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Dream Interpretation / Re: Can't see or go lucid
« on: August 12, 2012, 03:39:46 PM »
Update: It has happened again! But under different circumstances, which I find fascinating.
Last night I dreamed that I was at a New Years Eve concert and had backstage access. I marveled at how I had only just recently wished for this in my waking life and now it was coming true. So, at some level I knew that I was dreaming. It was before the show and I was wandering around going into multiple rooms and hallways. This wandering about is a recurring theme in my dreams but usually I am at a conference or trade show. At one point I entered a room that was darkened, like being in a movie theater, and as I walked across the room I was suddenly in front of large spotlights that were shining and making it impossible for me to see where I was going. It was the exact same feeling as in the other dreams. No real fear and I kept trying to move forward even though I couldn't see where I was going. It was like I was groping around in front of me to find my way. I was sort of concerned that I would run into the equipment or trip up on the wires and cables, but I was not afraid. This is the last thing I recall from the dream but I am not certain that I woke up right after this little episode.
I have recently had the experience upon waking of trying to recall my dream but being shut out from that remembering by my own mind getting stuck on and repeating a word or short phrase to exclusion of all other thoughts. This is highly annoying. Given that I have been working hard on my dreams it makes me think that this is a sort of mechanism the brain has of stopping you from remembering dreams. So, in the last few days I have tried to trick myself into using a phrase of my own choosing. Thinking that if I was waking up and trying to recall a dream, that if my mind wanted to repeat a phrase it might choose the suggestion that I gave it the night before. My suggested phrase is "Go lucid" hoping that as I wake I might remember to go lucid and then maybe I could stay in the dream and start controlling things.
Ok, that's my update. Still running into blind alleys.
Last night I dreamed that I was at a New Years Eve concert and had backstage access. I marveled at how I had only just recently wished for this in my waking life and now it was coming true. So, at some level I knew that I was dreaming. It was before the show and I was wandering around going into multiple rooms and hallways. This wandering about is a recurring theme in my dreams but usually I am at a conference or trade show. At one point I entered a room that was darkened, like being in a movie theater, and as I walked across the room I was suddenly in front of large spotlights that were shining and making it impossible for me to see where I was going. It was the exact same feeling as in the other dreams. No real fear and I kept trying to move forward even though I couldn't see where I was going. It was like I was groping around in front of me to find my way. I was sort of concerned that I would run into the equipment or trip up on the wires and cables, but I was not afraid. This is the last thing I recall from the dream but I am not certain that I woke up right after this little episode.
I have recently had the experience upon waking of trying to recall my dream but being shut out from that remembering by my own mind getting stuck on and repeating a word or short phrase to exclusion of all other thoughts. This is highly annoying. Given that I have been working hard on my dreams it makes me think that this is a sort of mechanism the brain has of stopping you from remembering dreams. So, in the last few days I have tried to trick myself into using a phrase of my own choosing. Thinking that if I was waking up and trying to recall a dream, that if my mind wanted to repeat a phrase it might choose the suggestion that I gave it the night before. My suggested phrase is "Go lucid" hoping that as I wake I might remember to go lucid and then maybe I could stay in the dream and start controlling things.
Ok, that's my update. Still running into blind alleys.