Lucid dreaming…
This last weekend we hosted a christening party for our friends who just had a baby (max is the godfather!). And I was chatting with an interesting woman who was telling me how lucid dreaming helped her friend overcome a traumatic event. I had never heard of this method before but logically it made sense to me. And then! after i went to sleep I proceeded to have multiple bad dreams! The dreams don’t sound that bad in the light of day:
Playing with my niece Violet in the verdant landscape outside my dream house, its a beautiful sunny day. Out of the corner of my eye I spot a Moose trotting towards us! I say “Holy shit, its a fucking moose!” (keep in mind, I don’t cuss like that in my waking life, only in my dreams). Knowing what I do about moose I grab Violet and take off running, trying to be quiet and stealthy but I can see the moose tracking us so I tell Violet to be really quiet and we hide underneath some bushes. But I can hear old moose creeping up with his heavy hooves and I know I’m about to get trampled to death. And then I wake up.
After a couple other bad dreams I can’t seem to relax and I’m just laying there all tense and stressed out. And then I remembered what I learned about lucid dreaming… So I put myself back in the dream and imagine it happening all over again. Except this time I yell at the moose “Hey Moose! You can’t terrorize me here! This is MY dream motherfucker!”
And then I slept peacefully for the rest of the night. If you ever have bad dreams you should try it out!
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Emilily 5:56 pm on November 17, 2009 Permalink
Well, I read that Wikipedia article, and it was quite interesting. I do this sometimes, although I didn’t know what it was called, its just that sometimes in the middle of the dream, I’m like “oh, this is just a dream” and sometimes I wake up, sometimes not (well, obviously I wake up eventually!)
What do you think was going on with your dream? I wonder what your dream house looks like? I did some research on the symbology of moose, and here’s what I got:
According to Native American totem mythology…“One of the most ancient and unique power animals, the Moose energy brings in the power of self-esteem through recognizing ones own strengths and place in society….” In Pagan mythology, moose energy…“symbolizes expressing joy of accomplishment, not in a boasting way or to seek recognition…”, and is at “her” peak during late autumn. Were you running away from your self-worth? Since I don’t put a lot of stock in mythology, I should point out that the moose is also the Abercrombie & Fitch logo.
All kidding aside, though, Wikipedia says “In terms of raw numbers, they attack more people than bears and wolves combined…” So it’s probably good you ran.