lucid dreaming

[thymeoperator]

just wondered what people thought of the people who dreamed lucidly being the only survivors of the flu . i dream very lucidly and i thought great, if this ever happens i'm okay ! but seriously, i wondered what the significance was to that.

[aptpupil]

I reckon that it's just old SK trying to almost subliminally lecture us on the potential benefits of a good night's sleep.

It certainly helped in The Langoliers, too, didn't it?

[Cynkris]

I just re-read the stand a couple of weeks ago....and freaked myself out pretty good because I had ALL of the "symptoms" of those who survived the Super Flu! LOL

This will always be my favorite book...SK or otherwise...one of the reasons is because it never fails to make me more aware of MYSELF and my choices in life...oh yeah and my dreams. Really doesn't answer your question at all but your question started me thinking again!

[jenboxer77]

Maybe lucid dreamers are more evolved than the average human, which makes them stronger. Survival of the fittest? I am a lucid dreamer also and have very vivid dreams!

[Nutty Bavarian]

I've had some very weird and lucid dreams before. I hate those dejavu moments where I know I dreamed what's happening. Freaky

[Bryan James]

Some of you may be surprised that I have strange dreams. They're strange to me, too, but they'd be cataclysmically apoplectic to The Normals.

I do the old "pen and pad" on the bedside table trick.

I also have a quart of water there, and my dog peed on the rug so I had a big jug of Febreeze. I managed to wake up enough before I pulled the trigger, but I had the nozzle quite ingested. I now keep the Febreeze in the pantry.

I think I sleep pretty well, despite back issues. The only dreams I remember are those that come after First Light, say 6:00 amish here. That was a joke. Not very funny, but witty, yes. (I have funky dreams at sunup).

If the Amish are upset with me, then I apologize. If not, they can attack me forthwith on the Interwebs!

[Nutty Bavarian]

If not, they can attack me forthwith on the Interwebs!

"SALLY FORTH INTO THAT CASTLE!"
Army OF Darkness quote

Not funny, but witty if I say so myself.

[The Outsider]

Yeah I dream pretty vividly, although lately I haven't been dreamin as much.

I haven't been sleepin much either (connection?)

But yeah I did wonder why the flu survivors dreamed lucidly, so I think this is why: SO, people who dreamed alot/vividly/lucidly seemed to be those who survived the flu. Then, coincidentally, everyone starts having dreams about Mother Abigail/Flagg. Maybe, seeing as this is sort of a God story, this was all a plan, and those who dreamed were "selected" if you will, to play a part in a world after the flu by the big guy himself.

Basically, I'm saying that God picked the big dreamers for survival because they would be good receivers to Abigail and Flagg's dream "broadcasts".

[BlackThorn]

I had a slightly lucid dream last night. In some dreams, I remember that I can fly in dreams. It's like a gargoyles flight, other than the fact that I can take off and climb to the height of a building if I try really hard, and gargoyles can really only glide or hover, they can't go straight up.

Sometimes in a dream, when it's too complicated to be lucid, like in the dream I had last night where I had to kill a bunch of people who were invading my safe zone, and trying to kill me... I just remember like second nature that I can fly.

I doubt it was 'only the people who dreamed lucidly' who survived the flu. It was only that the dreams came, after everyone had died. It was a sign of the coming war, and an influence on your psyche, to help you decide which side you should be on. If you loved dreaming of The Dark Man, then you drift towards him. If you enjoyed the dream of the old black woman and were scared of The Dark Man, there was no way you were going to Vegas.

I'm a professional dreamer though. I remember I slept in one summer, when I was maybe 10, and I had amazing lucid dreams. Dreams where I spoke in rhymes, and dreams where I was in worlds Jim Henson wishes he created for us while he was here. For the rest of that summer, I slept in every day till noon. I wasn't being lazy, the dreams were just so much better than the waking world. And don't get me wrong, I'm a morning person for a reason. I love the new day, I always get very charged from resting, and I dive back into all the things I love, moving in new amazing directions, every day. So I wake up each day with a smile in my eye and a dance in my step.

Dreams are my gravy, and if I could dream when I was awake, you'd all have to deal with a real gargoyle. Just cause some people can't dream when they're awake, doesn't mean it'll ever stop me from projecting mine. =oD

[thymeoperator]

ahhh i think you're onto something with that, yeah. thanks for that!