I started my dream journal just under a year ago. I'm very grateful for the documentation I have done. I finally noticed that I have had a few dreams with Bears in them. I was than researching dreams about Bear's and their meaning and how it related to my life. Let's just say 'a perfect fit!'. I than did a search thru my dream journal and found a total of 16 dreams about bears in only 8 months. I had no idea that I had recorded that many bear dreams. I was very curious about spirit animal guides and have concluded that the bear showing up in my dreams quite frequently was there helping me. In one dream I was walking thru the forest and was being followed by a bear. The next thing I knew, I was in my bed under my covers and the bear was on top of me bouncing up and down with his front legs trying to 'AWAKEN' me! Again, a perfect fit with my life! So, things get better as I do more research on the Bear, I decided that I wanted to honour this animal spirit guide. I found a very nice painting of a Bear that I fell in love with on eBay and decided to buy it. Once I got it in the mail I took it to a local Frame shop and had the painting stretched and framed. That evening I hung it on my wall above my bed. That night I had my first LUCID Dream! I had become aware a couple times previously but was easily distracted and lost my awareness just as quickly. This one was very special to me. I started off in a typical dream. The first few details are left out but I was than crossing a valley that was solid pine trees. The trees were so thick that I was crossing the valley by walking on top of all the trees. I was thinking whether or not there were any bears in these woods? When I got to the other side I was standing in front a bear. The bear was me and (I/There) was wearing a bear costume. (I than became LUCID). I was very excited that my awareness kicked in. I was trying to control my emotions as I didn't want the experience to end. From all the books I've read on the subject I asked (I/There) 'What do you represent?". (I/There) thought for a few seconds and said 'All of your complexities'. I was very emotional and got a bear hug and said 'Thank you for everything!'. The lucid dream continued on for a bit but I was starting to loose my lucidity. I remember getting a second Bear Hug and I fell back into a regular dream. This was a very special experience for me!