Dreams

[Prudence]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

I had a friend that was way into "lucid dreaming". He claimed that through his practice, he had reached a point where he was aware when he was dreaming, and he had almost complete control of the dream world. He'd think "wait a minute, this is a dream. I want to fly" and up he'd go. He could make anything happen. Something makes me think it's not what it sounds like, but anyway.

This is a regular feature in my "action movie" dreams. If my get-a-way isn't spectaular enough, it's like I yell "re-write!" and I do that part over again. But like I said -- those dreams almost always have me watching myself in the third person. I'm aware that I'm watching non-reality. I used to have lots of "people trying to get/kill me" dreams that were quite terrifying, so perhaps this is a healthy adaptation.

The other night I had a very vivid dream, not in third person. It's not as clear now. I can't remember if I was helping my grandmother pick out what she was going to be buried in -- and her death was imminent, or if she had already died and I was picking out her outfit for her. But something like that. Very involved and lots of detail that now I can't recall. But I remembered it because it was so vivid -- and because my grandmother died in December 2003.