The Giant Metal Security Door Obstructing The Subconscious

[Freedom in Flight]

This is by far the most intense and cryptic lucid dream I have had by far. Many of the finer points and details have been obscured by time, but the feelings and the inexplicable fear and curiousity that I felt will stay with me for a lot longer. As a back story, my friends and I have always discussed what it would be like if we could use a greater percentage of our brain. I always speculated that we could unlock a deeper perspective on the universe, or abilities to perceive things outside the normal, motive driven perception of the general populous. By using more of our brain, would we gain abilities that only complete, objective understanding could bring like flight, telekinesis, or even be able to exert control over the subconscious? If so, can we unlock this holistic view of existence by venturing within ourselves, maybe even through lucid dreaming? I became lucid while walking down a dark street. I was contemplating the very question described above. Is there some way where I gain a deeper understanding of myself by journeying within? I turned into an alley between two buildings, and came to a large, metal, roll down security door, closely monitored by two cloaked figures. I felt a great significance about this door. I felt that maybe to get through this door could hold some answer that I was searching for. It felt like it could even have a bearing on waking life somehow. As I approached the door, the cloaked figures acknowledged my presence by staring at me with unseen eyes. I began to ask what the door was, and what was behind it, when the cloaked figures moved at a great speed toward me. For some reason, it gives me goosebumps just thinking back on it and how irrationally unsettling it was to have these mysterious entities coming toward me. As soon as they converged on me I woke up. I usually don't wake up so suddenly from a lucid dream, I generally lose lucididy before coming back to the real world. I told a couple friends about thte dream and they told me to go back to the door, which I will. My only problem is that even though I know I am lucid dreaming, and I understand that my dreams are for the most part under my complete control, I still sometimes have trouble exerting my control over them, and I get scared of what's happening. Kinda like trying to fly into space and realizing how high I am and getting scared and falling. Even though I know its a dream and I can keep going, I get scared of going so high. I just wanted to share this and maybe get an opinion about this dream and hear some comments about how crazy it sounds Thanks for reading.

[Leo Volont]

and I understand that my dreams are for the most part under my complete control, I still sometimes have trouble exerting my control over them,[/b] You people are so indoctrinated by the lies and propaganda, that after telling us a story in which you had absolutely not the least bit of control over anything... where you had to wake up because your dream got so far away from you that it scared you shittless... STILL in the face of all that, so you will be seen to be one of the Lucid Dreaming True Believers -- that you got FAITH, or whatever, you still say you have COMPLETE CONTROL. You know, I have received suspensions from this Page for a lot less than this blatant intellectual dishonesty. But there is no doubt, that since you are so much behind the Party Line and the Doctrinaire Beliefs that this Page is trying to push, they'll probably give you the Lucid Weenie of the Month award. So keep on lying. How else will people come to believe that Lucid Dreaming comes with Dream Control unless we keep asserting it again and again and again. Its not as though anybody will actually ever see it happen. Also, it occurs to me that you aren't worthy to see behind that door.

[Freedom in Flight]

Man that was such a misunderstanding. Even though I said that my dreams are under my complete control, I meant something far from that. When I say "I know my dreams are under my complete control" I mean that I know that if I could attain the level of lucidity that I am aiming to acheive, then I would be able to have only my actions under my complete control. I have had dreams where I have been confronted with a problem, and just by realizing that I was lucid gave me a sense of this "complete control" where I had control enough over myself to do amazing things (such as shapeshifting into a dragon to fight another dragon, or fly off of a sinking island). I would consider myself very humble about my abilities, and never would I want to give the impression that I could be a master of this amazing art of lucidity. This was a dream that I handled very incorrectly due to my inexperience with fear in my LDs. I was mainly writing this to help me realize if my fear was completely irrational or if maybe I was scared of unlocking something that I may not be ready for. It's not as much a question of whether I am worthy to look behind the door, I may or may not be. The question is whether I am ready, and I would answer that no. I have a lot more work to do and experience to gain before that happens. I apologize if I came off as some arrogant jerk trying to belittle these dreams or make it seem like I was a master of something that I am only in the beginning stages of learning. I only wanted to share what I considered a landmark in my LD experience. I offended you and probably others, and that was not my intent.

[SwordOfGod]

Freedom in Flight, please don't listen to Leo, he has issues. I did not find you to come off as an arrogant jerk at all. However, thank you for defining the extant of your abilities. I think I know what is behind the door, but I will not influence you by giving my interpretation. Try to revisit it and tell us what you see. (The figures can be subdued by believing that they won't be therewhen you see the door, they are a piece of you and can therefore be controlled.)

[EVIL JOE]

You people are so indoctrinated by the lies and propaganda, that after telling us a story in which you had absolutely not the least bit of control over anything... where you had to wake up because your dream got so far away from you that it scared you shittless... STILL in the face of all that, so you will be seen to be one of the Lucid Dreaming True Believers -- that you got FAITH, or whatever, you still say you have COMPLETE CONTROL. You know, I have received suspensions from this Page for a lot less than this blatant intellectual dishonesty. But there is no doubt, that since you are so much behind the Party Line and the Doctrinaire Beliefs that this Page is trying to push, they'll probably give you the Lucid Weenie of the Month award. So keep on lying. How else will people come to believe that Lucid Dreaming comes with Dream Control unless we keep asserting it again and again and again. Its not as though anybody will actually ever see it happen. Also, it occurs to me that you aren't worthy to see behind that door. [/b] What were you like as a child?

[xxrepresentxx]

You people are so indoctrinated by the lies and propaganda, that after telling us a story in which you had absolutely not the least bit of control over anything... where you had to wake up because your dream got so far away from you that it scared you shittless... STILL in the face of all that, so you will be seen to be one of the Lucid Dreaming True Believers -- that you got FAITH, or whatever, you still say you have COMPLETE CONTROL. You know, I have received suspensions from this Page for a lot less than this blatant intellectual dishonesty. But there is no doubt, that since you are so much behind the Party Line and the Doctrinaire Beliefs that this Page is trying to push, they'll probably give you the Lucid Weenie of the Month award. So keep on lying. How else will people come to believe that Lucid Dreaming comes with Dream Control unless we keep asserting it again and again and again. Its not as though anybody will actually ever see it happen. Also, it occurs to me that you aren't worthy to see behind that door. [/b] You've just came off as an arrogant jerk. Congradulations. He was new at the lucid dreaming and didn't know what to do, cut him some slack. -- But yeah, I'd be curious what is sub-consiously behind that door. Try in your mind killing the things guarding it, and maybe create some kind of key to open it?

[The_Director2004]

Very cool. I also have an idea of what's behind the door, but again, I don't want to influence what you will eventually see. Just keep trying and eventually you'll get into it.

[DarkMind]

This is by far the most intense and cryptic lucid dream I have had by far. Many of the finer points and details have been obscured by time, but the feelings and the inexplicable fear and curiousity that I felt will stay with me for a lot longer. As a back story, my friends and I have always discussed what it would be like if we could use a greater percentage of our brain. I always speculated that we could unlock a deeper perspective on the universe, or abilities to perceive things outside the normal, motive driven perception of the general populous. By using more of our brain, would we gain abilities that only complete, objective understanding could bring like flight, telekinesis, or even be able to exert control over the subconscious? If so, can we unlock this holistic view of existence by venturing within ourselves, maybe even through lucid dreaming? I became lucid while walking down a dark street. I was contemplating the very question described above. Is there some way where I gain a deeper understanding of myself by journeying within? I turned into an alley between two buildings, and came to a large, metal, roll down security door, closely monitored by two cloaked figures. I felt a great significance about this door. I felt that maybe to get through this door could hold some answer that I was searching for. It felt like it could even have a bearing on waking life somehow. As I approached the door, the cloaked figures acknowledged my presence by staring at me with unseen eyes. I began to ask what the door was, and what was behind it, when the cloaked figures moved at a great speed toward me. For some reason, it gives me goosebumps just thinking back on it and how irrationally unsettling it was to have these mysterious entities coming toward me. As soon as they converged on me I woke up. I usually don't wake up so suddenly from a lucid dream, I generally lose lucididy before coming back to the real world. I told a couple friends about thte dream and they told me to go back to the door, which I will. My only problem is that even though I know I am lucid dreaming, and I understand that my dreams are for the most part under my complete control, I still sometimes have trouble exerting my control over them, and I get scared of what's happening. Kinda like trying to fly into space and realizing how high I am and getting scared and falling. Even though I know its a dream and I can keep going, I get scared of going so high. I just wanted to share this and maybe get an opinion about this dream and hear some comments about how crazy it sounds Thanks for reading. [/b] My current view is that: yes, you can gain great spiritual insights through the practice of Lucid Dreaming, also known as Conscious Dreaming. It is one of the 6 Yogas of Naropa (Vajrayana Buddhism). I suggest you use this opportunity to confront your fear. This is a lucid dream about your fear of something. Do not be intimidated by the 2 dark and sinister figures. I know it may be difficult. Try radiating loving-kindness to them, and ask them for permission to go through the door. Do re-visit that place if you wish. Whether you try out my suggestions or not, I wish you luck. And do keep us posted of the outcome