Voices

First off, before I describe the lucid dream, I had no idea what 'epiphany' meant (though I did remember hearing it before). This word is not in my vocabulary. I immediately Google 'epiphany' upon waking and this was what I found: Epiphany: Ancient Greek word. Enlightening realization allows a situation to be understood from a new and deeper perspective. As part of my lucid dreaming regime I always drink one or two glasses of water before I go to bed, so that I have to wake during the night (yes the P word). I use the 'Wake Back to Bed' method so I can be consciously aware during my REM cycle as my body sleeps. This need to pee entered into a dream prior to my waking. I was at a 'fancy pants' hotel standing the conference room lobby area with a bunch of people. I had to go real bad, so I found the closest washroom. This was a private washroom, with a lock mechanism 3/4's of the way up the door. I locked the door. The bathroom had a large window facing the sidewalk, and a skylight facing the multi-storey brown brick hotel. It was very high-end, and very clean. There was a toilet and sink. I found it really weird that there were large windows in a washroom. My first thought was that the windows were mirrored, so people could not see in. Any which way, I was not taking a chance, so I decided to sit on the toilet instead of standing. Have you ever tried to pee during a dream? Well, you cannot (most of the time). All of a sudden, I hear a man asking me a question. Holy crap, there is a man sitting to the right of me, on another toilet! He had brown hair, brown eyes, and was wearing what looked like a Star Trek uniform. I said to him in a stern voice, "How did you get in here, I locked the door!" He jumped to his feet (I am glad his pants were not down), he apologized, and then he walked towards the door to leave. I looked at the door, and realized the lock mechanism was gone for some reason. Well, this kind of stuff only happens in dreams. I instantly became lucid, and the clarity was perfect. <PERSON> (<PERSON>). Actually the dream clarity was perfect, even before I became lucid. I then said to dream figure, "Wait, stay! I am aware!" He stopped and looked at me slightly surprised. He turned again to leave, and in a pleading voice I said, "No, wait, please stay, I am aware! I want to talk to you!" He turned around and faced me, and his eyes momentarily went dark, and then they returned to brown. I was careful not to say I am dreaming, or lucid, because that seems to mess with dream figures. He then sat on the toilet with his right leg over his left. His right elbow was on his right knee, and his right hand was up by his chin. He had this perplexed look, and then he said, "Interesting, an epiphany!" Then he asked me if I knew what epiphany meant, and I replied, "No, but I can look that up." I instantly woke, Googled 'Epiphany', and then recorded the experience in my dream journal. I did not want to wait until the morning to do this, because I would have forgotten 'epiphany' by then, since I never use it.