Chapter two : Control
I got lucid dreams too often, sometimes mixed with paralyses sleep as well. It was like I work out instead of sleep, sweated badly when woke up because trying to escape from my dream. I was searching the way out, possible way to not get bothered of my below utopia. Then I found it on internet, how to know whether you are in real world or dream.
First, count your fingers. If you are dreaming, the amount of finger in our hand wont be ten. Could be less, could be more. Second, look at watch, that thing never show the proper time in dream. Third, if there was a lamp near you, try to switch it off or on, if it wont work if you were dreaming. I had tried it all. I saw my hands and those have 14 fingers, seven in each hand. I watched the clock and the needles round backward. the same with lamp, it never turned on no matter how hard I tried. Once I found out I was in full awareness of my dream, I slapped my face just to make sure I was in dream world and nothing could hurt me. Theeen, there I go! Ready to wander around my dream.
Probably I went to many places in my dream rather than in my reality. Met people and interacted with them, just a few I knew them, the rest were total strangers. Sometimes it crossed my mind to control people there since the dream were belong to me but I realized it wasn’t possible, people there seemed to have their own inteligence. One for sure, I could control the places. I need total awareness to do that. Once I changed my backyard into mount of Fuji, another time I opened my front door just to see Doha city before my eyes. But, later it became absurd dream.
I still clearly remembered a dream where I sat and changed place around me in instant. First I positioned my self in a train station, then images around me broken like pieces puzzle, scattered in a black and white realm. I didn't know how I did it but those puzzle pieces united again, formed an image of beach, took no longer it turned again, this time at a middle of bookstore I familiar with. This state keep going on until I lost my sense. I ended up in a garden of orange, I could see nothing but leaves, trees, orange, orange and orange. I cried as I gave up, have no idea to get back. Slowly I woke up, my eyes swollen and my head dizzy as heck. Well, no more playing with dream.
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really Marry?? that's awesome. finally i find another person who share this similarity with me, hehe... your friend are the second, the first one is my friend who likes to meditate and yoga. To be honest i can't meditate without fall asleep while doing that. you may asked him hints to experience this state of lucid dream :D
here my two cents : sleep after watch an unfinished movie or read unfinished book.
have a wonderful day!
Oh I envy people who are able to 'control' their dreams like that.
I've a friend who tells me about his lucid dreams and how it works (like the stuff you say about the fingers) and he has lot of crazy and cool experiences... It's also a cheap way for travelling too :D But when I fall asleep I go into a kind of 'coma' state haha. My sleep is really deep and I barely can remember my dreams. So I guess I'm very far from being able to experience a lucid dream...
It's more like living in the parallel rather than dreaming. :) :) I wonder why I never dream meeting a Prince Charming and live happily ever after. :D :D :D
Dear Peppo, nice blog.
good point about how to know whether we are in real world or dream. But the problem is in my dreams there isn't any watch or who remembers to count his/her fingers !? :)
LOL, could you really count your fingers in your dreams and you had 14 fingers !?
wonderful 8-/
If we really were able to understand that we are in dreams, it would be so nice.
Thanks for sharing
Saya takoot mimpi, Peppo. Setiap malam saya membaca quraan karena saya tidak injin ini mimpi dengan tidur saya. When I see a horror movie I always read Quraan before I go to sleep.