Had my first lucid dream :)
It was on a night that I had been reading about lucid dreaming and astral projection. I learned about an astral projection technique that involved imagining a rope and pulling yourself out of your body. Apparently, I pulled myself onto my bedroom floor, or so I thought...
The floor turned into a stone street, and there was a lot white light. I felt a lot of space around me, but when I looked up, there was a stone wall covering an arched gateway. I patted it down but it was solid. I'm thinking to myself "Aw man, I cant control my dream..."
I turned around to see where I was, and I was in an empty white space, surrounded by gateways. The gateways were black, indicating that i could go into them. I immediately thought of a dream intention. I thought to myself, "I dont want to walk into a nightmare, so think about your intention."
My intention is to meet a character from stories that I've been writing. I walked around the gateways, and at the base of them there were names. I checked 3 gateways but I only remembered 1 name. I didnt get to check the last gateway. Then I woke up.
It was so surreal. So surreal that I barely believe that I was actually lucid. Look forward to my next one :)