Latest Lucid Dreams

This morning I had several very fascinating lucid dreams. In one I recall I was in my house, I knew I was dreaming, felt things around me which was hazy at first. As I was near the garden door realized I should go outside but things were going blank. As I recalled what the garden looked like the image of it formed, somehow the memory of my physical existence was blending in that dream state but there were some major differences. Did not focus on these too much.

 I got up on the brick fenced up wall - looked very different yet I had a dejavu like experience - felt like I had been there in some reality - not physical reality that I'm aware of now.

I had to balance as I walked, there was a long cord, on this cord some ball with sharp points was transporting back and forth. First it looked cool and then I was aware it could be dangerous.

There was another incident where again I was in the kitchen. Wasps and other types of flies swarming around (in physical seeing a lot of wasps). A very unusual fluffy white bee looking insect was hovering around me - it got stuck  on my clothes. Afraid that it may sting me I slowly tried to take it off.

There was more but I think what's more important than the incidents is what I learned from them. For one, the images were taking shape from memory bank and there were intervals of blank darkness then the images of that reality would form. Even to feel sensations needed memory recognition, I remember at some point could not feel anything and had to ponder what it might feel like and then the sensations were felt as what I perceived from memory.

I feel this all applies to this physical reality. Lately I've been immersed in the Sutra Texts, understanding and learning through these things that had not even crossed my mind.

Self-enquiry Lucid Dream

The lucid dream I had this morning was incredible as I had an amazing ability to stay lucid for longer than usual and control certain parts of the dream.



The dream starts off in a house, and there is a part where I almost give in to sexual urges but manage to control myself remembering it is a lucid dream.



I walk downstairs aware of each step. In front of a mirror the reflection is so clear, I imagine to be wearing a coat as I want to go out, I think about it some more, thinking of the colour grey. The coat appears instantly. I fold arms almost wrapping the body getting cosy. Here, I am so amazed that it has not yet ended.



Outside approach a building feeling like I have to be there. In a room there is a woman sitting facing me but giving some kind of lecture with others around. I don't like being there, move away and end up returning outside. Here I am lucid in a dream and need to think fast before it ends - what to do? Decide that I would like to ride a bicycle on the road since I want to do so in physical might as well try to overcome the fear of it in the dream. I can cycle it's just on the road I panic.



A bicycle appears in an antiques market stall - it is made almost entirely of wood. Take my purse out giving money to someone due to perhaps temporary loss of lucidity. I remind myself that its a dream and pull out more notes for the seller. Grab the bicycle with a firm grip and get cycling. I'm cycling - my legs are moving and it appears that there is motion and I can see that I am moving at a distance only I know that really I am not moving - there is no road, no distance and soon enough the bike feels unreal as well as my pedalling efforts. I awaken asking 'who am I?'

Crystal Clear Lucid Dream

This is the most crystal clear lucid dream I've ever had - prior to it there were a series of other dreams that I'll relay first because they too were very vivid.

At first it was just visuals as I relaxed deeply - dreams of strangers and unknown situations, they lasted a short time because I kept snapping out but amazed that it was occurring instantly.

Pre-Lucid Dreams
I'm on a chair, in front of me is my nan on an arm chair curled up under a duvet. Suddenly a cat jumps out and runs off. My nan looks shocked and asks me how that cat got there. I laugh finding it so funny. I'm smiling at her when suddenly I hear her making a weeping sound. I go to her and ask if everything is okay. She tells me that she's been feeling a lot of pain like her heart about to give out and all the medication she is taking is making her sick. I tell her she ought to get checked out by doctor. I read her expression, her face is saying Who's gonna take me to the doctors. Nobody loves me, I'm so alone in this world. She then tells me about the problems with her gums and scene changes.

I'm upstairs - hear people screaming, there's a major fight going on downstairs. I storm to the living. There I see my nan trying to hold my mum down who has clearly gone mad, my dad is standing near fireplace shouting at her but looking frightened at the same time. My mum wants to kill him. To the right is my cousin and his dad and other unknown people. I am pissed they're are just sitting there doing nothing - what's wrong with these people. I grab her and pull her upstairs trying to calm her down. I tell her to relax, to get some sleep and we'll talk about this later. She suddenly straightens up 'I don't have time to sleep, I've got things to do' and walks off. I am alarmed by her behaviour.

The Lucid Part
I go back in the living room, uncle, cousin and a stranger present. Then I begin to wonder when my uncle got here as he was living abroad and I wasn't told he'll be visiting. Plus it has been an incredibly strange evening and then it hits me - I'm dreaming. After that realization the dream does not fade at all if anything it is even clearer. I tell all that this is a dream, I go in the centre of the room running on one spot dancing like crazy because I'm so happy with how clear this dream is. I feel spontaneous and show everyone my kung fu moves.

I'm just acting crazy paying no attention to my audience. After my crazy stunts I tell the stranger 'Hey, do you know this is a dream?' He looks at me like I've completely lost my mind. I hit his arm and he flinches. Wow that was so real, so solid feeling. I touch his arms pressing them all the while telling them 'Wow, all this is so solid, so life like.'

Maybe I should do something that would leave these guys stunned. I tell them to watch carefully place both hands as if holding a ball and think of a blue glowing energy ball sparkling with electricity. I concentrate but it is difficult - don't want to waste time impressing the others. I walk out looking at everyone one last time thinking wow, so cool!

I want to go upstairs to see if anyone else is in the house as I see a light turned on, but I've hit a dead end where the dream fades and I hear a voice telling me about this movie called 'Little John'. I think I remember a movie like that and then I'm thrown in a scene of that movie that pretty much sums up the entire plot. Across from where I'm observing there are little people on giant staircase, there are large giant books on the steps. Then a giant woman walks down and sees the little people thinking they are toys. She grabs them and without seeing the rest of the movie I sum up what occurs next. She discovers they are real and living and not toys, she befriends them and they befriend her. In the end they live happily ever after in harmony with each other. I'm saying to the voice 'this is the best movie ever.'

I have more dreams but external sound disrupts my sleep and I wake up. My ceiling spotlight looks to be breathing - expanding slightly and then contracting. I realize the physical reality that I perceive to live here is also a dream and I think I'm starting to get very lucid in this dream.

I think these dreams may have occurred more naturally, smoothly without effort on my part due to the psychic brain surgery I had recently.

Dreams after Inception Movie

Last night watched Inception - went to bed expecting dream time to be vivid with some reference to the movie.

1. Tree Hugger
I am suspended in the air - still in lying posture. There is a massive tree with white blossoms - I think it's an elderflower tree. Tree is conscious moving its cluster of branches and trembling. With its arm like structured branches it tries to embrace and soothe me. Its presence infuses my entire being with love. I reach out my arm and hug the moving branches - wishing I was bigger than the tree so that I could cradle it in my arms. I give it the grandest hug that I can saying 'And I love you'.

2. Jungle Swinger
It is dark, I am standing or hanging from a large tree. I fall down then grab the hanging branch vine and swing. I swing to another tree and grab its hanging vine branch and continue to swing to another tree. This carries on as I am enjoying the momentum of speed. I look below at the surface - which changes from ground to sea - from solid to liquid (symbolic for 'Walking the Distance of Memory?). I move along wondering how the vines that I'm swinging on are above the sea. I know it is a dream - I have no desire to change environment - want to play along with what is. I come to some end - something more happens - recall hazy about details - emerge in next dream scene.

3. How to Fly
I'm walking down a staircase - there's a paradox (staircase ends) - my memory of having watched Inception makes me more lucid. I move on laughing to myself. I end up in a vast field filled with people - I sprint, dance and go a bit crazy with more moves. Get bored and decide to do the obvious - I get ready to fly. I am about to flap my arms like wings (think there something about this in movie - can't recall). I remember it's not necessary to flap wings just the thought of flying is enough. Still, I reach out arms in superman flying pose and rise above ground. Into the sky I look down and watch the Earth shrink. Once again I know there is no distance - just an illusion, I keep looking down, want to see how small the Earth can get.

The Boat Ride

My consciousness is in the sky, I'm swooshing down - I feel like I'm moving like the wind. As I move towards the landscape a very beautiful Mediterranean island comes into focus. There is a young woman coming out of a building that looks very well suited for the natural scenery.

Somehow I know this is her parents house and I begin to wonder what she has planned for the future. She is smiling a lot and seems too happy. A young man comes into view, he holds her hands and leads the way to his boat. The man is completely smitten by his lady friend and does not take his gaze away from her. I soon start to feel the way he must be feeling and then I'm feeling the way the woman is feeling.

Suddenly I can feel the sea and I can sense danger lurking about, there is a big rock that they're about to crash in. I then become the warning signal to which the man responds and swiftly swerves his boat sighing with relief that I am able to feel myself. I then start to sense the woman's reaction. She is feeling guilty of allowing her partner to give his complete attention to her. She watches the way he maneuvers the boat and I feel at this point that somehow I'm inside her mind and while I'm there my thought is perhaps I can learn how to ride a boat as it looked so easy. It was like I was implanting this thought inside her head.

This dream is so much different than the usual dreams and much more colourful than I've painted here. It was amazing to sense emotions of the dream characters and at the same time experiencing myself as the element of water and the surrounding atmosphere. It was like I could switch angles at any moment. If I had more control of my dreams it could be even more fun. I think this dream is asking me to learn to maneuver the dream. The boat is symbolical for the 'dream body', the sea is the 'dream' and the young woman represents the 'dreamer'.

Lucid dreaming requires a level of consistency which is the case for any ability we may wish to adopt. I found astral projecting a lot easier maybe because I felt more inspired to project than LD.

Lucid Touch

It starts off outside a building that is very familiar to me - I am outside the primary school I attended and say out loud how everything still looks the same. I then look to the left and there is a slope which I don't ever recall being there. I go through a door into the corridor up the familiar staircase.

I am scanning a massive room, walk towards wall and I touch everything and surprised it is so solid as I expected my hands to just go through. I keep feeling my way around the place so utterly astounded with the solidity.

Can't recall anything further at this time.

Lucid Hold

Dreamt that I was doing some kind of show. There is a man who looks familiar, there seems to be some kind of connection. All us actors are naked and we are given weaved luxurious gowns. We are signalled to partner up. I wrap myself with a gold shawl looking piece and feel deeply attracted to the man that had caught my attention. I see a woman with a sparkling multi-colored gown - for reasons unknown I feel this man is meant to be her partner though I am really sad about this. I move away letting them get together but all the while feeling his eyes on me. Waking up from this dream there was some sexual tension.

Back to sleep Ryan Stiles is flirting with me, in a very touchy feeling kind of way. I was really enjoying myself with all the flirting and laughing though in reality I would not have been attracted to Stiles but there was something sparked in the dream.

I walk away then see him near my staircase from a distance. I see he looks apprehensive though smiling, I know inside he's not sure whether I like him. I walk up to him pretending that I hardly notice him there, not making eye contact. As I get to first step I grab his hand suddenly and hold tightly giving him the impression that I really like him. Amazingly the hand holding was the most vivid part of the dream, very solid feel and real - at that moment I was incredibly lucid but awakened abrubptly.

Lucid Dream Practice

It's been a while since I have intentionally tried to induce an AP. I have also had great trouble meditating and even relaxing. Meditation has become extremely difficult and I can't seem to pin point the cause for this. For the time being I will not be focusing on these practices.

Perhaps I've just been too occupied with earthly matters.

I'm going to start writing my dreams to help with recall once again. I'm going to place more of my energy towards Lucid Dreaming, since it is easier when practiced more often. Here are some things I'll be doing this week:

Before sleep, affirm lucid statements
Do regular reality checks throughout the day
Read about LD methods

Reality In Reverse

Some day last week before bedtime I put forth the intention for my dreams to awaken me within the dream, so that I may begin to take control and direct the dream consciously (Lucid dreaming).

I started dreaming a lot of upside downess of my current reality. In these dreams there are a lot of things in reverse. For eg. in one dream I was getting off a bus and decided to check out the library. This library was changed dramatically, all computers were on the ground floor where in physical reality there are bookshelves on ground floor and the computers on the top floor, plus a small museum. I headed upstairs giving some thought to the dramatic change however I accepted this change simply because I have not been to this library in a long time. Once I got upstairs there was a lot of strangeness that were definite signs pointing out to me that I was dreaming, for eg. there was another set of stairs which were upside down, completely in reverse and a series of writing spiralling upwards. Had a series of dreams like this but still just did not get the hint.

I started amping my intention and now I am beginning to act out these dreams in the physical reality. Yesterday morning I was dreaming that I was eating some kind of soup from a tin and I've stopped eating tinned food for a long time now, a hint to wake up I guess. I look at the rim of the tin and notice a moulding fungus growth, out of revolt I head to the bin spitting out the remaining soup left in my mouth. Continuously spitting I wake up to physical reality, on my bed spitting out on my pillow.

My intention for the next attempt is to program a certain anomaly which I will recognise as a symbol to help me realize I'm dreaming. Haven't thought of what this anomaly will be but when I get time will ponder it some more.

Spotting The Difference & Not My Average Dreams

Time: 6:20am
Technique: WBTB at 3:15 am (slowly began writing down all recalled dreams), Affirmation
Mood: Calm & Relaxed
Duration: 20 mins
Symptoms: High Pitch sound and sensation, floating
Goals: None

Experience: In a relaxed state became conscious of oncoming high pitch sound. Moved my head physically - just a little until I thought any physical movement at this point will stop me from projecting. I remained still and let the intensity take over. After a few seconds I was floating up and spun across the room to my window at which point I was able to perceive various items that belonged in my room clearly. I took notice of the lighting - it was dim. I remembered before the projection the sun had come out and it was a lot brighter outside.

There was the usual sinking sensation as I headed out the window. With a lack of vision all I could perceive was darkness. Had the feeling that my eyes were trying to blink, so I focused on them remaining open despite seeing nothing but black. I could feel the mattress beneath me - I was back in bed. My duvet covers had long thicker blue stripes than the ones in reality. I looked from a side view at two sofas that do not belong there - my room was certainly not big enough for two sofas to fit in that space. I could feel my eyes were about to blink and within a flash I woke up with my position on the same side.

The time read 6:40am, I fell asleep and had two memorable vivid dreams where I was becoming lucid in two very stressful situations. These dreams were the highlight of my experience this morning. Both dreams involved a female protagonist. In one dream the DC is given the opportunity to rescue a man, in the second dream the same man betrays her and she must rescue herself. There was a stressful element halfway in each dream where my awareness was heightened to the point of lucidity. I was perceiving through the female protagonist. The emotions were so overwhelming I felt as though I was experiencing them for the first time. Fortunately my consciousness was withdrawing within a few seconds. I've recorded the dreams in my dream diary - they are so filled with detail it was like a whole lifetime but I could mostly remember the most vital moments. I might relay them here another time.

Time Travel

Had an interesting experience this morning which I'll label as a 'dream' only because I'm not sure if I really had traveled through time. In this dream I suddenly became conscious though I was not aware of what eventuated prior to becoming lucid. It was more like waking up, expecting to be in your bed only you find yourself in some unknown place which I know sounds a bit like spontaneous APs / OBEs unlike the average conscious APs / OBEs. Initially I was in shock but then I absorbed my surrounding and having had seen nothing like this place before I was in absolute awe as well as confused. Right now the structures of this place is rather hazy since it's no longer as fresh in my mind. Even if I tried describing it I think I'd have a hard time trying to find the right words.

I soon had a feeling that I was not only in some other place, but in a completely different time. I noticed a group of people and approached a gentleman. I asked him what year it was speedily in fear of losing consciousness, a question that was burning within me. I received a sort of visual impression of the digits 2900. This seemed to confuse me more so I tried approaching another person before I could ask I instantly woke up at 6:00am.

A few minutes later fell asleep again and had more unusual experiences that were a cross between dream states and APs, some I can recall partially.

I haven't ever given time traveling much thought, but it seems I have the common belief ingrained in me that time travelling is possible only in movies or books, the fantasy world. I know the irony in that is extreme considering this is an astral projection journal, but then again how many people who have experienced APs and OBEs believe they can physically fly?

Having direct experience with Astral Projection has opened up my mind a lot to possibilities I would have once considered far-fetched. I think it's time to open up my mind just a little a bit more.

The Lucid Chase

A lucid dream I had this morning:

I'm in my house, which looks completely different except for the structure. I see a man in the living room speaking to a boy, he looks about 10 years old. He tells the boy to stay put and looks around the house in a very detective like manner. I get the impression that he is protecting the boy. I get a view of a car parked outside. There are four men inside this car, each wearing bluetooth headsets and looking very Federal.

The Detective guy re-enters the living room only to find the boy has vanished. The car outside speeds off. Detective runs after the car and is in the middle of the road obstructing other vehicles. He looks for a car and in front of him sees a commuter that begins to wobble like jelly. Up until this point I was aware of the dream, here I become fully lucid.

I was a bit confused about what to do next so I assumed the role of my DC. I thought of several vehicles - none were to my taste until I thought of a motorcycle which instantly appeared. I hopped on and instead of going after the people who took the boy I was enjoying the flow of high speed motion. What an exhilarating ride!

I flashed out of consciousness from this scene into another scene where boy is in car trying to escape. Somehow he does and my consciousness flashes back to my main DC - the Detective. I knew where to find the boy but I wasn't heading in any particular direction - just straight ahead. The boy was now on the road, covered in mud, and heads in my direction. He gets on the bike and off we go, seeking escape from the car that was not too far behind us.

We ended up in some sort of tunnel, the boy needed to take a pee. After a long few minutes I heard a car coming through the tunnel and told the boy to get moving. I rode off only to be cornered by several vehicles. Surrounded by the DCs I was running away from I began to panic and froze feeling some anxiety. I looked at all my DCs who were running towards me and a thought crossed my mind - 'This is my dream, I decide what happens next.'

Suddenly the entire dream scene looked like it was being sucked in by a vacuum. I lost consciousness, ended up having several FAs. In the first FA I was reminiscing this cool LD I had.

This is the longest spontaneous LD I've had so far, it was so much fun despite the final moments of anxiety. I know it was just a dream but the vividness made everything appear so real.

I believe what helped make the LD last longer was playing along with it rather than trying to manipulate it.

Lucid Factory

I figured that I had this lucid dream sometime after the 'Faceless Spirit Guide' experience.

I'm in an elevator with a few other people. I notice a man standing right in front of me and smiling. Then I notice that every other person (about 5 more) are staring at me with a large grin on their face. I realize I'm dreaming, with some excitement I smile back. I begin to speak, and tell each of these dream characters that if this is a dream I will make each of them disappear. I started by obliterating the first person I noticed with a simple desire for him to disappear.

Then I made the rest disappear almost at once. I had an urge to explore the building I was in. I got closer to the elevator doors and noticed a gap somewhere on the side. I thought it would be wise to take a peep through this gap so as to prevent any kind of shocking surprises when I step out of the elevator. What I saw seemed like a factory with a few people inside. End of recall.

A Very Short LD and SP

This morning I woke at about 6:00 am and went back to sleep 20 mins later. I had several vivid dreams. In one dream I was repeatedly walking down a spiralling staircase. I'm not sure where I was. There were many other people who seemed to be in a hurry. I looked 2 floors down and noticed that someone was hurt.

I stormed down but the injured person was nowhere to be seen. I walk on into a hallway where a woman is walking on my right side. Ahead of us was a glass screen where the light revealed a reflection of the woman beside me. At first I was wondering whether I was a vampire or a ghost. Eventually failure to see my own reflection made me instantly realize I'm in a dream.

I began taking a better look at the woman and noticed more people in this hallway, suddenly the scene began to fade away and all was dark. I thought I had closed my eyes. With some strength, I opened them only to find that I was in SP, but I couldn't be too sure that I was in my bedroom. Struggling to see clearly I opened my eyes completely and woke up.