Justin Dag

Very early on in the course of sleeping, something clicked in my head indicating I was dreaming.  It was as if I woke up into the dream.  This is practically identical to how it happened in my first official lucid dream.   I’ve been wanting another lucid dream because it was so amazing and free, so I was really excited excited to be aware and ready to explore this vastly limitless world.  However, what transpired next was hardly fun.

I woke up into a mist of gray with nothing around; my vision distorted and with limited distance capability.  There was some really strange, but familiar electronic music playing.  The music sounded like a cross between Deru and Shuttle 358.  I was paralyzed and suffocating, which was excruciating.  I was dying, but somehow managed to wake up, gasping for air.

I was 1/3 scared, 1/3 relieved, 1/3 annoyed that I was lucid and could not take advantage.  The good news was being alive and mobile, but here’s the interesting part.  Much later in the night, although technically this morning,  I was in a dream telling a close friend of mine, while he laid on a bed in what looked like a hotel room, about the experience I had earlier.  He didn’t offer any insight, but it was really cool how it all tied together.

Wild huh?

Last night I endured a pretty erratic sleep, but it resulted in my first lengthy lucid dream. I previously had some smaller ones that were more psychedelic displays than anything else, and one that lasted about a minute, where I wasn’t able to stay in a dream state long enough for anything interesting. However, last night or should I say this morning at around 7:30AM, I experienced a full blown lucid dream. Some things became a bit jumbled toward the end, but here’s a run-down of events.

I was walking along a sidewalk in what looked like an industrial park that was quite desolate and gray under dense and shaded clouds. Then, the notion hit me, and I recall saying to myself, “wait, I’m dreaming!!” and “I can do this.” Now everyone’s first inclination is to fly, so I tried that. Off I went, soaring above some impressive oak trees, but I wasn’t really able to control my flight, which nearly woke me. I managed to stay in it, and come back down to continue my journey through this strange, dark, but somewhat familiar landscape of closed offices and large lawns.

I was hoping that one of these buildings were open to allow for some exploration, but was denied. I then thought to myself, “I want to interact with ‘people’ to see what that would be like. Maybe they can offer me insight; maybe answer some questions none of us here can.” The climate was changing a bit. The clouds were brighter, but still very gray and cool, while carrying a touch of rainfall. Unfortunately, no one else was around, except a black cat that morphed into some other four-legged creature who ultimately transformed, just like the atmosphere, into a dog – a Doberman Pincher to be exact.

My next idea was to attempt to lift something I would not normally be able to, and thus appeared several statues of animals. One of these animals was a dog – yes, a Doberman. This is where it gets a little fuzzy, but when I tried to raise this solid and substantial object, I was attacked by a vicious, ravenous dog. I’m not sure if the statue turned into this living beast or if the same animal I had seen previous was my assailant, but it caused me to awaken.