“My favorite dream ever” is a really difficult question to answer, for I have maintained dream journals since I was 18 years old and I am now 40. If I had to pick one, my favorite non-lucid dream, which I have titled, “The Goddess Dreams The Demon?” is as follows:
I am talking to a young female who is dressed in a spiritual type robe. I discover she is both a vegetarian and an artist. I am discussing vegetarianism with her and I basically assert that if we were lost in the woods or were in the middle of the ocean that we would be food for some other life form; and that if she was not eating animal products because they are alive then she shouldn’t eat plants either, for they too are alive. I walk over to a huge canvas lying on the floor that she had painted. It was a beautiful Goddess figure connected head to head with a hideous demon image. She tells me it’s a Tibetan Goddess named Ma-la and a Tibetan demon. I question the Goddess’ name saying, “you mean like the Hindu prayer beads, mala?” She answers, “no, a Tibetan Goddess named Ma-la.” She went on explaining that they were dreaming one another. I asked what she meant by that, and she replied, “well just as you are a good person who sometimes has nightmares the demon is the Goddess’ nightmare; and just as she is capable of having horrible nightmares, the demon is able to dream of great beauty.” She elucidated how we are all part of a Higher Being’s dream and all the suffering in the world was its nightmare, and the beauty its sweet dream. She said, “one day the Great Being would wake up.” I wondered, what then would become of us. Then I woke up.

My favorite dream book is another difficult answer. Either Ted Andrews’, Dream Alchemy or Dr Stephen LaBerge’s, Exploring the World of Lucid Dreams; the former for its techniques in incubating dreams through the power of myths, and the latter for its techniques to stimulate lucid dreams.

I stumbled across IASD’s website while internet searching the topic of lucid dreaming. It is important for dream research to gain wider attention, as there is a wealth of valuable content via dreaming. I have had OBE, lucidity, precognitive, and highly spiritual dreams since childhood; consequently, I realize the importance of the dream world and hope that IASD will be able to bring greater awareness with respect to dreaming and the possibilities, which they possess to future generations. The various topics that IASD discusses, presents, experiments with etc. are truly progressive and I would like to see this organization reach the younger generation, as I had very few people to consult, discuss with, or learn from while I was growing up. I believe I could have excelled even further with access to an organization such as IASD and its network to whom I could confer with on dream-related subjects. I am grateful to have found this organization and to have become a member.