BrainStream: I had my first Lucid

I had my first Lucid Dream last night! I've been reading the book "Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming" lately and have been diligently recording my dreams on a nightly basis. Interestingly enough I skipped the laast few days. I had a major laptop meltdown and I've been so busy getting ready for the BlackHat and DEF CON conferences next week.

Sure enough, one of my dreams early this morning had me wandering around some sort of grassy, hilly area with someone I didn't recognize and something clicked - "hey I'm dreaming". And just as it mentions in the book - everything became more vivid, more clear and I tried to fly. It worked! Though, I didn't hang onto lucidity for long and don't remember much else - at least not much else I can put in print ;)

The primary concept behind lucid dreaming is the ability to be lucid....or essentially realize that you're dreaming and thus (if you want) take control. I personally want to get more into lucid dreaming for entertainment purposes - I sleep for 8 hours, why not rest AND make it interesting. Plus I'm trying to see if I can stimulate my creative faculties.

I've recently become incredibly addicted to the new game Neverwinter Nights which almost completely converts the "pen and paper" version of Dungeons & Dragons, (based on 3rd edition rules) to the 3D world of an online game. There's even a Dungeon Master module that allows one person to completely control where monsters spawn, what treasure shows up in what chest etc. Quite amazing. However I've been having difficulty creating a game from scratch and figured since I've been completely devoid of artistic creativity of late, I'd see what my subconscious had to say about things.

More from Vegas.....

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