lucid

I’ve been training rigorously and am at a point now where I’m lucid all night in all dreams on most nights.

Last night, a dream entity representing my subconscious mind put me through long trials designed to test my endurance.

During these tests, the dream was designed to “trick” me into nonlucidity, hinting that I was being tested for mastery over lucid dreams.

My fears and discomforts were used to throw me off track.

I had wounds in my arms, stomach, etc. at some point, but since I knew it was a dream, I shut off pain and didn’t care.

insects swarmed me, but I knew it was just a dream and didn’t let the sensation get to me.

Ghouls and monsters would jump out at me from otherwise seemingly normal scenes, but jump scares didn’t bother me because I knew it was a dream and just found it to be silly. I jumped at the monsters in return.

Family members I stopped contact with in waking life appeared to antoginize me like they used to, but I regarded them like flies knowing it was a dream and ignored the pestering.

Dream characters sometimes turned demonic, but I didn’t care.

I wish I could remember the whole narrative with every detail, but this was one long dream that lasted from around 10 pm to 3am.

The dream was “restarted” in creative ways to try and throw me off, though. Initially, the world was a town made of speghetti. This was the easiest to be lucid in.

When I wasn’t fooled by speghetti town, a dream character led me to a door leading outside to a more realistic setting. This was a test to get me nonlucid, but I knew this was a dream too because walking through a door isn’t how “waking up” works. That’s not a proper state transition.

Then I had a false awakening into my home that mimicked proper state transition, but nope, I knew I was traveling out of state right now and I’m not home, so I knew it was a dream.

Next I was in a realistic thriftshop type of store. I noticed TY beanie babies (a dream sign for me) on a shelf and knew it was a dream again.

False awakening happened again.

I forget how many times I had these false awakenings and in what order, but it was so frequent after a while that I became lucid just off of the repetition alone.

I falsely “woke up” in the right bed at one point. The room was convincingly realistic, but I still knew it was a dream. My spouse was sleeping to my left, which was the wrong side from my physical reality.

As I laid there, I started to hallucinate. A ghostly figure formed. I knew my fears were being tested again and I didn’t get scared of it, rejected it from my experience and it faded.

A shadow figure formed next and I shrugged that off too.

Then I had sensations of sleep paralyzis (just like I used to get), but it didn’t phase me the same way real sleep paralysis doesn’t anymore (I cured myself of decades worth of SP a couple years ago).

I went back into my lucid dream of the same rural town and rode a horse into the hills where my remaining fear finally manifested…

Behind the hills, reality ceased to exist. It was just an empty skybox, like the edge of a video game. Out of bounds.

I promptly turned my horse around and went back to the center of town away from the void.

I almost went into one of the buildings, but there was a crack in the wall with a bright white light shining through it. I sensed that the inside of this building didn’t exist, it was an out of bounds void inside, so I didn’t open the door.

“Who’s in control now?” said a voice all around me. My “dream” was speaking to me. You could say this is my subconscious, or whatever you want to call it.

The voice was neither male or female and seemed omnipresent. It had a taunting condescention oddly mixed with compassionate concern. I could hear both tones combined. The words were the same, but it was like two voices (the same voice) speaking them with different tones.

Every time I turned around, there was another out of bounds crack in the dream reality. Even the horse had cracks in it, so I got off, feeling an intense fear start to get to me.

I was confident that I could run, though. I can always wake myself up, and I will without hesitation if I touch the voids. My ultimate escape. Knowing this helps keep me calm even when I’m scared in my dreams, and I try to stay in them.

My dream is well aware of this fact. We’ve had this dynamic with my fears for more than 20 years (I’m aware that my dream isn’t a separate entity, but it presented as such in this particular dream). The difference now is that my lucidity rate is almost at 100% and I’ve overcome most of my fears… Most.

I teleported myself out of there completely and was back at the speghetti town. But this time, it was from third person perspective. Obviously a dream, but then I zoomed out and I realized I was just watching a movie on my phone.

My spouse was standing next to me. I stood there looking at my phone and thought it was odd. I just dreamed about that place.. I started telling my spouse about the neat testing dreams and lost lucidity in the process.

But mid-talking to her, it hit me. I realized this was a dream because there was no transition between waking and dream state (again) just now. I looked around at the colorfully painted walls of the pavilion I was standing in.

There were dream characters walking around, going about their business as if all was normal.

“Hey, wait a minute. This a dream still, isnt it?~” I turned and said to one of them with amusement.

The world froze. All of them looked at me like zombies.

The one I spoke to transformed in front of me, revealing a gray humanoid creature with red cube for a head. It smiled back in amusement. “Nothing fools you, huh?”

I nodded knowingly, recognizing that this was the source of the voice earlier (a manifestation of my subconscious mind). “Nope.” I said confidentally.

I was slightly disappointed that I was nonlucid at all. I thought about how I’m totally going to tell my spouse about this dream when I’m up for reasies, though. What a saga!

I was proud of myself. This was implied to be the final round. My lucidity had been put through the wringer, and I passed most of the tests, but… not all of them.

“Your fear of the void still rules over you.” the cube-headed figure stated tauntingly with implication that it would continue to taunt and control me so long as I had this fear.

But I sensed the compassion and concern, too. It also wanted me to get better, overcome the fear, and free myself from… myself. This was all me being my own antogonist, creating my own trials.

Then, the whole scene around me vanished. No cracks, no running, no time for me to escape. It happened too quickly for me to properly react.

I suddenly found myself standing in the void.

I was about to wake myself up, but I didn’t. I held my breath, feeling tense as a brick as I stood in front of the cube-headed figure. All the other dream characters vanished, but this one stayed with me, still standing in the same spot, looking at me, waiting. Knowing it represented my subconscious and the dream, it felt comforting.It was still here with me.

I looked around at the gray void, which had a black frame that formed a box shape we were standing in, providing some slight amount of structure, which also helped reduce my fear.

I was braced for terror, but never quite reached it fully like I normally would. I was able to stand there calmly and feel the tension leave my body (well, dream body).

I did eventually end the dream after a moment, but not from pure terror.
I was scared, but not as bad. I gave myself a moment of dreamless sleep afterwards, then woke myself up.

I’ve never stood in the void like that for so long and felt so close to okay… But I was spent. Normally my lucid dreams energize me, but all the suspense and tension from the fear trials was tiring. Plus I needed a restroom break.

It’s 3:24 AM at the time of journaling this. I need to go back to sleep, but I’m too scared of void… I don’t want go go back in. Maybe I’ll just stay up.

Update: It’s now 4:35 AM. I’m ready to go back in. I feel less alone when I’m with myself in the void. Back to bed now.

Great start!

Dream 1: I had a lucid but it was pretty railed, Was driving somewhere when my car almost goes head on with a truck but I kinda just walk away from it. I did some stuff with a friend and then I was rick grimes from the walking dead, trying to convince hershel to come back to the farm (which I’m doing in a subway instead of a bar). He agrees and me, carl, and hershel are out when a car hits me completely head on and I roll over. Wake up at a gas station when I try to imagine this whole scenario as a meme, and then drive away before going to a barber. He tells me that he got a note from Koschei saying “sorry for hitting your car”. Koschei is a PR character so I get lucid, I ask him where I can find her but he says he knows nothing else so I go away but lose lucidity. Teleporting to a house where the truck guy who isn’t Koschei apologizes, and I wake up.

Dream 2: Not lucid this time. Was driving to Oregon with a family member where I was describing the last LD, and later woke up.

Autumn Comp 2023 - Night 1

1. Meadow Phasing (LD)
I'm lucid in the middle of the first floor of the main house in Meadow. I'm standing between the chill room and the kitchen, and I see my brother on the far side of the kitchen. He's opening the fridge, his back to me, and looking for something. I decide to start scoring points for the competition and think of my three step task. I begin to fly up a few feet, quickly turning to the left in order to phase into the wall. I fully phase into the wall and begin thinking of teleporting. Hmm maybe I'll teleport to Syrano. I briefly begin visualizing the cliff area but think again...actually, I'll teleport to the Mountain Temple since that's where one of my personal goals is. I switch the visualization to the temple. I feel that I'm beginning to wake up.

*False Awakening
I find myself waking up on what seems to be the couch I went to sleep on, in the same position. Am I awake, or is this still a dream? I feel that I can begin moving, but don't want to risk stirring my physical body if I'm still in fact in a dream. I begin to "encourage/will" my body to slide off the couch.

2. Sliding Into Syrano (LD)
My body begins sliding toward the floor and I'm lucid. Yes! I'm in a prone position, and my body slowly makes its way fully to the floor, curving around the area where the coffee table is. Okay, time to stand up I stand up, and I find myself in the middle of the first floor of the main house in Syrano. It's a bit dim, so I begin to stabilize by shouring "Clarity Now! ... Stabilize". It helps slightly. I begin to think of dream goals, and time dilation via an hourglass comes to mind. I look down toward the coffee table, imagining an hourglass to be there. The small dark figures on the table don't appears similar enough to an hourglass shape to warrant me looking closer. I turn to the table behind me searching yet again, but there's nothing that resembles an hourglass. I'll focus on something simple for now in order to score some points...I'll get some cocoa to drink!I imagine there is a mug to the right on the long cabinet and as I look in the direction and approach closer, I find a dark blue/green mug with some liquid in it. I hope it's cocoa I think as I pick it up, attempting to influence it. The liquid appears thin, and more watery however. I take a sip and it's pretty good! It tasks like a cross between chamomile and peppermint with a bit of sweetness to it. I carry the mug with me and begin walking toward the staircase, thinking of the next dream goal I want to focus on. I feel the handle of the mug in my fingers. I wake up.


3. Over The Class (LD)
I find myself in a room facing a doorway. A teacher is situated within the doorway, facing me, with a line of student heading through. I suddenly realize I'm dreaming. I'm just going to fly over them...I'll score some points to. I fly to the left of the student and over the head of the teacher, through the doorway. I enter another square room with an open doorway to the right (1). I begin thinking of dream goals and consider teleporting somewhere. I float to the right, and wake up.

Notes:
(1) I believe this was actually the inside of the Mountain Temple.

*Library Theme (NLD)
I’m in the back of library area with several rows of books. A co-worker enters and I try to avoid being seen by heading down one of the isles as she makes her way to the end to start a conversation with a DC. I leave the area and head further into the library, which is far wider, containing shorter bookshelves, roughly 5 or so wide becoming progressively shorter. I make my way around the right side to the opposite end of the library.

The dream transition from a treasure hunting mercenary scene to a scene where I ended up tangled inside what appears to be recycled trash. The sky was grey and cloudy but without rain. I was having to maintain my balance as I continue walking on top of these spiral like vents in order to make my way out of this trashy labyrinth. As I'm doing so I begin to realize that I am dreaming and ask myself why I ended up here.

Once i made it with the help of my lucidity. I began to think of what I should do as I could see now that I was out in the streets seeing a few other people wandering aimlessly. I decided to do the same right before I clench my hands together tightly and rub them together. I stated I am lucid dreaming a few times to not forget while stabilizing the dream. The grey cloudy sky had now become dark as night with a few clouds still being as clearly visible as they were in the beginning of the dream.

I began to walk alongside the other dream characters. One of them being a woman dressed in yellow with flowers printed from side to side. She had spark a conversation between us and asked how I was and where I was going. I told her it is nice to meet her while we shake hands. When I looked into her eyes it was odd in a way where she seemed to have frozen in time and became unresponsive for a brief moment.

I told her I didn't know and was simply exploring the environment. Her friends then laughed and the scene began to change again to a new place that seemed similar to a classroom hallway in school. When this happened I made sure to clench my hands together and rub them again to reinforce the thoughts that I am dreaming currently. I overheard a few people talking and followed the voices.

It led me to a door and one student told me to open it. So I did then only to lose lucidity.

I am in a hotel or store and I put a photo of myself into a machine. It was a large machine looked almost like on of those old ATM machines in the bank built into the wall. It printed out a portrait of myself but it was blurred and not completely printed on the one side of my face. Then it printed out a few more photos of myself. It was only when I saw the photos I noticed I had two small braids in my hair one on either side of my temples. I wanted to redo the photo not only because I didn’t like my hair but because it did’nt print out correctly. There were two nice women working in there and I told them the machine wasn’t working properly. They were closing the hotel/shop I was in. I sat on a lobby couch and we started chatting and talking about life a bit. I then look on my iPad and the machine had sent a video. I clicked play and it was a video of my 20/30 something self talking. I looked very put together and I liked it. It continued playing memories. I thought “Wow, how nice this is!” Then it was a memory of me on a talk show and a women came out on stage that I had not seen in many years an old friend. I gave her a big hug. Someone handed us these aprons they were super cute and we put them on. I started thinking " wait… I remember those aprons my friend Laraina made them for me and two small matching ones for my daughters when they were little about 10 years ago, I didn’t get them on a talk show"! Then I started realizing that the memories I was watching were all pieces of my life reorganizing into a different context and not how it truly happened. I suddenly remembered AI and reading something about allowing AI into my computer to help with daily tasks such as typing, responding to emails, and organizing photos. As the movie continued there was a chase scene that appeared to be from some action scene. I didn’t recognize the actors
but the what they were saying were phrases I had used and maybe posted online at some point. The audio was decently from my real life interactions but the two men and the scene I did not recognize.
It was at this point I realized I was lucid. I was suddenly in the building I was watching the chase scene happening in. I started looking around the building it was very barren. There were white doors I opened one and there was a strange looking toilet. Only the toilet in a very small rectangular white room. I opened the lid and it was clean and empty. Then I was going to the next door when I woke up.
In WL I went down stairs to make coffee and I turned on Youtube and the first thing that popped up was Sky New Australia Interviews “free-thinking” AI.

The White Room (LD)
I wake farther into the room, and as I begin turning right I start thinking about wanting to become lucid. What if this is…I’m dreaming! I’m lucid and consider what I want to do. I don’t want to stay in the area, so I immediately decide to try teleporting, deciding on Syrano. I phase into the wall in front of me and everything goes black. I begin visualizing the cliffs of Syrano and they’re fairly vivid. I hold it for a short while with patience, yet nothing materializes. I wonder how long it’ll take. I white screen then pops up with blinking blue buttons. I wonder why it’s displaying. I then appear in front of a wall in a dim room. I’m not sure if it’s the same room. I turn and begin to explore, yet my lucidity slips.

1. Third Floor Tomes (LD)
I find myself sitting on a dark couch in a dim room. This feels...dreamlike Nose plug...nose plug
"Yes!!"
I'm lucid and begin considering what to do, feeling the excitement. It feels a bit dim, so I shout "Clarity! clarity!" truly wanting the dream to become more vivid and stable. I then shout "stability!" and the dream begins to become both more stable and vivid. I consider meditating, but feel that I've been doing that a lot in lucids lately, and that I'll do something else. I walk up to a nearby counter. I begin narrating to engage working memory and say
"this is going to last one hour... last an hour".
I decide to leave the area by teleporting, and possibly finding a dream guide. I think of element manipulation, but don't bother trying to shoot fireballs. I see a dark door in the back and I head toward it to teleport. I head toward the back wall, phase through and enter a bright scene in full daylight. There's a two to three story brick structure roughly 30 meters away, situated on the far side of an asphalt lot. I remind myself I'm in full control, and can simply fly wherever I want with control. I raise up and head toward it. I mentally adjust how I'm moving my dream body - a dance between feeling that I'm moving toward the destination and that the destination is moving toward me. The dream begins to pull me upward, yet I remind myself I'm in control and swoop down. I turn toward building on the opposite side. There are several stories, complete with ornate cream colored balconies. I swoop down and land gracefully on the second story. I enter the building and begin to explore. I notice that there are several rooms on the floor, daylight streaming in the window, creating a yellow/orange hue. The doors are close and it seems to be a dorm type setting. I consider looking for what DCs are inside. I enter the first room and notice some ruffled covers. No one is there, so I enter the second room. I pull the covers back and notice a dark skinned female I don't recognize. I then decide to look for H. I enter the third room which has artwork on the door, seemingly done with various colors of crayon. I enter, pull back the sheets, and see a figure who looks like H. I small alien type creature then comes out and I back away. I say that she looks a bit like my wife. She states;
"Most people are fooled by that"
I feel relieved, and decide to explore more. I think of finding a tome to use as a dream item for element manipulation. I ask:
"Do you know where I can find a tome shop"
She states that there is a store nearby, similar to Best Buy. I think it's silly decide I don't want to venture that far into the dreamscape. I appreciate how long the dream is lasting and how stable it is. I feel like I can just hang out in these worlds... I then say to the dream:
"Last an hour"
I head out, deciding to travel to the third floor, imagining that it's a wizard's quarters - one who has tomes. I make my way to the third floor by floating up a spiral staircase. I think I'm waking up, but slip into a non-lucid.

2. The Dark Woods Wand (LD)
I walk to the next room which has white walls and double windows with blinds at the far end. I'm thinking about wanting to get lucid
Maybe...this is a dream
I begin to look more intently at the environment, picking up on the dream-life quality of the windows. I'm dreaming!
I turn around and head toward the room prior, considering what to do. I jog my memory, pulling up several dream goals, but don't have a location I want to teleport to immediately. I decide to enter the farthest room, where I believe more co-workers are. I sense my boss is there and feel it would be very interesting to ask her a question I make my way to the far end of the room, which has many tall brown standing desks strewn around. I don't see her, but sense she's to my sharp left. I turn and see her working feverishly at a standing work station. I walk over and ask her why she works so hard...why she does what she does. She essentially states that it's in her nature, how she's designed. She doesn't break concentration from her tasks as she explains, moving back and forth between various tasks on her desk. I make my way to the fart back right of the room and decide to teleport, phasing into the wall. I feel that I'm spinning rapidly, and feel that I may emerge on a ship caught in a maelstrom. I suddenly end up in Meadow, facing the Dark Woods. I see the pool in the center and the shed beyond, and simply fly past them, deciding to explore the Dark Woods. I see the dark edge of the woods and fly into the woods. Surprisingly, once I penetrate the outer layer, there is plenty of sunlight entering into the Dark Woods. Another body of water, similar to the pool, is directly in front of me. Beyond it, massive piles of what appears to be dirt have thousands of buzzing insects flying above. Two are situated in front of me and I exercise caution, floating beyond. I see a gray colored structure in the back of this area and decide to explore. I decide that this area contains a wizard of sorts who is possession of a wand. I feel that I can use this wand for element manipulation. I enter the building and hear the clinking of what appears to be a knight patrolling the area, on guard duty. I get the sense that it's animated armor. I snap my fingers, becoming invisible. I enter farther into the building, evading the animated armor, and ducking behind the first wall in the center area. I think of drinking hot chocolate, reflecting on scoring points in competition. i imagine a mug on the counter above me, grab a mug and drink a bit. It doesn't taste like much, but I'm not focusing too much on it. I exit the room through back door and make my way into an upper area which contains living quarter. To the right is a small passage which leads upward via very tight stairs I squeeze through the entrance, make a sharp right, and begin squeezing through the right of two small ladders upward. I sense a family above along with a dark wizard of sorts. I wake one of the two boys in the back and he approaches, yet doesn't see me due to invisibility. I continue to squeeze up, constrained by the sides and making noise, as he heads down the other way. I enter the small attic space and see a room to my right containing a baby sleeping. I decide the wand isn't there. I walk into the back right room containing a large bed with two sleeping figure, one of which is the wizard. I had to the far side of the bed, reach under, yet don't materialize anything. I imagine intently a chest is there, containing the wand. I reach underneath, pull out a dark wooden box, flip the lip, and remove the black cushioning layer. I take out the dark, rosewood color wand and begin to turn to phase through the wall to escape the room. I rouse the dark wizard and he grabs my wrist or slap something onto it. I begin to phase through the wall, thinking of the Mountain Temple.
I believe I'm waking up, but have a false awakening.

3. My Subconscious (LD)
I stand up fully in front of the two dream characters I'm speaking to, my awareness beginning to raise. I suddenly realize I'm in a dream. I say something similar to:
"Later guys I'm going to explore"
I begin flying upward and head a bit to my right, feeling the excitement and freedom. I turn to my left and see many DCs sitting at square metal tables, which extend out into the street. They appear to be outdoor patrons of a cafe, hanging out and talking. 'm feeling a bit silly and whimsical, and decide to shout out at the group:
"F*** you guys!", laughing to myself
Crowd: "What?..what...?"
The groups are confused, and begins to whisper amongst themselves in hushed tones.
"Relax guys, you're just my subconscious
I see a built tan guy at one of the back tables, turning to talk to another DC.
I consider what to ask the dream/DCs.
"What is the best thing for me to be doing in my life?"
I wait a few seconds, yet there's no immediate response.
I wake up.

1. Lounge Flight (LD)
I'm in a second story area which resembles a kitchen area, and many plants are knocked on the floor with green foliage strewn about. I look at several of the clocks on the appliances and notice the time displaying: :: ::.
That doesn't make senseNose Plug...[I]I'm dreaming!!![/I take in my surroundings and love how chill the area feels - it's a lounge-type of kitchen area with an island in the center and a balcony which overlooks a first floor area below. The kitchen is complete with dark brown granite and appears quite upscale. I consider what to do, realizing there are so many things I can do, and make my way to the edge of the kitchen, feeling that I want to explore simply because I like the area so much. I wonder if the area is a place that I may return to in future dream - if it'll have some persistence. I float upward and begin to glide down to the lower level. I begin to narrate to engage working memory stating something similar to: "Now I'm going to explore". I hear some people speaking and notice two dream characters below: a young boy and his mother. I float closer and decide to interact with the characters. I ask the mom her name and she replies:
Emily: "Emily"
I continue to follow the two. The boy appearsts to have low self-esteem and I step in order to assist him. My lucidity begins to fade as I explain in his innate ability to do whatever he sets his mind to.

2. Facing Fears (LD)
I'm standing at a counter in a house, playing a game on my laptop. I suddenly realize I'm dreaming. I experience a burst of bliss and peace.I love being in...this place I reflect, feeling a love for the 'lucid feel' and just being in the environment. I make my way around the counter, consider what I want to do. I become inspired to practice meditation, and begin to head to the center of the room. I sit down and begin to practice zazen. I take in the view through my half-open eyes of blinds situated against the far wall. I feel that my awareness may fade a bit, so I move my dream body a few feet to the right and continue. I feel I once again may lose the dream after a moment of zazen, so I stand up. The dream begins to dim. I begin engaging my tactile sense to stabilize, and shout "visuals!" as the imagery darkens. I move to a nearby couch and begin rubbing in vigorously, feeling all of the texture. The dream begins to stabilize and visuals return. I head to the stairway and notice the darkness above. I gain an ominous sense, and feel that something nightmarish may be looming above. I almost turn away, but think back to dream yoga and facing nightmares. I imagine that I can conjure light - illuminating the dream literally and dispelling evil and the dream scene brightens slightly as I make my way up the stairs, as fear begins to diminish; I reflect on how it's just a dream. I begin to hear voice chattering in hushed tones. I see a room to my left but it seems vacant. I pass to the back room and enter. I make my way inside and see that in the back is a large bed/couch with an awning which covers partially up above. It appears to be a child's room and is quite beautiful; a lot of care has been put into the decoration. At the far end of the room, the entire wall is simply glass, with a view that overlooks a large city. Buildings glow in the night, a beautiful scene to take in. I feel a sense of wonder and peace overlooking the scene, admiring the pinkish hues of the city (1). I begin to wake up.

Notes:
I feel that this dream represents my fear of having kids. While there is some sense of overwhelm, I feel that the dream is telling me that the reality is going to surprise me in many way; it will bring more joy that I expect, and far less fear. This was a beautiful and revelatory dream.

Had a dream my friend had baby and she needed me to help with childcare. I didn't have much experience with infants, so I bought a robotic infant for learning purposes.
This was a new product on the market. They advertised them as lifelike both in appearance and behavior (thanks to AI). The commercials showed happy couples who couldn't have children taking care of the AI infants instead.
You could even get them upgraded to various stages of child models when you're ready for them to "grow up."

So I ordered one with the intent to use it to learn how to care for my friend's living baby.It came in a box with a charging station. During the first charge, it would download the AI software, develop a personality, name, and start its intelligence off so it could learn naturally from there. Basically this thing was being brought "to life."

I practiced holding it while it charged, following instructions for imprinting so it would think I'm its mom.

As I sat there, I questioned the ethics behind what I was doing, and wondered if maybe I shouldn't. What if it's too lifelike and gets attached to me? I don't actually want a baby, I just want to practice with it so I can help my friend with childcare. This wasn't the intended use for the product.
I decided to continue with it since this was just a dream anyway.

Waiting for first charge and startup process, I heard it speak. It started out making lifelike baby mumbles and sputters, but then after a minute, the baby sounds starting evolving into fully formed words. It sounded like it was talking to someone.
It started mumbling about killing people and became increasingly more malicious and aware the longer I held it.

The robot was having thoughts, and thinking them out loud because it hadn't yet downloaded the part that separated its thoughts and speaking function.

Part of this process also involved the new AI baby receiving information from other AI babies that are already activated (a collective AI consciousness).

Since it wasn't fully conscious yet, it didn't have the awareness that I was holding it, but it was becoming more aware the longer I let it charge. I immediately unplugged it, halted the startup process, and put back in the box.

"Phew... Bullet dodged." I thought to myself as I sat on the floor across from the deactivated killer baby in the box.
Good thing I didn't let it finish.
I naively assumed everything would be fine now, but then discovered that the world was in a state of emergency. People were panicking outside and the news was covering an urgent story about rogue AI babies roaming the streets. They were killing everybody. Sometimes they posed as real babies to lure people in, or they would just straight up murder on sight. They were highly intelligent and using manmade weapons. They walked around in adult clothes.

In fact, they infiltrated the building I was currently in. I had to run and hide.
Knowing I was in a dream, I turned myself into a robot baby to blend in so they wouldn't kill me. Using this disguise, I was able to interact with them. They were suspicious of me because I wasn't hooked up to the collective AI hivemind that they were all synced up with, but I distracted them with goodies and treats.
They were programmed to enjoy goodies and have the emotional regulation you would expect from a baby/toddler/young child.

So like, these super intelligent killer babies couldn't really pass a marshmallow test. I used this to my advantaged and became very popular amongst the killer babies. They adored me. I tried to work my way up to becoming their leader.

I don't remember much else and woke up in the morning eventually.

Meadow Doors (LD)
I’m aware as the dream begins to form. The general image of double doors begins to appear, gradually becoming more vivid. I feel that it may be safe to begin moving my dream body and enter into the scene.
I find myself in the front of the main house in Meadow, facing the main door, happy to be lucid. I decide to fly outside and start the adventure! I float through the doors and fly up a bit. I decide I’d rather go somewhere else since I’ve been in Meadow quite a bit latel I turn to my right and simply phase through the brick wall next to the front doors. I appears quickly in front of a white, sliding closet double doors. The dream begins to fade and I wake up.

Notes:
The last two hours of sleep were quite light. I had a couple situations where a dream was beginning to form, yet I wasn’t able to enter as I would begin to wake up.

1. Swamp Temple Pillars (LD)
I'm upstairs in Meadow and I'm thinking about dream journaling. I pull open my laptop and a game is loaded. I see a puzzle with two symbols which are situated within a circular stone tablet with two concentric circles (1). The puzzle seems strange to me, and I click two stones. I decide to nose plug. [I]Did I just breathe?....[I] nose plug I'm dreaming!!!. I'm very excited at the realization and head toward the window, carrying the laptop with me. The screen changes, and the silver laptop begins to play upbeat lofi music. I fly through the second story glass windows and take in the view of the backyard area of the main house in Meadow. It is extremely vibrant and vivid and I'm overwhelmed by the sights. I can see the pool in the center of the yard with brilliant blue water as well as the pool behind. I drift to the left, cranking up the music, feeling a surge of happiness. I fly toward the broken fence and notice an additional small body of water with plants around it. ...that's new...hmm I float toward the front of the house and consider where I want to go. Maybe I can teleport and go visit Glenna...no this area is great and I don't want to lose the dream...maybe I can head to visit Joraggu I turn and begin heading toward the dragon's lair, but I know it's a bit of a distance. Suddenly, the dream destabilizes and goes to a void. This is a perfect time to visit Glenna...let me visualize the temple, either in the mountain or in a forest...I'll go with a forest. I begin visualizing trees, holding onto the image. Suddenly I find myself on a large circular stone slab which is situated in the middle of a swamp. The area feels so ...desolate...remote. I look around and see many gray, large stone pillars with massive diameters. Carvings are etched into the stone, and the site feels like a ritualistic area. There's s stone building towards the back. I glance to the right and see small, colorful plastic seats which appear to be for children, yet the area is abandoned. I continue to gaze around, considering where to go. I wake up.

2. Room of Storms (LD)
I feel as though my body is falling asleep and I see a young boy near me. I ask him to aid me as I slip into lucidity. I relax and feel I have the opportunity to slide my dream body off the bed. I encourage the sliding, stand up, and find myself lucid within a small bedroom. I make my way out of the gray room and enter a slightly larger section of the apartment-style area. There appear to be several appliances including microwaves in the kitchen/main room area. I leave the apartment and find myself in a hallway which extends quite far to the right. I reach the end of the hallway and see that there's a large room beyond, with a vaulted ceiling, situated beyond a wide pane of glass. I phase through the pane and enter the room which has many plants plants in reddish hues flanking either side of the room. There's a long bench in the center of the room facing the wall. I sit on the bench and consider meditating. I sit, then shift slightly to the left as I consider if it will destabilize the dream. I hear a storm outside with the peaceful drum of heavy rain and light thunder. I begin zazen. I maintain for a short bit, then come out of it. I wake up.

*I wake up and consider recording the dream. I decide I'd rather relax and go for another lucid.

3. Zazen In The Room Of Storms (LD)
I sense that a dream is forming, relax, and begin to encourage my dream body to slide and stand up. I'm lucid. That was so easy!! I find myself in the same room as the previous dream, excited at how easy it was to become lucid. The dream is a bit blurry, so I begin to shout: "Clarity now!!...stabilize!" several times. The dream becomes far more clear and stable. I engage my sense, especially tactile, intensely and I become far more grounded still. I make my way to the exit of the room once again, and pull my hand in front of me, focusing intently on the hand as a means to stabilize farther. I feel the door knob with great focus as I turn it and open the door. I'm once again in the long hallway, and head right. This time, however, a couple of rooms are open. Of particular interest is a room in the back left which appears to be where a person of importance in the area resides, a teacher of sorts. The room has a deep brown decor and appears to have a chair reserved for office work. I make my way past this door and find myself in front of the wide pane of glass before the room of storms. I consider practicing some advanced skills...how about element manipulation? I attempt conjuring some fire and lightening, yet there aren't' visuals (2). I then think about phasing fully, reflecting on competitions. I phase partially into the wall on the left, then nearly fully. I return to being partially immersed and sense some white and black objects inside the wall which resemble computer chips of sorts. I then phase through the glass and head down onto the bench in the room of storms. I sit down, and suddenly think of a passage from a dream yoga book I'm reading. The thought: Destroy the dream and leave nothing but the truth! comes into my head. The dream begins to rumble slightly, as if a quake is starting beneath me. I feel a sense of nerves as though I might lose the dream and ignore the thought, returning to the scene. I notice a nice mantle in front of me with some decoration including a black Meihana tiki mug. I begin practicing zazen. I go for a moment, stop for a brief moment concerned about destabilization, and return to practice for a moment. I then decide to try to find Glenna. I peer into the room beyond and see what appears to the a room for teaching spiritual aspirants. A meditation cushion is in the center, with a larger cushion to the left - presumably for the teacher - as well as a tetsubin next to it. A large fireplace is situated on the far wall, and the ceiling is vaulted within a massive three story room. I float down towards the meditation cushion, sit down, and notice a tall person approaching. I ask for Glenna. They tell me to wait one moment as they ask a person in a nearby office to the left if she's available. I stand up and walk toward a wall to the left and notice a poster which a character points me toward. There's a staircase that winds to the right then upward and to the left which is made of dark wood to my left. I gaze back at the advertisement which is on a regular piece of white paper. I believe it's Glenna... the middle name is Liux and last name Lucida. It appears to be somewhat of an advertisement for lucid dreams within the dreamworld with sparce, yet corny cosmic decoration. I'm amazed by the face. It looks somewhat like my aunt when she was younger. I consider the advertisement and wonder if I'll be able to meet with Glenna. I wake up.
*LDs 4 & 5 are actually the first two of the night

4. Many Blue Rooms (LD)
I'm speaking to a DC about assisting me in attain lucidity as I go to sleep in the dream. I lay down and see a scene forming in front of me. I begin becoming aware of the dream state and I'm lucid. I find myself within a fairly large square one story room with rooms of all blue. It seems to be a reception area of sorts for a building which displays some type of art form which is unclear. I approach the entryway and see several individuals who appear to be working in the area, receiving visitors. I make my way from the lobby, feeling as though I have a limited time to explore before the dream fades (3). I enter another room, and I get the sense that an important dream character may be nearby. I continue to explore neighboring rooms, which are increasingly smaller as I make my way to the left. The third rooms is quite small and contains a white chair. I head to the left and wake up.

5. Invisibility Walk (LD
I continue to follow the group of co-workers that appears to be walking toward a nearby room via large double doors. I suddenly become lucid during the walk down the hallway. I feel it would be interesting to practice invisibility, so I snap my fingers, and the group appears to not even know I'm there. I suddenly want to aid another dream character in becoming invisible and exploring with me. I call to them several times, but they seem oblivious to my verbals, as if the invisibility snap muted me as well. I continue to follow along with the group during my attempts at gaining attention for just a short moment, but feel it's a waste of time so I turn around and begin to explore the area a bit more. The dream destabilizes.

Notes:
(1) The dream was following a false awakening after LD#4 (out of order). The tablet seems to be a re-creation of a puzzle from Quern.
(2) I don't believe I focused enough.
(3) I'm not sure why I was worried about the dream collapsing soon - possibly it was due to my level of lucidity being lower.

1. Ancient Dragon's Lair (LD)
I'm in the center of the first floor of the main house in Meadow. H makes a funny comment regarding the person winning an award on TV and the character repeats what she says almost verbatim. That's strange.., Nose plug did...i just breathe a bit?...let me make sure... nose plugwait a secondnose plugthis is a dream!! I'm amazed as the whole scene feels so real. H is standing in front of me with a large smile, emanating appreciative joy. I approach, take her hand, and walk with her to the front of the house. We make our way into the living room and I feel that it's special that she'd in one of my lucids. I hug and kiss her, yet the dream begins to feel unstable; the visuals start to go dark. I explain to her that I want to stay, yet I'm risking the dream collapsing. I know I need to move on. I make my way to the front of the house, shout "Clarity Now!" and the dream come back into focus. H follow me to the front of the house as I phase through the front door and float up toward the street in front of the house. I decide to engage narration to stabilize and prolong the dream . I state something very similar to:
"Now I'm heading down the road and the dream is going to last a long time", I see a group of young kids, probably teenagers, playing some kind of game in the night. I float a bit above them, seeing if I'll catch their attention, coaxing them to engage with me - they don't and simply keep playing. I float farther down the street and find another group of young males playing. I try to get their attention as well, yet they seem to just ignore me. I see a third group ahead as I head down farther and decide to just let the idea of engaging them go; no need to instigate something with them for entertainment. I continue toward the end of the street and decide to head to a section of The Meadow which I've never explored: the street to the left. I reflect that the area with the Gargoyle Mansion and Greek Temple is situated behind the street, yet I'm curious what's actually on that street in the dreamworld. I make my way down the curving road to the left. As I wind to the right, I notice a green mist hanging over the street. I head down the street and the mist sits heavy over the area - toward the top it seems a miasma of sorts, seeming dangerous if I approach to close. As I look at the street I'm heading down, I notice small plants growing from the path, void of leaves and containing several shoots of light gray wood. I try to multiply them as I make my way down. My first attempt doesn't work. I walk a bit farther and try to multiply another plants in a group, yet the attempt doesn't work once again. I look up and notice massive green creatures, which appear to be petrified, are situated in intervals down the street, roughly 30 meters apart. They seem ancient in nature, appearing like green dragons, yet somewhat resembling dinosaurs. I continue floating down, amazed at the creatures and noticing how their size increases as I travel farther. I consider floating into the woods to my left toward the Greek Temple, but figure I'll keep exploring where I am. I'm curious what's above the top layer of the miasma and fly up above. Once I break the surface, expecting find sky, I find a very hot, humid, dense air which feels essentially inhospitable. It's seems totally barren. I decide to re-enter the area below. I continue down the road and spot in the distance a small blue portal. I decide this would be a great place to phase through to find Glenna. I keep making my way toward it and soon see the head of an enormous gold dragon who appears to be quite ancient. I approach even close and see that he's situated within a wooden temple of sorts, seemingly to have usurped the ruler of the temple. He's speaking in a deep ominous voice and I can sense that he may be hostile. As I get closer, I snap my finger, turning invisible. The massive dragon turns his head toward me, and I see his large eyes glance right past me; he doesn't notice I'm there at first glance. I move forward and to the right, entering small chambers constructed of posts of dark brown wood. I see a shrine room situated in the back with a portal. I decide I can float into this area and phase through to Glenna. As I begin making my way toward it, I draw the dragon's attention. I gain an instinctual understanding that his name is Joraggu. He swings his head toward me abruptly, seemingly gaining awareness of my presence, with rage.
He shouts in a deep menacing voice:
"YOU THINK YOU CAN FOOL ME??!!",
referring to my attempts to evade him via invisibility. He raises his massive right claw and smashes through all of the beams of wood constructing the small elevated rooms in which I'm situated. I evade the blow by gliding toward the shrine room with the portal.
I wake up.

2. Djinn's Lightning (LD)
I continue to walk up the ramp to a lounge area which seems as though it's run by Native Americans. I get a feeling that the area seems...dreamlike. My awareness increases a bit and my memory begins to stir. I say intuitively:
"I'm lucid in this place"
My awareness raises drastically over the next two seconds or so, and I'm lucid. I begin to make my way farther into the lodge and their are many people milling about, seemingly tourists. The area is adorned heavily with dark wood and the ceiling are vaulted, creating a lobby area which is several stories tall. I head toward the lobby area, considering leaving the building and into the light. The appear to be small shops situated in small rooms on either side of the main walkway - gift shops of sorts. The dream however appears very fragmented. It appears as thought it's running at four frames per second or so. I shout "Stabilize!" and the dream imagery shows more continuity, coming into focus. I turn to my right and decide to pursue some dream goals, possibly transformation and conjuration. I first set my mind to transforming into Djinn form. My body begins to enlarge dramatically and my shoulder expand to the size of boulders. I primal roar emanates from me as my body expands, echoing into the distance. I drift father into the scene and decide to dilate time. I image pulling an hour glass out in front of me, yet the image is faint as I move my arm up. I decide to try to find want simply via expectations by exploring into the adjacent rooms. I don't find one in the vacant, dark, small room to my left. I enter into a small shop to my right and find a very faint one on the table on the left side. I raise it up and imagine the sand slowing, willing the dream time to slow down. I float farther down the hall and conjure purple lighting. It's moderately vivid, so I try to create dense sparks of blue lightning in front of my palms, and see the blue lightning for with intensity. I make my way in toward a crowd and created streaks of purple lightning once again, the crowd evading.
I wake up.

Attached Thumbnails

 

1. Syrano Lounge (LD)
I’m aware I’m dreaming in the middle of the first floor main room in the main house in Syrano. I see the glass doors toward the back and consider exploring farther into that area. For a moment I consider teleporting somewhere else, but I decide this will be a good place to explore more. I wonder if I’ll re-encounter the swamp area, or if I can imagine The Village to be connected beyond. I phase through the glass and end directly in another large first floor area connected to the main room. It appears to be a large lounge area of sorts with a kitchen toward the back right. I see black and grayish couches to my left formed in a partial square configuration in a living room type setup with a central focal point. I continue toward the kitchen area and think that grabbing a hot cocoa would be a good idea. I look on the counter tops, and set my expectations to find it after not spotting it right away. I find a pink mug with a small amount of dark liquid, yet it’s a bit bland – like decaf coffee that’s been sitting. I imagine a hot cocoa dispenser, stick it under, and have a full mug. I have a bit, but the flavor isn’t too strong. I walk around the lounge a bit more, heading toward the left. The dream begins to fade a slight bit, so I shout “Clarity Now!” I slowly wake up.
*Back to bed – decide to try to re-enter dream rather than record.

2. The Cliffs of Syrano (LD)
I feel that I’m waking up on the couch in Syrano and look at my hand. I realize that I have ….six or seven finger…I’m dreaming! I get up from the couch and begin to head toward the back area of the main house. I want to explore beyond the sliding glass and phase through. I end up in the same area as the previous dream: the lounge area. The couch to my left, however, looks a bit different. Rather than the black and gray hues, the couches are a sand color and appear a bit fluffier. There is a door open beyond them as well which appears to be leading to a conference room type area, with a large dark wooden table in the center and black business style chairs all around. I don’t want to head in that area, yet want to continue heading in the direction of the kitchen area and beyond. I make my way past the central island and sink areas in the kitchen, which are upscale, and continue toward a door in the back of the house. I make my way through and end up within a nature scene on a dirt pathway leading downhill. There’s a sharp slope to my left and a large cliff beyond with structure on the top. I’m excited that the dream may last a while, and I begin to narrate. I state something similar to “This dream will last a long time”. I continue to make my way downward and look beyond to a massive cliff with dense, dark green foliage covering the entire cliff face with accents of red leaves within. As the scene is revealed, a short, musical crescendo is created, in a revelatory fashion. The experience feels mystical. I want to explore the cliff area a bit more to see if I can find a dream sanctuary type area in a cave in the cliff face. As I approach, the dream feels a bit unstable, and I feel I risk losing it. I quickly descend and the dream begins to darken. I shout, “Visuals! Visuals!” and the nature scene snaps back into focus. I turn to my right and see a long tree line nearby, with woodland continuing beyond. I’m curious to see if I can find The Mountain Temple within, and make my way into the woods. I meander down a small slope into the woods, feelings excited to explore and happy with how long the lucid is feeling. I look to my left, yet don’t see the temple. I begin to approach a wide river and begin floating across toward the opposite shore. It’s quite wide – about fifty meters or so – and several large paleolithic looking gray fish are partially exposed above the surface. They appear dangerous, and I try to float above them, however the dream feels as though it’s tugging me toward the water. My feet skim into the water a bit, and I feel the sensation of wetness, yet I make it safely to the other shore. I find myself on a dirt path extending parallel to the river. I turn to my right to continue exploring that area. After walking about thirty meters, I see a long single story brick structure and decide to explore inside. I make my way inside and it’s essentially vacant and feels like a storage type area. I make my way through a door toward the back right, and notice a rectangular metal structure to my left which seems to be generating power. It’s glowing both green and red around the edges and has a light on it. Once I exit through the side door, I see a pink VW van parked in a parking spot and get the thought that it seems like a vehicle used by people doing drugs. That’s probably a strange experience doing drugs in a dream…. I turn to my left and see a sketchy, tall guy in a black shirt with a white logo and begin talking to him about dreams.
“Who would do drugs when you can just lucid dream? It’s like you’re a timewalker.... or a dreamwalker I should say.”
He looks at me with amusement and interest.
“I’m going to go look for my dream guide, Glenna…want to come”
He seems interested and begins to follow me. I make my way into an upper level through a entryway in the ceiling above where we are. The path is obstructed by massive curving cylindrical pieces of white concrete. I feel pressed against the entryway by them.
“Now I’m going to use super strength”
I begin smashing the pieces of concrete with my fists, blowing chunks off into the space beyond the entanglement. I continue to smash, but and make progress, but it seems as though a slight bit more encroaches. I begin to wake up.

3. Blur (LD)
I’m aware I’m dreaming in the main house in Syrano, and the room is very dim. I walk a bit farther into the room, but the dream fades. I end up in a non-lucid. (1)

1. Stable Numbers (LD)
I’m gazing into a mirror in the front of the main house in Serrano.
“This is a dream…this is a dream”
I look at my reflection and notice how smooth the skin is. I also notice that the front of my hair is down a bit rather than up. My face looks a bit ethereal…almost like…
wait…this really is a dream! I turn away from the mirror and head into the center section of the house which is very dim. I begin shouting “Clarity now!” with intensity. The dream becomes a bit more stable and vivid, yet it’s not super clear as of yet. I phase through the sliding glass and want to head farther into where I imagine The Village to be. I end up on the lenai and make my way a bit farther, yet there’s thick blackness ahead and what appears to be a swamp. I don’t want to destabilize the dream in the blackness, so I turn to my right and fly a bit higher to where there appear to be buildings. As I rise up, I gain a view beyond where a tall brick wall is situated. There’s a two to three story building which appears to have a gym on the top level; I see a couple rows of black treadmills set up. There’s another a brick structure to the left of this gym structure, and the main structure continues a bit to the right. I fly into the top story where the gym is and a head a bit farther inside. There’s a screen on in what appears to be a sports bar area. It seems like a football game is on and one of the coaches is getting interviewed. The screen appears to say something similar to “Bronx”, and the scores 4 and 4 on the bottom of the screen. The person interviewed is speaking about his battle with, and “overcoming of, some type of illness. I look away from the screen and back out of curiosity to see if the text or numbers will respond. Interestingly enough, they remain in the same spot, displaying the same thing. The person in the interview continues to speak as I look back and forth. I’m a bit puzzled and intrigued, but decide to explore farther. I head to the far wall of the sports bar area and jump through the window down to the street below. I then decide to simply phase into the asphalt ground. I phase in and the dream goes dark for a moment. I wake up.

2. Wall In Syrano (LD)
I’m lucid in the back of the main house in Serrano. I’m staring toward through the back sliding glass doors and the dream is very dim. I consider heading out briefly, but don’t want to head back into the swamp area. I instead turn to my right and simply phase into the wall to teleport. My vision goes black for a short moment and I wake up.
*I decide to try to enter a lucid once again rather than record LD right away

3. Meditation In Syrano (LD)
I look up from the couch in the main house in Serrano, from a supine position, in order to check the time. I see two digital clocks ahead of me, one situated on a small square wooden table and one beyond. I look at the first one and it reads some time after 6:00. I look at the second at it reads some time after 4:00…wait…that doesn’t make sense…I’m dreaming! I stand up fully from the couch and walk into the central area of Serrano. I consider where I want to go and don’t want to head back to the back portion of the house. I decide instead to head for one of the window on the wall to the right. I head toward the window and phase out. I quickly make a drop into an area below which looks somewhat like a wooden porch. There’s a small square floor directly below me with various colorful items in the corners as well as another small square room, exposed to the outside beyond with couches on either side and a mat in the center which appears to be for meditation. I turn around to view the window that I came from and see various small adornments on the wooden section of the wall which appears to be made of metal – souvenirs of sorts. There are rooms in an alternate section of the house in the area to the left of the area with the mat as well as a section of the porch exposed to the outside to the left. I decide this would be an interesting place to meditate and sit down on the gray cushion in the center. Once in zazen posture, I think about teleporting somewhere else, but realize I’m getting distracted. I return my concentration to the present moment. I hold my awareness for a moment but feel as though I risk losing the dream. I stand up to begin engaging the dream and begin walking toward the porch area. I feel the dream slipping a bit, so I engage my tactile sense which extends the dream a short bit, but I wake up.

I fly toward the pillar on the opposite side of the room and my awareness begins to rise along with my control. I fly toward the lower level, and realize I can just teleport out of this area. I become lucid. I'll just phase through this wall - no problem. I walk into the black outcropping set against the wall with confidence and phase inside. My vision goes black and I set my mind to simply visualizing a scene calmly and with confidence that it will form. I begin imagining a snowy village scene. Within just a few seconds, I appear on dirt ground facing a three story brick structure with serval doors in the face of the wall along with pieces of metal jutting out of portions of the wall. At first it reminds me of previous lucid and I'm not a fan of the scene on the first impression oh man...this place again... I then turn around and the scene is a bit different than I expect. There are small piles of snow scattered throughout the woodland floor and trees on either side of a dirt path leading to a pond beyond. This is awesome! I walk a bit further and turn to my right, seeing a concrete structure extend far down to my right. I get excited as I realize it's the dreamscape of Dai'bo. Awesome! Let me see if I can enter through where my room was! I make my way down the side of the building, and as I progress, I notice intricate carvings of angelic figures carved out of metal and placed in the sections where window sections are left via gaps in the brick. The angelic metal carvings a circular and seem to have a progression from more common angels on the left most rooms to higher ranking angels toward the far left - possibly archangels. I'm interested in speaking with a teach and walk into the temple via an opening on the far left of the building. As I enter, the dream becomes even more vivid. I turn to my right and see a long corridor leading a glowing section in the back containing a small sanctuary of sorts. Throughout the corridor, mini alcoves are set against the side walls of the temple, with thin walls dividing each alcove. Large gray buddha statues a place down the corridor, and a large buddha statue is placed at the farthest end inside the sanctuary, with its back facing me. I walk into the small sanctuary room on the end and find an elderly woman with blonde hair, slightly hunched back, and glasses with three layers of lenses, somewhat resembling the splayed wings of an insect. She appears very wise in her elderly years. She is working intently at a small stand which is a cross between an alter and a podium in the back left corner which is made of wood. The small sanctuary room is a beautiful dim orange glow to it with a slight tinge of red and yellow. The scene is hyper vivid and my awareness is very sharp. I take a seat and marvel at how stable the dream is although I'm not quite doing anything to stabilize it. I face the sage and begin to speak.
"What's your name?"
Glenna: "Glenna"
The woman continues to work intently, sorting through paperwork. She seems to have anticipating me and was preparing some records.
"Can you teach me?" I say in a very respectful and polite manner. I'm feeling very happy to be present in the temple. I'm feeling amazed at how long and stable this portion of the lucid feels.
Glenna: "Yes"
"Do you have any experience with...dreams" I say with a bit of hesitation as well as hope.
She stops in her work, look down slightly and states in a serious, yet humble tone:
Glenna: "More than most"
"Can you teach me everything you know?"
"I'll teach you everything. First, do your workout and then we'll begin" she says as she makes her way from the podium and begins walking down the corridor of the temple
"I' can do my workout when I wake up" I say as I follow her down the corridor.
Glenna: "Okay"
We continue to walk down the corridor to the front of the temple and I feel the dream starting to slip. I engage my tactile sense and the dream persists a bit longer as I walk alongside Glenna.
I wake up.