Dream: Lord of the Rings and Family
Well, here was an unpleasant dream: K and I were were having a pretty good time watching *a* Lord of the Rings movie. It wasn’t the one in theaters a few years ago, but a different, much longer and realistic one. Frodo and Sam were on the long trek to Mordor when the movie ended (I think) because it was played only in 4-6 hour segments and we had to wait for the next one…
Then, K and I were eating dinner in a cafeteria and got into a fight; I got exasperated and stormed off, wanting to go ‘home’ so I walked the 2-3 miles alone to the place that we were staying at. It was a familiar place; perhaps my parents’ or grandparents’ house… Once I was there I was glad to be alone with my thoughts and started to pack away the food I had brought from the cafeteria. Then I was confronted by M about one thing or another regarding K, and I got exasperated and didn’t want to talk to him anymore. Then K arrived, mad at me for not walking with her, and I got exasperated and we didn’t want to talk to each other. Then, M & L2 were both there talking with K and then L2 started to talk with me, confronting me about this and that and I got exasperated and didn’t want to talk with her anymore. Then, somehow R & L1 were there too, chatting happily with me until M & L2 started talking with them and L2 began a long conversation filled with innuendo and drawl, telling stories and assigning blame and basically offended everyone. I got exasperated and didn’t want to talk with any of them anymore. In the end, I think the trip to Mordor would have been more pleasant.
Interestingly though, this dream represents one of the first times (maybe the first) that I’ve experienced a false awakening: I thought that I had awakened and started to document the dream by writing about it at my bedside (as I always do). …but then when I *really* woke up, I of course found that I had written nothing and had only dreamt that I had awakened. A very interesting sensation; I read that this sort of experience can be linked to lucid dreaming, so I think it is one sign that I am on the right path, at least in terms of increasing my self-awareness…
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January 18th, 2008 at 11:01 am
That certainly sounds like an unpleasant dream. It is always important to remember that you should not let those types of dreams spill out into your personal life as though they actually happened. Good luck with future lucid dreaming ventures.
January 18th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
Ah, yes; mixing dreams and reality can be a dangerous combination! To quote: “When day and dream unite, The End is near! You’d better be prepared!!!” …from a famous rock opera.
January 18th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
I agree completely. The end (but not The End) was near for me the last time I awoke mixing my dream with reality. However, the world did not end - I just ended up not being single any longer.
January 19th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Heh. I recall writing an entire dream out in a dream journal, and then actually waking up, also.
http://questforlucidity.blogspot.com/2007/01/sinister-dj-helplessness-and-giant-hand.html
Once you commit it to your false dream journal, you feel free to kind of let it go (like you might in the real morning). This is very annoying when you actually awaken and can barely remember the dream anymore.
January 20th, 2008 at 5:57 pm
Great post, Myrmior… Fortunately, I was able to remember all of what I wrote in my virtual journal (I hope!)…