If we open our hearts to our lucid dream figures, we may find they have a great deal to teach us.
Who are the people we meet in our dreams? How should we interact with them, what do we stand to learn, and are there any risks? Can we behave any way we like with our lucid dream figures, without repercussions?
How conscious are lucid dream figures? Some seem almost inert and thoughtless, others seem super-aware, as if they are more conscious than we are. Do we create our lucid dream figures… or do some of them have an independent awareness?
These are some of the questions I explore thoroughly in Llewellyn’s Complete Book of Lucid Dreaming, particularly in the chapter called The People You’ll Meet: Lucid Dream Mentors, Puppets, and Psychological Projections.
Here’s a link to an exclusive excerpt from the book, on how to engage with lucid dream figures. This is on the Dream Studies Portal run by my friend and fellow lucidity explorer, Ryan Hurd. The excerpt includes tips for interacting with lucid dream figures, and some lucid dream encounters with dream figures – like my beautiful ball of orange light.
What kind of experiences have you had with lucid dream figures? Anything shocking? Or magical? Or hilarious, or profound? I’d love to hear them.
On this video, I talk about lucid dream figures.
I meet an old friend frequently while lucid dreaming. I feel like he is conscious of these meetings because on several occasions he has reached out the next morning. One time I asked him if he was there and he said yes. At times I almost feel like he is my dream lover. Has anyone else experienced this significantly. I have also experienced this with another old friend, just not as significant as the one who interacts with me frequently. With the second one it’s almost like a, “Hey, fancy meeting you here.” Type of Interaction while the other one seems to be much more intimate and profound.
Hi Kayla,
dream encounters can feel just as meaningful (or just as superficial) as waking life encounters can feel, there is an entire range of possibilities. Sometimes mutual dreaming occurs, when both people recall a dream encounter, as you describe. These dream meetings can be cherished, they happen all too rarely for most people!
Lucid wishes,
Clare
I recently had a lucid dream involving strong emotion. I was there with my sister, mom and my sisters best friend. I had strong feelings towards my sisters best friend. Which I’ve known for the longest, since she was my sisters BFF growing up, we basically grew up together. In my dream she had made a comment about my feelings towards her, she asked “you fell in love didn’t you?” As I stood there realizing that this was indeed true, I said nothing. She then walked off and soon after I began to feel depressed and sad. Moments later she walks up to me grabs my hand and pulls me away so we’d be alone. She then confessed to me that she couldn’t do it, be without me. She felt emptiness when I was away from her. It felt magical as if I’ve been waiting to hear that all along.
I woke up in awe soon after.
Thanks for sharing your deep and magical dream, Yazmin 🙂
I had a lucid dream and when I realised I was dreaming I said ‘I demand to see father and my sister who have passed away in real life. My father appeared first and we hugged and told each other that we loved each other and then my sister appeared and we did the same. As my sister hugged me we both started to cry. I could smell her, feel her, hear her and I woke up knowing it was real. They both were really there. I thank God for this dream and the ability to lucid dream. I have looked into a mirror on three seperate dreams and seen the same reflection of my hair a white colour flowing and thick and healthy and my face is beautiful with no wrinkles and pale skin. It was almost as if in a clear liquid. Has anyone else looked into a mirror in the tie dream?
What a beautiful dream!
Yes, it’s always interesting to look into a mirror in a lucid dream. In one I saw tiny, slowly spinning planet Earths in my eyes 😉
I had a lucid dream seeing a white flying horse. It noticed me aswel and Kept looking at me as it went up higher and higher. I was blissed out. Beautiful!
Beautiful lucid dream! We often meet guides and allies in lucid dreams, you could try a dream re-entry technique (as described in any of my books) to reconnect with this horse and discover more about why it came to you 🙂
The horse also had wings 🤗 and was using clouds to move up.
What does this all mean?
Oh thats amazing! I will look for it. I also encountered an orange / red majestic big bird, fenix / eagle like. It bowed its head to me and I felt so humble.
Is there a specific book that I could go directly to?
My best wishes,
Yas
I dream very often of being in hotels, and when I realized I was lucid dreaming, I began running around a hotel looking for answers. A young woman stopped me and told me she was engaged to my son in a different time and she was sent to bring me back, we jumped through a swirling blue portal in the floor and I woke up.