Dreams and questions

Quick post today… still worried but moving forward…

My mind was working overtime last night. When I slept, which I did in-between turning over and waking up again and again, I would dream.

I have many random and vivid dreams. Some more random and less vivid, and others less random and more vivid.

Some are frighteningly real – I remember being terrified once that I knew I was dreaming. Lucid Dreaming has, for a long time, been something that I wanted to experience. And when I did… what did I do? I freaked out and woke myself up, that’s what! I still want to experience it again though, and at least the next time I will know how it feels. I think what had freaked me out the most was that as soon as I knew I was dreaming, I could sense danger and was being ‘pulled’ in a certain direction. I knew that I didn’t want to go, but seemed to be going that way anyway. I’ve read with Lucid Dreaming that as soon as you are aware that you are dreaming it suddenly stops being Lucid (couldn’t tell you if this is true or not, but my dream felt the same until I woke up after I had realised I was in a dream.)

A couple of nights ago, I dreamt of another lion. This one had a completely different feel to the one I thought / think of as my animal spirit guide, but it wasn’t a comfortable dream. This lion was in chains. It was older, and had a full mane. He was being restrained by someone who was not treating him the way any animal should be treated. Not very pleasant. I woke up after seeing this too.

Last night was full of random, bitty dreams. Odd situations, such as having to walk miles to go to the toilet but being in work; working on Directory Enquiries but being on the same street as the caller and obtaining the number from the panel above the shop; and many people walking in the same direction, towards me down one street. This last one is similar to one I had a while back where I was at a crossroads in a slow moving car, and crowds of people were about to reach me. The one last night wasn’t menacing however. Everyone was walking in the same direction, which has put me in mind of everything connected and one direction.

I find dreams fascinating. The more senseless they seem, the more meaning they may have.

I think last night my mind was trying to tell me things in so many different ways everything got ever so slightly confused. Maybe tonight, I’ll have just the one dream. Nice and clear. Although it is still possible I’ll have another random selection of scenarios to go through. Still, they are all good fun once I remember them!

And you never know, I may meet my Lion guide again…

Jan 26, 2011

Confusion, Mystery, Random

6 responses to “Dreams and questions”

bex

Jan 27, 2011

REM like crazy. you must be doing some serious learning/thinking/brain work…

Have you ever seen “Waking Life” directed by Richard Linklater?

You might enjoy – all about dreams and meaning and purpose of life and the universe. I remember there was one part that talked at great length about lucid dreaming. A really interesting conversation.

Very cool animation technique as well.

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1. aquatom1968
  
  Jan 27, 2011
  
  Bex, my mind should be being paid overtime for what it is doing right now…
  
  No, I haven’t seen Waking Life. Is it a movie or documentary? I’m thinking I should add it to my book list…
  
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  1. bex
    
    Jan 27, 2011
    
    haha – oh, if only our minds and brains could be paid over time! that would some kind of incredible world.
    
    hmmm. i think “Waking Life” is a movie.
    
    interesting technique – the director filmed people then had animators ink over the frames. they use a different animation style for each character so it has a very interesting look.
    
    it just doesn’t really follow a narrative – it is like…a series of conversations that have been filmed. the thing i like is it presents an alternate way of philosophical and pseudo-psychological inquiry. from my impression when first released, it is not the “story” that is important, it is the dialogue. and you know i think that this is where our most important philosophical discoveries take place – during the dialogue. the animation heightens it by giving an emotive/perceptive background – so the ideas are there, but so are the emotions, there is no separation and it doesn’t try to separate the emotive and rational.
    
    i think if you do get around to seeing it, you will find that you’ve had some of these conversations before.
    
    the central conversations are about dreaming but, as i mentioned, they go off into other topics, as conversations do.
    
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corisel

Jan 27, 2011

I also found myself in a lucid dream a couple of months ago, but as soon as I realized I was dreaming I had the same sense of danger and woke myself up. Then I lay on my bed for a while and just stared up at the stars, thinking how relieved I was that I got out of it. Until I realised… I should have been staring at the ceiling, not stars. I jerked awake and some how managed to fall out of bed. I lay on the floor, wondering how the hell I managed that, and looked up at the ceiling again. Only there wasn’t a ceiling – just stars again. I woke up properly after that – in bed with the ceiling intact. I was slightly disappointed that I panicked. I would have been interested to know where I would have gone to in my dream.

I really liked this post – I find dreams fascinating. Thanks for sharing!

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1. aquatom1968
  
  Jan 27, 2011
  
  Thanks! 🙂
  How weird dreaming that you had woken up, but hadn’t! I had a dream with a ‘similar’ feel once, only I dreamt that I couldn’t sleep.
  The mind gets very deep at times, doesn’t it…?
  
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bethanage

Jan 27, 2011

Fascinating post, and also interesting comment from corisel.
I’ve had the occasional lucid dream and like corisel I’ve woken myself up in my dream only to find I was still dreaming.
I also suffer from sleep paralysis. The first time this happened I was about 14 and I’d taken an afternoon nap in my parent’s room. I woke up (so I thought) looked to the right of me and saw a white lady with long flowing hair next to the bed. I’m 32 now and I can still remember it vividly.
I was petrified. I don’t know whether you could call it a spirit guide or… well…. I don’t know!
A few years ago, I went through a stage of having sleep paralysis about 3 times a week. So much so that I could feel when it was going to happen.
I’ve since learned that my mother and brother also get it.. I don’t know if it’s hereditary but, I started to embrace it. Try and understand it…. It fascinates me, which is why I’m so glad I stumbled across all your blogs. I get it. I get what you’re talking about, I feel what your describing and I certainly want to read more!

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