Hey, guys, a quick question here–
In several of my dreams, including two of the three LDs I’ve had, there’s been this one particular dream character. I’ve taken to referring to him as Valentin after a character of mine (it’s also where my username comes from in case you couldn’t tell), but I don’t know his name and I’ve never actually consciously chosen to speak to him–I’ve never been lucid enough or able to stay asleep long enough. He’s always helped me: in one FLD he saved me from some men in black suits – like FBI agents – that were chasing me; one LD he taught me how to fly; and one ND he took me to watch a black hole as it devoured the system it had once been the star of, and then told me that I was dreaming (after which I immediately woke).
Is Valentin my dream guide, then, and I just don’t know it? If he isn’t, can I ask him if he will be? (Are you “allowed”, I guess, to ask a DC to be your dream guide?) And whether he is or isn’t actually my DG, how do I call/summon/whatever him? I don’t know what his actual name is. The one LD I had where I was in control, he was nowhere to be found and I couldn’t call him because I didn’t know his name. All the other times, he’s just showed up of his own volition. I’d really like to be able to talk to him, though, because with that one exception where he was AWOL, he has been the cause of my becoming lucid.
So is there any way to… I don’t know… MILD him into a dream or something? I’m not really competent enough to become lucid without him, so asking to see him while lucid isn’t going to work… especially since I don’t know his name. So the questions I’m getting at are:
- Is this Valentin my dream guide?
- How do I summon him without knowing what his actual name is?
- Can I ask him to be or make him my dream guide (if he isn’t already), and, if yes, how?
Sorry for the long and rambling post – I guess I’m prone to these? – and I appreciate any help you may have…!
So yes you can choose your dream character. I’ve never been able to summon him though…