I was thinking about doing something along those lines, but I haven't been had any LDs for awhile so I haven't had the chance. |
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you know how you're supposed to command things to happen in your dreams? this never worked for me until last night when i had the longest, most consist, most lucid, most terrifying, most vivid, most fun dream ever. I said "subconscious? I'm flying, keep it this way I like it. I don't want to wake up yet". then I thought, subconscious is a stupid thing to call it, so I named it Navi, short for navigator and also the fairy from Zelda. Using the name changed everything for me. I had hardly any control in LD before. but when i wanted to do something else i simply said "Navi, take me home." as firmly and 'in control' as i could. i faded and popped up in my bed like a FA but i new it wasnt real life because i told Navi what to do. I got the normal wake up symptoms that I get: dizziness, no balance, blurry sight, dim lights, etc. But I remained confident and commanded Navi assertively "Navi! give me balance!" "Navi! clarity now!" and so on for each time i got a wake up feeling. and it kept my dream going until I decided to take my friends advice on looking into a mirror. He told me that it would show me what my subconscious really thinks of me and then induce a nightmare. so i went to my bathroom and the lights were off. I said "Navi, hit the lights". And I saw something really weird which turned demonic and everything it did I did too. Than I intentionally woke up because I couldnt handle the fear. So basically, have you ever conversed with your subconscious like this? or looked in a mirror? |
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I was thinking about doing something along those lines, but I haven't been had any LDs for awhile so I haven't had the chance. |
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It's been thought of and to put a label on it, most people call this their 'dream guide'. It's absolutely possible and your subconscious can take whatever form you please, reflection, pixie, another person, or otherwise. |
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Morpheus would be a cool name. In geek mythology he's the god of dreams, i believe. |
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L'inexprimable est souvent le meilleur de nous-même.
Naming your subconsciuss works, because now every command you give, you direct it to the right place. |
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Navi is wonderful name for one's subconscious. Since you've already taken it, perhaps I'll call mine HAL. |
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Hm... that is a good idea! |
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Very interesting, sounds like a way to get more confidence in it and enjoying it more. |
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About the mirror thing, I had a looong list of ideas of what I might see. I prepped myself before bed. I thought, no matter if I see someone ugly, distorted, short, fat, weird colored, I would stay calm. But I saw something insanely unrelated to what I thought I might see. That surprise put me into an uncontrollable nightmare. And yeah, I'm a huge Zelda fan. When I think guide Navi came to mind. I never really gave it any thought in the dream though. It was like I already knew it had the name. |
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That is cool. Sounds like a fun experience. |
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I looked in a mirror a few days ago in a lucid. I was pretty scared because I had heard all of the stories about people seeing terrible things, demonic visions, etc. etc. But when I looked in it (despite the fact that my heart, or possibly dream body heart, was beating so fast I thought it would split) not much happened. My face shifted and contorted into different angry expressions and stuff but that's it. It was weird because a lot of things in my dreams, especially significant things like this which I have spent ages thinking about, happen exactly as I would expect it to, but this was a lot less scary than I thought it would be. |
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I named my subconscious Kyle...... |
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Hehehe, I may actually may name my subconscious, but I probably wouldn't use it like you do even if it worked. I think I would/am too stubborn and prideful to require a dream to do all my dream control work for me. I'd almost feel like I'm relying on it and I'd prefer if I relied only upon myself (in dreams). |
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My Lucid Dreaming Motto - "I have walked upon the the surface of a burning star. Observed events so infinitesimal and instantaneous that they can barely be described as having occurred at all. You... you're just a dream character. And this world's most powerful dream character poses no more threat to me than it's smartest cupcake." - Dr. Manhattan (kinda)
Imagine a dream where you subconscious spoke to you and said "It's not you, it's me" and you dropped on your knees and screamed "WHO WILL CONTROL MY SCENERY?!" |
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Your subconscious is just mad because you never listened. You were never there for it. |
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Ok so I just had my first lucid dream ever a few hours ago and I told my girlfriend about it and she found this forum, everything is really interesting. I wanted to share my experience since its a little different. |
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I've had a similar experience where I was just talking to the awareness behind the dream and would ask it to do things for me and it would with absolute ease. I got it to make it rain inside the room I was in and then to show me what it meant as a symbol and it showed me jewels in each rain drop. I played around with it and and eventually asked what I should call it. It then used a dream television to speak to me with text and told me to call it "Charmandiser". It was then promoting me as I learned to do things. In other dreams I've been able to call out and get help preventing the dream from ending and also communicate directly with a voice. It is some really powerful stuff and great dream experience to have in general. |
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"One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving."
The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
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