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    Rooftop Surfing

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    CanisLucidus
    , 09-08-2013 at 02:09 PM (840 Views)
    I'm back from vacation and I've got some catching up to do! Hope everyone's been well and I'll be checking what I missed in everyone's dream journals soon!

    This dream is from the morning of September 2, 2013.

    Color legend: Non-dream Dream Lucid

    Lucid #140: Rooftop Surfing

    I'm attempting a WILD and get some fast hypnagogic imagery of standing near the wall outside of my childhood home. I reach out to touch the house's wall and it's real. Climbing up to the roof feels natural and easy, so I clamber up to the top and look out over the old neighborhood.

    The roof of my house seems to go on forever, somehow connecting with the roof of the neighbors' houses. Off in the distance I see what look likes breaks in this ocean of roofing shingles, and as I focus on them, my feet start to slide smoothly along like I'm surfing. I go with it, imagining that this is taking me toward the Colosseum for Europe Task of the Year.

    The rooftops have a smooth rise and fall as I skate over them, moving me up and down. There's a big, fancy house in the distance that I'm steering toward, and I insist that it's right next to my goal. The house acts sort of like a mirage, though, fading out of existence when I get anywhere near it. I'm left with just that endless sea of rooftops. Eventually another house appears in the distance, and I move toward it now.

    After a while, the rooftop starts sloping downward and my speed picks up. Now it's not a rooftop anymore but just a blue plastic slide. I try to slow down a bit. This seems to work but these doubts keep popping into my head and then I'm careening downward again.

    Now the blue plastic slide is slick and wet like a water slide, heading almost straight down. I splash into a shallow, watery pool in some kind of indoor amusement facility. There's a teenage girl here in a yellow shirt and tan slacks who looks like she works here. Before I can say anything to her, a little girl who's about 6 years old runs up and pushes a button that's just outside the pool of water.

    "That means you have to wait here," says the teenage girl.

    "Sorry, I'm not doing that," I respond, getting out of the pool. I check her expression to see whether she cares about my rule-breaking. It looks like she couldn't care less.

    I walk down a little foam ramp. This place looks like some kind of cross between a gymnastics studio and a water park. There's another girl who works here at the bottom of the ramp, dressed in the same yellow shirt and tan slacks.

    "Which way to the Colosseum?" I ask her. She immediately points to my left, where I see a pit of foam blocks and two more girls in this worker outfit. I'm walking toward the foam pit when     the dream ends.
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    1. NyxCC's Avatar
      Congrats on the nice WILD, CL! There's always something very exciting about getting into those scenes, isn't there?

      I really liked how you decided that the house is just next to what you are looking for. That saves so much dream time and what we need is really just a few expectations away. I have to get rid of that bad habit of trying to walk somewhere for miles and miles and get lost in the process. What you are doing is totally the right approach.

      It was very interesting to read about the rooftop changes. Actually, I think I am going to call it a day and let this be the last entry I read before bed. Why? I can already imagine my rooftop turning into the flowing waters of Angel Falls.

      Oh, and another thing. I guess you used some sort of subcon matter manipulation when you climbed right? I have noticed this from my non-lds and in some lds, there is always something that you can hold on to so that makes climbing ultra easy and also a very pleasant experience. The mechanics are quite similar to swinging.
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    2. CanisLucidus's Avatar
      Thanks, Nyx! Yeah, since WILD isn't my primary tech, it's a real rush when they hit. I have this sensation of did I just fall asleep?? Holy crap!

      I'm trying to shape my expectations in the direction of "oh yeah, it's the next thing right over there" because this has worked so well for me in the past. But remembering to do it and really mean it... this is still a trick for me! I think it's a skill with a lot of room to grow. And hopefully I can grow it.

      Great idea on having a rooftop flow into Angel Falls!! Not only in the physical sense but in the metaphorical sense of shaping the flow of your dream in the direction that you want. You've got great improvisational skills that have worked well for you in tons of situations.

      Very timely what you said about climbing! It's funny you should mention that because I had an even more applicable climbing experience in the next LD over ("City on a Hill") and what you said about climbing is exactly right -- felt very easy and natural. Those dream bodies are light as a feather when you want them to be!
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    3. NyxCC's Avatar
      I'm trying to shape my expectations in the direction of "oh yeah, it's the next thing right over there" because this has worked so well for me in the past. But remembering to do it and really mean it... this is still a trick for me! I think it's a skill with a lot of room to grow. And hopefully I can grow it.
      Yeah, there are so many things we can do in lds, but remembering to do them is another thing. Still, I think if you keep repeating your best techs, it will become easier not only to properly execute these, but also to remember to do them. Just like how you picked up flying. I like how methodically you develop those skills and enjoy reading about you implementing them.

      Very timely what you said about climbing! It's funny you should mention that because I had an even more applicable climbing experience in the next LD over ("City on a Hill") and what you said about climbing is exactly right -- felt very easy and natural. Those dream bodies are light as a feather when you want them to be!
      It's really cool to hear you have noticed the same thing. On my way to the next lds then!
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    4. CanisLucidus's Avatar
      Thanks, Nyx, I'm glad you enjoy the read! The record really helps me, too. A DJ serves as a great record of what skills I'm tending to use at any given time, which ones I'm developing, stuff I'd tried that did/didn't work.

      Lots of info, basically. One of the great things about checking out others' DJs... I have learned a ton that way!
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    5. Highlander's Avatar
      Congrats and welcome back BTW.
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