Lately a few people have mentioned to me the occurrence of “weird dreams,” or dreams that are rather vivid and busy. Weird is a subjective term and means different things to different people, but I assure you that “weird” is quite normal in the dreamscape.

Weird, strange, or peculiar dreams can be one of the best spring boards to dreamwork.  In my experience I have three different types of dreams: lucid, prophetic/psychic, and the typical strange dream we’re all used to.

I’ll start by discussing my experience with lucid dreams because they require triggers. In lucid dreams I become aware that I’m dreaming.  I know that I am the conscious creator and if I feel the desire I can mold and shape things in the environment, including the people, places, and scenarios.  I can decide to sit on the ceiling, ride a bike through the air, or become another person.

In my Strive to be Lucid post I mentioned that when you start becoming lucid you may startle and wake up.  It is possible to push past this and stay lucid in the dream.  Unlike the typical, or prophetic dreams that I experience lucid dreams don’t tend to have any hidden meanings behind them for me, they are more like a VR experience.

Nightmares and stressful dreams have been huge moments for me in triggering lucid dreaming.  The first time I did this is was very empowering.  I had been meditating on the movie quote below regarding turning your back on the monsters in your dreams.

Nancy Thompson: [referring to the Balinese way of dreaming] But what if they meet a monster in their dreams? Then what?
Glen Lantz: They turn their back on it. Take away its energy and it disappears.
-A Nightmare on Elm Street, New Line Cinema, 1984

Learning to turn your back on, and take away energy from, the “bogeymen” in your dreams is monumental.  For me, the first thing in lucid dreaming, in pushing past that startled feeling that wakes you up is fearlessness.  There is nothing to fear in the dreamscape.  Even when you are facing your biggest fear there is still nothing to be scared of because it’s all an illusion.  It’s make-believe.  A virtual reality world YOU constructed.

I believe that the subconscious creates upsetting images and situations to get our attention to look at things in our lives that we are ignoring, avoiding, or in denial about.  Consciously make the decision in the waking world that when you are in these compromising, unsettling situations in the dreamscape that you will take the opportunity to become lucid and make changes.  Even if you are not successful with this method there is still something to be learned.  This is where dream interpretation comes in.

More on that in next weeks blog, in the meantime focus on what creative triggers you can be using to set lucid dreaming in motion.  Stay tuned for more techniques and guidance in dreamwork coming soon.

As always, would love to hear your experiences.  What triggers have you used to reach lucidity?

Brightest Blessings,
Phoenix Rose
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