The few dreams that I can recall that somewhat resemble what's described as lucid dreaming almost always happened right before waking up, much as you describe. (In fact, I had one this morning, but I no longer recall what it was about. I suspect the cat figured in it, but that wasn't too surprising as he'd been pestering me for the last half hour to get UP already and GET him his BREAKFAST, DAMMIT.)
One from when I was quite young involved lava and some sort of tentacled creature that I'm pretty sure had figured in an episode of He-Man. I had to come up with the right combination of words to escape, and when I did, I woke up. (The phrase itself was quite mundane.) It shouldn't be too surprising that I was starting to get into fantasy fiction at the time.
Much of what I encounter in what I affectionately refer to as ooga-booga land is...well, I'm skeptical to say the least, and a lot of what gets written and passed on about dreams strikes me as bullshit. I've also observed that dreams often tend to relate to something that is bothering the dreamer, and have sometimes advised people that if they're dreaming about it, maybe they should think about it and proceed to do something.
My favorite observation about dreams comes from a Sandman comic:
Rose: Hey, you know what Freud said? He said that when you're dreaming about flying, you're really dreaming about having sex. Dream: Really? Then what are you dreaming about when you're dreaming about having sex? Rose: Um...
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Date: 2007-08-18 04:41 am (UTC)One from when I was quite young involved lava and some sort of tentacled creature that I'm pretty sure had figured in an episode of He-Man. I had to come up with the right combination of words to escape, and when I did, I woke up. (The phrase itself was quite mundane.) It shouldn't be too surprising that I was starting to get into fantasy fiction at the time.
Much of what I encounter in what I affectionately refer to as ooga-booga land is...well, I'm skeptical to say the least, and a lot of what gets written and passed on about dreams strikes me as bullshit. I've also observed that dreams often tend to relate to something that is bothering the dreamer, and have sometimes advised people that if they're dreaming about it, maybe they should think about it and proceed to do something.
My favorite observation about dreams comes from a Sandman comic:
Rose: Hey, you know what Freud said? He said that when you're dreaming about flying, you're really dreaming about having sex.
Dream: Really? Then what are you dreaming about when you're dreaming about having sex?
Rose: Um...
Heh.