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Lucid Floating And Battle With Creature.

by Jay
(North Hollywood)

Just this morning I woke up then fell back to sleep immediately and fell into my 2nd lucid dream that i can recall. I will preface by saying i am recently sober and just completed a 30 day rehab 20 days ago. The dream started with me back in rehab with some friends from high school also there.


That part didn't seem odd to me until my friend from high school said hi to a guy i was in rehab with who was in the dream. I thought wait a minute those 2 dont know each other? That's when i realized I was dreaming.

I then decided to fly which Ive always wanted to do in a dream. And I made it to the ceiling and floated around the room a bit. Soon after a man appeared and started to chase me, it was like he was angry that i was aware of the dream. He was almost a creature in that he roared instead of talking and came after me with knives. I somehow used energy blast from my hand to remove the knives and tried to cut him with the knives. I was only able to defeat him when i held him down on a stove and had someone else poor flammable liquid on him.

The dream then ended. I think the creature represented part of myself but Id like to know your opinions. I also would like advice on how to break through the ceiling and fly more than float. Any help is appreciated. -J

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Jul 23, 2015
 How to break through ceiling. NEW
by: Anonymous

I belive it is like this. First when you try to break through ceiling think of the roof breaking through and you get out. Since dreams are in the mind and its lucid dream, it will make you break through. Plus to keep dream going longer imagine yourself spinning in the lucid dream. It will continue :D
May 12, 2016
 ceiling NEW
by: peter

It could be that lucid dreaming itself is you rewarding yourself for getting through son tough times? I found id only ever have lucid dreams when I was feeling happy with myself and not feeling like a loser in some way. I'm not sure if other people are the same though.

If I were you and you were aware of dreaming in future id just say to yourself "I'm outside". From experience the ceiling may well be a problem barrier that only doing away with being stuck inside can solve. Otherwise the ceiling may become the main thing/aspect of your lucid dreams, with you only partially floating through it, getting stuck etc...Could be the ceiling represents aspects of your life/past that you dont want to hold you back anymore. Id make sure your outside where there's no ceiling next time.

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