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Climb into the Photo

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Dream of the Week: Climb into the Photo


I'm in a large classroom kind of environment that's filled with people, including several of my friends from high school, other acquaintances, and strangers all gathered in the seats neatly lined up. I seem to be the instructor, and I'm walking down a long aisle explaining the fundamentals of sleep and dream techniques.

I begin talking about lucid dreaming, and it occurs to me that I'm, in fact dreaming right now! ⚡️

Now lucid, I tell everyone to hold up the photograph that they brought with them to this dream workshop. I instruct the students to achieve their own lucidity by stepping into their photo in whatever way makes the most sense to them.

I do the same with mine, which is a picture of a starry night sky. I place the photograph facedown above my head with the intent of pulling it down over me so that I enter into the scene. When I first try this, the picture hits the top of my head, and I laugh at this silly failed attempt. I try again with more intention, holding both my hands tightly to the photograph and pulling it down over my head with more force.

This time, I successfully go through the photo and come up into the scene, where I'm now sitting on a suburban sidewalk at night. There are endless stars filling the sky and lots of trees surrounding the area. Other than that I am there on my own.

I consider what to do next and decide to directly call out to the dream and say, "Why is this important for me to see?" I hear a very distant and faint male voice begin to speak, but it's too quiet for me to understand. I ask the question again, and the voice speaks a bit louder, but I still can't hear it clearly. I can make out that it's saying something about dreams, but it's still much too faint - barely a whisper.

I'm super excited by this notion of the dream telling me about dreaming, and I desperately want to know what it's saying. I decide to fly up to a tree, thinking that I'll get closer to the voice once there. It continues to speak as I launch into the air toward a tree that has a giant bird carved into the top of its trunk. Once I reach the top of the tree, I listen for the voice again, but it stopped... and I wake up.

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ProTip: Try asking questions of the dream itself! Simply call out your question to the sky and see what happens.

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Weekly Stats:

25 Total, 03 Lucid

  • 💭 1,578 - Toxic Yard Crossing
  • 🤣 1,579 - Shower Dancing
  • 🤣 1,580 - Skateboard Home with Home
  • 💭 1,581 - Two Parties
  • 💭 1,582 - City Sister
  • 🎨 1,583 - Physical Dream Blog
  • 💭 1,584 - Time to Go
  • 💭 1,585 - Water Tornado
  • 💭 1,586 - But, I Don't Know Henna
  • ⚡️ 1,587 - Climb Into the Photo
  • 🎨 1,588 - Lucid Dream Glasses
  • ⚡️ 1,589 - Horse & Buggy Rising
  • 💭 1,590 - Half Dome Rental Car
  • 🤣 1,591 - Silicon Valley Scene
  • 🤣 1,592 - Bluth Family Divorce
  • 💭 1,593 - Plant Store Check-out
  • 💭 1,594 - Workshop Feedback
  • 💭 1,595 - Berries on the Train
  • 💭 1,596 - Walking Path Selfies
  • 💭 1,597 - "You Do You"
  • ⚡️ 1,598 - Penthouse Pool
  • 💭 1,599 - Ground Floor Pool Guy
  • 🤣 1,600 - Funny Cooking
  • 💭 1,601 - Purple Kayaks
  • 🎨 1,602 - Heart Drawing Demo

⚡️Lucid, 🤣Silly, 🎨Creative

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