The first lucid dream (I consider it OBE)was well remembered by me all my life. Age 5 I believe.I could fly about the house.It was delightful! I just willed myself to fly down the stairs and down I went.Next,the kitchen,the living room.All as it should be.How high? Up to the ceiling? No! Like something tugging at my gut. Stay low! That seemed to be the message over and over in my life as I continued to have these experiences. Indeed the denizens on this level do not like us flying about.I assume it would cause confusion for all to be zooming about.What is the hurry? To continue...a beautiful white horse appeared. A guide,an angel,I don't know.It invited me for a ride.I hopped on its back and it ran up the stairs to my room.I floated back into bed. "Go back to bed John." I heard then was out again.
After reading about Lucid Dreaming from Lucidity.Com I was so hyped to try and do this that I went home that night and "counted" myself to sleep.
I remember the dream even today no matter it lasted only a few seconds. I remember being in a poorly lit room with another person. The room was someplace that I didn't recognize and for some reason I remember thinking to myself, "This is a dream, you're LUCID!"
The first thing I did was start to wake up, but being well read, I immediately look at my hands, well really my arms, because I couldn't make out my hands. I started rubbing them together and was able to stabilize my dream. I then went over to the person in my dream and smugly commented to them, "You know, you are just a dream character, you aren't real", to which the character smiled and said to me, "Yes, I know".
At this, I woke from the excitement. I noticed that my heart was beating at an accelerated rate and I believe that is what woke me.
This was my first attempt at obtaining lucidity in a dream state, and it was fun. I've been attempting to regain lucidity, with hit and miss success. I've purchased the Nova Dreamer and have been loosely following the book that came along with it.
The hardest part for me is that even while listening to the "relaxation" tapes, I have not been able to achieve a dream state in that manner. I've had two psychologists attempt hypnosis on me for testing purposes on other non-related issues, and each time I never get "completely" under, although I do feel rested and relaxed. I think this is probably the same issues I am having with obtaining lucidity. I've always had the ability to know I was dreaming, although I've never taken it a step further to actually become "lucid" and affect that dream.
Now I'm trying to go the extra mile there and see what happens.
Bob
I can't exactly say that lucid dreaming started out as a positive experience for me. The very first time I found out I was dreaming was a shocking feeling like I had started a path over forbidden territory. It happened very quickly taking place in an apartment I use to live in. In the dream I was talking to my dad, I was telling him that I need to know what a word meant, the word was "abulation." He said "why?" I became lucid here and pounded my fist on the table saying "because I see it right now in my dream!"
A panic overwhelmed the situation my dad screamed out "hold on, hold on, which way!" I woke up from this feeling tingly and frightened. So there it was, my first lucid dream and I was absolutely shocked from the experience. This was also the first time I felt the alarm sensation.
Today was my first proper lucid dream. After being interested in lucid dreaming since last year, only this year have I actually acted on it. My dream journal started 18th March 2001 with the title "In success of understanding the art of lucidity in our every day lives". Since this date all dreams that I have remembered have been recorded in this book. Starting off slowly with 1 dream a week and gradually narrowing the gap down to getting close to 1 or so a night. Since the starting of the journal, I have only just started regulary doing reality tests. It has been a long build up to this fine moment of my first proper lucid dream, many months of hard alertness/awerness in waking life, many reality tests and many many thoughts on what I will actually do if a reality check is suspecious...let me read you the dream straight from the journal itself.
25th May "LUCIDITY AT LAST!" WOW, what can I say but I have finally done it. Was at some house in the garage cleaning the inside of my car and for some reason did some reality checks on my car's clock. Next thing I know my clock is changing from 0:80 to 0:00...something crazy. I automatically become lucid, I feel the cloth on my car which feels more than real. I say to myself "increase lucidity x1000" the whole picture has this pulsing effect across my vision like a water drop hitting a clam pool of water, its amazing! Its like stepping into a more realer than real you! Eventually I am in some room with some asian guys and I try to fly. On heading to this room I try to float across my car, and I do for a little bit, but then come crashing to the cold garage floor landing chest first and then smacking my chin (bang!) right on the floor. It doesn't hurt. While in this room I look out the window and it is sky blue with this one, and only one, columbus(think thats what their called) cloud that towers very high to around 11 000 ft or something crazy. I say to myself 'I want to fly up their' but because its soo dam real, I am finding it so dam hard to even fly (I am in and out of lucidity). I tell the asian guys that I can fly and touch the roof. They laugh, however I cannot do it. They have some pet with them that looks like something out of space :P (looks just like that pet out of "lost in space" movie). Meanwhile next thing I know I am driving my car, around the place and my lights come on for my alternator (recently gave way in waking life and had it replaced) I believe it and start to get angry. Thankfully I quickly did a reality check and only one door light is on (usually all are on) I do another reality check to find no lights are on. I once again "increase lucidity x1000" things are intensing up heaps and just as before a shockwave riddles through my vision. I am eventually driving near the Wharehouse(cheap products shop in New Zealand) at Dannemora and am trying to find the right words to increase things. Eventually I say "increase intensity x10" as I thought that x1000 or x100 would be insane! :P My whole body urges with realisim. I can't believe how unreal this is! I eventually wake up after just having done a reality check on my car doors while driving along a popular road.
When I wake up I am lying on back yet lying more towards my left hand side.
WOW! I DID IT! that lasted about 13mins I rekon or maybe 10mins.
Afternotes: Completely real, more than real with me saying those words. However due to myself being an amateur I wasn't always lucid. Cool thing was I didn't have to worry about waking up for some reason... It was really stable in the dream, I was locked in pretty good. Went to bed around 11:30 woke up at 6:20 something. Had radio quietly going all night.
Congratulations Mathew !
What a feeling. Makes me really smile reading the first Lucid Dream posts. Hope this means your in for some more then ...... hehe
Captain Daniel
hahaha Captain D...YOU BET!! :D
Hello! Say,Owen... I just wanted to let you know that I correspond intermittently with Alan Worsley, and he does still have lucid dreams. :-)
As for becoming lucid spontaneously... yes, it's possible to just become lucid. But the frequent lucid dreamers of my acquaintance all apply some form, or degree, of intention or mental preparation, as opposed to just hoping lucid dreams show up. Looking for dreamsigns is one way we can set our mental intention. As I see it, it's another way of saying you are prepared to actively notice your environment. Noticing what goes on around you, and determining what state you're in, is a habit you establish during waking hours that eventually carries over into dreamtime.
I find it quite useful. Seeing my deceased favorite cat is one specific personal dreamsign I run into quite often, for example. When he shows up, it often nudges me into awareness.
("Hey...what are you doing here? I must be...dreaming!") Voila. Did Baby Guy, the greatest cat ever, show up after I was already lucid? No. But did I become lucid? Definitely.
True enough, sometimes you can become lucid and then notice a dreamsign. But it's a mistake to say this describes the way it works.
Sure; if you look around carefully enough while lucid, you'll probably notice something incongruous or even dream-sign-ish. If so, this is useful, too, as it reinforces your conviction that what's happening around you is a mental construct. But to say dreamsigns just show up after you're already lucid doesn't accurately describe it... and this (effectively) dismisses a useful technique.
I, for one, am in favor of any viable technique to increase my odds of becoming lucid, because I love being lucid so much(!)
I know I'm carrying on a bit here... but looking for dreamsigns is one part of an overall discipline whereby we set intentions... remember to do something we wanted to do.. adopt a critical attitude to our surroundings. And it does work.
fiat lux, reverie
Hello fellow dreaming gods and goddess' in the dream temple I had my first lucid dream (with trying it only took 3.5 months) last month and it was a great! It all was so simple, just when I wasn't even trying. The stage was set. I made myself an audio suggestion tape to go to sleep at night, while using the 61 point method. And, with a little divine intervention, noise woke me up at the perfect time in my REM state. So... I had some great dialogues with the dream characters. But now I am having trouble recalling the conversation in waking state. Any tips for memory or recall?
I am sitting in the back seat of a tour bus, looking out the window to my left. Across the road, on a path beside the road, rides a cyclist. I recognize this male cyclist as someone I recently saw on a television show. He is wearing a black jersey; I recall he was very attractive. A group of marauding, young men quickly approach the bus on roller blades. They are lead by a shirtless, blonde man. He is strategically, commanding them to surround the bus and overtake it. On the road beside the bus is a passing vehicle, there are two men lying in the back. One looks like Dale, saying, "It's about time'.
Next, I am walking on the gravel road with young teenagers all talking. They too could be marauding. I am wondering if I should be slightly afraid of them. Teenagers can be quite powerful. I talk with a girl to my right. She asks me for advice. I am trying to find the right way to answer her. Amazingly, enough I find the right thing to say. I am a little amazed what I told her. This is the first time I have done this.
I am walking upwards on a path beside a murky, brown, and white frothy creek, which, appears to be polluted. I am walking at the very edge where the grass meets the river so as not to get too wet. This leads me deep into the dark woods, where I come to where there are people imprisoned in the dark trees. An entrance gate closed by crisscrossed twine keeps people at bay. They appear to be elegantly dressed in French, 16th century costumes. I am yelling, making noises, and grunting at these people, as they do not understand anything else. Behind me, a gray woman is menacingly sneaking up. I am afraid. She does not come too close. I jump into the air, and fly. I had tested lucidity by jumping, and I knew I was lucid dreaming. I was so surprised and happy. I wanted to try it; I went up and up and up. I was able to fly much easier than my other dreams. I was going so fast. The speed was quite incredible. Below me, the trees and ground looked very dark and gray.
I am falling inside a space station with white with blue panels. I am looking around trying to figure out where I am. I ask the space station, "Where am I?' It does not answer. I ask it again, "Where am I?' It still does not answer. Behind me, something nudges me; it is a piece of floating plastic. I look at it and toss it away. It is useless to me.
I have landed on the ground of the space station. There are 5 or 6 spacemen preparing for what is about to happen next. I do not know so they tell me to secure myself somehow. They are buckling down. I do not see any buckles. I somehow have to lie across the white and blue plastic seats, and hold on to these chairs.
I am in another place, like a subway area. There are all these other people. They are approaching me one by one. I tell them I have to ask them three questions
- What is your name?
- What part of me do you represent?
- What do I need to know from you?
A black man is first and willing to talk with me. I asked him the questions. The responses were very truthful and a little painful to accept. I know I have to accept the information to better understand myself.
Second, a black woman is sitting on a bench. She was more reluctant. She does not want to really play this question game. Everyone is talking all at once. I tell them to be quiet. This is important. I am aware of a large dark figure behind me. She tells me, I am in denial about my art. She represents the dormant self that I had lost. This info is painful I am almost near tears. I was not sure if they meant art school, or something else. Another black man has his arms around me in an embrace from the back. This feels good. I am fighting the feelings, but I succumb to the pleasantness. We decide to go and make love somewhere. I know that changing location will alter things. I turn around and face this black man. I ask him his name. He has a beautiful physique. We are walking in another room. As I stand watching, his son is on a stairway saying a heartfelt goodbye. The father has a tear that wells up in his eye. We are walking on a path out of doors. He is off the path and is stuck up to his knees in a puddle. Two nymph-like women, emerge from below the ground with seaweed stuck on them. He pricks their arm with something and I see it is a drug. He pricks my arm with this small needle I am very offended. I grab the needle and throw it on the ground, telling him. "No'. I do not like that stuff. He has pricked my finger. I am bleeding, wiping the blood on his body. He does not like this. I am mad. I am yelling at him, and telling him, "What if I did this to your kids?' He is getting angrier as I wipe my blood on his body. He is no longer Du-Rel. This man tells me that I wrote Du-Rel love letters and I deny that I did. I know that I have some, and I am trying to recall where they are. He tells me they are upstairs. I ask, "In my diary?' he replies "Yes'. "You have written a love letter to him in your diary'. I am amazed that he knows this. I grab him by the shoulders and tell him, you are not Du-Rel. You are not as beautiful as he is. All the while, I am looking into his deep, black eyes, which are void. There is really nothing in his eyes. It is not Du-Rel. His body shape is changing. I tell him he is like Lino. I awaken.
Hi, dreamingoddess!
If this was your first LD, you displayed a fine level of self - control. You seemed to be well prepared, asking all those questions. A really long LD with deep symbolic meaning. I don't want to go deeper into that. Only want to know, what you make of dreams in general. Do you do any kind of dreamwork? And what did you do in detail to get lucid (daytime practice of RC etc)?
Congratulation anyway
Get lucid
Ralf
Dear Dreaming Goddess,
Congratulations on your first lucid dream! May it be only the first of countless more to come.
For tips on dream recall, check the suggestions under "Lucidity Institute Forum: Learning Lucid Dreaming: Discussion of Primary Techniques: Fishing".
Happy reelin' , Keelin
I often have lucid dreams about the people in my life, and they are often very telling. Last night, "awaking" in the dream I noticed my mom by my side. I took her arm in mine and said, "Ready? I'll show you how to fly" I lifted her into the air. (i often fly in my LD's.) She took her arm away and said "wow!! thanks! i got it ! She started flying on her own but flew much closer to the ground than I did. I was about to tell her to come higher, but she did a forward flip and said, "look! Try it!" I came closer to the ground, flying with her and did a front flip while in the air. It was the first time I have ever done a flip in the air, out of all my many dreams about flying!
I received my NovaDreamer about a week or two ago and haven't used it too much -- though when I did, it was in the hours just after falling asleep. It occurred to me that I should be putting it on at 1 or 2 am instead of taking it off for all the obvious reasons and much to my surprise, this morning about two hours before I had to get up, I had a brief moment of lucidity. It started like many other's lucid moments where I found myself in bed but I got my bright light cue and tried to get up and go flying. Something distracted me and all hell broke loose -- literally. The benign events evoked pure rage and at one point I received my second cue -- camera shots going off -- and I was too wrapped up in anger to notice and never got lucid again. Has anyone been too blinded by emotion (good or bad) in their dream to pay attention to the cues? I often remember my dreams (even before I got my Novadreamer) and they frequently involve a strong emotional elements. How can I get past this? I guess I just may need more training?
...one other thing, I have been practicing "bright light" reality checks and even before I got my NovaDreamer, I went lucid one night 'cause I think my husband accidentally turned on a light near me while I was sleeping. I saw sunlight, said to myself, "Bright light! Reality check. . ." I became lucid, looked and my hands, saw they were there and ran them through some plants. NOthing "magic" happened and I was really disappointed. Then I woke up I guess I should look for a different dreamsign?
Hi, Wendy
Firstly: Congratulations to your (first?) lucid dream.
You write, that you often have lucid moments. Did you think about using prolonging techniques?
On emotions: It is surely important to keep cool and focussed to stay in an LD. It would be interesting to know, what distracted you. Maybe this is a key to your anger. I had some nearly lucid moments, when lucidity was prevented by emotions like embarrassment or anger. It sometimes seems, as if the dreaming ego is drawn back into non - lucid plots. However, these plots are part of my life. I found there is a correlation between my emotional moods in daytime and night time. Getting lucid is a "whole - life - task". If I'm able to detect my non lucid plots, my automatic emotional reactions in daytime, I'm better prepared to get lucid this way in my dreams. If I'm able to live creative, positive and if I'm conscious of my shadow side, my dreams are richer and it seems, more lucid. The whole life is interconnected. If I care for my dreams, I work on daytime emotions and vice versa. Everything is getting clearer. You are certainly right, when you say, that it needs training. I think it is not only training, but dedication to your whole life, to the light and dark sides, to love and anger. This would be the "western" dream - work way.
A different look on emotions: The Tibetan dream yoga uses certain sleep positions to amplify different emotions. They say it is important to master emotions and get from positive and negative emotions to non - dual awareness. Maybe you should take a look at these teachings, too. This would be the "eastern" way.
My LDs are often rather mundane. There isn't much magic. But being lucid is intriguing, anyway, and... its a kind of magic. Most of the time actions of dream - ego seem to be limited by our expectations. I found it hard to penetrate walls in an LD. My knuckles hurt. Although I was really lucid and knew this were dream walls. But finally I was able to penetrate a windows pane. You have to learn how to control yourself and maybe the environment in dreams. Dreams are as surprising as life.
Why look for a different dreamsign? If the light - thing works and you use the ND, get on. If you use the "Course in Lucid Dreaming", you will find more categories of dreamsigns. Or do you mean the thing with the plants? That was a kind of state check. Better ones would be flying, reading, penetrating objects, testing your memory, and so on. All the things you can only do in dreams, or that don't work in dreams.
Keep on good work
Yours Ralf
thanks for your reply, Ralf. Last night I had one of my imfamous tornado dreams and, alas, I was not wearing my NovaDreamer so it went it's usuanl course -- I've been having recurring tornado dreams since I was very young and they stopped for a while after a tornado hit my parents home and destroyed my hometown (where they live).
I've not had the opportunity to go through the rest of my course in lucid dreaming materials yet but will do so soon (hopefully). I've had many very brief moments of lucidity in my life but have never been able to remian lucid for any length of time. I'm still working on that
Actually, I'm doing much studying of Buddhism and "Western" Buddhism so I've read about the importance of lucid dreaming and how it ties together with death preparedness. I'm also still doing much work in that area.
As for the anger business and that particular dream--I awoke in my bed (in the dream) and my husband had just come to bed. He works nights and most of the time doesn't come to bed until 3am. I never even hear him most of the time. His job recently required him to see vendors at our home during the day and he conducts business with them -- no big deal. Well, in this dream, after he came to bed, a whole host of folks came down the hall into our bedroom -- these vendors -- and they were snapping phtots and violating our privacy --and in the dream it was about 3 am. I couldn't believe he would allow such a thing and was screaming at him and using incredibly fould language -- I NEVER talk like that or really yell in real life. It rather shocked and embarrassed me when I awoke. I thought about it for most of the day--where could all this anger have come from? I've had similar episodes of anger about benign dreams but after I considered it, I realized my anger was inreference to the resentment I still am trying to resolve and unanswered questions I still have concerning the birth of my first son -- mistakes were made that nearly cost him his life. It was strange to think that my anger was there, but the dream content didn't match it, or was totally distorted.
I've always been very interested in my dreams and always try to remember them and analyze them. I look forward to learning how to have more extended lucid moments and perhaps resolving daily issues through them.
Well, it's New Year's eve and what a morning it's been!
I purchased the Nova Dreamer ~ 8 days ago and have been wearing them almost every night - changing the settings for experimentation. I have been logging my success (or lack thereof) each night on a chart. For several nights now, I've been using the 'training mode' alarm so that I wake up 5 minutes after the lights flash and try to recall my dream - especially to see if any flashing lights were incorporated into it.
Well, last night, SUCCESS! I became vividly LUCID and it lasted the entire 5 minutes until the Nova Dreamer alarm went off!
The cue was perfect! I was in my grandparents' old house and opened the door to a room. The entire room lit up red and flashed repeatedly at me. It was a 'no-brainer' - I knew this was the cue I had been waiting for! I immediately became VERY dizzy and stumbled back for a moment. I told myself "Get with it, stabilize yourself, get your balance." All of a sudden, everything became very clear and I began to explore.
First, I became very aware of my surroundings and touched as many things as I could feeling textures, temperatures etc. Then, I walked upstairs and went into bedrooms where people were sleeping. I was worried about waking them up, but then realized they were all my creation and it shouldn't matter. Surprisingly, everyone was very friendly and no one cared that I woke them! I did some tests by asking them if they could see and hear me to which they replied "Yes."
I went back downstairs to see if I could conjure up a hot tub full of women in bikinis and to my dismay, couldn't do it! I tried to get my mind to create it, but it didn't work. The best I could do was create a stupid yellow basin barely big enough for a dog! Oh well, better luck next time!
I hope this is some inspiration for anyone out there. I can't wait for my next lucid dream!
Wendy - I'm looking forward to better understanding how to make use of what my dreams seem to want to tell me. Right now, I often don't understand what's supposed to symbolize what in my dreams, but I'm reading a couple of books that are helpful in teaching me to interpret my own dreams. One is Conscious Dreaming by Robert Moss, which Adastra recommended and is excellent. Moss writes: "Dreams are real experiences, and the meaning of the dream lies inside the dreamscape itself. Because our memories of dreams are so often clouded or partial, and because the waking mind tries to edit these memories into forms that serve our waking assumptions, the remembered dream is often different from the fuller dream experience. To recapture that experience requires a technique for cutting through the fog and going back inside the dreamscape." I don't yet know what that technique is, but I haven't gotten that far in the book yet. Evan - Congratulations! Getting to explore the dream world is quite a gift. Maybe it was one of your Christmas gifts. Continued largesse to all from whomever, Kate
Hope everyone had a nice holiday
I had another brief moment of lucidity--wasn't even wearing my NovaDreamer again. I exclaimed, " Bright lights!! Bright lights!" and was unquestionably excited about realizing I was becomming lucid--well, a bit too excited because I awoke immediately. Back to the 'ole drawing board.
Kate, thanks for your recommendation--I may have to pick up that book and read it. I would love to know what this tornado business is all about and especially why 99.9% of my dreams occur in my hometown where I grew up -- they almost never seem to occur in other areas I've lived or in made-up locations. . .maybe because my mind knows the details of my hometown so well. . .or I just have a lack of imagination. hmmmm. . . .
Lucky Wendy: hometown dreams make a great lucidity cue! I just did that last night: "Here I am in the old home town again - must be dreaming, eh?" (I'd just been looking at a big old house and wondering what it was like inside; so once I noticed I was dreaming I strolled on in with no further compunctions!)
I dream the home town so much more often than actually going there that when I did get there for the first time in about 10 years recently, driving through it was a very dream-like experience. I went out of my way to follow a convoluted route that I used to walk or bicycle as a child, but get lost on when I try it in a dream. It was very satisfying to find my way along those mysterious back streets!
Evan and Wendy both, enjoy your continuing lucidity,
Joy
Greetings! This is the most recent lucid dream I've had since discovering this website:
I am in a helicopter flying over New York City, looking down at the remains of the twin towers. The chopper passes through where the towers used to stand, re-creating the path of the airplanes that destroyed them. I can feel the enormous size and distance from the ground, and I begin to cry like a baby. As I let go, the dream becomes lucid and I am no longer in the helicopter, but floating freely above the Hudson River. Now I am about a mile away from the city looking back at the skyline, and the towers are there! The water below is scattered with remains of ancient Greek or Roman architecture--pillars, Parthenons, white statues. I fly into an ancient library and land softly on a couch in a room filled with books. There are two beautiful women wearing extravagant hairstyles and dresses. Wanting to have sex with them, I get anxious and wake from the dream.
It's great to know there are so many lucid dreamers out there--I thought I was insane. Thank you, Kevin
You're welcome! We may all be insane but it's so much more fun together.
Joy
Hi all. This is my first message on the lucidity forum. I received the Nova Dreamer about a month ago, tried it a few nights, then decided to start from the beginning with the course. I used to record my dreams every night until about 5 years ago and started again recently. I've also tried to have lucid dreams, but was always unsuccesful. When I bought the ND I decided I would try one more time and this time i would try thoroughly, step by step, just as the course describes.
And this night it worked! My first lucid dream ever, after many years of trying. I'm absolutely convinced I have the course to thank for this. In all my previous attempts I tried several techniques without mastering the basics first. This step-by-step approach really works for me!
So last night I did some reading, a chapter of Jane Roberts' "Dreams, 'evolution' and value fulfillment" (for those Seth-heads among you) and a little bit of "Exploring the world of lucid dreaming", after which I went to sleep with good intention, but not expecting much. Still, I put on the Nova Dreamer for the first time again in weeks.
Next morning 06:30 I woke up from a normal dream and recorded it in my journal. I wasn't planning to go back to bed, but later went back to sleep at 10:00. Then I had this dream (text between [] is commented by me)...
I wake up in the morning, in my bed, pulling the Nova Dreamer off my head. No luck this night, no dream recalls at all. Then I remember my appointment with a company doctor. According to my alarm clock it's 07:30. Good, the appointment is at 11:00, plenty of time left. I take the bus to get there, get off the bus and walk into the building. As I enter the reception area, I see other people walk around. I walk over to the receptionist, a nurse-like woman wearing a grey vest. I tell her of my appointment, or at least I try to tell her, because suddenly I can't remember what "kind" of appointment it is I need to tell her about. Finally I manage to come up with some word and she understands. Then she walks over to an office, comes back with a list of appointments for the day, tells me that my appointment is for.. "11", I finish her sentence. She confirms and says I'm early. I check my watch and see it's 07:30. How can that be, when I woke up at 07:30 and had to make the whole trip over here by bus?? This must be a dream! This MUST be a dream! A feeling of magic and satisfaction washes over me. Finally, after trying so long I did it! But if this really IS a dream, then I must be wearing the Nova Dreamer. So where is it? [still some dream-logic there, eh?]. Immediately it appears on my head. Slightly embarrased I pull it off and hold it in my hand Now I loose most of my lucidity, as the woman leads me up the badly-lit stairs to the doctor's office. Meanwhile I try to put the Nova Dreamer in my pocket unnoticed, but the woman notices and gives me a weird look. I'm now entering the office. There's the doctor sitting at her desk with her back to the door, doing some paperwork. The door closes and I walk around the desk to see her better. She's a beautiful woman in her late 30's, short black hair. When she's finished writing, she turns her attention to me, then asks me how she may be of help to me. Her tone of voice makes it clear that she's as interested in me as I am in her. A short while later we're both sitting on our knees on the office floor, kissing. The intensity of the kissing slowly increases and now we're lying down. Suddenly I get a little scared...did I feel something in her mouth, moving behind her lips? [we're kissing with our lips still closed]. It might be that one of those alien monster thingies has infested her and tries to get to me too [that Swedish horror movie really got to me]. But somehow I dont care too much and now open my mouth, pushing my tongue forward. I don't know if there's something evil inside there, because suddenly I see bright red flashes and I hear beeps. I know instantly it's the Nova Dreamer. Lucidity rushes back in fully and I try to have sex with the doctor. Too late, it's the dream alarm that is waking me up and the dream slips away. Still, i'm ecstatic with joy to have experienced my first lucid dream. I must have yelled "Oh my God" for ten minutes, i swear. But I was amazed at how quickly the feeling subsided, against my expectation (when I woke up I thought it would last all day). Anyway, I think this is a great stimulant for future lucid dreams, maybe even tonight?
Dream long and prosper, michael
Hi, fellow masked dreamer!
Welcome to the forum, Michael. A new member of the European section. Maybe someday we can get together, Hermine, Linus, Owen, ... Yes, a very long LD for the first time. And very interesting... I speculate, whether the dream alarm influenced the dream plot much earlier, than you actually saw it. I mean, maybe the end was planned some time earlier. Just a thought. If the ND lights are too bright, force yourself to look away. It works! The course is very good. I can say, that I had my first LD at will after nine (or six?) month of systematic training as recommended by LaBerge. It is over and over good to hear of dreamers successes by means of training. I am no "natural born" lucid dreamer, I had to learn everything starting from the basics, too.
Lights on!
Ralf [*]-)
Hello!
Last night, I did it! After 3 months of diligence, I've finally had a lucid dream! It was amazing. I set my alarm to wake me at 4am and stayed up for an hour after that, checking out the Lucidity Forum and doing some reading. Then, I donned my Nova Dreamer at 5am for 2 hours of sleep. After being awakened by the Medium setting with my own sensitivity setting (6), I changed it to Light Sleep and began to rest.
The bulk of the dream was very long, so here's the lucid part minus all the lengthy non-lucid earlier part:
The short of it was that I was checking my over-stuffed mailbox at home, pulling package after package out. Eventually, I was able to get my entire upper body inside the box. There were packages going far back into it as if it was some sort of cave. As I pulled them out and stacked them up, I noticed that they ere all terribly damaged. Many were barely held together with clear postal shipping tape. Some of them were even mangled gifts wrapped in shiny foil. All of them were in terrible shape. And, all were addressed to people who did not live at my house. Most even with the wrong street addresses. All different. I pulled them out and stacked them over and over in one place.
During this, a friend of mine pulled up in his Ford Explorer and got out. He asked me what I was doing. As soon as I started explaining to him what was going on, I saw a tiny white light bulb flickering in the bottom right field of my vision. I knew that this was the NovaDreamer. I told my friend (Chad) that what I was doing didn't really matter because it was all a dream.
I started yelling over and over that I was dreaming. I did a quick dream state check (that I sometimes do for a laugh in reality check situations) and jumped into the air slightly. I sprung up above Chad and his truck--and became totally lucid. I'm telling you . . . I must have flown around for about 4 or 5 minutes after that!
I zipped all over the place, not worrying about trees (flying through one large oak and not feeling a thing from the branches!) or power lines (swung deftly through them!) or the fact that I was scared of heights in real life. I kept my mind dedicated to my lucidity and the awareness of the fact that I was aware (haha!).
I did all kinds of things to check my dream control and found different levels of lucidity coming and going. Occasionally my flight was impeded to the right. At these points, I would just remind myself that it was dream . . . and bank around in that direction! The sun (odd to me because it was dark on the ground!) glinted into my eyes. Things became even more clear when that happened (another Nova Dreamer signal?). Amazing. I could feel and hear the wind . . . although it wasn't as forceful as the speed I was travelling at at times would have produced.
Eventually, I started losing control of the heighth of my flight. I grasped for my clarity and decided that I'd better land and do something else. I quickly met the ground and decided to go into a house that I was in front of. It was suddenly night again. I was so excited that I started losing the dream then (as if someone had taken the sides of my vision and begun shaking them . . .) and tried the spinning technique. I found that I couldn't turn right again . . . although I did gain a little control back. Once I went inside, I lapsed back into a regular dream and did some weird stuff. I got some slight lucidity back during it, but all that stuff was so bizarre (and sadly not lucid) by that point that I completely awoke.
In a nutshell, that's it. The clarity, sensations, sounds and feeling are nearly indescribable. When the ultimate clarity hit (as I saw Chad and his truck dropping below me), I could feel the wind and hear and see things as clearly as I do right now in reality. Just amazing. That's all I can say!
I hope I can develop this and get better at controlling what I do. Flying is the easiest test of dreaming for me, I guess, so that is an easy one. Next time, I plan to incubate something and attempt to carry it out.
I should have just landed and stolen Chad's truck. Haha! Maybe next time...
Jeff
Hi Michael, While the Course in Lucid Dreaming may have guided you in your efforts, your diligence and dedication deserve applause as well. Congratulations!
And prosperous dreams to you too, Keelin
Congratulations, Jeff! Good catch on the NovaDreamer cues -- and if that glinting "sun" ever gets to be too much in your eyes, just glance away for the duration of the signal.
May you be soaring again soon in the Land of Lucidity, Keelin
First Lucid Dream Using NovaDreamer. I dreamed I was on the foot of the bed sleeping across the bed. In this position I dreamed I was in a "Matrix" type world, when I realized I was in a dream. I don't remember specifics of the "Matrix" dream, but I figured out after waking up that I was dreaming a dream in which I became lucid. I realize now that my sleeping position may be a dream sign for me.
Dear Kelly!
You are the ONE!
It is some days ago now, but nonetheless I want to congratulate for your Novadreamer induced LD. How did it actually help you in becoming lucid? I know what you want to express by using the words: "I was dreaming a dream in which I became lucid". But I say (and it's not only me): Once you know, you are dreaming, you are lucid! Let me give you a funny (from the "onset of lucidity" point of view) example: Lately I dreamed of being in a guitar shop. I didn't have enough money to pay the repair of my electric guitar. The shop keeper told me not to worry, but join him taking a pill, that takes away all thoughts of time and money. What a stupid and ineffective reaction in my situation, that was my first thought. I wouldn't get the guitar in this way. Then I asked him a lot of questions on the main and side effects of this drug. I'm actually never taking drugs (besides a glass of wine or beer). Finally I took a very very tiny amount of the drug. Walked some steps, fell down and slept in. And while drifting inevitably into sleep I thought: This is something, I can do very well. I can do it for hours and stay aware. No need to worry. After a grey phase I found myself sitting on a table, knowing, that I'm dreaming. The dream continued lucidly for a minute or so, until I awoke in physical body. And smiled while thinking this was actually no false awakening, but a false dropping off. BTW in the lucid phase I was given the good advice to wait and let life flow into me, not to force things. It was an ecstatic feeling. And the wolf was there again... only later did I understand, that this advice included facing (using) my rage, too... I interpret the dream as incubated, it was the answer to a deep going question that moved me before going to sleep. Lucky, that things turned out well, although it has been a hard struggle and I DID let the rage flow.. I remembered the dream during the fight. It was somewhat like knowing that I'm fighting in my sleep (and against the sleep). Somewhat like knowing that this nightmare will soon give way to another awaking to deeper love. And that is the way it went, at least for the days since then. Nonetheless, what I wanted to point out is: I was lucid, although I did not know in the lucid dream phase, that the store, where I slept in, was a dream - store. One could say I was lucid relative to the foregoing dreamscene, but not relative to (the dream of ;-) ) physical reality. This reminds me more of the film "eXisTenCe" or however it is written with it's many layers of awakening and / or deeper sleep of consciousness.
Your "Matrix" - like dream has this kind of different layers, too.
Hope we'll all catch our signs - waking or dreaming - and play the game of trancendence!
Yours Ralf
Hi, Kevin
Just as I read your new "diet" mail, it dawned on me that I used your last name in my previous post. That was not what I intended. I prefer to address people like they introduce themselves.
So please don't mind
Yours Ralf
When does a lucid dream start? In awareness or subconscious?
Hey, this is luckystar. I guess I already know the answer but I wanted to hear what you guys have to say. I want to post my dream but I really have to go but when I come back I'll put it up and say a little about myself. So bye for now
Luckystar36
Ok, I'm back. Well let me start by saying that I frequently had lucid dreams as a child. I would wake myself up if I didn't like what I was dreaming. Like in one dream I was being chased by someone and I remember running and running and looking back to see how far behind they were and then when I saw there was quite some space between us I stopped and shut my eyes very tight and when I opened them I was awake in bed with my real eyes open. So anyways I've been reading the dreams you guys post up for a while now and one day after doing that I was talking to my mom about how I used to be able to wake myself up as a kid. And that very same night I had a lucid dream (which i hadn't had for like 10 years). I was at some kind of school event and we had to pair up with someone and I looked to my right and saw this girl that used to be my best friend for years but she just stopped talking to me after high school so i quickly turned around and started walking to the other side of the room when I saw this guy that I absolutely hate he was so mean to me in high school so i turned around again not knowing where to go and i think it was at that point that i realized i was dreaming. So I closed my eyes shut real tight and when I opened them it was dark and i was laying down in some room but i didn't really know where iwas and i was wondering if i was still dreamin or really awake but then i woke up for real. I was so excited; LUCID AGAIN!
See you in my dreams! Luckystar36
Dear Amalia
Welcome to forum!
You are really a lucky star, having your first LD since ten years after reading some lines here. Congratulations!
When does a LD start? The point of time? It is when you are dreaming and you know, that you are dreaming. :-)
It is that simple...
Re your childhood dreams: It seems that we all (at least most of us) have the natural ability to LD in our childhood. There is a stage of development around five or six years age, when children learn to discern dreaming and waking. I think it is then, when we first lucid dream. Later we loose it, because nobody takes care or uses LD or dreams at all.
In your latest LD you act as in your childhood dreams: In a tense situation you close your eyes and awake. If you want to make more of LDing, you should try and stay in the dream. Just be aware, that nothing can harm you here. And start the great exploration! It is a good way to get over fears day or night.
Keep eyes wide open
Yours Ralf
I experienced my first Lucid dream whilst wearing the Nova Dreamer for the very first time .I had been a little sceptical at first but that has now changed to say the least . My first thoughts having seen the flashing red lights was that i was awake .I pressed the reality button and to my amazement , nothing happened .I got out of bed still unsure whether I was dreaming or awake, and in a state of undress was hardly going to venture out of my bedroom in a shared house !!! Still uncertain , I decided to look for anything unusual, and the first thing to grab my attention was the handset of the telephone floating in the air .By now I was in an unfamiliar room and I decided to try the TV to see if it worked normally.Jumping in the air I floated over to the television and not suprisingly it didnt work .Now I was convinced i was Lucid .After watching a lady undress in an adjacent window (dont blame me !!! Im not responsible for what my subconciouse throws at me .)I decided to leave my room and tell my brother I was dreaming .He didnt believe me, and by now the reality button was starting to work again and I could feel myself waking up . I couldnt believe this happened so soon .I wore the Novadreamer from the moment i got into bed, but ended up taking it off later that evening .It was only when I woke at 5am that i decided to wear it again , and thats when it worked . Ill be trying this formula again by setting my alarm for 5am each morning before wearing the Nova .
Paul
Hi, Paul...
Congrats! I had my first lucid dream under nearly the same circumstances. I'm convinced now (after much study of my dream period) that I can do the same thing that you're about to attempt with setting the alarm and then wearing the NoveDreamer. It might take a while getting the signal and cue set to where it will appear evidently, but I think we're on the right path! Keep us all posted of your progress. I'll do the same.
Sincerely, Jeff
Dear Paul,
Congratulations on your first of many-to-come lucid dreams! And thank you for sharing your report -- an excellent example of how the NovaDreamer works (the first time you wore it no less!) to trigger one's critical awareness. Apparently you went to sleep well-prepared to notice exactly what the reality test button was designed to accomplish.
Now that you've been there and done that, I would heartily encourage you, and anyone else reading this message, to include your fresh accomplishments in the current research experiment ("Wanted: Four dream reports, two lucid and two non-lucid") as featured on the Lucidity Institute website at http://www.lucidity.com/dreams4.html. It's easy to do -- and you'll have the extra reward of knowing that you're contributing significantly to cutting-edge research in the field.
Sweet dreams to all! Keelin
I stumbled across my first lucid dream 25 years ago as a 6 year old when I was having a nightmare. I still remember it incredibly vividly. I hid behind a fencepost as it chased me and realized that if I created my own laser gun, I could defend myself. Just then, I realized I was dreaming and sure enough, there was the laser gun, behind the fencepost. I grabbed it and in one shot destroyed the pursuing ship. I only had one or two more lucid dreams in the next 15 years, until I read "Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming." I found it difficult to consistantly enter lucid dreaming because of all the 'homework' required in the waking world. I just got my nova dreamer a few days ago and had my first lucid dream in years (that I remember) last night It's incredibly exciting to know I can have more direct control now over when I enter lucidity! Lincoln
Dear fellow masked Lincoln
Welcome to the Forum. I had my very first LD when I was ten and was totally blown away by my first LD at will so many years later. This step is somehow very important, because it just proves, you can do it. You'll never forget it, just like your very first spontaneaous LD. I wish you all the best for your next steps into lucidity.
How long did you actually do your lucid homework and wich techniques did serve best for you?
And how did you come to lucid dreaming after all these years, what did inspire you?
Hope to see more posts of you in our forum.
Yours Ralf
Hello.....I experienced my first lucid dream a couple weeks ago, just a couple days after watching a movie titled "Waking life", and then researching lucid dreaming on the web. I remember walking around my house feeling like I had just taking a halucinogen....I had an extremely strong body sensation....and I said to myslef...."im awake in my dream"......wow....I kept repeating this....I was VERY excited about it, and was just kind of pacing back and forth in awe....trying to think of what I wanted to do, I rememberd reading somthing on a website about walking thrugh a mirror during a lucid dream and being able to walk into another "scene". As I approaced the bathroom mirror, I remember my face being a little fuzzy, I tried putting my hand thru the mirror first , but I smacked the mirror with my hand...and then started questioning weather or not I was dreaming .....that's when I awoke.....It wasnt a very long lucid dream......but IT SURE WAS ENOUGH!!! Lots to learn Live,Love,Laugh.......Brett B.
Dear Brett!
A heartfelt welcome to you, too.
The first LD is something really shaking, isn't it? At least for me the world seemed by far greater, than it was before I had my first LD. That was an extraordinary first LD. Not only that you did catch the dreamsign, but you were able to think and perform an experiment. That is pretty much for the first time. If you are that inspired by reading or seeing films, relate to our reviews in the "Miscellaneous" section. If you want to find more literature or films on dreaming in general, you might want to visit
http://www.asdreams.org/videofil.htm
I wonder how your LD stories will go on. Keep us posted.
Yours Ralf
P.S. And feel free to read the online articles I recommended to Latch:
If you want to find interesting information on lucid dreaming browse the
http://www.lucidity.com/
website. I especially recommend
http://www.lucidity.com/VOLDE.html
There are tons of other worthy information on this site.
Visit my website, find dream reports, a report of the Maui DreamCamp of the Lucidity Institute in 2001, links, and some other personal pictured stories http://home.t-online.de/home/Ralf.Penderak/index.htm
Get lucid!
Thank you VERY much for the site's Ralf,much apprieciated........another great night! I experienced my second lucid dream last night....Ive been inputing a lot of information this past week, and it definitly helped out last night....I had a dream about an old pet snake ...during the dream...I was holding the snake, and "fearing" that the snake was going to bite me...it did.. and I awoke a little scared.....I remember reading a little bit about "nightmares" and was a little frustrated that I did get scared.. but it ended up helping me out......after I jotted the dream down in my journal..I tried to get back into the same dream.....with success....I could feel a snake or what felt like ....wrapping around my neck...and soon as I touched it, and felt calm about the situation ....and realized I was dreaming.....I stood up very excited...walking kinda.."cocky"...just happy that I reconized I was dreaming....as the fist Lucid dream...I felt like I was "completly a part of everything"...I rememberd to do another reality test...and jumped up.....began to fly....flying thrugh these hallways....I was looking for my mom...to let her know I was "lucid" ...when I found her...I started to lose the dream and woke up....in another dream....where I was trying to go to sleep so I could become lucid......I wasnt able to reconize any dreamsigns though.......and really woke up...wow....next time.....
THANKS again Live,Love,Laugh Brett B.
Hi Brett. Congratulations! 2 LD's within 2 wks and just beginning! I'm jealous of anyone with that kind of frequency. Maybe if i was inspired instead of envious I'd do better. I hope I can remember to try the mirror experiment next time I'm lucid. You obviously keep your head well when lucid - you should be able to do lots of experiments. Continued luck, Kate
Very good, Brett
I had a very intense non LD with a snake this year. Felt very energised in the dream and afterwards. Was between fear and fascination.
Keep on
Yours Ralf
Thanks Kate and Ralf very much for the support and welcome........Live,Love,Laugh....Brett B.
Hi all. I am new to the forum, but have been reading it for about three months now. I finally snapped and decided I needed to be a member of this forum.
My first lucid dream was long ago but it went something like this:
I am in some typically normal dream when I look down at my hands and suddenly realize that my hands are what I've been looking for and that Im dreaming! Excited and overwhelmed I do the rational, normal,and expected thing, which is to promptly wake up.
This sparked the mystery of mind and awareness for me, and I have never been the same.
This forum represents a sort of training ground for me and I have read many valuable contributions from the members.
Hi, Larry. Welcome to a fellow trainee. Have you gotten lucid since that first time? I certainly know that feeling of excitement at realizing I'm dreaming. The forum has been invaluable for me also, and there always seems to be a new topic site to cover every issue. Good luck!
Yes, I have been lucid since that first time, which was when I was about 12 years old... Many, many times in fact : )
Hi, Ryan. Yes, I noticed that you had had many LD's when I saw your contribution to the prolonging site. I also have now read your bio info. 5 to 10 a month! It's funny what people can assume. Since you were posting your first LD, I thought it must have been recent. I notice I also called you Larry - God knows why. I must have been out of it last night. I wish I could think this was a sign that my boundaries between the dreaming and waking world are melting, but I doubt it. Keep dreaming, Kate
I thought you were giving me a chance to do a reality check. As for boundaries, Iv'e found that the one thing the mind's barriers can't cope with is persistence.