I remember having powerful dreams when I began taking magnesium + zinc supplements (a doctor recommended them). The dreams were almost like feature-length movies, complete with plot, twists & turns and everything. I was looking forward to going to sleep, wondering what dream I would have.
I have now stopped taking supplements (trying to take my nutrients from natural sources), and the dreams have subsided. I still have them, but not as intense and complex as when I was taking the supplements. Or maybe I do have them, but can't remember them? It's interesting how a chemical change can affect you in different ways...
Interesting. Which type/form of zinc and magnesium and what was the dosage?
I was only every able to have two types of lucid dreams, I was like the wind I could go anywhere i wanted and could fly there. I could feel the wind blowing against my face, I was aware I was dreaming and I could feel some emotions. I could feel some physical sensations, like standing on beach I could feel the sand in my toes or leaning against a wall I could feel the brick pattern with shoulder. It was very odd but enjoyable. The second type I could observe a scene, sort of like an out of body experience is described. It was very uncomfortable, I could hear people taking and watching them do things. I couldn't interact with them I was like a ghost, present but couldn't feel anything physical.
In the hypnosis sessions i got, i always was some kind of "soul", and one of the few times i felt the wind, the way you described it, when hovering over a big pyramid waiting for something to happen there, and i was waiting a long time (like eons) already, and still had to wait much longer. And i was fine with that, and calm, at peace. An intensive meditative experience.
Since then, i'm often imaginating that we (humans) don't get reborn, but we're one soul, each, and we get one life, each. Before and after, we're just souls again.
Sorry for being OT, this is probably totally different, but the way you felt the wind reminded me of all this.
It's time for me to get hypnotized again, asap
I was an interesting time, the only thing that still happens sometimes now many many years later, is that I will experience sleep paralysis. You wake up and you can't move for a bit. I blame myself for fucking around with this but once the realization kicks in the panic goes away and you can kind of make yourself come out of it. I do miss the flying tho!
This is typically a sign of waking up during deep sleep states. Suggesting a possible connection to the alarm clock method.
I tried to learn lucid dreaming using the "am i awake or dreaming?" method. Constantly repeating this phrase in the back of my head throughout the day, sometimes hundreds of times. Then there's the moment when you are actually dreaming and ask yourself (in the dream) if you are awake or dreaming. And then you take a look and you will know. I wasn't dedicated enough to this routine and quit it after a few lucid dreams. This method also doesn't mess with you sleeping patterns.
The main motivation was actually my first lucid dream. I was just dreaming normally, and in this dream a old friend, that i have not seen in a while, came up to me and said: "listen: you are dreaming, but now that you know, you can do anything you want". Suddenly the dream was like a black-and-white movie and i could consciously act in it. It ended a while later, after i lost control again. After i woke up, i wanted more and began to research lucid dreaming.
