Lucidity found, then lost again

**Tarvus** · 09-14-2013 11:46 PM

After a dry spell of a month or two, I finally had another lucid dream last night. It started as a regular dream in which I was feeling sleepy and decided to pee before going to bed. I flipped the light switch in the bathroom and it immediately switched itself off. Thinking I had bumped it off, I flipped it on again and watched as the switch shut itself back off. Creepy!

At that point, I felt unseen hands try to shove me out of the bathroom. I thought it was a ghost, but decided to fight back and I splashed the room with some liquid I was carrying in a container (e-juice for my electronic cigar). Immediately I rose up into the air and my head poked through the ceiling into the attic. At that point, I realized I was having a dream and became lucid. I decided to just "go with the flow" and was immediately pulled backwards at an exceptional rate of speed. I was flown backwards through the night sky and marveled at my speed and the clarity and brightness of the stars. I was deposited at a waterfront bar located 17 miles away where a band-mate of mine had just completed a solo gig. It was at this point that I apparently lost lucidity and my lucid dream morphed into a "regular" dream again. I suddenly spied my wife sitting alone at a table and she asked me to join her. After some irrelevant conversation, I told her I had been flown to the location, then asked her, "Is this a dream?" Her reply was "No, this is real". I believed her and never regained lucidity - eventually awakening from what was by then a "normal" dream.

Had my dream character wife said "Yes", I believe I would have regained lucidity. Interestingly, this is the second time my wife has appeared as a dream character which I asked if I was dreaming. Both times she told ne "no". I wonder what, if any, psychological meaning that might have? Jokingly, I gave my wife grief this morning about lying to me in dreams!

**Scionox** · 09-15-2013 02:20 PM

Congrats on lucid dream!

Even if short, it's still progress, and if you have problem losing lucidity periodic reality checks and/or thinking "I am dreaming" can help with that. Also maybe worth doing reality check every time you see/talk to your wife, there are some mental reality checks such as trying to change color of an object that can be used without anyone noticing.

**Tarvus** · 09-15-2013 03:12 PM

Interestingly, I had another brief lucid dream last night. Again, it began as a regular dream and again it turned lucid when a bathroom light switch failed to work. I remember thinking "this happened last night and I had a lucid dream!" and immediately I gained lucidity. After flying aimlessly around for a bit, it morphed back into a regular dream from which I eventually awoke. I was able to recall the entire dream from non-lucid to lucid and back to non-lucid. Maybe I have broken my dry spell. Now to focus on clarity and extending the lucidity!