I've never had trouble becoming aware of the fact that I was dreaming while I was dreaming. It has happened to me spontaneously many times: very frequently during childhood and occasionally as I've gotten older. Sometimes when I'm lucid, the environments and scenes will be incredibly vivid and beautiful, almost more "real" than reality. I would like to be able to enjoy these experiences more fully by manipulating or exerting control over them in some way, but every time I've tried, I've been unable to do anything more than stand there demanding that something happen (with no result) or eventually wake myself up (by closing my eyes in the dream, oddly enough). I think I may have some kind of mental block preventing me from controling them, as I never seem to get my way even in "normal" dreams. I am wondering if anyone else has experience with or insights into this problem.
I'm also curious as to whether this inability to control my dreams would prevent me from being able to travel astrally, or at least hinder my ability to interact with the astral.
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