EVER HAVE A LUCID DREAM ?

I thought "this is just a dream so I can do whatever I want!"

Hi everyone, i registered just so i can reply to this thread =)

Glad to meet others who have experienced and enjoy lucid dreaming too!

I started having lucid dreams when i was in my teens, and then it gradually became more frequent.
So now, all i have is lucid dreams.

It's such fun,

it's even much more intricate and intense when i'm depressed in real life. Not to say that depression is a trigger.

But yeah, it started out with the ability to control myself, and then the general plot and the other characters.
Next, i was able to swap, rewind or layer the plot.
Switching channels much like on tv, from one plot to another, from a previous dream i had nights before
and into a real life memory too.

Finally, i found out that i could get back to sleep after being awaken and jump back into the dream i had,
and continue it or change it etc.

But, when i was really depressed i woke up <for real> hearing sounds of ppl walking about and living in my space.
Always beyond my personal space, like never in my room but i can hear them in the living room.
Different groups of ppl, strangers. Some with back stories i just automatically knew of.

Then one day one of the figures came to my bedroom door and i stared back at it.
I knew i could try communicate with it if i want to, tho i was aware that my body was immobile but eyes opened wide.
But then i just chickened out.

Treated myself better and started to find ways to handle my depression cos i don't think i want to expand any further,
in this matter at the moment.
<phew>

I recommend watching the movie Waking Life. Apart from being a good medium that illustrates lucid dream experience,
the writers raise a lot of interesting philosophical issues.

One of it is about the collective consciousness which i have always intuitively believe in as i value connectivity in life,
but also from my experience of post-deja-vu aka premonition/precognitive dreams.
I've had dreams of events, that have saved my ass and the situation generally.

Usually dream about it years or months ahead when the scene staged wouldn't make any sense.
But upon being saved by my awareness and adapting to the knowledge i had i am now able to distinguish between
mind-scape exploration lucid dreams and the post-deja-vu ala premonition/precognitive lucid dreams
(the later are shorter scenes and with no smooth plot line, much like a flash but last a few minutes longer just enough for context).

Yeah, i love my imagination and i grew up investing a lot on it =)

I thought "this is just a dream so I can do whatever I want!"

owh!! i've had soo many of those too! ^^

yea. i have heard of this before,... but even deeper if you could control ur dream and do whatever u wanted then dream your stuck forever.. see who u want.. do hat u want.. always happy.....is this heaven or afterlife.. cause it sounds alot like a christian description of such a place

Maybe... or maybe not? Have you ever dreamed you were stuck in a dream forever..
My guess is no since we r speaking but think a little harder about it

Yes and how real can dreams feel?
But I think you missing my objective from the question and the search for truths.
Is it true that one cannot dream of anything one wants to such as in a lucid dream.

And if its tru that one can dream of anything then play with the idea of dreaming that you never wake up and once it is achieved you could very well be in heaven. Because at this point you are stuck in a reality in which you have full control over. Meaning blue skies everyday and breakfast with deceased relatives and famous figures and in the company of angelic people. Sounds like heaven to me?