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Dream Interpretation / Can't see or go lucid
« on: July 11, 2012, 02:34:11 AM »
I have never been able to have a real lucid dream. But I feel as though I am getting closer to LDE1 (lucid dream event 1). I had read somewhere that if you notice that you are driving a car while dreaming, that this is a good time to realize that you are dreaming and that if you can do that, then you can potentially go anywhere you want to in the dream.
I keep having two or three dreams a year in which I almost realize that I am dreaming. But I never quite make that leap. What happens is that I find myself driving a car but I discover that I can not see where I am going. This has taken on several manifestations. Once it was too dark for me to see and I had no headlights apparently. I could only barely see dim tail lights on the car some distance in front of me. Another time I dreamt that I was driving and I could not open my eyes. I was either asleep (well.. yeah..duh) or just too tired to open them. I knew the road I was on and had to remember when the curves in the road occurred to avoid crashing. And the last time this happened I was somehow driving from the back seat of the car and could not see over the seat and out the front windscreen. In every case I simply do not realize that I am dreaming. Perhaps if I could, then I would be able to see.
The reason for this post is that the other night I had a new type of dream where I could not see. This time I was trying to get out through a sliding glass door but could not 'see' in order to get out. And, I kept moving along the wall to the next sliding door but still I could not see and I could not get out. It then came to me that (no, I did not realize that I was dreaming) if I moved my eyes back and forth from left to right underneath my eyelids, like during REM sleep, that I would somehow be able to see. How frustrating! My mind is hell bent on finding solutions instead of just realizing or accepting that I am dreaming and just let it happen.
I wonder now if I will ever achieve a lucid state in a dream. I am not the type of person who can close their eyes and see vivid images of things. I have a good memory and can remember much of what I have seen, but it is not like I am looking at an image when I do recall such details. So, I wonder if my brain simply is not wired to produce images with my eyes open?
So, my question about these dreams is twofold really. Does it sound like I am making any strides towards lucidity? A breakthrough if you will. And, any suggestions as to what I might do to nudge my subconscious along the path?
Thanks
M
I keep having two or three dreams a year in which I almost realize that I am dreaming. But I never quite make that leap. What happens is that I find myself driving a car but I discover that I can not see where I am going. This has taken on several manifestations. Once it was too dark for me to see and I had no headlights apparently. I could only barely see dim tail lights on the car some distance in front of me. Another time I dreamt that I was driving and I could not open my eyes. I was either asleep (well.. yeah..duh) or just too tired to open them. I knew the road I was on and had to remember when the curves in the road occurred to avoid crashing. And the last time this happened I was somehow driving from the back seat of the car and could not see over the seat and out the front windscreen. In every case I simply do not realize that I am dreaming. Perhaps if I could, then I would be able to see.
The reason for this post is that the other night I had a new type of dream where I could not see. This time I was trying to get out through a sliding glass door but could not 'see' in order to get out. And, I kept moving along the wall to the next sliding door but still I could not see and I could not get out. It then came to me that (no, I did not realize that I was dreaming) if I moved my eyes back and forth from left to right underneath my eyelids, like during REM sleep, that I would somehow be able to see. How frustrating! My mind is hell bent on finding solutions instead of just realizing or accepting that I am dreaming and just let it happen.
I wonder now if I will ever achieve a lucid state in a dream. I am not the type of person who can close their eyes and see vivid images of things. I have a good memory and can remember much of what I have seen, but it is not like I am looking at an image when I do recall such details. So, I wonder if my brain simply is not wired to produce images with my eyes open?
So, my question about these dreams is twofold really. Does it sound like I am making any strides towards lucidity? A breakthrough if you will. And, any suggestions as to what I might do to nudge my subconscious along the path?
Thanks
M