Lucid Dreams

I never took it seriously until I accidentally came across a book called "The World of Lucid Dreaming." I was looking for some ebooks to download and this was one of them. The title caught my eye. I don't know where I learnt that a lucid dream is a dream where you realize that you're dreaming. I didn't know that lucid dreams were taken seriously. I didn't know that there was a book that discussed them. I downloaded it and started reading it. Was a fascinating book. I learned that there are certain things you can do to make lucid dreams happen.

Fortunately for me, I already had experience with such dreams. I have always been in touch with my creative side. The result was that I often had pretty creative dreams. Some where just so unusual they surprised me. After reading most of the book, I began to understand that a lot of things can be accomplished inside a dream.

You can meet people you always wanted to meet in your dream, celebrities, political figures, dead people.. you name it. After a lot of practice, I decided that I would use the next lucid dream as a chance to try and meet prophet Muhammed (pbuh). The result was that in the dream, he was supposedly behind a door. When I opened a door I found a man telling me "It doesn't work that way." I woke up feeling very surprised. How did the man in the dream know what I was trying to do?

Lucid dreams also work really well when you're having a nightmare. You can turn the nightmare into a dream. A few days ago I was dreaming that a bunch of monsters were running after me. No matter how much time I spent running from them they were always on my trail. I suddenly decided to check if I was dreaming. That I personally do by initiating flight. If I start flying, then I know I'm dreaming. So I did start flying and flew away from the nightmare into a more appealing place.

Choosing what you want to do with your dream is always the tricky part. I often decide to become some heroic character, or heart throb, or get romantic with any unidentified dream guy that I could come across in the "dream set." I often find myself heading to the beach in a lime green two piece, swimming, tanning and having the time of my life.

The downside however, is that I did get somewhat addicted to them for a while. Being able to live a part of life that you cannot live in reality, and being able to accomplish that so easily, always left me in a state of euphoria when I got up. I always get up feeling. "Wow, that was fun."

I'm not addicted anymore. I don't focus on having lucid dreams anymore. I do however enjoy them to the fullest when I do start having one.

They make my day.

More bed bug battles

I've been battling bed bugs for about four years now. Before I go to bed, I make sure that my pijamas are comfy, my pillow is fluffy, my bed spread is clean, my cat is purring, my mobile is charging, my teeth are clean, the lights are off and I'm saying my bed time prayers.

Then I lie awake for the next four hours..until I hear the Fajr call for prayer. I get up wash and pray... then go back to sleep...lie awake until I start hearing the birds' chirrup outside..then eventually..I don't know how... fall asleep.

When I wake up (usually at noon) I'm usually cranky. I don't feel refreshed. I actually feel tired. My mom shoots me a look. She hates it when I sleep late.

The following evening, the same happens. I might lie in bed a couple hours until I decide to get up and make myself a midnight snack. The snack turns into grilling a couple steaks, frying some potatoes, and chopping up a few tomatoes.

I go to bed and wake up with a horrible beefy taste in my mouth. I promise myself I'll never do that again. Then go make same herbal tea with mint.

Another evening, I get up and start reading a meaningless dumb book about high school girls and college boys and parties and love and clothes and... and... and.... and.....

Another evening I get up and blog...

Sometimes I find a friend that's awake just like me and we talk about life...

Sometimes I decide to watch a whole season of whatever series...


..and sometimes...actually rarely...I manage to fall asleep just as I lay my head down.