Quote Originally Posted by istia View Post
Hi Newfreedom, Im very happy for you to have met Tod and have been able to hold him in your arms again. Whenever my beloved-cat-friend-Ati appears in my dreams, even not-lucid, I know it is something special. I see him as my otherworlds-power-animal and so I see your dog is for you
And agree, very illuminating replies of the others here.
Hi Istia, thankyou for your comment,

i was wondering after reading your comment 'Why wasn't i more 'appreciative' of meeting Tod and holding him whilst being 'lucid', i don't think he has ever been in any of my lucid dreams before.

The only way i can understand this is, that i knew it was a 'dream' and that holding Tod in my arms felt 'no different' than when it did in 'normal life' and so in that sense it wasn't extrodinary in anyway.

Also i have been spending alot of time in dreams with Tod, only they haven't been particularly pleasant ones, so maybe the dream me is not familiar withnot having Tod around and therefore being with Tod in this lucid dream was not unusual for me in a feeling sense.....

Still my lack of reaction was strange though !

Perhaps he is with me more than i know, maybe i should feel and look for him more within my mind..
i just did this and got a lovely funny image of him, seems i just need to 'wonder where he's at' to get experience of his presence with me ....