My LD left me in a prolonged state of euphoria

[DreamQueen]

This morning I had one of the most incredible lucid experiences ever. Sorry this post is long, hopefully you will find my experience interesting. There is actually one question in there, and also a great suggestion for you to try... I had been in a ND (normal nonlucid dream) for ages when I saw this kid fall from somewhere high onto the ground in front of me. He was badly hurt and his brother and mum didn’t know what to do. I asked his mum if she had any pain relief in her house. She went and got her first aid box and I started rifling through it. I was specifically looking for Diclofenac (an anti-inflammatory analgesic). I found a bottle that had “diclofenac” written perfectly on the outside. The scenery changed and I was now inside her house. I kept looking through the first aid box and I started to notice it had heaps of items in it that were identical to those in my own first aid box. Then I started finding more and more items which were identical to things I’d owned in the past. At first I thought it was all just a coincidence until I found a ballerina brooch identical to one I’d owned when I was about seven years old. I mean, it was getting ridiculous! I still didn’t click that it was a dream but thought it was a good time to do a RC. I fully expected the test to pass. I was dumbfounded when it failed! So I was now lucid. I then told the kid's mother that I was going off to talk to someone (my lucid goal). She was cool with that so I walked out of the room and saw a hallway. As I entered the hallway I remembered what DV member WolfeDreamer531 suggested as a dream goal which was to simply stop and “take everything in”. I did this and it was amazing! I strongly suggest you guys try it next time you are lucid! The clarity increased tenfold and I was blown away by the detail of the hallway. There was a room at the end of it and I could see an aquarium full of beautiful fish. The fish floated out into the air and started drifting towards me. They were SO BEAUTIFUL!!! I reached out and touched one. Then I saw a closed door and willed the person I wanted to meet with to be behind it. I opened the door and walked in but the room was completely empty. I was pretty disappointed. I am having real trouble summoning this person. I’ve failed so many times recently with this goal. I have succeeded in the past but now I just can’t seem to do it. Any suggestions on how I can meet with this person would be appreciated. Anyway, I didn’t want to waste lucid time trying to think of another way to achieve this. I figured I was better to think it through when awake, so I went out the back door. Outside was a carnival scene and lots of people everywhere. I saw a guy and somehow knew he was the brother of a childhood friend of mine named Angela. I started walking along beside him. I haven’t seen Angela for 30 years in RL so just for a laugh I asked her brother “Hey, what’s your sister up to these days?”. He replied “oh her cell phone has been playing up” Lol! Anyway, we were coming up to this building and I suddenly thought that it would be boring to go in there and that I wanted to do something fun. I decided to do some flying coz I hadn’t flown for a while and I felt like showing off to everyone and amazing them all. Well, holy cow it was amazing alright! I floated up quite high into the air and this GLORIOUS sounding music started playing. It was orchestral and it was “I dreamed a dream” from the musical “Les Miserables”. Here is a version of it by Hayley Westenra who is a famous New Zealand singer. Her voice is exquisite. You can play it in a different window while you read http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcMJl...e=channel_page I can’t describe how thrilling it felt to be flying high above the carnival below with this tune bellowing out from the heavens. It was one of the most exhilarating experiences in my life. I saw a woman wearing a green top walking on the ground and I decided to swoop down from behind her and zoom across in front of her to give her a surprise. As I was doing this I woke up. Well… I spent the next four hours completely euphoric. I can't remember ever feeling so happy before. It was bizarre. I have never taken substances ever but it felt like I was on some kind of drug-induced trip. My mood was just so extraordinarily exuberant. I was singing at the top of my lungs and jigging in my car all the way down the freeway to work and singing and dancing in the operating room when we were setting up for the first operation. I mean, I’m naturally a very happy, high-spirited person but this was off the wall! I swear if I could invent some kind of safe, natural, herbal supplement that induced this feeling I would be a multi BILLIONAIRE. It was weird because I distinctly noticed myself “come down” from the high at around 10am. However I still remained remarkably happy for the rest of the day. So so strange but so unbelievably cool! Just thought I’d share. To anyone who has never had a LD and is thinking of giving up… DON’T!!! They are truly incredible.

[kichu]

Wow, I haven't been lucid for a while, but that TOTALLY inspired me to try again tonight!

[DreamQueen]

Glad to hear, kichu! Thanks for taking the time to read it. Honestly, I can't believe how profoundly affected I have been today from that dream. It's totally trippy!

[kichu]

I remember one lucid, and actually.....right now I have NO idea what it was about...but I DO remember the nexy day just being so completely exhilerated from my LD. I wanted to run up to everyone and start talking about it, and it was driving me INSANE that everyone I know wasn't interested in LD'ing, or even knew what it is! But I was just over the moon about it. I know nothing in particular had happened in the dream, no particular feeling.....but I just felt like I was on top of the goddamn world. I will NEVER forget it. And for no reason other than - I was lucid in a dream! So crazy. So, I know exactly how you feel.

[DreamQueen]

I think for me it was the combination of being lucid, achieving some goals and flying to that music. I totally recommend you listen to it. It is sooooooo beautiful, and Hayley's voice is phenomenal. As you listen to the music, imagine flying to it! It was out of this world! At one point, when I had just arrived at work and was sitting in my car in the carpark I felt so happy I actually started crying. I mean, it was just weird I tell you! I dreamed a dream...

[kichu]

I totally recommend you listen to it. I'll do it before bed tonight.

[kichu]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcMJl...e=channel_page Wow, listening to that put the description of your dream in a different context. Lovely.

[Brandon Heat]

The music is not my cup of tea. But your dream sounds pretty awesome sounds like you had a really really good time. And the fact that this feeling carried over even into your waking life for a few hours is quite the bonus. As for your question. I'm no expert on summoning people my favorite method is the one you tried and it failed I'd look around the forums bit more or try searching summoning people. This all has to do with dream control so you could even check out some Dream Control topics. I know BillyBob's is quite fantastic so you may want to give that look. Congratulations and keep up the awesome work.

[WolfeDreamer531]

WOW DreamQueen! Thats incredible that you had that amazing LD. Im glad that you actually remembered to take it all in b/c a lot of times when Im lucid, Im focusing a lot of my energy towards staying lucid and not waking up that I forget to do a lot of my goals that I set out. There was a lot of detail in that dream too, that's when you know its a good vivid one. That's really awesome how you were listening to music in your LD too. I always thought about whether or not I can actually will music into my dream but you seemed to have proven that to definitely be do-able! Ill message you if I get (or remember) any LDs tonight (unlikely, damn medication) or if I complete a WILD. And thats quite an after glow you had too. I cant wait until I get oneof those LDs (like my first) that keeps my spirits up the whole day. Then I saw a closed door and willed the person I wanted to meet with to be behind it. I opened the door and walked in but the room was completely empty. I was pretty disappointed. I am having real trouble summoning this person. I’ve failed so many times recently with this goal. I have succeeded in the past but now I just can’t seem to do it. Any suggestions on how I can meet with this person would be appreciated. One thing I always do when trying to summon a person/object is to look away for a brief moment, picture that person's face in my head as clearly as I can, and then turn back around "knowing" that they'll be there. I dont know if you already tried this but it seems to work for me almost every time.

[DreamQueen]

The music is not my cup of tea. Yeah, it's not exactly the sort of music I can imagine guys thrashing on their car stereos lol but it was just so uplifting to fly to! Thanks for your advice Ill message you if I get (or remember) any LDs tonight (unlikely, damn medication) or if I complete a WILD. And thats quite an after glow you had too. I cant wait until I get oneof those LDs (like my first) that keeps my spirits up the whole day. One thing I always do when trying to summon a person/object is to look away for a brief moment, picture that person's face in my head as clearly as I can, and then turn back around "knowing" that they'll be there. I dont know if you already tried this but it seems to work for me almost every time. Yeah, I actually did pause and picture this person before I entered the room but deep down I didn't expect him to be there because I'm so used to failing to summon him these days. It's a vicious circle unfortunately. The more often I fail the less I expect to see him each time I try Hope you WILD successfully tonight! Will PM re our secret squirrel experiment

[SyluxJr]

That sounded like an awesome lucid dream. =D As Kichu said, I was inspired by your post. I hope to have a LD tonight. =3

[DreamQueen]

Wow!!!!! I have just been reading about how it is possible to experience unusually powerful positive emotions in lucid dreams. I did not know this before I had my dream but I can certainly vouch for it now!

[Iamerik]

This morning I had one of the most incredible lucid experiences ever. Sorry this post is long, hopefully you will find my experience interesting. It was worth the read, thanks for sharing!

[Chipmunk]

Wow cool stuff! How long you been LDing for and how many have you had?

[DreamQueen]

Wow cool stuff! How long you been LDing for and how many have you had? I discovered LDing naturally about twenty years ago but unfortunately back then without such tools as internet communication I didn't discover that they could be deliberately induced and so I didn't have them all that often - maybe once a year, if that. I didn't even know what they were called until March this year when I had a really amazing one. I happened to mention what I had experienced on a completely unrelated forum and someone told me it was called Lucid Dreaming. I googled it and found this site! Since then I've had heaps. I average 2-3 per week at the moment, but would like more! I simply can't get enough of them! My dreams are so incredibly vivid and realistic. I can't even rely on the hand check or the reading check or the clock check because they all look normal in my dreams lol! I have had successful WILD but I mainly get lucid from RCs and FAs. How bout you?

[Unelias]

Even if my LD lastes only 5 seconds it fills my heart with glad and keeps me motivated whole day. The mere realization. I must be easy to satisfy

[Emin1981]

Congrats on such an awesome dream. I always find that my LDs that have melodies or music in them reward me with a "super happy" feeling for hours after ward. As far as your attempts on Dream Character summons go, i would like you to ask your self a few questions (you don't have o reply to them, just acknowledge the answers for your self) (1a)- Is the dream character your trying to summon some one you know in real life, such as a friend, a family member, or just some one who you have come in contact with in Consensus Reality? Or (2b)-is this person imaginary, some one you simply want to hang out with, who posses certain characteristics (i assume your a girl, so lets say you are trying to summon a pretty blond boy to keep you company, or an exquisite powerful and knowledgeable woman to help answer some questions) I highly recommend you start with (2b), Before going to sleep imagine as vividly as you can what this person looks like(hair color, clothes(if any), body build, and character attributes. Then give this person a name. Next time you are Lucid, do exactly as you did before, (imagine as vividly as you can that when you walk through the door, this person will be on the other side) except this time ALSO issue a command out loud "When i walk through this door ("Dream character name") will be on waiting for me on the other side" Walk through the door After you become comfortable summoning (2b) type characters, try summoning (1a) type. If summoning (2b) type characters didn't work, try starting out by simply asking out loud for a companion and intending to be accompanied. Your command would be something along the line of "I would like a friendly companion to share this dream with" (remember your commands must be spoken in a clear voice, in your dream, while focusing your intent on what you want)... The only difference with this one is you are leaving the name, looks, personality, and attributes part blank. (this is also a good dream task to see what you get, i was flying over a castle with a nearby Forest when i issued this command and a fairy like creature joined me in my flying. Keep in mind that almost nothing is for certain in your dreams and sometimes it takes more than one dream to accomplish something, for example my record for changing weather/summoning snow storms and typhoons had a success rate of 3 out of 8 times total. But the 3 times that it DID work it was awesome Let me know how your next attempt at summoning DCs goes. I would wish you luck, but i don't think your gonna need it Emin

[Exdream]

I agree that LD's really have a way of making your day seem to much better. One of my clearer ones left me so happy I didn't even care about going to church, which is saying something

[DeepBlue]

DreamQueen, that's a really inspiring post, thanks for sharing. When I had my first LD (2005), I went to a dream forest, experimented with flying a bit. When I woke up I felt a natural clarity and effortless inner relaxation throughout the day. Was your clarity enhanced IRL as well? What was your method of induction, and do you get many LDs..?

[DreamQueen]

Was your clarity enhanced IRL as well? What was your method of induction, and do you get many LDs..? I'm not sure what the first question means exactly. All I know is even if I won a million dollars in a lottery I couldn't have felt more elated than I did on the morning following that LD. It was pure joy. This particular LD was induced by RCing throughout the day which made me do a RC during my dream. But I also use WBTB and WILD. At the moment I'm having 2-3 LDs each week. Feel free to check out my Dream Journal which I've just started by clicking on the link in my signature. I've actually re-written this dream into it using the present tense which is recommended when recording dreams as it helps recall.

[DeepBlue]

I meant (with the first question), were you more clear headed than normal? Like you were 'above' any irritations etc. 2-3 lucids per week sounds like any reason to keep practising anyway. Wow. All I know is even if I won a million dollars in a lottery I couldn't have felt more elated than I did on the morning following that LD.

[DreamQueen]

omg yes I was more clear headed than normal that day! I've just looked back in my diary at which surgeon I was working with that day and I remember being really onto it during the surgery! Funny you should ask! Yeah, it might sound weird that I wouldn't have felt happier even if I'd won the lottery but it's true. It's like the neurons in the "pleasure centre" of my brain were firing uncontrollably and so even though I was merely carrying out ordinary daily activities and not doing anything particularly pleasurable I was experiencing incredible joy. Our emotions are purely a product of chemicals in our brain after all!

[Madmax100]

sounds like an amazing LD! I've only had 3 myself, but what I NEED to do in my next one (hopefully tonight *crosses fingers*) is to do what you did: just STOP and take everything in. In my previous LDs, everything has felt very rushed and sort of like I'm immediately jumping from doing one thing to the next very rashly, without any real thought. By the sounds of it, stopping should help me be a little more logical and rational, stop me from being distracted by my subconscious, and increase dream clarity to boot (never a bad thing). Anyway, thanks for sharing, it was an interesting read, and I hope you get another LD soon!

[DreamQueen]

Hey there Madmax100! I find it useful to stick to just one or two simple goals at a time. That way when I get lucid I'm not in a panic to try and achieve a whole load of activities or getting into a muddle while I try to decide what to do. I'm just calmly focused on one thing at a time. To help with this, I never go to sleep without a clear objective of what I will do if I get lucid and I never have more than say three simple tasks on my list, or maybe just one difficult one. The simple goals like finding a mirror and looking into it can actually be really fun and are quite easy to achieve. It feels extremely satisfying when you achieve a LD goal and can move on to the next one. Every now and then you can allow for spontaneous time by making your goal simply to 'explore your dreamscape and see where the dream takes you'. So, what I'm saying is, it's best to have a plan formed when you have full use of your conscious mind (ie when you're awake) even if that plan is to have no plan! I hope that makes sense. My goals in the dream I've described in this thread were simply 1) to stop and "take in my dreamscape" 2) to meet with my deceased loved one After I had attempted these two goals I was "free" to do whatever!