Hello, this is my first post.

I haven't had a lucid dream since I was about 18 yrs old. They are truly amazing, if you could imagine TOTAL freedom, this is lucid dreaming. It started out as waking up, and looking around and thinking, something is not right, and then realizing I had woken up inside a dream. After than experience I soon started having dreams where I new I was dreaming as soon as It started, I would get excited and the fun would start. I tried to fly but I was never able to fly, only have the power to jump incredibly high and fall gently down, maybe cause I'm scared of heights. I could also run VERY fast, I would lean into my run almost to the point my body was at a greater than 45% angle to the surface, this way I could go extremely fast.

I think sleep and dreaming is still a largely unknown area of science, its fascinating, therapeutic, and exciting. I rarely remember dreams anymore, not sure why, I wish I could go back to my dream world.

There was a garden, old and secluded, with stone pillars and lion statues with ivy and vines everywhere. It was always bathed in the brightest moonlight, and the smell was like the smell of spring. The last time I was able to visit this garden I seen a set of steps, very wide at the bottom and narrowing as they ascended, with pillars at the top but no roof, there was a bright light and what looked like a female in a white dress holding their hands out toward me, as I climbed the stairs time slowed, and I had to try harder and harder, but I could not reach the top, this is the last time I was able to lucid dream, about 13 yrs ago.