Lucid Dream and a question related to that

[Froglet]

Hello,

I had a lucid dream just the other day.  It felt very odd in the dream and that clued me into that it was a dream.  I did the normal, hey this is a dream and so from that I wanted to see what would happen since I was lucid.  However, I was looking at some object I think it was a car to be specific.  But it was rather strange the object almost seemed to suck me in and end my dream.  I've had this happen before, where as soon as I become lucid, the dream seems to end as if the dream had a mind of it's own to stop me from becoming lucid.  Anyways, I was wondering if anyone here had experience with something similar to this where your dream comes to and end or has violent reponses to the dreamer becoming lucid.  Is it related to thinking too much? 

Edit: I put this in this part of the forums because I see this ability to use lucid dreams as a means to get to the astral or to get out of body.

Froglet

[Selski]

Hi Froglet

I'm not sure how normal it is, but I used to have the exact same thing happen to me.  As soon as I became lucid, the dream would fade away and I'd slowly "zoom" to full waking consciousness.  It was very frustrating.  I'd mentally try to hold onto the dream, but it always disappeared.  As you say, it is as if the dream knows when we become lucid and doesn't hang around when we do! 

The more lucid dreams I've had, the better it has got.  Over the years, the period of time being lucid has increased, so much so that in some of my most recent dreams, I've kept lucid for what felt like 10 minutes or so.  Which is brilliant compared to 0.01 of a second in the old days... 

I also went through the "getting too excited" phase - where as soon as you become lucid you start jumping around like Tigger 'cause it's great fun - and then suddenly due to all the excitement, you wake up!  Ha ha ha.  That phase lasted a good 6 months and was VERY frustrating!!

It's only in the last 6 months or so that I've been able to control my emotions and remain passive and almost not interested when becoming lucid - that seems to be the best reaction.  It's almost like tricking the mind to think it's still asleep whilst secretly being wide awake and watching everything that's going on with a rational and logical mind.

Stick with it - it WILL get better as time goes by.

Sarah

[Froglet]

Yea, I suppose it wasn't normal.  I got rather lucky I suppose, some how it was kind of different feeling or something strange about the dream and it clued me in.  But yea, I guess experience will make it easier. 

Thanks for the reply

if anyone else has anymore possible knowledge, it is welcome.

Froglet

[Job]

When we fall asleep we leave the body and enter the astral. It's a natural process that occurs each time with sleep. Obviously, most people are not aware of it. It's possible to discover this by experimenting to try to remain conscious as the body falls asleep.

The influence in our consciousness in dreams (which take place in the astral plane) is the subconscious. Usually, in waking life we have many thoughts, do many things, and go many places. It has been said that dreams are a reflection of the true state of one's psyche.

In that case, the subconscious creates illusive scenes, sounds, etc. (mental activity) which took place in the day. The mental activity is much more visible in the astral plane, because the astral is where the embodiment of the subconscious resides. Therefore, daydreams, all of our daily thoughts, and all mental activity in the day effect our level of consciousness in the astral plane.

Then, we can see, if we are not so conscious in the astral and aware of the process of sleep, it is a result of not being so conscious in the physical plane (clusters of thoughts and lack in attention). I posted a topic about increasing awareness in another section of the forum:

http://astralpulse.com/forums/index.php/topic,23922.0.html