So I've been in a bit of a dry spell for about 6 weeks. I've even had trouble remembering any dreams where normally I record about 5-8 dreams nightly on average. I finally started remembering them again this last little while. Two nights ago I had a very strong intent before going to bed that when I started dreaming I would remember that I was dreaming and that I wanted to be shown what the next thing I need to learn was.
...I was on a dirt path. I bent down to look at something on the ground. I immediately became Lucid. There was a wooden flower in the ground. The flower looked like something that someone would build in their garage to sell for peoples lawn's etc. In the centre of the flower was a stop sign. The petals went around the outside of the stop sign. On the ground next to the flower was what looked like a bicycle chain and it seemed that it was in the shape of a question mark. Than I noticed a pair of legs standing in front of me. I knew that the legs belonged to a guide of mine. I stood up to greet the guide. A woman was standing there and I said 'It's nice to meet you. Can you show me something I need to learn?'. She just smiled at me and I lost my Lucidity and was back in a regular dream. I than woke up frustrated that my Lucid dream ended before it got started. This all happened in about 15 seconds.
Thoughts: The flower stop sign, the bicycle chain in the form of a question mark. All I could come up with was how 'Question' was like Quest'chain'. The question mark representing asking a question. Took me a whole day to get the Obvious!
STOP asking questions!
I was shown what I needed to learn and I ended up asking a question at the very end which ended my LD. FAIL! At least I got it now. For anyone who have read previous LD's of mine I asked a lot of questions. In my physical life I listen more than I ask so I guess I need to do the same in the NP. Next time I am going to really try hard to just OBSERVE!
Isn't it frustrating? To get lucid and then have it snatched away just for asking a question.
Hopefully you'll now be back in the swing of it and will have another LD very soon.
Quest-chain - how cute is that? :lol:
Yeah recently I have been under the impression that the reasons for our teachings are to make us DO so to speak. Essentially training to become your own creator instead of being limited to others creations. (Dont know if I expressed my thoughts on this properly) Anyhow in my estimation this life is training. The smile for me is fairly important (but obviously each experience is relevant to the individual, so take it how you will) the question for me seems to have been answered.
You seem to have gotten it exactly. The chains themselves are questions, uncertainty, belief that the answers are outside yourself, that the guide you saw was anything but a part of yourself. I have a feeling you are on the right path, and while the questions themselves may not be the chains it may be the manner in which you give power to outside forces rather than trust that it all comes from within and you are accessing yourself so to speak. (Now mind you this is just a novices opinion, but I hope my reply makes something sit well with you and just reaffirm your thoughts on that you are making progress and doing exactly what you need. Your teaching yourself in an infinite number of ways through various parts of yourself (as we all are) as you may well know each child or person learns differently than another based on experiences.
(Dont mean to be intrusive, I am just deciding to become more active on the forums so this topic permeates my thoughts on a regular basis, I am trying not to fall into old habbits and put this by the wayside again)
Best wishes to you, with every person who succeeds and documents or shares the ball keeps rolling.
Observing (without emotion) is certainly a good strategy.
But to achieve sth maybe try to give a command showing your strong intent instead of asking question.
Instead of 'can you help me with this?' just say 'help me with this'.
There's nothing bad about being a bit of a boss in the non-physical.
The first thing I learned, via a Guide/Mentor, (this being my deceased Brother-in law) was the value and importance of "passively observing". You will always know when it's time to give that "commanded" prompt to the scenario.
Quote from: Illuman on November 20, 2017, 11:28:36
(Dont mean to be intrusive, I am just deciding to become more active on the forums so this topic permeates my thoughts on a regular basis, I am trying not to fall into old habbits and put this by the wayside again)
Best wishes to you, with every person who succeeds and documents or shares the ball keeps rolling.
Intrusive...Not at all! I enjoy everyone's comments, insights and new perspectives on anything I post from novice to experienced members. Sometimes people point out things I may have missed or glossed over during an experience that helps me go back and re-evaluate the experience.
Quote from: Volgerle on November 20, 2017, 13:41:57
Observing (without emotion) is certainly a good strategy.
But to achieve sth maybe try to give a command showing your strong intent instead of asking question.
Instead of 'can you help me with this?' just say 'help me with this'.
There's nothing bad about being a bit of a boss in the non-physical.
I believe my intent had been answered. I wanted to be shown the next thing I needed to learn and that lesson was provided even though I didn't get it until after. I will certainly think about how I phrase things in the future with my intent!
Quote from: Lumaza on November 20, 2017, 16:23:54
The first thing I learned, via a Guide/Mentor, (this being my deceased Brother-in law) was the value and importance of "passively observing". You will always know when it's time to give that "commanded" prompt to the scenario.
I find that 'passively observing' is a lot more difficult than I expected! This is something that I am working on. During a meditation session a couple of nights ago I went from the black behind my eyelids to a full colour image so fast that it startled me and I got too excited. So definitely need to work on the passively observing.