How To Get Dream Characters To Go Away
In my last lucid dream, I was attempting to relax on a swing when two dream characters appeared. One got on the swing next to me and the other just stood staring at me. I was having a nice time relaxing and I wanted them to go away so I closed my eyes and imagined them to disappear but when I opened them, two more had come and all four of them were staring at me and it made really uncomfortable and I couldn't get them to leave me alone. Is there anyway to get dream characters to stop bothering you?
I use The Jedi Force. ;) With a wave of my hand, I fling them away. That doesn't always work though and some can be very persistent. In that case, why not strike up a conversation. Perhaps you were not meant to relax on a swing, and sometimes you have to go with the flow of the dream instead of controlling every aspect.
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I think dream characters stem from emotion, and physically fighting is a rather moot point, since a dream is not physical.
I've 'killed' a bunch. :twisted: (or destroy since they aren't real so there is no murder involved) But I never laid a finger on them. I whisk them away with a flick of the wrist, or even made one's head explode with my mind like the movie, Scanners!
But I have also realized, that my own emotions dictate their behavior and you can win a fight before it even begins. ;)
Haha, I feel your pain. One time a bunch of DC's were being really mean and aggressive towards me so I jumped out of the building I was in and while flying backwards knocked the building over using telekinesis :D
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You could try an experiment. During a calm time of the day, recall the dream. Then imagine yourself talking to the annoying dream characters who are staring at you. Ask them why they are staring at you. Do they represent some people or a situation in your life in which you feel you are being pressured or judged in some way? Or maybe they are waiting for you to perform some action which you feel ambivalent about. Before you go to sleep, ask "the awareness behind the dream" to give you a dream in which you have more meaningful communication with these characters who've been bothering you. They could even decide to help you in some way.
When dream characters interfere with your lucid dream experience, I call this phenomenon 'dream resistance'.
This can be quite an annoying issue. I recommend you change the scene by dream spinning, then remaining completely still until you find yourself entering another lucid dream.
This is known as the DEILD technique and involves these steps:
Dream spin
Remain completely still
Imagine a separate dream body
Focus on rolling or floating into this body
Seeing they wouldnt leave, next time try to transmute them into something else not so distracting for you. You could try turning them to statues.