So last night I had a very odd experience between several DEILDs. Basically what would happen is every time I exited a DEILD I would see what resembled a loading screen. (like for selecting a game save of something) This would appear as I became conscious or returning to my bed, and remain in my vision until I entered my next lucid dream.

I made a quick mock up of roughly what this looked like:



Quite an odd experience, no?

As you can see from the image is was sorted into an almost spreadsheet like fashion, listing the dreams from my DEILDs as they happened along with a brief identifier text, and a time that I assume was the duration. (Obviously my numbers are just fabricated, but that's basically how it looked)

The strangest thing was after laying for several seconds with this screen, a loading type icon would appear beside one of the rows, signaling that I was transitioning into another lucid dream, which I would do a few seconds later. This happened probably 9 or 10 times total, with the screen (which was 8 rows high) starting empty except for one, and eventually filling, before actually beginning to display a scroll bar along the right side during the last couple instances.

The effect this had on my lucid dreams was rather different as well. Because of seeing this screen, followed by the loading icon before fading into my next dream, not only did I instantly become lucid as the dream began, but I actually was aware as the dream was forming, watching it slowly materialize from black after my 'loading screen' vanished. (And then as I woke from the dream the screen would reappear, followed by the loading icon several seconds later, and finally another dream would form.

Has anyone else had a similar experience? Also curious on the thoughts of some of the more experienced lucid dreamers here about the significance or meaning of this. (Sadly I didn't try to manipulate the loading screen to actually select specific dreams, I was aware of being awake while the screen was present, and trying to be careful to avoid doing something that would prevent another successful DEILD after, but it's on my list to try)

Thoughts? Am I crazy? Too much time on the computer? Lol.