my  vision.  1  feel  deep  love and surrender,  and wish that
some of my friends could experience this also.
     After  the  Light  subsides,  I  bound  out  of  bed  and go
searching  about  the  house  for the Master  who  made the
experience possible. But I see no one. Then I awaken.

     Since  I  was not aware at the time that  I  was dreaming,
this experience cannot be considered by definition a lucid
dream.  Yet  because  the  relationship  between  the  Light
and  the awakening  of lucidity has been  so pronounced in
subsequent dreams,  I  feel that  this  experience should be
included   to   provide   a   comprehensive   picture  of  the
development  of lucid dreaming.  Also,  the  dream reveals
a  common  characteristic  of  my  "pre-lucid"   dreams—a
"false"  awakening.   This   is  when   I  have  thought  that  I
was  awakening  from  sleep  only  to  discover  later upon
actual awakening,  that  I  had been dreaming.  I  have since
discovered  in my reading  about out-of-body  experiences
and   lucid   dreaming   that   other   individuals   have   also
noted  the  importance  of   the  "false"  awakening  and  its
potential  as a springboard into the lucid dream.  Since the
occurrence   of   this   dream,    lucidity   has   often   been
triggered  during   a  false  awakening  when  I  have  found
myself  in  another  place  or  in  unfamiliar  surroundings.
Thus,   although   the   false   awakening   has   not   always
resulted   in   the  arousal  of  lucidity,   it   seems  to  have
represented a growth in that direction.
      When lucidity began to arise with increasing regularity
in  the following months,  I  soon noticed  that  it emerged
predictably after a deep or fulfilling meditation. It became
clear  that   when   my  devotional  life  was  intense,  lucid
dreaming  would arise as a concomitant.  This relationship
became  more  pronounced  when  I  began  meditating for
fifteen  or twenty minutes during  the early morning hours
from  2:00  to  5:00  A.M.   As   I  would  return  to  sleep,
dreams  of  amazing  clarity  as  well  as  brief  periods  of
lucidity would occasionally ensue.  I soon discovered that
if   I  would   diligently  practice  meditation  in  the  early
morning  hours   for  the  purpose  of  attunement,   lucid
dreams would be the natural result.

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