Floating Above Town

Image by Ryan Warburton

Dream of the Week: Floating Above Town

It’s the middle of the night and I’m lying still, feeling the onset qualities of a Wake Initiated Lucid Dream (WILD). I feel as though I am being pulled up out of myself, and begin floating up out of the room without controlling the motion or trajectory. ⚡️

Lucid, I’m float-flying at a high speed, vertically positioned, and backward over a regular suburban town at a relatively low height. It appears to be autumn as the leaves are beautiful shades of gold and red. It’s such a delightful experience! I wonder where I’m heading, whizzing through the trees and over buildings, still at the control of something else. I manage to think “up and forward” and then go in that direction. 

Now moving ahead, I float above a high-security zone blocked off by big cement walls. I get the impression that it’s a military operation. I hover steadily here and watch below as women are running around outside, appearing as though to be mid-evacuation. I wonder what’s happening down there and if I should investigate by flying down there or explore something else. The dream fades.

ProTip: Have a plan or intention prior to going to sleep each night. Ask for a dream that reflects your intention. And let go when the dream wants to do something else.

Weekly Stats:

16 Total, 03 Lucid

• 💭 1,675 - Ruined Their Wedding
• 💭 1,676 - Drawing Help
• 💭 1,677 - Getting Up at 5:30
• ⚡️ 1,678 - Marble Eyes
• 💭 1,679 - Earplugs Exposed
• ⚡️ 1,680 - At the Edge of Town
• ⏱ 1,681 - Jump to the Past
• 💭 1,682 - Night Sail
• 💭 1,683 - Save the Network!
• 💭 1,684 - Forgotten Eggs Fight
• ⚡️ 1,685 - Floating Above Town
• 💭 1,686 - Old Fashioned Ice Box
• 🤣 1,687 - Abandoned Toy Store Sleepover
• 💭 1,688 - Spreadsheet Column Game
• 💭 1,689 - Swimming Coach Crime Reenactment
• ⏱ 1,690 - Red Bird Book Fight

⚡️Lucid, ⏱Recurring, 🤣Silly

Allison’s Friend

Image by Clarisse Meyer

Dream of the Week: Allison’s Friend

I’m casually walking along a path outside. It’s dark out, but somehow feels like daytime. Things are just “off” enough that I realize that it’s all a dream!⚡

I approach a woman who looks kind but confused by my presence, so I go in for a hug. She squeezes me surprisingly tight and I’m delighted by her curious response. She  doesn't want it to end saying, "I've never had a hug before!" I ask her for her name to which she replies, "I've never had a name before! How about, Allison’s Friend!" I think this is absolutely delightful.

I keep walking with her when I encounter another group of people. We're all gathered up around each other talking about random things when a woman with authority comes over and declares, "Only the dreamers can stay." At that point, about half of the people disappear including the guy next to me who I seem to understand was in the middle of "coming into lucidity" but wasn't quite there yet, so he disappeared. 

Now, there are about four people in the group left. We're all excited to figure out where we're all from because we all believe we are actually real people living somewhere in the world. The woman across from me says she's from California and we pair up.

She tells me her name is Olinda or Linda or Lindy or something like that. I ask for her address and she tells me 408 Potomac. We walk away from the group trying to make plans to connect with each other, but I tell her we need some kind of code that we can say to each other if we find each other so that we can prove it. She says that if we find each other we’ll talk about grilled cheese sandwiches and chocolate. I wonder if she’s hungry.

We run into the original woman (Allison's Friend) who is now upset that I've paired off with someone else. She says to me, "you need to leave" and presses some buttons on an invisible contraption that I know is there but I can’t see. After she presses these buttons, the dream starts to fade but I try to concentrate hard on “staying” there. A moment passes and she looks over at me annoyed and says, "you're still here?!" and presses the button harder and with more conviction. I wake up.

Note: It’s fun to speculate around “shared dreaming” though it’s never been proven. I looked up anyone associated with 408 Potomac but couldn’t find anything. It’s super interesting to think about!

Weekly Stats:

22 Total, 03 Lucid

• 💭 1,653 - City Pool Wedding
• 💭 1,654 - Highway Driving
• 💭 1,655 - Stories with Friends
• 💭 1,656 - Staying
• 💭 1,657 - Stocking Shelves
• 🤣 1,658 - MKBHD and the New Dog
• ⚡️ 1,659 - Lucid at the Party
• 💭 1,660 - Junk Table
• 💭 1,661 - Panicked in the House
• 💭 1,662 - Is it all True?
• 🤣 1,663 - Queen Centipede Dog
• ⚡️ 1,664 - Confused Commands
• 💭 1,665 - Childhood Fights
• ⚡️ 1,666 - Allison's Friend
• 💭 1,667 - Tense Workplace Boxing Signup
• ⚡️ 1,668 - Backyard Forest, Rolling Boulders
• 💭 1,669 - First Day at Notre Dame
• 🤣 1,670 - Love Pentagon
• 🤣 1,671 - Silly Drunk in the Streets
• 💭 1,672 - Beauty Store Kid
• 💭 1,673 - Storm Flood Water Slides
• 🤣 1,674 - Problems with Carl Weathers

⚡️Lucid, 🤣Silly

“I’ve never had a hug before!”

— Dream #1,666

Floating Through the Cosmos

Image by NASA

Dream of the Week: Floating Through the Cosmos

⚡️I'm unsure if I'm awake or asleep, lying quietly in an empty transition. There is nothing but darkness in my vision, but I am fully conscious and aware from my previous lucid dream. I get the impression that I'm moving from one dream to the next.

Suddenly, I get the sensation that I'm being lifted up into the darkness. As it happens, I see bright light swirling in the emptiness around me, giving me the impression that I am gaining speed as I go up. I'm amazed by whatever this is! I come out of the color light vortex and am launched into the cosmos, filled with distant stars, nebula, and planets. I begin free floating through the universe, tumbling, and flying joyfully.

I'm so crazy happy that I start singing about this feeling of being totally free, about dreaming, and about flying through the cosmos. I get the sense that I'm in control of everything I ever want or need.

I continue singing as I fly through space effortlessly, now singing about planets, specifically imagining Saturn as I belt out my planet song. Tiny Saturn "models" soon appear like bouncy balls in the sky. I catch them playfully on my way to nowhere. A mini-constellation of myself appears, and I'm so delighted by it that I wake up. ✨

Lucid Goal: Try flying to the Cosmos! Intend to go there. The magnitnutde of the experience is unparalled and surprisingly joyful every time. It’s one of my favorite lucid activities.

Weekly Stats:

22 Total, 05 Lucid

• 💭 1,631 - Need to get my Papers
• ⚡️ 1,632 - Instructions from a Tiny Self👏
• ⚡️ 1,633 - Healing Stadium👏
• ⚡️ 1,634 - Floating in the Cosmos🔥
• 💭 1,635 - Copied Drawings
• 💭 1,636 - The Woman in the House
• 😂 1,637 - This Movie Starring My Parents
• 💭 1,638 - Laundry Queue
• 💭 1,639 - Office Visitor
• 💭 1,640 - Find Your Focus
• ⏱ 1,641 - Corner Store Threat
• 🎨 1,642 - Wreckage Photo Tour
• ⚡️ 1,643 - Ghost in the Fan
• 💭 1,644 - City Street Promotions
• 💭 1,645 - It's Extra for the Wall Art
• 💭 1,646 - Divided Apartment
• 💭 1,647 - Pink Face Bug Transformation
• ⏱ 1,648 - Understudy Jester
• 🎨 1,649 - Celebrity Face Morph
• ⚡️ 1,650 - Meet the Puppet Master
• ⏱ 1,651 - Trained for the Apocalypse
• 💭 1,652 - Only One Doing it Right

⚡️Lucid, 🔥 Favorite, ⏱Recurring, 🤣Silly, 🎨Creative, 👏 Great One

Hero of the Sea

Image by Boba Jovanovic

Dream of the Week: Hero of the Sea

I’m swept up in the action of a sailboat on a restless sea, sailing off the coast of an unknown city. Although the sea is rough, the captain and I have control, and it’s not quite dangerous... yet. I jump onto a smaller boat nearby when we spot a massive creature approaching in the distance. The wind picks up and the waves swell, dangerously rocking my little boat, making it critical for me to get back to the sailboat quickly.

The captain shouts that the only way I can get back to the ship is to jump on the creature’s back and leap on the sailboat from there. I maneuver my little boat close to the beast and realize that it’s a giant walrus and far too dangerous for me to use a springboard. I decide to go for the ship directly. I run from my little boat, leap into the air... and miss.

I fall into the water like a tonne of lead, sink beneath waves, and rapidly descend toward the bottom of the seafloor. Once at the bottom, I find that I’m tied up with ropes with weights on my feet. As I struggle to free myself, I notice several other people also trapped down here. I thrash my body trying to break the ropes when it occurs to me that I am out of breath, but I can still breathe under the water. This must be a dream!⚡️

Now lucid, I tell myself that none of this is real and that I am the only one who can free myself. I feel enormous joy as I untie the ropes and remove the weight. I swim easily, effortlessly, and with incredible enthusiasm, enjoying new, self-found freedom.

I head up to the surface when I remember the others! I swim back to each of them, untying their ropes and releasing their weights. I am overjoyed as I save them, seeing each one of them swim up to safety with a huge smile. Once they are all free, I swim back up to the surface again and wake up with a feeling of warmth, brightness, and heroism.

Note: This is one of my favorite dreams of 2019 because the lasting impact on my attitude the days after this happened.

Weekly Stats:

16 Total, 01 Lucid

• ⏱ 1,615 - Restaurant Jealousy
• ⏱ 1,616 - The Other Girl
• ⚡️ 1,617 - Hero of the Sea
• 💭 1,618 - Celebrity Office
• 💭 1,619 - Wrong Email
• 💭 1,620 - Guy Digging Holes
• 💭 1,621 - Bear Containers
• 🤣 1,622 - After Party with Oprah
• 💭 1,623 - Upside Down Bedroom
• 💭 1,624 - Just Take the Money
• 💭 1,625 - Dreaming Mall
• 🤣 1,626 - Lizzo Stage Escort
• ⏱ 1,627 - Plane Trip Trap
• 💭 1,628 - Switching Seats
• ⏱ 1,629 - Top Floor Move
• 💭 1,630 - Dream Yoga Contacts

⚡️Lucid, ⏱Recurring, 🤣Silly

Fish in a Fish Suit

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Dream of the Week: Fish in a Fish Suit

Little bit of a slow dream week as I wrap up remaining projects for the year with a more stress than I’d like. Let's dip into the archives shall we? I love how absolutely insane silly this one is.

July 9, 2018
Dream #0090
Fish in a Fish Suit

I'm a fish version of me swimming with a fish friend of mine. We are in a fishbowl wearing enhanced fish suits that allow us to breathe better and last longer then we would as our regular small fish selves. We swim up with confidence to a golden dome in our bowl and want to go in. We try to swim through the dome door, but our fish suits are too big for us to squeeze in there. We unzip out of our fish costumes and are back to our small fish selves again, comfortably fitting through this magical golden dome the door. What excitement awaits us?

I go first because my fish friend is unsure we'll be able to make it very long without our suits. I tell him that we'll have exactly 20 seconds of time to explore, and we'll come right back to our costumes. Once inside the dome, we swim over to a conveyer belt being run by an underwater cat that distributes other cats. You swim into the machine, and you come out with a cat. The cat running the device says, "Come in and get your cat!" and so we do and the dream fades.

Weekly Stats:

12 Total, 01 Lucid

• 💭 1,603 - Arturo Castro Marathon
• 💭 1,604 - "CH" Intruder
• 💭 1,605 - Hiding in Plain Site
• 💭 1,606 - Indoor Coaster Puzzle Party
• ⚡️ 1,607 - Bedroom Notes
• 💭 1,608 - Pink City Cab
• 💭 1,609 - Exposed at the Hotel
• 💭 1,610 - Help with the Stolen Bike
• 💭 1,611 - Indoor Park in a Frozen Tundra
• 💭 1,612 - Esoteric Dream Society
• 💭 1,613 - In the Wrong Guest Room
• 💭 1,614 - Garage Bus Stop

⚡️Lucid

Climb into the Photo

Image by Jenny Hill

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.

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

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

Lucid Dream First

Image by Ryan Hutton

Dream of the Week: Lucid Dream First

For this week, I thought it would be fun to go into the archives and share my first intentional lucid dream (naturally, without a supplement). It was such an exciting and fantastic experience to have the practices finally pay off! For reference, it took me 90 days of focus to get here. Now, of course, it's much easier for me and far more consistent as I've made these practices a natural part of everyday life.


Dream #0253
Lucid Dream First

It starts with me in bed after I've woken up briefly at 5:18, observing the images of the transitional state between wake and sleep (otherwise known as hypnagogia). As I watch the floating colors, I repeat the phrase, "this is a dream." in my mind.

As I struggle to maintain awareness, a dream image begins to appear in my vision, and my awareness increases. Before long, the full picture unfolds. It's the middle of the night, and I'm standing next to my childhood bed in my childhood home, looking back at a sleeping version of my self.

I leave the bedroom and walk down the hallway toward the bedroom at the end of the hall. I go into the room and stand in front of the large window facing the driveway. Everything looks exactly as it does in life. Staring out the window, I see a special kind of night sky. It's a luxurious dark blue sky with big, bright stars shining a particularly gorgeous white-golden light. They seem so close!

I'm so delighted by the scene and immediately think to fly out through the window, and soar around my open backyard shared with many of the neighbors. Everything still looks exactly as it does in life - save for the magical night sky.

I land softly in the middle of the shared backyards and look back into the sky, staring in amazement. I put my hand out, extending my finger in front of me, and I seem to touch a soft, invisible membrane of some kind. At the point of contact, it ripples out like water. I think it's incredible.

I excitedly poke into the air all around me, hitting the membrane and watching the ripples flow outward each time. I'm so thrilled by this idea that I take off in a low-to-the-ground flight, flying through the invisible layer with my full body, loving every minute of it before waking up.

ProTip: Don’t give up! It took me 90 days of focused practice before I had my first “intentional” lucid dream. Have patience, you’ll get there.

Weekly Stats:

26 Total, 03 Lucid

• 💭 1,552 - Wavy Hair Surprise
• ⚡️ 1,553 - Bedroom Glitch
• 💭 1,554 - Team Re-Org
• 💭 1,555 - Pool Party
• 💭 1,556 - Epic Storm
• 💭 1,557 - Cult Baby
• ⏱ 1,558 - Near Disaster
• 💭 1,559 - Learning to Glide
• 💭 1,560 - Playful Zombie Kid
• 🎨 1,561 - Film Festival Buffet
• 🎨 1,562 - Parade Balloon Car Chase
• 💭 1,563 - Getting Picked Up
• 💭 1,564 - Inappropriate Workers
• 💭 1,565 - Mysterious Scar
• 🎨 1,566 - NASA Lego Event
• ⚡️ 1,567 - Forest Garden Pool
• 💭 1,568 - Missing Mad Scientist
• 💭 1,569 - First at the Super Arcade
• ⏱ 1,570 - Lost Keys in the Plants
• 🤣 1,571 - Blue Redesign, Emma Stone
• 💭 1,572 - Fire Horse Escape
• ⚡️ 1,573 - Maze of Stores
• 💭 1,574 - Boat Training
• 💭 1,575 - Professor's Goodbye
• 🎨 1,576 - Hedge Fountain Illusion
• 💭 1,577 - Saggy Teeth

⚡️Lucid, ⏱Recurring, 🤣Silly, 🎨Creative

This is Not a Lucid Dream

Image by Eunice Stahl.

Dream of the Week: This is Not a Lucid Dream

This week's dream is an experience of False Awakening, which is when you dream that you have woken up, but you're still asleep!

This experience happens quite often to those with high dream recall and lucid dreamers. It's always good practice to ask yourself if you are dreaming each time you wake up so that you have a better chance of catching these False Awakenings.

Anyway, this is a funny little dream to help demonstrate how our minds can trick us out of lucidity!

Dream #1533
This is Not a Lucid Dream

I wake up slowly from a vivid dream I was just having and sit up in bed (though not my real life bed or bedroom - the first clue!). I take in the scene, but nothing unusual strikes me. My partner is sleeping soundly next to me, and everything seems in order. I lay back down intending to become lucid in my next dream and quietly count my breaths.

Soon, I feel entirely relaxed and know that I will soon be in a dream. I imagine rocking my body without actually moving it to help get me into a lucid state. It works! The vision of motion becomes the dream, and I'm able to get out of bed even though I'm aware I'm still asleep.

I rub my hands together to further stabilize the dream (a common technique in lucid dreaming), hold my hands on the floor to "ground" it, and shout out loud, "Stabilize! Stabilize!" I want this dream to be as clear and stable as possible, so I do all the techniques.

My partner sits up in the bed and says, "What are you doing? Why are you yelling?"

"Wait. What? You can hear me? I'm not in a dream?" I ask.

"No, this is not a lucid dream."

I sheepishly get off the floor and crawl back into bed, feeling pretty silly about yelling into nothing and being caught for it.

And then I wake up for real. 🤣

Note: I took a lucid dreaming supplement called Galantamine on Saturday night to boost my chances of becoming lucid. It’s quite effective for me!

Weekly Stats:

23 Total, 06 Lucid

• ⚡️ 1,528 - Wing Ride
• 💭 1,529 - English Professor
• 💭 1,530 - Train Station Lockers
• 💭 1,531 - 90 Days
• 🤣 1,532 - Awkward Microphone Use
• 🤣 1,533 - This is Not a Lucid Dream
• 💭 1,534 - Swimming with Dolphins
• ⏱ 1,535 - Moving to West Virginia
• 💭 1,536 - Old Dog, Old House
• 💭 1,537 - Show Me the Data
• 💭 1,538 - How Could You?
• ⏱ 1,539 - Sad Rooms
• 💭 1,540 - Rude Hospitality
• ⚡️ 1,541 - Will Smith, Through the Walls*
• 🤣 1,542 - Party at the Neighbor's*
• ⚡️ 1,543 - "Always be a Dreamer"*
• ⚡️ 1,544 - Chased Through Ornaments*
• ⚡️ 1,545 - Tobey Maguire, Raver Bedroom*
• 💭 1,546 - Gaming Launch Event*
• ⚡️ 1,547 - Train, Falling, Bear, Mirror*
• 💭 1,548 - Family Drive to Iceland*
• 💭 1,549 - Accidental Unplug*
• 💭 1,550 - Filmed at a Dark Club*
• 🕷 1,551 - Terror House

⚡️Lucid, ⏱Recurring, 🤣Silly, 🕷Nightmare

*Night with Galantamine Use

“What are you doing? Why are you yelling?”

— Dream #1,535

Dive into Bed, Come out of Pool

Image by Allison McCarthy (me!)

Dream of the Week: Dive into Bed, Come out of Pool

I'm snorkeling in the ocean with some other people, focused on taking pictures of the fantastic, colorful fish. Suddenly, I'm pulled out of the water and find myself back in my childhood home, standing in front of a bed. I had so much fun snorkeling with the fish that I feel an extreme sense of urgency to get back there right away! I look out the window of the bedroom and see a pool in the backyard. It occurs to me that the pool is where I must have just been swimming. I think there must be a kind of portal from the pool to the bedroom, and the only way I can get back in the water is if I "jump" into the bed.

At first, I'm unsure if it will work and pitifully plop into the bed only to bounce right back up. I'm still so convinced that this will work, I ignore the first failure and try again, diving into the beg again, this time with full confidence. And it works! I disappear into the sheets and come up from the surface of the pool in the backyard. It's thrilling! I splash about with utter joy, walking out of the pool laughing. I have a slight inclination that could be a dream, but never actually become lucid. I notice a glowing light over by the fence and go to check it out. When I get to the fence, I see the back door to the house is open and wonder if I should go inside. I wake up.

Note: Non-lucid dreams can be just as fun! Even though I was nearly lucid, knowing this situation was special, I still had so much fun in this dream. I woke up with the same sense of amazement and delight. Carry these feelings with you!

Weekly Stats:

13 Total, 02 Lucid

• 👏 1,515 - Dive into Bed, Come out of Pool
• 💭 1,516 - Luxury Airplane
• 💭 1,517 - Cabin Mystery
• 💭 1,518 - I Need to Tell You Something
• ⚡️ 1,519 - Creative Ocean
• 💭 1,520 - Office Weddings
• 🎨 1,521 - Miniature Escape Game
• 💭 1,522 - Lucid Dream Definition
• 🎨 1,523 - Fantasy Story
• ⚡️ 1,524 - Ferarri Boat
• ⏱ 1,525 - Winter Storm Landing
• 💭 1,526 - Gathering of the Past
• 💭 1,527 - Whimsical Hotel Check-In

⚡️Lucid, ⏱Recurring, 🎨Creative, 👏Great One

Terry Crews, Dream Guide

Image by Helena Lopes

Dream of the Past: Terry Crews, Dream Guide

Pulling another one from the archives this week, because it’s just so memorable! This dream is one of my all-time favorites.

Dream #0081
Terry Crews, Dream Guide
July 2018

I am jumping off the fire escape and running down a city block, unsure of what I am running from. I come across a fenced-in alley area and meet up with Terry Crews. I have a mild sense of lucidity at this point but I don't question why he's there with me.

We then run together to some unknown place and I feel like we're simply running away from the darkness of the night. We turn a corner and run down a hill where a group of slime monsters are in our way. We stop dead in our tracks and I am afraid. These alien monsters are oozing with scary bug features that are constantly moving and morphing into frightening shapes. These creatures solidify my lucidity - this has to be a dream! ⚡️

I turn to Terry who nods with a smile. I turn back around to the creatures knowing that I must give them love. I shout that I love them and that they were wonderful creatures. I shout that I am not afraid. Suddenly the creatures turn into a group of small horses and run off up a hill and out of sight. I am thrilled!

I turn back to Terry and ask him "Who are you? What do you represent?" He doesn't say anything, looking at me blankly. I ask him again, "What do you represent?" He kind of glazes over and says, "I am the one that brought you here." I'm shocked and delighted by his response and wake up.

ProTip: Hug your nightmare figures! They can transform into something magical in your dream and heal something hidden in your life.

Weekly Stats:

19 Total, 01 Lucid

• 💭 1,496 - Executive Visit
• ⏱ 1,497 - Leaving
• 💭 1,498 - Pet Boa Constrictor
• 💭 1,499 - Club Performance
• 💭 1,500 - Shopping Incident
• 💭 1,501 - Lost in the Amusement Park
• 💭 1,502 - Left in the Parking Garage
• 💭 1,503 - Possessed Teddy Bear
• ⏱ 1,504 - Coyote False Awakening
• 💭 1,505 - Sleepover Mansion
• 🤣 1,506 - At the Mall with Wes Craven
• 💭 1,507 - Restaurant Car Thief
• 💭 1,508 - Dangerous Supply Drop
• ⚡️ 1,509 - Lucid Dream Dipping
• 💭 1,510 - Faulty Subway Line
• 💭 1,511 - 1,000 Dreamers
• 💭 1,512 - We'll Miss Breakfast
• 💭 1,513 - Over Crowded Cafeteria
• 🤣 1,514 - Parachute to Set

⚡️Lucid, ⏱Recurring, 🤣Silly

Light Magic, Dark Magic

Image by Josh Marshall

Dream of the Week: Light Magic, Dark Magic

It’s an expansive open hillside with an eerie quiet that often accompanies the anticipation of a big, destructive event. Something is about to happen. The guard is marching forward in steady confidence, and I am in line, ready. We climb a hill and see our enemy in the distance — two sides, two lines, ready to face battle. The moment before the charge, we both hang in electric silence. And then chaos.

The front lines rush to meet in the middle, where weapons collide, and blood sheds. The power over darkness and light hangs in the balance, with both sides fighting for control. On the side of light, I am pushing forward, keeping my watch on the edges of our line, ready for a surprise attack from the side. A mysterious figure dressed in black appears and rushes toward me with impenetrable determination. There’s only one way forward - to rush toward it with matching fervor knowing there can be no winner in this dual.

While the war wages on elsewhere, we face each other head to head. As he runs, he lifts his hands to emit a black magic smoke, and I raise mine to emit a white magic smoke in response. At the moment right before our magic and our bodies collide, an understanding that we will “cancel” each other out” washes over me. We will both be transported somewhere else and will we “die” here. I am unafraid as the force of our impact opens a window to somewhere else, waking me up.

ProTip: Galantamine is a supplement that can be used to induce lucid dreams. I took 8mg on Saturday during a week-long dream workshop.

Weekly Stats:

26 Total, 11 Lucid

• ⚡️ 1,470 - Sucked out of a Nightmare
• ⚡️ 1,471 - Family Swim Time
• 🤣 1,472 - The Masked Employee
• 🤣 1,473 - Batman YouTube Clip
• 💭 1,474 - Ambulance
• 💭 1,475 - Cash Tip
• 💭 1,476 - Police Raid
• 🕷 1,477 - Shocking Abandonment
• 💭 1,478 - Stuck in a Hole
• 💭 1,479 - Apology
• 💭 1,480 - Compromised Bank Account
• ⚡️ 1,481 - "Perfect" Meditation Spot
• 👏 1,482 - Light Magic, Dark Magic
• 💭 1,483 - Night Office Escape*
• ⚡️ 1,484 - Cartoon Flying*
• ⚡️ 1,485 - Ikea Catalogue*
• ⚡️ 1,486 - High School Friend*
• 💭 1,487 - Calm Kayaking*
• ⚡️ 1,488 - Dream People in a Room*
• ⚡️ 1,489 - Office Mirrors*
• ⚡️ 1,490 - Magdalla*
• ⚡️ 1,491 - Ice Cream Pop*
• 🕷 1,492 - Something is Wrong*
• ⚡️ 1,493 - Dance Circle Physicist
• 💭 1,494 - Product Leak
• 🎨 1,495 - Chemistry Ship

⚡️Lucid, 🤣Silly, 🎨Creative, 🕷Nightmare 👏 Great One *Night of Galantamine Use

Panic on the Tram

Image by Luiz Felipe

Dream of the Week: Panic on the Tram

I’m on a crowded tram from the airport to an unknown city. We’ve just come out of a tunnel, and an older woman is struggling to open a window to get some air. The window is stuck, and she gets flustered. We get to the first tram stop, but the door is jammed. The woman panics, rushing around the tight space erratically.

The situation seems fine, and I feel very calm. I feel bad that the woman is worked up. I know just a few deep breaths will help her. I maneuver my way to her and grab her hand that is still wrestling with the window. I hold it tightly and stand next to her, letting her know that it will be OK. She squeezes back, and we take a few deep breaths together.

I tell her a technician will fix the doors soon and that she can focus on breathing. She calms down and is immediately grateful. The tram moves forward with the door still stuck, and she gets worries again. I tell her that I will get off with her at the next step, and we can come back here together so we can get her back on her way together. I carry her to a seat in the front of the tram so she can see out the window while we ride to the next stop. I wake up feeling so happy for being there for her.

Note: Dream Characters are thought to be a representation of you. Helping them can be a cathartic experience. Always be kind.

Weekly Stats:

12 Total, 0 Lucid

• 💭 1,457 - Drinks After Work
• ⏱ 1,458 - Fifth Time in Grad School
• 💭 1,459 - Singapore Hotel
• 💭 1,460 - Meditation Store
• 👏 1,461 - Panic on the Tram
• 🤣 1,462 - R/GA Kiss Cam
• 🤣 1,463 - Ian & Patrick in the Park
• 🤣 1,464 - Swimming Baby Ghost
• 💭 1,465 - Epic Fight at Work
• 💭 1,466 - Mudslide Hike
• ⏱ 1,467 - Used to Live in Your Dorm
• 💭 1,468 -Movie Outfit Change

⏱Recurring, 🤣Silly, 👏 Great One

The Shelves

Image by Angelina

Dream of the Week: The Shelves (or Shocked it’s a Dream!)

I'm outside a shared backyard area with several homes leading out into the yard. I've left the back door to my house open and notice several other back doors open as well. I'm sitting on the ground, tending to something in the grass when I see a giant cardboard flying through the sky like a plane. A cat jumps out of it, landing in the trees nearby.

I'm super confused and wonder if this might very well be a dream. I'm pretty doubtful but do a reality check anyway. I look at my hand to see if my fingers look extra gangly or if they're moving like wavy noodles. Nope, my hands look normal. I like to follow-up a hand check by pulling on my finger to see if it stretches. In a dream, it elongates like silly putty. To my utter surprise, it stretches out in colorful bands. Even though I frequently become lucid, this time felt particularly surprising and so delightfully unbelievable. ⚡️

Lucid, I feel overwhelming joy and curiosity about where I am. There are apartments covered in vines all around me, so I decide to fly up to a vine. I think that if I launch myself up from here, I will boost to another place entirely. I rock to the left and count, 1...2...3… and launch myself back into the sky… and hit a giant wooden shelving unit. Not really my goal.

I decide to keep going forward and push through the back of the shelf. I break through the wall and encounter… another wooden wall. I push through the next wall and break into a large wooden room filled with shelves packed with books, toys, and stuffed animals.

There's so much to see here! I love this playful room and can't wait to see all the things. I climb through the wall and put my hand on the floor to "hold" the dream in place even though it's already stable, vivid, and clear. I look closer at a row of books to check out the titles for exciting clues. I remember how unstable words are in dreams, knowing that if I look at them, they'll be gibberish and scramble up. Words never stay put and are equally hard to remember, so I don't want to linger on words for very long.

The first book I see is light blue with the title, "Wilks Girl." I look away for a moment and wake up.

ProTip: No matter how much you think you might be awake, you might actually be dreaming! Test your reality several times so you can be absolutely certain.

Weekly Stats:

18 Total, 03 Lucid

• 💭 1,439 - Didn't Write the Jokes
• 💭 1,440 - Neighbor's Airbnb
• 💭 1,441 - Bully Brother
• 💭 1,442 - Phone Call
• 💭 1,443 - Old Man Teeth
• 💭 1,444 - Chicken Blame
• 💭 1,445 - Filtered Water
• 💭 1,446 - Job Levels
• 💭 1,447 - Website Critique
• ⚡️ 1,448 - The Shelves
• ⚡️ 1,449 - In the Basement
• 💭 1,450 - Hazardous Jellyfish
• 💭 1,451 - Interview in India
• 💭 1,452 - Colorful X-Ray
• ⚡️ 1,453 - Lucid Swimming
• 💭 1,454 - Nice Ballet Shoes
• 💭 1,455 - The Real Beach
• 💭 1,456 - Medicine Run

⚡️Lucid

Sky Mask, Tall Men, River Boats

Image by Andrew Ly

Dream of the Week: Sky Mask, Tall Men, River Boats

This lucid dream is actually from last week, but you’re not keeping track, so I’m breaking the rules, again. The usual suspects of lucid dream disruption came to be this week including lazy mindfulness, weak intentions, and stress at work, and going to bed far too late. It always amazes me how easily I can tell the difference between a healthy, mindful week and a messy, cluttered week, just by looking at my dreams.

October 6, 2019
Dream #1420
Sky Mask, Tall Men, River Boats
(I couldn’t think of a better title)

I'm lying awake in bed at dawn, quietly dangling between wakefulness and sleep, otherwise known as hypnagogia. Before long, I’m pulled into a dark and barely forming dream scene. ⚡️ I’m in the passenger seat of a car, but I can just barely see. Although lucid, I struggle to gain control. In an effort to stabilize, I clumsily crawl out of the front window and jump into a pitch black sky. There's nothing to see here and I get the feeling that the dream has yet to catch up to me.

I decide to do nothing and see what happens. In the vast darkness, a gigantic face emerges. It's a red stylized mask with a devil vibe to it. (See Hannya). It’s speaking to me but I can’t hear it. I try to speak back, but I can’t hear my own voice. I fall back and land in cluttered room.

The room is wobbly and hazy so, I try various techniques to stabilize the dream. First, I shout, “stabilize!” Then, I rub my hands together which settles the room. I put my hands on the floor as if to “hold” the dream in place. This does the trick and I finally feel stable in the room.

The walls are painted blue with hardwood floors and stuff against the walls. It feels like a workshop. I notice two impossibly tall, lanky men standing nearby. One is ominous with black, gangly hair (think Noel Fielding). Another is a tree-person hybrid. I approach the ominous guy and his eyes bulge out of his head like something out of Who Framed Roger Rabbit. It's cartoonish and frightening but not really threatening.

The tree man swoops me up and looks at me delightfully. I ask him who he is. He says something like “baklava” but corrects himself with something equally silly that I don't understand. We both laugh at his gibberish. He walks me outside down a hill, places me down, and disappears.

The scene shifts and I'm on a river boat floating behind several boats in a group. A 10 year old Indian girl 10 is is sitting in front of me, rowing the boat. We’re at the end of the tour and come to a fork in the river. We're meant to go left and return, but she wants to go right to show me the flowers. We paddle to the right revealing an immensely beautiful area covered in marigolds of pink, orange, and red. As we paddle through the flowers, we come to local river boats. She has a crush on a boy in one of the boats and I realize why she wanted to come here. She paddles to his boat and they hug. I think it's very cute and wake up.

Note: Doing “nothing” can lead to surprising dream experiences. Sometimes, go into it with no goals at all and see what happens!

Weekly Stats:

17 Total, 0 Lucid

• 🎨 1,422 - Dust Artist
• 🤣 1,423 - Royal Oprah Sleepover
• ⏱ 1,424 - Parking Lot Crash
• 💭 1,425 - Jungle Course
• ⏱ 1,426 - Acting Studio
• 💭 1,427 - Antarctic Cargo Ship
• 💭 1,428 - Tropic Theft
• 🕷 1,429 - Escape the City
• 💭 1,430 - Chris Pratt Sadness
• 💭 1,431 - Pregnant Colleague
• 💭 1,432 - Going to the Pool
• 💭 1,433 - Christmas Ride
• 💭 1,434 - City Bus Delay
• 🎨 1,435 - Liquid Telekinesis
• 💭 1,436 - Neighborhood Walk
• 💭 1,437 - Family Cover Up
• 💭 1,438 - Headline News

⏱Recurring, 🤣Silly, 🎨Creative, 🕷Nightmare

The Shadow Bear

Dream of the Week: The Shadow Bear

Quick Setup: This week, I doubled up on prioritizing great sleep for myself. September was far too busy and I desperately needed to refocus my attention on duration and quality of sleep. my recall was through the roof! 32 dreams in a single week is the highest I’ve ever recorded with multiple nights seeing 6+ dreams. When I get out of sleep-balance and then re-attune myself, the benefits are immediately known. Prioritizing great sleeps leads to happier days and even better dreams! Always focus on great sleep and get more of it!

Dream #1,400
The Shadow Bear

⚡️ I'm lying in bed, sensing that the conditions are right for a waking induced lucid dream (WILD). I begin hearing distant buzzing sounds and realize that I'm on the right track. I'm able to maintain a strict body position and stay focused. I soon feel the sensation of being pulled forward, and the buzzing sound gets louder, signaling that I'm going into a dream. The scene is dark but forming. I see small purple lights above me as though I am passing through a tunnel.

Eventually, I come out of the tunnel and into a fully realized city scene in the middle of an overcast day. With lucid awareness, I'm sitting up in a bed that is floating above the city streets. I'm wearing a long, flowing black dress. I crawl around the bed, look at the city, and think about what to do next. The bed disappears, and day becomes night.

Now on the ground, I explore the city streets looking to chat with dream characters. I encounter a woman who seems slightly afraid of me when I say hello. She doesn't have much to say. I keep waking and notice clusters of plain white billboards stacked on top of each other up the sides of buildings. Hovering just above me is a cluster of closed umbrellas in different colors, all covered in water drops. I have no idea what to make of it.

I walk toward the end of a city block and encounter another woman. She seems to have a lively quality to her, so I say hello. She tells me that she doesn't have anything interesting to say, but says that there might be something interesting for me to see around the corner.

It’s very dark and very ominous where she wants me to, and I’m terrified. I take a deep breath and decide to face it. I walk forward, turn the corner, and see nothing but darkness and a slight orange glow. A sense of dread overtakes me as I can hear the deep, growling sound of an enormous creature obscured from view. The gnarls intensify as I walk toward it, my heart pounding. Huge, bulging eyes emerge from the darkness as I get closer. It's taking a lot of will power not to run away or wake up.

After a few moments of tip-toeing forward, I'm standing face-to-face with the creature - an impossibly gigantic brown bear growling ferociously at me with dripping fangs. Trembling but steadfast, I extend my arms out as if to invite it in for a hug. I nervously try to comfort the bear by saying things like, "It's OK. Don't worry; everything is alright. We're gonna be fine. We're the same. It's OK; it's OK." As I say these words, the bear shrinks and shrinks by the moment until it becomes a small, wiry, goat-like thing who looks like a thin, sad puppy. I wake up.

ProTip: It’s hard to stay focused and move toward frightening dream imagery, but embracing these dark aspects can have a profound impact on the following day… and even years to follow.

Weekly Stats:

32 Total, 02 Lucid

• ⏱ 1,390 - Apocalyptic Flood 🕷
• 💭 1,391 - Hair Appointment Mishaps
• 💭 1,392 - Ice Bouldering
• 🤣 1,393 - Bedroom Curtains
• 💭 1,394 - After Party
• 💭 1,395 - Parking Lot Drive
• 👏 1,396 - Midnight Rain Swimming
• 👏 1,397 - Coral Reef Pool House
• 💭 1,398 - Hometown Event
• 💭 1,399 - Childhood Neighborhood Mashup
• ⚡️ 1,400 - The Shadow Bear
• 💭 1,401 - Ever-Expanding Apartment
• 🎨 1,402 - Hideout Tree Screening
• 💭 1,403 - Dream Spreadsheet
• 💭 1,404 - Dream Videos
• ⏱ 1,405 - Family Flight
• 💭 1,406 - Brain Recovery
• 🕷 1,407 - Dodge or Die
• 💭 1,408 - Campaign Auditorium
• 💭 1,409 - Cats & Creatures
• 💭 1,410 - Understudy Speech
• 💭 1,411 - Train Station Mall
• 🎨 1,412 - Spreadsheet Actions
• ⏱ 1,413 - Extra Long Earthquake
• 💭 1,414 - Emily's Stuff
• 💭 1,415 - Breakfast Gathering
• 💭 1,416 - Getting to the Offsite
• 💭 1,417 - Neighborhood Suspense
• 🤣 1,418 - High School Christmas Labels
• 💭 1,419 - Modern Arcade Server
• ⚡️ 1,420 - Sky Mask, Tall Men, River Boats
• 💭 1,421 - Fake Family

⚡️Lucid, ⏱Recurring, 🤣Silly, 🎨Creative, 🕷Nightmare 👏 Great One