Meeting my Spirit Animal Guide - Lucid Dream

[T-Man]

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!

[LightBeam]

I think some of the characteristics of this animal correspond with parts of your own personality. We also interact with animal spirits all the time. That reminds me of the old stories I used to read a long time ago about the native Indians, their strong connection to nature and their communication with animal spirits.
I can imagine your patronus being a Bear if you were at Hogwarts (Sorry, couldn't resist. I' m a huge Harry Potter fan). I've been in that world (in the astral) several times. One time I even got into a scene, which a year later I saw during the movie premiere. I don't even know if the book was even published yet at the time of my AP trip. I was speechless. I could not believe my eyes. It was pretty amazing.

[T-Man]

You're right LightBeam, my personality does match the bear very well.  As I look back thru my dream journal there were other hints that my bear guide was actually me.   Was hard to see that at the time.

I have never gotten into the Harry Potter stories although I did try the first book on audio.  It would certainly be fun to experience that in the Astral!  Maybe you were having a little foreshadowing!  I certainly look forward to having more amazing experiences.  My journey has just begun but I look forward to whatever comes my way!