am usually able to jump from high places with no damage, probably thinking of exceeding my physical limits. which i have none of in my dreams. The next thing i remeber was walking down the hallway with codi rider, and we started having sex, as far as i know it was only 30 secondslong for the whole thing to be over. i dont remember anything after that because i think i woke up." [/entry] after i started to walk back inside from wherever i realized it was a dream, then i started the above. since in reality, codi rider will probably do alot of things if you asked her to and she liked you, in my mind i thought that and she started taking off her clothes. anyone got anything? and i have a girlfriend, her name is brandy, but we dont have a very sexual relationship, we have made out like 4 or 5 times and weve been going out for over a year(im like 14 5/6 and shes 15) thats as far as ive gone. i think that my dream was a projection of my sexual deprevity(word?) and that i am more comfortable with codi than brandy. i was feeling kind of empty, not excited like i would be if it actually happened. I was feeling bored with like no excitement or nervousness or anything, it was just like, "ya, your naked, *yawn*" i dont want to go into more details cause it would be inapproprate. any tips/opinions? sorry for the really long post, i hope to be a welcomed member of the community.

[Jakku]

Hey Eric, in your post you say you 'hope to improve my dreaming quality', if by this you mean you want to be able to gain lucidity more often, and have greater levels of lucidity - then it sounds like your on the right track to do that. Keeping your dream journal is going to increase your dream recall, and the longer you keep it up, the more dreams you'll remember. Browsing the forum should also help you with any questions you have about lucid dreaming. As for the meaning of your dream, I'm no expert, but the meanings don't always have to be so clear. Of course, it may well have been a projection of your subconscious mind - but I'm no expert

[Robot_Butler]

Great job figuring out the meaning behind your dream. I love how dreams can show us things that are on our minds, even things we don't really want to admit to ourselves. It sounds like you are already getting a low level of lucidity. Keep doing whatever it is you are doing. If you want to improve the quality of your dreams, try some tricks to increase your awareness or the dream's vividness. We have a few tutorials that could help, like these: http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...ad.php?t=70131 http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...ad.php?t=67107