I ran into the topic of Lucid Dreams while reading up the technical specs on a homemade LD inducing aid device . TBH I was very skeptical of the whole LD topic but being an explorer @ heart (truly I was born 400 yrs too late!)I decided to explore further. And so glad I did. The research into the subject is quite solid and not based on new age poppycock as I originally believed. So armed with the knowledge of how to induce and control I decided to go for a test run.
My 1st Lucid Dream
I awoke several times throught the night and conducted reality checks and was dissapointed several times to discover I was awake. On my 5th awakening I experienced a false awakening and realized it was so because of equiptment failure during my reality check. I had been using my alarm clock for reality checks. My alarm clock has a very bright blue display that lights up @ the touch of a button . Said clock would not light, it was then I realized I was dreaming and became Lucid. Unfortunately I was so excited @ this realization, I awoke as I a attemted to rise from my dream bed. The whole Ld experience lasted perhaps 30 seconds.
My 2nd Lucid Dream
The night following my first experience I convinced myself I could remain calm enough to prolong the experience. Againg I awakened several times before I actually entered the Lucid state. I also experienced several dreams in which I did not become Lucid. This false awakening I did not reach for my clock as i done the previous times but actually reached for my bedside lamp so I could jot down the dream i just had and was surprised to discover my lamp would not turn on...dead giveaway. I controlled my excitement through breathing and got up from my bed knowing full well I could remain in control and master this dream. The bed sheeets slid off me as I stood in the middle of the room contemplating my next move. I decided to go for broke and leapt straight up and right through the ceiling ghosting right through( amazing!). as I drifted through my apartment's attic, my experience was spoiled by a sence of fear of an antagonistic presence I somehow simply knew was present in this attic. I did not see my antagonist but Knew it was a dead woman. Decayed and reanimated and with nothing in her heart but hatred for me. I recalled the dream control techinques and willed myself to fly horizontally like a shot and ghosted right through the wall and into the street about, oh mebbe 50 feet in the air. It was glorious! My antagonist far behind and forgotten. I dimly remember seeing perhaps one more person in the distance also flying. On the ground I remember one woman pointing @ me open mouthed incredulity and awe written on her face. I couldn't help but wonder what she would make of this naked flying man that had come from nowhere. I chukled @ the thought. Right. so across the street moving like I got a rocket booster strapped to my butt and into the next block, much to my chagrin I find myself losing altitude. I am going down and doing my best impression of Ralph Hinkley I slam into the asphalt (ouch) and wake from my LD.
I notice the recurring equipment failure in my Ld's anyone else experience this? Anyone actually achieve complete mastery over their LD's? I have so many questions.
Any comments would be appreciated.
