reply to post by Tylerdurden1
Thanks for sharing. It's been suggested that much of what dreams are 'trying to tell us' has to do with the feeling you are left with upon
awakening.
I myself place a particular bit of importance on specifically worded messages, names, book titles, etc. when they are vivid enough to carry over into
my waking life. I usually don't remember such details, so when I do, I give it some extra thought. For instance, I visit a town called "Pnell"
(pronounced "Thnell" (???)) in recurring dreams, and once met a really cool king named "Leoben".
Lately I've been waking up with absurd phrases or sentences in my head. The most recent was "Thirty blank cartridges, I counted them myself. Thirty
blank cartridges. Thirty."
But I digress. The description of your dream is all very positive, and you obviously must've felt good (if a bit puzzled) when you woke up. Are you
in love? Are you generally happy? Did something in your life recently bring that up a notch? Did you recently help someone, or do something positive
for the environment?
The main thing I gather, as generic as it sounds, is that you're trying to tell yourself that you're doing something right/on the right path, and
that the planet adores you for something you've done, or have the capacity to do.
Also, next time you notice the breeze on your skin - awake OR while dreaming - look at your hands and ask yourself if you are dreaming. I believe our
subconscious selves WANT us to become lucid in our dreams. I believe lucid dreaming is a state that takes the combined efforts of our conscious and
subconscious minds to achieve. And I believe that all dreams contain clues - something that if we look at just right, given the right amount of
attention, that INDUCE the awareness: Aha! I'm dreaming!
But if you get into the habit of performing a little ritual (looking at your hands, questioning whether dreaming or awake) frequently throughout the
day, eventually you'll do it in a dream, thus triggering a lucid dream.
I must say, this only worked for me a few times, then it was like my dreamworld 'wised up' and I did my little ritual - only to remain convinced it
was "real". Upgrades?