First time dreamer last night

topic posted Sun, February 10, 2008 - 6:51 AM by  Lorq
Last night! My first! I've been writing down my dreams for a while, intending to dream, to remember, but last night I woke up! I was in a building but I too flew first. LIke a matrix, levitate, breakdance in thin air. A little awkward, I'll admit.

Then I woke up, so happy to have had the experience. Floating somewhere in between, I fell back asleep, and Heard a knocking. knock knock knock. Instantly I was awake in my dream experience and could choose what I wanted to do and where to go. I went to hawaii, where I visited in a dream recently, and to the top of mt. Humphreys near my hometown, flagstaff, AZ. I could go anywhere. What do I want to practice? I could get answers so quickly! Jumping to different dreams I've had, so now I want to revisit the one's I learned most from. Imagination was the limit! I want to take in images of far away places and read stories in this tribe and explore possibilities, though I was advised a week or so ago in a dream to be cautious in lucid dreams. Does anyone have any advice on this sort of thing?

Perhaps not too coincidentally, the night before I had a near-death experience in my dreams. Spinning out of control after a quick switch when I realized I was going to run into a wall (in a car), I spiralled for a long time, closing my eyes, and finally felt my body slipping into the next world. Whoa. So flat without sensations. I felt so lucky as I came back to my body and woke up again in a Relaxation clinic-- just the right medicine for the current crazy whirlwind! Waking up in the clinic, I felt so fucking fortunate not only to be alive, but to have had the experience and have the opportunity to understand how precious this opportunity of being alive truly is. Aho!
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Lorq
Oregon
  • Re: First time dreamer last night

    Sun, February 10, 2008 - 12:19 PM
    well there are energetic consequences in the dream worlds, just as there are in the physical, but because we are MORE conscious in a lucid experience, we usually have the knowledge how to protect ourselves as well..
    but there is a learning curve, that applies to how we spend our time in the physical world as well..
    there is a link to book i wrote about this on my profile..

    way to go!
  • Re: First time dreamer last night

    Sun, February 10, 2008 - 3:21 PM
    If you get the chance,
    next time you lucid dream,
    die.
    really!
    It hurts.
    But-
    you end up at the table with some ascended dreamer types.
    They live there.
    Big fun man.
    Welcome to the club.
  • Re: First time dreamer last night

    Wed, February 13, 2008 - 7:47 PM
    I wouldn't feel too concerned, especially about the dieing part. I've died many times in dreams both lucid, and not. It really can be an experience of self-exploration. A way of tasting death without really having to go through with it. Congrats on becoming lucid! There are so many worlds to discover through dream.
  • Re: First time dreamer last night

    Thu, February 14, 2008 - 5:27 PM
    Thanks for the info y'all

    Woke up again two nights later, trying to jump from trash pile to trash pile in the middle of a lake, I ended up jumping higher and flying and woke up, tried going underwater with a protective bubble but got all wet. It felt good. Not much more to say on that one, and I haven't gone lucid since then. I'm finding myself without much sleep lately, and wondering if that affects lucidity (I imagine it does!) I also imagine there are many ways to "wake up" in dreams, though it seemed to me intention might be enough, perhaps with enough rest. Any thoughts?

    oh, and dying was great, or nearly dying, as the case was. I asked for what I needed most before going to sleep and found gratitude at life for the opportunity to be in this body, with these senses, on this earth, right now. Most definitely needed, though I would like to retain that state of consciousness. Any advice on how to integrate dream experiences, like creating a mantra or whatevs? Much appreciation to you all

    Lorq
    • Re: First time dreamer last night

      Thu, February 14, 2008 - 10:10 PM
      I have died in dreams as well, once being shot numerous times, and another being blown up. The moment of death or passing were both very similar. It is as though I feel my soul being pulled out of my body, and as it passes through the outer edges of my skin, I see this plasma like electric charge buzzing and splitting me down into my dead physical self and my soul being free of the weight of the human form. It was not scary, but freeing. Both times there was this peace, and I found it very reassuring and uplifting.

      The dream where I was shot, I barely remember anything but being shot numerous times in the torso and dying rather quickly.

      The dream where I was blown up was more detailed. It was like I was a bomb inspector, and to the right of me were many types of large box like containers. some wooden some plastic. It seemed like I was in the desert, and I was possibly a soldier. I had a feeling that the bomb was going to go off, but it seemed like I was doing my duty. Then boom, in an instant this pulling and separation/electric plasma feeling over comes me. I die, leaving my vessel and there is blackness but peace.

      I never experienced an after life... I woke up immediately after each dream death happened. Both times, feeling as though I had experienced something amazing.
      • Re: First time dreamer last night

        Fri, February 15, 2008 - 10:33 PM
        I have experienced an after-life in two of my dreams about dying. In the first dream I was at a party where people discovered a beautiful blue and yellow snake under a couch. Everyone wanted to kill the snake, so I picked it up and took it outside intending to free it. After letting the snake go I looked down at my arms realizing the snake had bitten me several times. All of the sudden I was looking down at myself lying in a hospital bed, I heard a doctor saying that they were going to amputate my arm, and a voice from behind telling me I didn't have to stay. I chose to die. The after-life was an eternal summer field, where the passage of time was strange and non-linear, it was incredibly beautiful and tranquil.

        In the second dream I don't remember how I died, I just remember being on the edge of this portal looking out at a tower of blue light that had platforms running it's length, it was endless all the way up and down. I was standing on one side of it looking across at my best friend who was on the other side. I was sad because I had made it across, and she hadn't. Then she said to me "Don't worry I'll find you, we always find each other." Comforted by this, I turned and went on.

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