Quote Originally Posted by dolphin View Post
You don't have to see a dream figure to hear an answer from them. You could ask questions without anybody around while imagining that an invisible intelligent dream figure can hear the question and give an answer you can hear.

When you're dreaming, ask "How can I more easily and frequently realize I'm dreaming while I'm dreaming?" and listen for an answer.

If the dream resists in giving an answer, ask "What is the dream trying to tell me?" If you get an answer, try to understand it and then try again in asking the lucid dreaming question. If you do not get an answer, find another dream figure to ask the lucid dreaming question.

Ok, so I tried this out. I had two lucid dreams last night, but maybe I wasn't lucid enough because I was still reacting to the dream and I also didn't get any answer.

In both dreams I was still caught up in the dream characters' business as everyone was going about doing their things. I remember I was in my neighbor's house and a coworker was also there talking to me. Once I realized I was dreaming I asked the dream my question and waited... there was no answer. I asked "What message does the dream have for me?" once again no answer. So, I ended up just flying away.

Then I had another dream right after this one, but I was being chased first by a group of people. So, I decided to fly, but one of them could fly to so he ended up following me into some trees. Once I couldn't really get away from him I decided I was going to fly into an open window of an apartment building. I got in there and calmed down some, but then I was trying to find an elevator to get out. There were no doors and no elevators. So I'm like ok well... I'll just go back out through a window. Every window was double glass and locked except one. I left and ended up on the street. I asked the dream again "How can I more easily and frequently realize I'm dreaming while I'm dreaming?" --no answer, then I asked "What message does the dream have for me?" --no answer.

So I'm like ok... scratch that lets do something else. All of a sudden a new dream character comes. She is singing, but also chasing me. Another dream character told me that she isn't like the others. She can't be compelled or controlled. So I ran from her, then I decided not to run but to face her. I asked her "What do you represent?" she completely ignored me and continued to try to chase me. She wanted me to leave her "Dream world". I went to fly away only to find that I can't fly as easily now. I can't go as high or as fast as I want. I focus on... the destination rather than the flying itself. But that doesn't get me anywhere. Eventually I just wake up.

Since I was really reactive to the story and the dream characters in both instances, maybe I wasn't lucid enough. I felt like I was lucid enough to fly and remember my goals though. Very interesting. I also didn't do any prep before going to be last night. Normally I meditate, and repeat to myself something like "Tonight I will have a lucid dream" or at least do WBTB in the middle of the night. I didn't do any of that. I just went to sleep and wound up lucid after maybe...2 or 3 dreams. I would say I had at least 5-6 dreams last night.