My Epic LD

[Glorfindel_III]

I commend anyone who reads this entire post Edit: wow 2,298 words long. Woke up this morning at 7am, fell back to sleep again and had a very brief LD that didn't really go anywhere. I was still really happy though, because i hadn't had an LD in about a month. Got up at 8:30 and went to write down my experience on here. The server was down, so I watched some cricket for bout an hour. With nothing to do I thought I'd go to sleep again (late night last night). Didn't use any specific technique, except relaxing completely first. I entered the ND and what happened follows: I was in my room and was looking at some magazines and eating chips. I wondered why I had the magazines because they weren't mine, they were a friends who lives furthur down the hall (I live in a Hall of Residence at Uni). I then noticed that I was actually in HIS room. I grabbed some chips and left. When i got in the hallway i noticed that lots of renovations were going on, because everything was in a state of disrepair. I saw a cat/kitten in the hallway and gave it some chips (our cat at home loves them). I continued on to the flight of stairs, but in the dream it had changed to a massive spiral staircase, which you could see right down to the ground floor. I started walking down and saw more and more cats. I gave them all chips and kept walking. When I got to the bottom I entered a room where all the chairs and desks were down further than the ones behind them (like a movie or lecture theatre) There was a stage like platform in the middle at the bottom and there was a court case going on. I took a seat near the stage and watched. The case was Puss In Boots (from Shrek 2) vs. Someone (sorry can't remember who). There was a dog/man creature as prosecutor. PIB was asked if a certain person had commited a crime, everyone expected him to answer "Yes he did it", but he replied "I don't know" there was an uproar from the crowd because he was meant to be helping out. At this stage the 'courtroom' atmosphere changed slightly. A line of people walked in and made their way to the stage. I can remember seeing Jack Black at the start of the line, there were some singers and then I saw Jack Black again. Around this point in the dream i bacame LUCID. The group of people that entered distracted the judge and others on the stage, and one of the new group secretly swapped a group of booklets that were on stage with a group that he had. I knew straight away that these were booklets that had lyrics to songs that everyone at the court was about to sing. (It seemed to be a bit like a church now) The new group of people sat down and prepared for singing. The actual song was kinda rock/alternative and was a really good song. I can remember trying to memorize the lyrics because I thought it would be very interesting if i did a search on the internet when i was awake and actually found a song containing the same words, but I don't think short term memory for details like that is very good in dreams. During this song i was rubbing my hands and everything I could to sustain my lucidity and sharpen the images, although I could see everything quite well. When the song finished everyone was leaving and I thought to myself, now I need to find a clock so I can set my LD to last for an hour (I've read up on this technique to prolong dreams somewhere). I had the feeling that I wouldn't be able to summon it out of thin air and just thought I'd have to find one. I left the room in search for a clock and when I entered the next room a 'bully' (I just had a feeling that's what he was) came up to me and said "Where are YOU going?" in a very bullyish manner. I was about to run away when I remembered something Leo_Volont had said about jsut standing up to you 'demons' so I did just that, I walked up to him looked him in the eye and said "Nothing at the moment, why did you want to know?", I did this in a forceful manner and thought to myself, well if he kills me I can remember just to 'live through it' described by leo. The bully backed down a lot and just sor t of muttered "oh, no reason" etc. I remembered one item on my "Things to do while lucid" list and asked the bully if he had a quest for me. He showed me a piece of paper with a huge list of 'ingrediants' on it that involved get lots of peculiar objects from far away places. I thought to myself 'pfft, i can't be bothered doing that' I then leave the room in search of a Grandfather Clock so that I could prolong my LD (although it had been going for a few minutes already). I went through a door to discover I was now outside. While I was outside I decided to have a go at another item on my list: to fly with control. I did what I normally do and ran and jumped arms outstreched. I went quite far (50m?) and landed like I always seem to, but didn't actually fly. So I changed my style and had a go at just 'float/flying' by folding my legs where I stood ( which is a strange thing to go through) I was able to float there and with intension move myself upwards. To control myself I would lean in the direction that I wanted to go and would head that way. To speed up all I had to do was concentrate. I flew over to a game of cricket (yeah, I know why I dreamed this) and watched as the batter smacked the ball into the distance quite a way. I yelled to them "Haha, now you have to go all the way over there and get it", they were angry and yelled back "Get it for us!" I wanted to try the next item on my list anyway : Harry Potter powers. So I conjured the balls (somehow there was 2 now) up into the air and made them zoom over to the cricket guys. I made the balls smack into them and laughed as they swore at me. They picked up the balls and threw them both at me. I was still flying so easily dodged them, flew over to where they landed, picked them up and flung them into the distance over a pond. Wondering how well I could fly like this, I tried going straight up for as far as I could (I usually really struggle to do this). It was as easy as anything and I was soon floating at cloud level. I spotted the main town where I live and saw a clock tower. Remembering that I still hadn't set my LD time I flew into town. After what should have been a rough landing (I was going quite fast but it didn't hurt my legs) I saw the clock tower and began walking towards it. On my way I saw a shop on my left that I thought might contain some sort of clock, so went inside and started looking. I found one pocketwatch but to get to the 'hand' of the watch, i would need to break the glass first. I saw an object that was hard and had a point on it (the object was a combination of a compass and pen) I grabbed it off its stand and realised that it had an alarm set to go off if it was taken. 3 security guards ( one that I know from RL) came up and asked what had happened. I bluffed my way out of it and got off (damn, should have fought them!!). Deciding that I would try something else I remembered that I wanted to have a go flying a broom. I still didn't think that I could summon anything so decided to go to a shop. I was at a supermarket (I think) and as I entered it I thought to myself, "Okay, I need to find a broomstick". An attendent walked up to me and said "Would you like to by a broomstick" I actually cracked up laughing in the dream but managed to reply "Yes please". She took me over to one of the checkouts and told the lady there that I was looking for a broomstick. She started showing me a large variety of brooms. None of them really suited but I ended up choosing one and getting ready to pay for it. Remembering another thing Leo said (he really came in handy this dream) was that you should always have enought money in your dream. So I decided to just use my EFTPOS card. I gave it to the lady and she noticed the large amounts of cash in my wallet (I appeared to be rather wealthy ) She said she would need ID and so I showed her different forms of identification. As an aside I remember that all my ID was actually of someone else who was Swedish (or similar), but it was me at the same time. Don't really know how to explain it. And also there was a picture of me/my dad (not sure which) and the lady remarked that I/he shouldn't try and commit suicide, upon closer inspection I saw that the wrist was marked with a scar. This whole identification thing made me think in the morning about the possibilites of reincarnation, yadda yadda yadda. She was pleased with my ID (although I wasn't entirely sure) and I suddenly came up with an idea that I would be pleased to have in RL; I asked if I could also buy a "Droobles best and greatest Candy" this name was made up on the spot and basically I wanted to invent the food that would taste the best to me possible. She said "Okay, a broom and one Droobles best and greatest Candy" Once again I laughed at the state of my Dream Characters. I bought the money with cash (yeah, kinda missed the point there, but I had the money so it didn't really matter) and left the store. I walked over to a park and and sat down on a bench, eating my candy, and wondering what I did to deserve such an awesome LD. It started to rain a bit so I walked up a slight hill to another bench on a ring of bricks with a fountain in the middle. There was a concert going on in the background that I started watching and can quite clearly remember the band trying to get the crowd going. They were shouting out stuff and playing their instruments, I can remeber that the name of the band was Toblerone, which is very strange that I remeber that detail, and the fact that I have NO idea where that name came from. The lead singer was setting up another mic on the bricked area near me and before he started playing he was talking to random members in the crowd and getting them to shout something over the mic. He eventually asked me a question, but because I wasn't even there to watch the concert I just kinda mumbled something and it came out sounding much higher pitched than my normal voice. I then repeated it in a very deep voice to show that I normally didn't sound like that. They continued on with the concert but it was now indoors (I can't even remember the scene changing, I think I was loosing a bit of my lucidity here) 3 of my friends from Uni walked in and took seats near me. They were all as drunk as possible and giggling to theirselves. The dream just kinda faded here and I woke up. I jumped outta bed yelled "YEEEHAH" and started writing down the whole dream in my tangible DJ. Points about this dream: 1. The whole dream seemed to be based around finding a clock to set the time limit for the dream. I never found a clock I could change but my dream would have lasted about half an hour anyway (as precisly as I could guess) 2. I had quite a lot of control with what I was doing, and my DC's seemed to be slightly under my influence as well. A VERY cool feeling. 3. The whole Identity thing was kinda strange. I'm going to try and ask a DC in the future what it meant. 4. With that dream I DEMOLISHED my "Things to do while lucid" list. I actually completed three of the four main points on it and now have to come up with new things to add. A FINAL NOTE: This was the most successful dream I have EVER had. I will never for get it and will probably remember this day for years to come (something else happened today which added to my happiness of the overall day). I wish everyone of you can have the success that I did in a single dream and would like to thank ANYONE who is still reading fo listening patiently to my prolonged blabbering. Kudos to you. Signing out with a feeling of success, Glor.

[Khaz]

I wish everyone of you can have the success that I did in a single dream and would like to thank ANYONE who is still reading fo listening patiently to my prolonged blabbering.[/b] Being a person who never backs down from a challenge, I actually read the whole thing. Yes, right now I've got too much time on my hands... I REALLY wish I could have that kind of success. I just had a rather exceptional LD myself last night, but I still didn't manage to do anything all that cool. (Running around naked doesn't count as cool ) Congratulations, and keep it up! Man, just reading that..... I WANNA FLY! *sob*

[marcofto]

Very interesting . This is my first entry to this forum and first thing ive read. ive had lots about LD`s and decided to look for a decent forum . Ive many LD`s were i can control everything happening , ths strange thing is ive never done any research untill this weekend after talking to a friend at work on Friday . Now i realise my spirituality is as much alive as this side of the matrix . marco

[DuB]

Nice dream, sounds really awesome! What's funny is that just a couple days before this I had a very similarly successful LD, quite similar to yours in that I made a huge dent in my "things to do while lucid" list. It was a bit of an epic dream also, but not quite as long as yours. If you care to read it, here's a link to that entry in my Dream Journal. One similarity that I find particularly interesting is how we both managed to control a certain aspect of our dream without consciously trying to do so. Specifically: -In your dream, you walk into a store intent on buying a broom, when suddenly a clerk just randomly walks up to you and offers to sell you a broomstick. -In my dream, I'm in a room and start flying towards the window to leave, when suddenly I wonder how I'm going to get through the glass. When I reach the window, I notice that, although the window has shades, for some reason there is no glass, so I just move the shades aside and fly out. Anyway, good job and I hope you have more like it!

[Nugget75]

Wow I read that whole thing. Congratulations. I can never fly in my LDs it's really frustrating. I jump up and down really high. How did the Droobles Candy Taste?

[Glorfindel_III]

Thanks everyone for your replies. I honestly wasn't sure if people would bother reading the whole thing.... DuB: Yeah the control of some of my DC's was very cool, I might experiment with it a bit next time, see how far I can actually control wha they do. Hehe I can use the 'force' to make them do my bidding. Nugget: I don't think I had the greatest sense of taste in this dream but can remember some form of berries, chocolate and coconut. Hey maybe the quest was to find out how to make this candy and then make millions from selling it. *rushes off to buy chocolate and coconut*

[h0ju]

WOW, that sounded fantastic. Give yourself a pat on the back and remember once youve done it, chances are you can do it over and I wish nothing but LDs like this upon you in the future. I hope to achieve LDs like this in the months, weeks or....days to come (yes I always have high hopes, I find it helps me attain things much faster). I had a thought on the band name I can remeber that the name of the band was Toblerone, which is very strange that I remeber that detail, and the fact that I have NO idea where that name came from. [/b] Could have something to do with the chocolate you were munchin on, as there is a chocolate bar called toblerone. - h0ju

[Khaz]

as there is a chocolate bar called toblerone. [/b] ...I didn't know it was possible not to know that!

[DuB]

Originally posted by Khaz as there is a chocolate bar called toblerone. ...I didn't know it was possible not to know that! [/b] They don't sell that chocolate bar in the U.S. or, I imagine, a lot of other countries. I've actually had one before because my dad took one back with him from some other country. It was pretty fuckin' good, but then again I was high as shit when I ate it...

[Khaz]

They don't sell that chocolate bar in the U.S. or, I imagine, a lot of other countries. [/b] Come to think of it, I think I've heard that. I also heard that you can't get an "Aero" bar outside of canada. Sucks to be all of you.... It really is amazing the little things you take for granted, that just might not exist elsewhere.

[Nugget75]

They sell toblerone bars in the U.S. Not typically in grocery stores but I have bought them from some restaraunts and in airports. Yummm.

[RooJ]

Wow, thats some lucid dream, congrats. Its dreams like that which help motivate me to keep practicing. on a side note... You can get aero's in the UK also . >Roo

[Khaz]

You can get aero's in the UK also [/b] NOO!! It's no longer exclusive!!! Oh well.... *throws out Aero bar*

[kimpossible]

Just as an aside: You can't go into the candy aisle in a major grocery store on the west-coast without Toblerone in clear plain sight. Grats on your LD experience!

[Glorfindel_III]

and the fact that I have NO idea where that name came from[/b] (hehe, quoted myself) Okay, I do know what a Toblerone is and have also tried aero's (yes even in New Zealand). But I just don't know WHY i would think of such a thing for the name of a band. And normally I can link things like that to something I've done during the day/week. But I don't think I've heard of that brand in a long time. I don't think I would have been thinking of that bar for the reason that I was eating candy, because the stuff I was eating was more like a meusli bar thing, not chocolate and not that shape. Once again, thanks for all the replies and the congratulations , Glor

[Caro]

That's a great lucid dream. You stayed very well focus. Too bad you didn't find a clock after all those efforts. Congratulations.

[Glorfindel_III]

In my latest LD I also attempted to find a clock. I first tried summoning, by imagining it behind me, then turning around - it wasn't there. I also tried setting the digital clock on the oven (i was at my Dad's place) and the clock read: 4:83pm, or something similar. Using my dream-logic I realised that I couldn't set this for one hour earlier, because you can't set a clock for 5:83pm (yeah, dream-logic's screwed ) I didn't set a clock, once again, and this LD actually was much shorter (it turned into a ND because I didn't have much lucidity to begin with)

[Wicked]

Cool dream, I don't remember many LDs of that magnitude myself... I had 3 LDs this night, but I would've preffered half of your dream instead of all those three. Even though two of them (especially the first) were quite vivid, they sucked because all I did was trying to find a suitable female to do... the thing, and all three times I failed! I was glad in the 2nd LD when I got a new chance, and then in the 3rd LD when I got ANOTHER shot, but nope... aside from VERY young girls whom I obviously wouldn't touch I couldn't find any suitable candidates... It was frustrating actually because in the first dream I passed by a group of nice girls but it was BEFORE I became lucid. I became lucid only after I moved a noticeable distance down the street. After seeing only grade-school girls down there I wanted to go back to that group, and I was just thinking about either flying or teleportation to speed up my arrival there, but the dream ended But enough of this. Congrats on your awesome dreams! It's really cool when you have a LD that you don't waste on something stupid (as often happens to me).

[Glorfindel_III]

Yeah, after a few failed attempts I've given up on trying to find females for that purpose. It just seems to kill the LD for some reason, and there are so many other cool things you can do anyway. Try inventing your own food or something =D

[The Blue Meanie]

Hey there 'gain glorfindel. Since you just bumped up this thread, I read through your dream. wow. Long, clear... yeah... (I love reading other people's dreams, it helps work out stuff bout getting LD's of my own...) One thing I DID find EXTREMELY interesting: As an aside I remember that all my ID was actually of someone else who was Swedish (or similar), but it was me at the same time. Don't really know how to explain it. And also there was a picture of me/my dad (not sure which) and the lady remarked that I/he shouldn't try and commit suicide, upon closer inspection I saw that the wrist was marked with a scar. This whole identification thing made me think in the morning about the possibilites of reincarnation, yadda yadda yadda. [/b] This is HUGELY interesting. Now, I'm an atheist, and don't believe in precognition or the like, but this to me is like a slap in the face from your subconscious trying to tell you something. A few questions, if you don't mind me asking: whose is the scarred risk? The picture of the sweedish guy, you, or the picture of your dad? Also, this seems to be almost incongruous with the rest of the dream. This is like something deeper, "breaking up" from somewhere deeper in your mind, into the dream... Although I have ZERO experience with LD's myself, very rarely would I imagine that dream characters make analytic comments and direct suggestions like this checkout operator.... Just something to think about.