The past few days have been filled with dreams -- not for a lack of trying, though they do not come when I strive for them. Lucid dreaming has been a goal of mine for a few years now and my successes can be counted on one hand. The past year or so, I dropped out of the dream game and only picked it back up when I had a dream and a fortune cookie to match it. So recently I have been trying to become lucid again, using WILD methods and a few others I have picked up. It never happens, because the pain in my legs and body during the "roll-over" signal becomes too unbearable and I give up.

These nights, though, I have dreams! Like the time I was on a beach, building a tower fortress, and I plucked a marble out of my right eye. It was clear and in the very center, suspended were a few drops of mysterious white liquid. Around this time, out in the middle of the lake a white elephant rose and approached the beach where I lay my fortress.

When I saw the white elephant in the middle of the lake, I should have become lucid: that is a big dream signal! But I did not become lucid, nor have I made any lucid progress.

What level of lucidity am I at, and how do I advance? What makes the excruciating pain during the "roll-over" signal go away, and advance my body into a hypnagogic state? And for any dream-interpreters, can you surmise anything from my strange dream?