I am far from an "expert" on all this myself, and thus can't say whether this is a "legitimate" example of Lucid Dreaming or not. Sounds like it, if you intentionally changed the direction of the dream, even if you didn't have the sensation of "waking up" in the dream.
On the other hand, if I'm ever on a plane with you sometime, you'll have to forgive me if I sit in another row, just in case. :-) :-) :-) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Larry" <inmadi...@...> wrote: > > I don't know if this qualifies as Lucid Dreaming or not - but about > 1-2 times per month I will find myself in a frustrating dream. I > attempt to salvage the dream by removing the frustration, but > eventually just decide to end it and wake up. > > Example: > Just last night I dreamt I was on a jet flight and was stuck with this > super annoying passenger. He was bugging the crap out of me - and > everyone else on the plane. > > At some point I got fed up with everything and I step in and decided > to have the plane land far short of the runway on a city street just > so I could get off the plane and away from this guy. > > I remember looking out the passenger window and 'flying' the plane > down thru this city street, the wings get knocked off by the > buildings. I remember the potholes and even a stretch of cobblestone. > Beautiful landing. > > The plane comes to a stop - I get off and away from this guy, then > it's back to dream mode - in other words, back to more frustration. > > Cuz this guy reappears and tells me he going to go to O'Hare with me > but first he's got to take a leak . . . > > > Anyways, sorry about the boring details, but the nuts and bolts are > the following: > > 1) frustration in a dream > 2) I 'step in', put the dream on hold, and attempt to remove the > frustration > 3) if I am successful, dream will continue > 4) either way, eventually the 'frustration stack' will get to me and I > decide to wake up and end it > 5) my first thought upon waking is always regret - I should have given > the dream one more chance.
