Last Night's Adventures

[Heather B.]

I had a long, strange, often troubling night of dreams last night!  They just came one right after another!  I woke up around 3:30 AM and was completely exhausted!  (We need an emoticon for this!)  

The great part is that, for the first time ever, I was able to rouse myself up and write all about it in my dream journal!  I'm so proud of myself!  :bouncy:  And it was wonderful, because the more I wrote, the more I remembered, and the more meaning I was able to derive!  

Most of the dreams were clearly just residue from my day or from things I've been thinking about.  However, my level of lucidity was pretty remarkable.  I was a pretty keen observer of what was going on, and I had very clear thoughts and emotions about all of it.

Some things of great interest:

1.  There were a couple of sequences that involved shopping/dining places... inspired by Selski, I think--but minus the, er, ambiguous sexuality!

2.  There was an odd sequence where I seemed to think I was in F2, but was actually probably in F3---or I guess it could have been an overlay, maybe?  What happened was I was in this resort-type place--a lovely place in a peaceful rural town somewhere... it sort of reminded me of New England, for some reason.  Anyway, at one point, I was in a pool, swimming, and there were lots of other people around, both adults and children.  I was floating/swimming on my back, and I complained that the water was sort of white and not clear.  I didn't like it, so I said, "Oh well, I'll just imagine it's the Carribbean, and it'll be nice and blue and clear."  And the people around me looked at me and at each other really strangely, and rather indignantly, as if to say: "Who does she think she is, saying she can change the water?!  Must be a druggie or insane or something!"  :crazy3:  The thing is, I don't think I was really able to change the water or anything in the environment.  And I think I was so embarrassed that I changed over to a totally different dream sequence!  :seeya:  

I don't remember what all happened--I don't have my journal with me at the moment.  But it was pretty wild!  I'm so glad I was able to write so much of it down!  :mrgreen:  I just hope I can keep it up!

[paint1]

Now go back over the previous day/evening carefully to find out what you did that was different. What you thought about- ate- etc. that brought this on.

For instance I found that if I raise a lot of energy say 5 or 6 hours before bedtime that I will have a very active dream time that night with good recall. If I do the energy raising to close to bedtime I can't get to sleep & have lousey recall.

[Heather B.]

Well, my days and nights are pretty routine, even as far as what I eat (hehe, I can't cook well, so my options are pretty limited!).  I've never done anything like energy raising.  But as I've been studying and practicing astral projection, I've gradually over time gotten to where I'm more and more lucid in my dreams, pretty much every night.  

What has changed now is that I am becoming more able to wake up and write them down--as opposed to turning over and going back to sleep.  I think I've simply trained myself to do this through sheer will and desire.

[Nay]

Awesome Heather!  You should give a hand-held recorder a go.  You just reach over, grab it off the nightstand and off you go.  You don't have to move much or open your eyes and I found this to be very important when recalling those pesky experiences that don't want to come through as well.

Nay

[Selski]

I woke up around 3:30 AM and was completely exhausted!  (We need an emoticon for this!)

:sleepy:   ??

The great part is that, for the first time ever, I was able to rouse myself up and write all about it in my dream journal!  I'm so proud of myself!  :bouncy:  And it was wonderful, because the more I wrote, the more I remembered, and the more meaning I was able to derive!  

:thumbsup:

Isn't it great?  I've just started writing up my dreams again (I'm an intermittent dream journal writer - I get bored and give up - then get renewed enthusiasm and start again).  The more I write, the more dreams I have and, more importantly, the more lucid dreams I have.  

The trick is to keep it up now.  

1.  There were a couple of sequences that involved shopping/dining places... inspired by Selski, I think--but minus the, er, ambiguous sexuality!

:rolling:  Excellent!  (I wonder if that means I'm going to dream about talking trousers after reading knightlight's experience...   )

I didn't like it, so I said, "Oh well, I'll just imagine it's the Carribbean, and it'll be nice and blue and clear."  And the people around me looked at me and at each other really strangely, and rather indignantly, as if to say: "Who does she think she is, saying she can change the water?!  Must be a druggie or insane or something!"  :crazy3:  The thing is, I don't think I was really able to change the water or anything in the environment.  And I think I was so embarrassed that I changed over to a totally different dream sequence!  :seeya:  

Sounds like F3 to me.  

Great experience and thanks for sharing.  Do keep that dream journal going and keep on sharing your experiences - they are a pleasure to read.  

Sarah

[knightlight]

I wonder if that means I'm going to dream about talking trousers after reading knightlight's experience...

HA!  :kermit:

You could only hope you would be so lucky!