It all began when I went to sleep one cold October night. I had just been watching the movie Sleepy Hollow and I had images of Christopher Walken gruesomely killing people dancing in my head. In my dream (before I was conscious) I was the murderer Christopher Walken from Sleepy Hollow. I had been arrested and put in a prison conveniently located in the unicity parking lot. I promptly escaped and lead dozens of police officers on a foot race through the parking lots. It was then I realized this was no ordinary situation. I was dreaming! I didnt wake up when I realized this as I had before. I was fully aware that I was in a dream and somewhat aware that the possibilities were limitless. It felt like nothing else I have ever experienced. I did not take full advantage of these possibilites because I am not well practiced in the art of lucid dreaming. I stayed within the realms of my pre lucidity dream world. I was still being chased but I had not physical limits. I could run extremely fast and jump 50 yards in one leap. I climbed buildings with ease, often jumping from one to another or extreme vertical distances up the walls. This occured for about 30 minutes in dream time and my memories slowly fade after that time. I dont know if I woke up or slowly lost lucidity but I do know that it happened. I felt amazing when I woke up because I realized what had just occured.

I have put little thought into lucid dreaming these last few months. Despite that, throughout the last few weeks I have been having extremely vivid and memorable dreams. I couple weeks prior to the lucid dream I had dreamt of becoming lucid. It was like I was dreaming of having a lucid dream but I never took control. I was stuck in a square room with wood grain wall paper and that was all I did. It only lasted a few minutes but at that point it was the closest I had ever come to being lucid.

I have been reading a lot and am as interested as ever in the wonders of the universe and the human mind. I believe that for people like us, individuals who are interested in the dream world and who do not neglect the powers of our imagination, it is not a matter of if we have a lucid dream, but when. It will happen to me again I just hope its sooner rather than later.