LukeSid

Now comes the hard part maybe...Lucid dream #2. Another fruitless night...except for one dream, which I'll get out of the way quickly.

Most of the dream is lost in the mists but it definitely involved two "ladies" and me in a bedroom (bed = DS) No disrespect to the opposite sex but these two were GRIMM (I seem to recall that they made the ugly sisters look like the Kardashians) At one stage, something winked at me...and it wasn't an eye. They were indeed "Ladies of the Night" (because they shouldn't be allowed out during the daytime)

Mercifully, I don't recall that anything "happened"...just these two laying about in various non-seductive poses and me trying to stay out of their way. I hasten to say that I'm not a "dirty old man"...I appreciate beauty in a woman and I like maturer ladies...but never young girls or women. I use "an attractive woman" as a dream sign because I figure she would draw my attention...and hopefully trigger "it's a dream."

But, again I sense forces at work. Given that dream sign, why would I dream of two that were so repulsive? Could it be, my brain playing a joke...or even trying to avoid triggering lucidity? Those malign forces again. Apart from that, there was nothing. I slept through my 5.00 AM alarm and woke up an hour later.

Another thing. I'm becoming more and more convinced that KISS (the acronym "Keep it Simple Stupid") is best when dealing with Ed, my brain. Laying down and mentally running through a list like "I'm going to wake up after every dream before my alarm rings at 5.00 AM...then I will get up for an hour...then back to bed...and I will continue to wake up after every dream and I WILL become lucid tonight" isn't a good strategy.

Ed probably looks up, loses interest (or focus) halfway, then goes back to his magazine (Wink probably) Also, I think that setting an alarm does register too strongly with him (I wish it always did with me) and it seems to override everything...hence no collected dream from the early part of the night.

Another thing. The night I became lucid I'd eaten strawberries blueberries and a banana (+ two beetroot extract tabs). I hope they weren't the catalyst because this is going to become an expensive hobby.

Addition - I missed the obvious These women were so awe-inspiringly awful they should have triggered an "I must be dreaming" response (Sorry Ed- it's me that's thick) Although...technically it could be called a nightmare...and can you say "I must be having a nightmare," and become lucid on the back of that?