I am practicing LL and I am a keen observer of shadows and reflections not just in mirrors but in water or shiny surfaces.
So last night, I had a dream where I was brushing My teeth and I was brushing them so hard I got My self hurt.So I tried to check into a mirror to find out How much I got hurt.The mirror wasn’t a full size, but a small one, a shaving mirror the one which is round and can twist and turn in any angle.I see My face with great detail even blood oozing out gums reddened, perfect teeth.
I have always believed that mirrors don’t work the way they should in IRL.Even If they do, but not with such great detail.Although this was My first experience with mirror in a dream, what does this mean?
was the dream extraordinarily vivid?
Mirror RC doesn’t work for me or maybe it will work next time?
When I recalled my dream this morning and realized what had happened, I couldn’t believe that everything was so real and the dream had somehow managed to cheat my awareness I felt so defeated.Dreams just cant be so real.
Or is it because I am observing things so attentively My dreams are also getting more vivid?
I am getting very impatient with My LD count.
Please post your experiences with mirrors in dream.
Thank you!
RC doesn’t always work, I think it depends how sure of dreaming you are when doing it. In my opinion it’s all the matter of attitude to doing RC - if we are confident of the result we’ll have a greater chance to overcome subconcious and become lucid.
Few nights ago I had a situation when I was dreaming and suddenly I wanted (in a dream) to check if I am dreaming, so I tried to do a nose RC - I tried to breath through closed nose but I just couldn’t breath! (even that I should). When I woke up I realized that I wasn’t exactly confident to have a positive RC, I’ve done that like “well I don’t think it is a dream so I’ll just give a shot” instead of “I’m sure it’s a dream, RC will surely work!”.
About vivacity of dream - that’s possible. As you said that you “can’t manage to cheat your awareness because dream was so real” - looks like your conciousness is hardly trying to keep you unaware because you practise LL, so conciousness know that weird dreams will be easy for you to overcome
The mirror looks real, because you subconsciously expect it to look like that. The reason why RC’s work, is because we think that this may be a dream, and therefore, they could fail. If you have a normal dream, you don’t think that this may be a dream, so all stuff happens just like you expect - just like in reality.
