Could I have dreamt I was lucid dreaming?

[TheGlow]

So last night in a dream I remember saying "this is a dream."
My husband was there and he couldn't get the clock to tell the time..... I don't know anything about lucid dreaming except he's said certain things like light switches not flicking on are signs, so for some reason that made me say this is a lucid dream.

Imidiatley I started trying to fly but it didn't work. My hands went invisible as I started running to fly but yeah .... my enthusiasm was not enough lol

So was that a lucid dream or was I simply dreaming I had a lucid dream?

[wstein]

So last night in a dream I remember saying "this is a dream." This alone makes it a lucid dream. If you know its a dream during the dream, then its a lucid dream. None of that other stuff affects whether or not its a lucid dream.

[TheGlow]

Fabulous! I think I watched inception to many times. I was over thinking it.

So why couldn't I fly then?
I thought the whole point was in a lucid dream you could do what ever you want.

[CrystalSong]

Yep, sounds like a lucid dream to me also.

Flying... this is associated with freedom and the soaring of Spirit to me, unfettered by en-chaining belief systems,
suggesting something still holds you back...
...almost ready to Fly :)

[TheGlow]

Yep, sounds like a lucid dream to me also.

Flying... this is associated with freedom and the soaring of Spirit to me, unfettered by en-chaining belief systems,
suggesting something still holds you back...
...almost ready to Fly :)
Wow you have all the answers lol
Yup I guess I'm ALMOST ready to fly, not there just yet :)
Thank you!

[CrystalSong]

Coming SOON though!]

You are about to Shift :)

I feel it. :)

[TheGlow]

Big, ... No HUGE smile. lol
With your help I am sure of it. :)

[wstein]

So why couldn't I fly then?
I thought the whole point was in a lucid dream you could do what ever you want. Doing "whatever you want" is an advanced skill. It does not come automatically just because you realize its a dream.

[TheGlow]

Doing "whatever you want" is an advanced skill. It does not come automatically just because you realize its a dream.
Challenge excepted ;) lol
Ok so tonight then right? ;) getting silly, I better go to bed.

Point taken though, practice makes perfect.

[kayfaei]

Hello, sorry OP not to hijack you're thread or anything ;] but that's what is considered lucid dreaming? when You know you are in a dream ? and can even state that?

wow - I have been doing that on some nights. Some of my dreams. I can tell that I am dreaming, cause I tell myself "this is a dream" but instead of waking myself up.. I just let it keep going. and if something happens that I don't like - then I try to change the outcome.

Let me explain.. one night I was dreaming and for some reason my dream started to get really negative - Like someone getting murdered or something. I didn't like how the person in my dream was acting so i prevented it from happening by changing the dream location and everything in the dream. instead of waking up i continued to dream- but everything was peaceful again. When I woke up i remember the dream though (obviously since im telling it lol )

anyone have thoughts on this? I rarely have nightmares- cause I either, intervene. or tell myself "wake up" and i actually do wake up. doesnt always work though sadly.

[wstein]

but that's what is considered lucid dreaming? when You know you are in a dream ? and can even state that? yes

wow - I have been doing that on some nights. Some of my dreams. I can tell that I am dreaming, cause I tell myself "this is a dream" but instead of waking myself up.. I just let it keep going. and if something happens that I don't like - then I try to change the outcome. classic beginning to learn total control of your dream, more formally known as dream alteration.

anyone have thoughts on this? I rarely have nightmares- cause I either, intervene. or tell myself "wake up" and i actually do wake up. doesnt always work though sadly. ending a dream is a separate skill from alteration

Be a bit careful here though, there are what are called false awakenings. This is where you dream you wake up rather than actually waking up. For whatever reason the dream after the false awakening are extremely realistic.

[advanced] For those wanting to learn advanced skills, one can remain lucid through the waking up process (whether or not it a true awakening or a false one). Yes, this means you can be lucid while awake. Sadly most of the alteration skills are lost when you actually wake up (which is one way to identify a false awakening if you can still alter things). Combining the command to wake up with the ability to remain lucid through the waking up process is a very good way to bring information out of a dream.

[kayfaei]

thank you Wstein for breaking it down for me! I can say i've never expereinced the false awakening that does sound scary haha.

Now i have dreamed about actually getting up..going to work. and completing my whole day and then i wake up to found out it was only a dream... but i take those as a sign. I try to wear or do everything that happened in that dream

[wstein]

thank you Wstein for breaking it down for me! I can say i've never expereinced the false awakening that does sound scary haha.

Now i have dreamed about actually getting up..going to work. and completing my whole day and then i wake up to found out it was only a dream... but i take those as a sign. I try to wear or do everything that happened in that dream That IS a false awakening; followed by a real one.

I am curious what effect replaying the dream in waking life has.