Examples of Inducing Lucid Dreams

Introduction
In Lesson Two – Inducing Lucid Dreams (Part 1) of my blogs, I discussed how to induce lucid dreams. I went over Reality Testing and Dream Signs. If you recall, Reality Testing takes place during your waking state and then carries over to your dream state. Dream Signs are merely things that should only occur during dreams. In this lesson, I will give you a few examples of lucid dreams that contain these triggers. This will allow you to visualize what a lucid dreamer experiences when trying to bring on a lucid dream. The dreams entered below will also be written in journal format so that you will also have the opportunity to see how a good journal should be kept. There will be asterisks (*) next to the Dream Signs and Reality Testing that led to the lucid dream. Each of these items will be discussed after each lucid dream.

Lucid Dream 1

V-Formation
I was walking down a path in the woods. It was very peaceful. There were large trees in every direction. I could hear running water ahead of me. I could also hear birds singing in the same direction. It seemed to be getting a bit late so I looked at my watch. The watch displayed *11:52 pm. “That can’t be,” I thought to myself as I looked up and could now see a rapidly moving river about 20 steps ahead. I looked back at my watch and it now displayed **4:30 pm. I looked at the river again and thought “now that’s much closer to what time I thought it was.” Something immediately caused me to look at my watch again. I now displayed ***6:22 am. I then realized that I was dreaming. I said out loud “relax,” several times in order to keep myself asleep. I was very excited (like I usually am every time I become lucid). Now it was time for some fun and exploration. I spread my arms out and began to fly low to the ground along the trail and then slowly across the river. I could see fish jumping out of the river up towards me. They were smiling at me. I interpreted there smiles to mean “we are happy to have you back into the world of lucid dreams again.” The fish were beautiful. Their bodies were multiple colors of the rainbow. As I made it across the river, I came to a clearing and seen about 20 or so magnificent, large white birds standing and looking at me. One of them spoke to me like a parrot would and said, “You lead.” I quickly jumped up towards the sky with my arms spread out (like I always do when I fly in my dreams) and flew up and over the woods. Still fully aware that I was dreaming, I flew fairly high up, just high enough to see the expanse of the magnificent woods. Since I was the lead flyer, all of the birds followed me and fell into a V-Formation. I felt free as a bird and the dream continued for about 10 minutes with me as the led flyer. I was then awakened by my alarm clock. The entire dream lasted about 20 minutes.

*11:52 pm – This is Reality Testing because it was too light out to be this time of the day. The reason I believe it didn’t trigger lucidity yet is my watch could have been broken and just displaying the wrong time.
**4:30 pm – This is a clearer Reality Test because you are usually dreaming if your watch changes time when you look at it, look away from it and then back and it reads a different time. You notice how it quickly prompted me to look back at my watch a third time.
***6:22 am – This was the third time the time had changed. This was the convincing Reality Test that brought me into lucidity. This really works!

Lucid Dream 2

Music from Heaven
I was at a workplace were I used to do construction work. I was just outside of the main office. There were the usual trucks, backhoes and other heavy equipment heading out to work sites. I was in the yard where other work equipment was stored and talking to several of my coworkers as they passed by. One of them said to me, “*This is a dream” as he quickly walked by. I promptly realized that this was indeed a dream. I started to wake up from the excitement from realizing that I was lucid so I used the “spinning” method to help keep myself asleep. It worked! I decided to fly around slowly in the work yard. As I looked inside the back of one of the parked dump trucks, I saw one brightly colored red brick. As I looked at it, some incredible music was broadcasting from it like it was a speaker in a radio. The sound of the music was unbelievably beautiful. It was though it was like music that came from heaven. The word “extraordinary” falls way short of describing its peacefulness, softness and heavenly sound. I can’t begin to describe it. I was captivated by this music for about 5 minutes. I then woke up. The dream lasted about 15 minutes.

*”This is a dream” – This was from Reality Testing. I periodically ask myself throughout the day if I am dreaming. This carried on into my dream, but came in the form of someone telling me that I was dreaming. Pretty cool, huh?

Lucid Dream 3

Don’t Mess with Me
I was walking in a field and noticed a rather large metal building. I seemed that it was used as a factory, but was now obviously abandoned. I went inside and quickly noticed a group of five guys that appeared to be disturbed by my entrance. They approached me with the intention of beating me up. *Normal logic had escaped me at this point because I knew that I could beat all of them up with no problem. This very unusual thought caused me to know that this was a dream! I swiftly went into my karate stance and moved around the building like Bruce Lee. I jumped high into the air and came down and kicked one of the thugs right in the face. I then simultaneously hit two of the others in the chest with my fists. I picked up the two remaining muggers and threw them into some barrels across the other side of the building. I was an incredible karate fighter just like in the movies or in video games. They all got up and ran out of the building and were quickly out of site. “Don’t mess with me,” I yelled out to them. I stretched my right arm upwards and made a fist. Then I blasted straight up through the roof of the building as though I was Superman. I woke up after I was high in the air. The dream lasted about 10 minutes.

* Normal logic had escaped me… – This is a Dream Sign. Most of the time when logic doesn’t seem right, question yourself if you are dreaming. I caught on to this one immediately!

Recap
Reality Testing and Dream Signs really work if you practice the lucid dreaming induction methods I have explained to you in previous lessons.

Lucid dreaming can take on many forms and what you do with them is your choice. Flying is one of my favorite things to do when I am lucid so it is usually part of most of my lucid dreams. Remember that lucid dreaming can be more than just having fun. Read through my lessons if you haven’t already, to get an idea of the many other things you can do during a lucid dream.

Now go fly off and have a lucid dream for yourself!

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