I have done lucid dreaming and have even been in control. I don't try anymore because if I dream, I rarely remember them. But it was wonderful when I did it. I didn't control them always, but did sometimes. I loved it and wish I dreamed more and better again.

I think OBEs and astral projection, etc., are a totally different thing. I haven't tried them. But the lucid dreaming, hey, that was great!

One of my lucid dreams was just silly. I was dreaming that I was serving chicken to people at a picnic. I was putting the chicken at each place at the table in the yard. Then I noticed that I had put the chicken on the table, not on plates. So, it struck me, maybe I'm dreaming. I thought to myself, if I'm dreaming, I can "think" plates under the chicken. So I tried, and plates appeared under the chicken! I knew then I was dreaming.

Another time was very meaningful for me. I had a lot going down in my life just then. I dreamed that big roaring dogs were chasing me. I was running and running. I ran across some railroad tracks and thought to myself (lucidly) "turn and face the scary thing." I had to tell myself that a couple of times to get myself to stop running.

I turned and faced the fearsome, roaring dogs in my dream. They stopped and stood back, roaring at me. I shook some papers at them. They started to get smaller and quieter, and pretty soon they looked cowed and turned and walked away. I think I had that lucid dream to show myself I had a bit more control over my life than it seemed, and that things would go on. And they did. :)

What books did you read?

janet