another lucid dream and no flying!

I've had three lucid dreams since I've started intentionally inducing them, my plan was just to have one for the month of August, so this is good progress.

My goal for the month of August is:

• remember at least one dream a night
• have one lucid dream
• have one obe

so, far I remember almost a dream a night, some days go by without recalling any, but others I remember up to three in one night. So I guess I could say I've reached that goal; have had 3 lucid dreams; and no obe.

In last night's dream I asked one of the people in it what their name was and her response was barely recognizable, it sounded Arabic. Walking down a hallway I avoided an elevator, knowing that it might alter the dream and I didn't want to lose it. I then tried to fly, but some one grabbed my legs and wouldn't let go. I started to wake at that point.

I've figured I also need to have some goals for when I am in a dream. One idea that I like is the concept of having a place you return to, an area for learning and experimenting. What I want to try is create a place where I can meet people who will teach me deeper levels of music than I know currently. One way of promoting this is to induce a fantasy by thinking of a person whom you'd like to meet and day dream while in a hypnogogic state doing this and also imagine being lucid during it. So, I want to meet Tanburi Cemil Bey, a famous Turkish musician who invented the yayli tanbur, which I play, and have him teach me Turkish makam. crazy huh? yep.

My other goal is to use lucid dream to pass into an outer body experience, I think it may be the easiest way for me to achieve one. I have been doing various preparatory practices to induce one while awake, but it is difficult and I am an American, I want to do it now!

The tree in house still sucks, but onward and upward!