Thread: Lucid Task for the Year of 2009

Yes! Finally saw the Colossus. Here is my entry...


May 13, 2009
Lucid Dream 52: The Colossus, Finally!
around 9:30pm
DEILD

Category - Exploration


...I laid still one last time and entered my DEILD. I was now in my old dorm room with my friend Cliff. Cliff was cleaning the room and using a vaccum. It didn't make any noise and I don't even think it was turned on, lol. I sat up and performed a quick nose pinch RC and rubbed my hands together to improve the clarity. It worked and everything seemed extremely detailed. It looked exactly like my old VT dorm room. Cliff noticed me doing my nose pinch and he did one himself. He got excited and said, "We are lucid dreaming!" He then ran out the room and I could hear him laughing/cheering as he ran down the hall.

I was a little pissed that I wasn't in Rhodes, but I decided not to give in. I exited the room and ran down the hallway. The first door I came to, I stopped in front of it and pictured the colossus, the harbor, and the city of Rhodes. I opened the door and I was now on a ledge above a beautiful light blue harbor. The water reminded me of the water I saw in the Bahamas. It was very blue and crystal clear. I could see all the way to the sea floor and saw fish swimming in the harbor.

I dove off the ledge and into the water. I surfaced and thought, "The Colossus has to be around here somewhere." As I swam out to the middle of the Harbor, I swam into a large shadow. I thought it was a cloud moving across the sun, but I looked up and saw the backside of the Colossus. It was gigantic, the largest statue I had ever seen. I swam under it as it stradled the entrance to the harbor. I noticed it was holding a bow and had a pack of arrows on its back. I thought this was strange and I then noticed there was a small (well small compared to the colossus) statue of liberty on each side of the colossus. I was slowly drifteing further out into the ocean as I looked and tried to burn the image in my memory. The Colossus was gray and looked to be made of stone. It also had a laurel headress on and curly stone hair.

Suddenly, I felt my body being pulled out to the ocean. I just let the water take me and I was sucked into a large jet stream that apparently circled around the entire island. At a very high speed, I was being pulled around the island. I just relaxed and decided to see what else was on the island. It now resembled a futuristic city and I could see cars flying around above it. There were many futuristic looking jet skis also driving around the water with me. I rotated quickly around the island and I saw, many palm trees, alot of arch ways, large dragon statues, a futuristic looking amusement park, neon lights, and flamingos. I also noticed, what looked like a snowmobile, treading across the water. I awoke while spinning around the island.

Completed the Pyramid of Giza, here is my entry...


May 22, 2009
Lucid Dream 58: The Pyramid of Giza
around 10:00am
DILD

Category - Exploration


I was walking into my living room and I saw Mike D, Cliff, and a female sitting around the room. I reached my arm out to turn on the t.v. and I noticed I was black. I immediately became lucid. I walked over to the female in the room and began feeling her up. *sexual content warning* I then unzipped my pants and she began blowing me. I noticed who she was and said, "Are you Miley Cyrus?" She told me she was and then proceeded to perform an amazing blow job. I then noticed the t.v. was on a information channel and it said, "Welcome to the beautiful land of Egypt. Have you visited the pyramids yet? Free tours start at noon, but remember entry into the pyramid is strictly prohibited."

I immediately ran outside and saw the massive Pyramid of Giza. I noticed it was way off in the distance, but was absolutely massive. The top of it was brushing the clouds. I boarded a small boat and began traveling across a giant lake/swamp that was between me and the pyramid. I saw a few gators swimming around the as I sped across the lake/swamp. I reached the pyramid and dismounted from the boat. I walked up and entered the pyramid. I was in a narrow descending hallway that had a sand floor. As the hallway turned around the corner a forest green licker (monster from Resident Evil) was waiting for me. It lunged at me and swiped its massive claw barely missing my throat. I took off and ran along the side of the wall (matrix style). A long tounge whipped up past my face as I rushed through the next door.

I was on a small ledge above a massive cave-like room with a river flowing through it. There was a large waterfall at the front of the room and I noticed it was blocking a large door. There were also several other small waterfalls blocking other small doors. I knew I could just walk through the waterfall, but I wanted to play by the rules and make it an adventure. I hopped down to the ground floor and the light inside the room suddenly shut off and it was now pitch black dark. The light then flickered and turned back on. I walked up to the only door not blocked off by a waterfall and saw a small cabinet beside the door. I opened it up and took a large butcher knife and a key.

The light suddenly cut out again and I heard a horrible sound. It was the sound of a massive piece of metal dragging across the stone floor. I swallowed hard and turned around feeling very anxious. I knew what that had just sounded like, but I hoped I was wrong. The light flickered and I saw a massive silouhette standing about 20 yards in front of me. I thought, "Oh shit!" I turned and slammed the key into the doors keyhole, but I couldn't get it to turn. The light then cut completely on and I saw Pyramid Head (monster from Silent Hill) and his massive blade slowly approaching me. I worked the key and finally got the lock to turn over. I went through the door and turned to close it as I saw Pyramid Head holding his sword above him about to slice down through me. My cell phone rang and I woke up

Statue of Zeus

I will skip out the first part of my LD.


As I was flying, i took a sudden turn in own direction. There I found the coast. The sea was out and I could see all the washed up rocks.
Amongst the washed up rocks there was a ancient ruined building, it looked like it was made out of marble.
I took a few steps up the white marble steps when I saw a ton of statues of men in different positions. The one that stood out the most was the statue of Zeus in the center.
You could tell he was just washed up by the sea, his white marble was now a greenish colour and seaweed hung from his shoulders.

Im in the living room, and i'm right by the computer, and things just don't add up. I start heading to my bed, and realize that I never got up and went to my computer in the first place. I stop in the middle of the hallway, and I started sinking into the ground. I decided to try to keep going further and further and further...like I was walking down a spiral staircase.

finally when I landed in my house again. Except everything was in black in white. It almost seemed like bizarro land or something, because my brother and my pops looked totally weird, but they had there regular voices.

I started thinking about the task of the year as I headed to the living room, and I noticed there was a huge TV in there. I started walking though it and I told myself that I would be at the great pyramids. When I came through, I ended up at an airport where I didn't understand what anyone was saying.

Originally Posted by mrdeano

Statue of Zeus

I will skip out the first part of my LD.


As I was flying, i took a sudden turn in own direction. There I found the coast. The sea was out and I could see all the washed up rocks.
Amongst the washed up rocks there was a ancient ruined building, it looked like it was made out of marble.
I took a few steps up the white marble steps when I saw a ton of statues of men in different positions. The one that stood out the most was the statue of Zeus in the center.
You could tell he was just washed up by the sea, his white marble was now a greenish colour and seaweed hung from his shoulders.

Sounds cool

Looks like you overlooked my Great Lighthouse, Temple of Artimis and Statue of Zeus still. (all here)

I've also done the Mausoleam a few times now, but they've been really lame LDs so I haven't bothered posting them. I want to go out with a bang.

Do we have to do these in order?

No, you don't have to do them i order, I'll add yours john

so we have all year to achieve this?

Yep, you have until Dec 31, 2009

I finished the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Here is my entry...



June 2, 2009
Lucid Dream 65: Flight to Babylon
around 7:00am
DILD

Category - Exploration


I can't remember much before becoming lucid, but I remember slowly becoming aware I was dreaming. I did a nose pinch RC to confirm my suspicions. I looked around the room and saw Cliff, JT, and JW standing in the room with me. I told them that we were lucid and they all did nose pinch RCs and became excited. They asked me what we should do next and I replied, "Lets all go find the Hanging Gardens of Babylon." They agreed and I glanced around the room once more. I noticed a large mattress in the middle of the floor. I tell everyone my idea and we all get on the mattress and attempt to levitate it. Only my end rises up and I tell them that we all have to do it at the same time or it wont work. We all tried again and we exploded through the roof.

Wood chips, metal, and shingles flew everywhere. We began soaring through the air on the mattress whenever JW suddenly began to panic and said, "I can't hold it any longer!" His corner dipped and the mattress began to tail spin. We then crashed into the roof of another building. The room was clouded with dust until I waved my hand and it all disappeared. JW and JT were argueing over who's fault it was the mattress crashed. I then looked at Cliff and said, "I'm not wasting my lucid like this." He agreed and we both flew out of the ceiling and went looking for Babylon.

The ground below looked like a world map from an RPG (role playing game). I noticed a group of houses below, so I flew down and a screen popped up that said, "World Village, Enter? Yes - No." I shouted yes and the screen faded into a village. I noticed right away that the village was Kalm from the game Final Fantasy VII. I was stoked to explore, but the screen faded and I was back into the sky. The village was gone and I continued to fly looking for Babylon. I saw a statue and a temple below, so I flew down and entered a chinese shrine. There were many statues of golden monkeys and dragons. I looked around a bit, but decided to leave and find Babylon. After a bit more flying over the world map, I saw it.

It looked like a castle with plants growing all over it. I flew down and entered Babylon. The entire city was made of gray-ish stone structures. There were castles, many statues, and monuments. I saw many hanging gardens throughout the city. The plants looked tropical with a mix of brightly colored flowers and ferns. Everything in the city (trees, grass, ferns, plants) were made up of many brilliant, beautiful shades of green. The stone looking buildings were all partially covered with moss and there were many people walking around.

I looked more closely at the pedestrians and noticed they were actually a race (tribe) of people called the Rito from the game, "Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker". They look like a mixture between normal people and birds. There was also giant statue in the middle of the city surrounded by a lake. I walked up to one of the Rito men and asked, "Why are you all in Babylon?" He told me that the Rito were the secret keepers of the ancient world. I flew over to the centrally located statue of a large Rito chief when I began to wake up. I tried to hold on, but it was no use. I awoke.

Completed Statue of Zeus at Olympia. Here is my entry...



June 5, 2009
Lucid Dream 66: The Headless God
around 6:00am
WILD

Category - Exploration/WTF


I woke up in the middle of the night and decided to WILD. I my slightly altered version of Jeff777's technique and after a short time I began to slip into my WILD. HI was brief and consisted mostly of patterns and broken images. I sat up and noticed I was in a very unfamiliar house.

I looked around and found a window to dive out of. After diving headfirst out of the window I looked around and noticed I was in an ancient civilization. I immediately thought of Olympia and decided to search for the statue of Zeus. I took off down the dusty cobblestone road and came upon a couple kids playing basketball. There was a small frail looking kid and a short chunky kid. The chunky kid had the ball and was getting ready to shoot, so I dove toward him and attempted to block his shot with some authority! I, however, missed as the kid split my hands and shot between them. I continued down the road and glanced back, just in time, to see the small shrimpy kid pull off a monster dunk. I thought, "Well, alrighty then!"

I then strolled down the street and walked upon a shrine/temple which I suspected belonged to the statue of Zeus. There were vines and ivy growing up and around the temple columns. I walked inside and saw a massive thrown with a massive headless portrayal of Zeus. Zeus was holding a spear and had a large bronze eagle perched upon his shoulder. I flew up to Zeus' shoulders and looked at where his head should have been. There was a gold plate that was engraved with the words, "Elezra Exersus" I looked at it again, but it was very distorted now. I looked away and looked again and it now read, "Epic Cantu."

I laughed at all the oddities involved with this monument as I walked outside. I saw the two kids playing basketball and I now noticed that the ball they were using was, in fact, the head of Zeus. LoL. I awoke shortly after.

Well, I haven't been active for a while now but I checked in last night, this looks cool, and I made a go at the hanging gardens last night, actually it turned into more of a gizaquest. However I failed completely, managed to teleport to egypt though ^^', I'm gonna try again tonight. .)

Hanging gardens are cool

If I get the chance, I'll visit the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. That sounds beautiful!

I really should work on finishing this. I've have a few lucids about the Mausoleum (my last one), but they were all very lame (pretty much just seeing something that my brain interpreted as The Mausoleum). It's probably because it's the only wonder on there that I have no preconceptions of.

I tried WILD'ing again this morning around 5am. I had slept at this Art Center for a few hours, then caught the bus home. I didn't feel very sleepy, just a tiny bit. I wasn't sure if I was going to fall asleep, but I thought I'd try and do the Pyramid Task. I focused on the Pyramids in my mind, put on my sleep mask and earplugs.

lucid
non-lucid
(first person) I was on the edge of a dark green jungle. There was a man with me, some kind of guide. I peered out of the jungle. The Sahara desert opened up before me abruptly. I saw The Great Pyramid in the distance. It was a very light beige, almost off-white, like the color of very white sand. It was very bright, and the sun was shining high in the sky. A old woman in raggedy clothes was standing there on the sand in front of me. She smiled and I noticed she barely had any teeth left. She told me, "this is as far as you go." I felt like I was about to tread on sacred ground. I lost lucidity somewhere around this point, because I felt a certain awe and fear when I looked at the pyramid. I still kept my feet in the jungle. My hands were holding on to two trees as I leaned forward and looked out. I wanted to go to the pyramid, but I hesitated, not wanting to offend the culture or the old woman. Then, I remembered I was having a dream.
I was confused and annoyed by what she said. I thought, "Well, I can do what I want, because this is lucid." Then, I thought, "Maybe this isn't a lucid dream. I'm confused." Then I lost lucidity. My guide offered me a small object, but I can't remember what it was. Then, I woke up.

Well, I was a able to WILD in first person, and without awareness of my physical body, which is cool. But, I was aware of waking life time. It lasted about 5 seconds. I think of I let go of the awareness of waking life time, then I can prolong the dream. Right after it, I judged it as worthless because of it's shortness, but I think a lot of my regular dreams are very short, but I am just not judging them in the sense of waking life time.

I also feel like I don't "deserve" to be catching on to this so fast since I am a Newbie, and I am afraid that people will think I am lying to get attention. Fear, worrying about what others think, and being overly fascinated are three problems or obstacles that limit me in waking life, and in the dream world. I should just accept, what is, and let go of my fear, worry, and fascination. Every time I get overly fascinated, I lose lucidity. I am going to try to be joyful instead of fascinated, and take action instead of having fear. I think I need to start telling my DC's that I know they are just DC's, so I am going to do what I want to do. I think this will also help maintain lucidity.

This is a portion of the full dream. The full dream is in my DJ if you want to read it. If you don't want to read it, it's still there. This is a re-entry dream. Is that a DEILD or is this a WBTB? I forget the acronyms.

LUCID

...At this point I began to wake up, so, I just laid there, and didn't move. I had to itch my ear. I couldn't help it. After a while, I began to feel this dark wave over my body. I tried to imagine what the Hanging Gardens must've looked like. Then I saw Pan bounding around in my mind. He was taunting me. "You want to see the Hanging Gardens? You want to see the Hanging Gardens?" Around this time, I began to slip back into a dream. Pan was jumping around on a terraced square mound of earth with some water going around it. It was kind of blurry. He kept taunting me. "You want to see the Hanging Gardens? Blam! You just did. Boring, huh?" I felt annoyed with Pan, because I agreed with him. I felt like I wasn't going to get to see them very well because I thought they were boring, and that annoyed me about myself. So, I decided to make Pan/Me write "I am dreaming," again. I continued the count backwards where I left off, promising myself, if I hit 50, I would get up, and hopefully it would be an FA. I sat down in the desert at night and wrote on the ground with fire from my mind.
I saw the Hanging Gardens suddenly, and forgot about Pan. It was like a living green pyramid rising up out of the ground. It was like I was seeing the entire history of it, from the time of its completion, to the time it disappeared. It was built far away from the city, not fed by irrigation from a river, but by an underwater spring. In order to see it, you had to ride horses to get there. The desert was so barren, and the Gardens so far, you would die if you tried walking from the city. The built an artesian well high in the air, and then built the Hanging Gardens around that. I kept asking questions in my mind, and they kept gettinng answered.
At the top of the Gardens were four huge date palms. There were trellises with vines hanging down between the palm trees. There were as many different species of plants that could thrive in an oasis as possible. There were terraced levels. The structure was built of stone, and then covered with earth. Birds started coming to roost in the trees and drink water.
There were waterfalls running down the sides into little streams flowing around the terraces.

There were guardians of the Gardens that lived in round mud huts around the gardens, at the base. They were excellent horsemen, soldiers, and botanists. They took care of the gardens, and guarded it also. Only the king and queen and the guardians were allowed to eat the food grown there. Some of the guardians' food was brought to them. The guardians also had excellent sight.
Two kinds of monkeys lived in the Gardens: some arboreal type, and baboons. Only the baboons ventured out into the desert plain, and ate lizards and things.
They had an elephant there on the top, to be the guardian spirit of the Gardens, and to impress the queen. There were daily shipments of food to feed the elephant, so it wouldn't eat the Gardens. It was a shy female elephant, with a sweet demeanor. It got lonely and died. The queen felt sorry for it. It was her friend. They brought a lion that had been raised by humans from a cub. It would hunt wild desert donkeys for food, and gazelles, then come back to the Gardens to sleep. The lion's roar scared away potential invaders. The queen didn't play with the lion like the guardians did. She would only pat its head, and tell him that he was a good boy.
The inside of the pyramid was hollow. Beams of light poured in through holes in the pyramid with them facing west and east, going up the sides of the pyramid. As the sun rose and set, there would always be sunlight in the room. The sunbeams were reflected all around the room with mirrors of metal. The sunbeams were focused on a huge diamond in the center of the room on an iron stand. the diamond was an ellipse, probably about 14 to 16 inches long. Beautiful diamond light was thrown about the entire room. The queen was the only one allowed in that room. She would do magic in it.
The water would flow up four pipes going up the sides of the pyramid to to the top center of the Gardens. The stone pipes were hidden, being covered with earth. This is so the diamond could be in the exact center.
The queen would scry with a dish of water in that room also.
The queen died, curled up around the great diamond, and the Gardens became her tomb. The Gardens were abandoned. Roots grew into the stone pipes, breaking them. All the plants died, as the spring went its own way. The desert covered the Gardens, and now an oasis sits there.

Originally Posted by WakingNomad

This is a re-entry dream. Is that a DEILD or is this a WBTB? I forget the acronyms.

I believe the term you are looking for is DEILD.

Completed the Lighthouse of Alexandria, here is my entry...



August 26, 2009
Lucid Dream 89: Journey to the Lighthouse
around 11:00am
WILD

Category - Exloration/WTF


With my previous failure, I immediately went back to my technique and once again slipped into SP. After some brief HI, I realized I wasn't in my bedroom. I sat up and looked around. I noticed I was in my old high school locker room. I laughed to myself and wondered why I ended up here. Suddenly, the doors opened and my football coach walked in, along with Mike B. Mike reached into his backpack and tossed me a half ounce of ganj. I wondered what coach would say, but he seemed to not even notice. I immediately reached in my pocket and pulled out a bunch of blunt wraps. I layed them all out and then rolled all the weed into blunts with my mind. It took about 30 seconds. I lit one up and stuffed the rest in my pockets. I attempted to pass it to coach and he said, "You know, I have never smoked weed before." Suddenly two assistant coaches burst in from the next room looking real surprised and said, "Really?" in unison. They pulled out a large bag of weed and the coaches began talking excitedly and rolled their own blunt. I walked outside and I noticed there was a cop beside my car.

I walked up to my car and asked, "What the f*** are you doing to my car?" He didn't reply, but bumped me as he walked away. I jumped into the car and reached in my pocket for another blunt, so I could smoke two at once, but they were gone. I walked up to the cop, put my hands around his throat and choked him. I said calmy, "Give me...my goddamn weed!" He then emptied his pockets and I took my blunts back and fired another one up. I jumped in my car and now Zach G was in the passenger seat.

We started driving off and I said, "Hey Zach, I bet I can make this car fly!" He said, "Oh yeah right Zebbie!" I then attempted to make it lift off the ground, but it wouldn't. I had an idea. I swerved sharply off the side of the road and over a cliff. I concentrated hard as the car went over the edge and it began to fly. Zach G acted as if nothing strange was going on as we soared around the sky in my car. During this time I had a False Awakening.

I knew I was dreaming immediately even though I was in my bed. I stood up and didn't even bother with a nose pinch. I decided to try and find the Lighthouse of Alexandria. I took off running and dove headfirst at my sliding glass door. I crashed into it headfirst and the door didn't budge. I actually felt a little pain on the top of my head. I thought to myself, "Ok, so maybe it only works on windows." I opened the sliding door and walked outside. The sky was a deep shade of purple and there were wild bolts of lightning littering the sky. It was an umbelievable site. I looked into the distance and saw a monumental castle. I looked at it for a minute and realized it was Beast's Castle from "Beauty and the Beast." I was excited, so I flew over to the castle.

There was a rock staircase that lead up to the castle. I figured I would experience this in full, so I climbed the steps by foot. I reached the castle and noticed that the door was shaped like an elongated heart. I heard a howl as I reached for the door handle and looked back. There was a pack of vicious looking wolves bounding up the stairs after me. I calmly opened the door and stepped into the castle.

I was immediately stopped by the White Witch's dwarf from the movie, "Chronicles of Narnia." He warned me that I would wake the master and I had to get out. I ignored him and began exploring the castle. The inside of the castle had many floors, but each floor just looked like a very messy four bedroom apartment. There were clothes thrown about, books, candles, pictures, sports equipment, and towels littering the floor. I walked through several floors and it was all basically the same. I asked the dwarf, "I though there were suppose to be servants here." The little dwarf guy said, "Oh there are more servants here than you could ever imagine." He then gave an ugly grin and the room began to glow. I noticed the glowing was coming from spirits that were floating around the room. Suddenly the beds, cabinets, dressers, and other appliances came to life. I reached my hand down and petted a dog statue that had came to life. All the furniture gave many different greetings, "welcome, hello, who are you, the master will be angry, curious isn't he, etc." I saw a staircase that I didn't see before so I walked down it.

I walked into a giant, stunning library. Just as I was enjoying this beautiful room I saw a large hairy leg coming from behind one of the bookcases. I knew it was a spider and judging by the size of its leg, I figured it was at least 8 feet long. Not wanting to see the rest of it, I tried hard to wake myself up. I had another FA, and I awoke in one of the castle bedroom beds.

I got up and heard a loud thumping noise getting closer and closer. The dwarf said, "Yep, you've done it now. here he comes to lock you up!" I took off through the castle and looked back as I ran through room after room. I saw the beast chasing after me. He wasn't animated, he was a mix between a huge muscular werewolf and a mad bull. I saw a round opening in one of the walls and climbed into it. it was a cave just wide enough to stand in. I took off running down the cave and got an eerie feeling that something was watching me.

About that time, my perspective changed and I was in third person. I saw the beast chasing behind me and to my horror Shelob (giant spider from Lord of the Rings) chasing after the Beast. The beast stopped and turned around quickly catching Shelob off guard. he then began to pummel her with claws and haymakers. She was quickly beaten to a pulp and I had another FA. I awoke back in the castle bed.

I stood up and heard a knock on the door. The door handle turned slowly and with a quick dramatic entrance Gandolf burst intot he room. He said something I can't remember and I said, "Gandolf I need you to take me to see..." Gaandolf interrupted and said, "To see the white wizard?" I said, "No to..." He interrupted again and said, "Ah to Mordor!" I got frustrated and raised my voice, "No damnit! To the Lighthouse of Alexandria!" He looked at me and said, "Oh right, of course." He summoned a broom and said, "Here hop on the front. He then climbed onto the back of the broom and just before taking off, he squeezed my ass. I said, "WTF! Do not do that again!" He said he was sorry.

We were soaring through a futuristic looking city at night. Rain was pouring down and it felt awesome against my face. I suddenly felt hot air by my ear and looked over and saw Gandolf leaning in and breathing on me heavily. I back handed him in the face and told him to, "Back the f*** off!" I couldn't wait to get off the broom, but I wanted to find the Lighthouse first. After a few fast turns we rounded a harbor and I saw an absolutely breath taking site. The Lighthouse was at least 1,000 feet high. There were small windows located all up and down it and one gigantic spotlight at the top that beamed out across the ocean as far as the eye could see. This lighthouse was epic! It was located on its own island, barely large enough to hold it. Gandolf was even stunned. He said, "Oh...my...heavens!" I quickly dove off the broom into the harbor below. I heard a splash behind me and knew Gandolf had jumped in too.

There were a few swimmers out around me also looking at the lighthouse. One of them said, "She's beautiful ain't she?" He then leapt up out of the water and yelled, "WTF!" I saw Gandolf emerge from under water with a strange grin on his face. The swimmer guy shouted, "The old man just pinched my ass!" Gandolf then proceeded to chase all the swimmers around trying to pinch their asses. I swam toward the lighthouse and it truly seemed to touch the clouds. It was simply awesome. I climbed out of the water at the base of it and unfortunately woke up before i could go inside.

Oh my God, dude! Gandalf squeezed your ass on the way to see one of the Seven Wonders! HAHAHAHAHAAHA! Now, that is epic!

I had no idea Gandalf was such a perv.

Visiting the Lighthouse of Alexandria: SUCCESS
Visiting the Pyramids at Giza: SUCCESS (maybe)

Wow, managed to visit both of these "wonders" in one long, epic dream. I hope they count (the lighthouse should for sure)

24.08.2009

Ever-Shifting Egypt (WILD)

NON-DREAM DREAM LUCID

3:35 - 4:30 a.m. (55 min)


...
I think I somehow get back to my childhood home and my brother Sam is there, but it's very dark and my movement is restricted. Anyway, at some point I snap back into it and decide to try the DreamViews Task of the Year of visiting the Lighthouse of Alexandria. So I spin a new scene to ancient Egypt.

At first the world I enter seems very authentic - brick and clay buildings embellished with turquiose roofing, a populous city next to the Mediterannean, nothing modern in sight. The sights and sounds of the bustling city are exhilirating, and I take a moment to absorb the rich atmosphere. It is so detailed, a world unto itself with people going about their business with their own worries, that it's hard to believe that this is taking place all in my mind. I fly around the harbor for a while, seeing temples, statues, and monolithic structures but nothing so grand that it pops out to me as the Lighthouse itself. After searching for what seems like minutes, I fly across the harbor to a plaza on the other side. There I see a procession of elegantly dressed people walking. I descend down to ground level and start walking next to an impressive-looking man in ceremonial blue dress. I ask him how to get to the Lighthouse of Alexandria. He just points straight ahead and says to follow the plaza to the end and it's right there before the water. After thanking him, I resume flying in that direction.

As I fly, the scenery changes remarkably without my noticing it until I stop. Now, instead of an authentic ancient Egypt, I see around me a huge glass dome and bright lights. The bright lights are mainly coming from the lighthouse itself, which I find without difficulty. The building is situated inside the glass dome and the light is completely covering its exterior. It's advertising the lighthouse's sponsor, the Houstan Texans, in brilliant blues and reds. The team's logo is plastered all around the surface of the building and is moving in subtle animation. I'm greatly surprised by all of this, but it doesn't dampen my resolve to go inside and check out the lighthouse.

I enter at ground level and begin to ascend windy flights of stairs. Being in a close, confined space hampers my visuals a bit, so I hop up and down to restore them as I walk. Eventually the stairs terminate, but instead of being in a glassy room next to a ball of fire as I imagined, I'm in a circular room with many doors. Everything in the room, including the walls and doors, is made of wood. Not knowing where to go, I try opening a few doors at random. These happen to be bathrooms that are occupied, and they get slammed back in my face almost as soon as I open them. I go back to the center of the room, defeated, just about ready to give up, when a group walks in. I figure they know where they are going, so I follow them. They go through a door that leads to a giant swimming pool with a glass dome surrounding it. There must be hundreds of kids playing in the pool, causing a ton of commotion and ruckus. All part of the lighthouse, I guess. My lucidity isn't as great by this point, so when I walk along the edge of the pool and a kid taunts me while treading water, I am unable to resist the urge to get back at him by a little old-fashioned water wrestling and horseplay. I jump in and try to catch him. Unfortunately, he gets the better of me and pins me down underwater. The feeling of being underwater in a pool is extremely authentic and I don't for a moment worry about coming up for air, but nonetheless the kid's maneuver is enough to cause the scene to fade away.
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Soon I get bored of the game and as I am pacing around the bedroom I suddenly remember the other DreamViews Task of the Year: exploring the Great Pyramids at Giza. Immediately I jump up and begin to spin in the air, intending to teleport there. I don't end up in the desert, however, but in an opulent hall with golden columns and dazzling bright light shining down from glass windows up above.
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Now I find myself in an airport terminal. I'm still lucid and remember my plan of getting to the pyramids, but for some reason I feel I have to go through the proper channels to do so: i.e., fly through designated flight zones, land at airports, etc. As I wander the airport trying to find the right terminal, I come across a jacuzzi peopled by about four women. The desire comes over me of wanting to prove my sense of touch is vivid and intact. I go up to one of the women, a young, pretty girl with black hair who looks foreign, and start kissing her passionately. She kisses me back and and we both enjoy it while it lasts - maybe half a minute, if that. Then I abruptly run away without looking back, preoccupied with flying to Giza and finding my terminal.

Some intervening scenes are skipped from the dream, and the next thing I know I'm coming in for a landing at an Egyptian airport (flying with my own body, of course). As ground control is waving my on, I overhear reports on the radio of strange extraterrestial spaceships rapidly approaching. The man on the radio is shouting desperately for gunners on the ground to shoot the ships down. Soon I can see them: giant, hulking masses of futuristic design coming in for a landing through our atmosphere. My own goal suddenly seems shrouded in insignificance as all attention is on the invading spacecraft.

On my periphery I see gunners firing lasers from turrets at the ship. Surprisingly, the combination of all this firepower blows huge holes in the ship and it starts exploding, crashing down in freefall. I decide to ignore all this and fly on into the desert, towards the pyramids, which I can now see with my naked eye.

Before I get there, though, I'm directed through an indoor room, like customs or something. They assign me an Egyptian guide, who I suspect asks mostly as a government agent spying on me to make sure I don't steal anything or whatever. He looks like a shady guy in any case. When we get back out, we're at the base of the pyramids and the scene has a very Indiana Jones-type feel, like everything's being explored for the first time.

At the base of the pyramid, the first stone slab serving as an entrance is barred shut, blocking the way. To the left of it, though, are three stone statues of dogs, all right on top of each other. For some reason the idea occurs to me of licking each dog statue on the nose to try to open the barrier. I do this, and the taste is very real, like hot stone with a layer of sand on top. And sure enough, this causes the slab to slide away and grant us entrance.

Unfortunately, we are unable to get very far one inside, as there is an impenetrable horizontal ceiling cutting off any further ascent. This ceiling covers the whole dream scene, both inside the pyramid and outside, and despite my efforts to fly through it, I just can't. My "partner" chuckles at my misfortune and I become helpless in my frustration.
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View the entire dream at my dream journal.

Yeah, Gandolf was definately freaking me out. He was being a creeper. It would have been much harder to find without his help though.