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It is obviously nighttime as I find myself on a street, an unpaved road actually. I see the main street as run down and mostly deserted. There are a few DC's around, but they pay no attention to me.
The road goes downhill away from me, and gradually climbs the other side of the small valley, there are more buildings there, a few windows have lights in them.

I know I am dreaming, and with very little effort I become lucid. Now I want to find out more about this small town. The only problem is that I have to somehow return in time to go to work tomorrow, I have all night to get back.
My older brother is with me, I havent seen him in many years, he doesnt even look the same to me.

Somehow, I am taking him somewhere, but we must stay at a friends house and spend the night. Someone is looking for us, and we have to be quiet.
I wonder if this is the same street that the haunted LD house is on, the one that I used to live in with my family. There was an evil old woman that would walk on the upper floors, where all the bedrooms are. We would lock our doors and listen to her exploring the house, cackling with laughter. I hoped that she wont go near the kids rooms.

The haunted house isnt here, its just a dimly lit neighborhood. My brother has been loading the car with his stuff, I stand outside and look at the many homes on this street. I wonder if I will have enough time to visit them.

I think about doing a RC, spin or hand rub, but I can feel that I will be here for a while. There isnt a lot of people here, I walk around the house, opening doors to see what is inside the rooms, nothing interesting.

Now you might think that I am wasting this long LD, but I have been working at finding out more about my LD world and where I can go with it.
To be standing in this LD street, looking up and down at the homes and cars. I find myself wondering just what is going to happen if I try not to change the direction, and let the DC's run the show.

I do know that I can do nearly anythiing that I want at this point. I am standing still inside of my LD. I could easily walk over to one of the homes and go inside. I could start picking up cars, uproot trees, etc... there is a lot of things that I could do here.
But instead I choose to wait and see what happens.

I walk over to the car, my brother is waiting to leave. I get in and drive away, the car feels very old to me, it sounds, feels and smells old.
I ask him where we are going, he only replies with " Just out of town". I sense that he is running from something, so I just drive away.
After several miles we come to another neighborhood, he tells me to turn and and park. Someone is following us, and if we wait here, we will be okay.

The sun has already risen as I can now see details much better. We are in another suburb that looks like any other. There is a school yard across the street. Beyond the school is a small shopping enter, everything looks livelier over there, I want to go there.
But my brother says that we need to move on, before they catch up to us. I wonder who 'they' are. I know that I can handle anything here, this is my LD.
We drive away again, the sun is now out, the area looks rural, the road is rough, we are obviously in the country somewhere.

I decide that I've had enough of this LD, and I wake myself up. It is 7am, I get up and use the restroom, then I go back to bed for a while. The remainder of my dreams are made up of broken and scatterred images, nothing of substance, I fail to LD this time.

I was having lunch at a sidewalk cafe with Robert Dinero in New York.
We were chatting, drinking martini's, eating sandwiches.
I asked him if he knew I was LD'ing.
He said, "What the F---!, do I look like some kind of psychic?"
He gave me that look that only he can give, I didnt answer back.

I havent put a name to this LD method, but this is something that I have been doing for several years, and last night it became very clear as to what and how I have been doing it.
Now there are many LD methods and categories here on Dreamviews...and I dont know where this one falls under, all I know is that it works for me and it possibly could work for you.

If you have a set bedtime, and you become tired as that time approaches, so much the better. I normally dont have a regular bedtime because I work different shifts, but I will eventually become tired and ready for bed like everyone else.
As that urge to get under the sheets becomes stronger, and I become sleepier, I will not go to bed. Instead I will watch the TV, read a little, walk around the house, play the piano, peruse the internet.
What happens is my mind begins to wander as it shifts towards the sleep mode. I will begin to almost hallucinate as I keep myself awake with the above mentioned acivities. It becomes more and more difficult to concentrate on what I am doing as a heavy sleepiness takes over.
(Remember that you must already be as tired as possible and ready to go to bed before you start 'denying yourself' the act of sleeping.)

When I become very sleepy and close to nodding off, I will finally go to bed. I will allow myself to relax without thnking about doing a WILD or other LD inducing exercise. My body has relaxed, and now the scattered mental images begin to parade in front of me as I begin to fall asleep.
As I 'go under', the images play out before me, objects, places, people, sounds, shapes, ideas, shadows, arcs of light, etc...
I have learned to watch the display without loosing conciousness. Eventually what happens, is one of the images will suddenly increase in clarity and realism. It could be a car, a toy, a person, a tree, anything that stands out above the other mentally formed images, I will lock on to.

Last night, it was a large red wind up clock, waking past me on little legs. It became so real to me as it passed by.
I then followed it down the road with the rest of the parade of images straight into a LD. The clock faded from view, and I was now walking along in LD-Land!
Finding myself going straight into a LD can be an exciting and intimidating experience, but I am getting better and more accustomed to using this method that has become more reliable as time passes.
At that point, I was very aware that I was not fully asleep, I could have simply sat up and started over, but the image and sensations of the red clock walking along became my guide straight into a LD.
I have used this method many times over the years, but I wasnt sure of the exact circumstance until last night.
I wish that I could convey the feelings asociated with the powerful draw that a ridiculous image like a red clock walking feels like.
There have been many other objects that I have followed into LD's, animals, people, cars, a rock, a plant.

I guess the overall idea is to focus and 'latch' on to the image that has become the most realistic to you as your mind does its pre-sleep file sorting. That object can then become a 'shortcut' into the dream state.

Maybe I will call this method OILD (Object Induced Lucid Dream)

What is your take on this method?

This LD occured after I WBTB. It is an example of another long and realistic LD for me.
The words in bold type are specific LD goals that I managed to recall during this LD.

I was in the suburbs, the area was somewhat hilly. We got into a white car, a vintage convertable. We had to go somewhere.
My friend Ronald was driving, I hadnt seen him for several years, then I knew I was dreaming.
I told Ron as he drove, "You know that I'm dreaming right?" He responded by steering the car off of the freeway bridge and returning to the road. A floating car ride!
Then he said, "Yeah, I know, so now you can do anything that you want right?"
He pulled over and parked, I wanted to walk from here, I said to Ron, "Watch this..." I simply levitated around his head a few times, after I landed, I told him that this was my LD and I wasn't going to be fooled by thinking that this is real life.
He smiled as Ron would, then walked away.
I stood there in the street, there were apartment bldg's everywhere, all painted white. I didnt need to RC, spin, pinch my nose, but I remembered everything that I had read recently on Dreamviews, especially the part about members loosing their LD because they get excited or fooled.
Then I decided to look for other DV members...did you hear me calling your names?
I stood in the street outside of the complex and yelled out,
"Mes Tarrant! Clarity! Iseadragon! Crazy Cat! Caradon! NeAvO! Kromoh! Sivason! Jdeadevil!"
Over and over I called out to you..."Did anyone hear me in their sleep?" I wondered.
Silence...no one around, I decided to go into one of the bldg's. I remarked to myself as to the level of this LD, the sun was out, I could hear birds, there was a slight breeze, it was a very nice LD day for me.
I thought about working on my LD goal, which was to be someone or something other than myself from now on. I stopped walking and I looked down. I was wearing a white shirt and white pants, barefoot. The shirt was unbuttoned, and for a moment I almost began to change my gender, but I decided against it.
That would have been too easy at the moment, I had other plans in mind.
As I stood there on the sidewalk, I was thinking about how well that this LD was going to sound to my friends at Dreamviews tomorrow. I thought about those members that are working at improving their LD skills, those that are just starting out, and the ones that are having problems or going through a dry spell.
I even thought to myself, "I will go into one of those homes, find a computer, and log on to Dreamviews!"
A female DC appeared next to me as we approached the nearest building. I remembered reading in DV's recently about a member putting his hand through his face, so I decided to give it a try. I raised my right hand and it simply passed through my face in a kind of ghost fasion, no big deal, way too easy! I even remembered to hold my nose, I couldnt breath! So much for those methods!
We entered a corridor, similar to the one's that Neo and everyone used in the Matrix.
We walked along, several doors were open as we passed, we would look inside and see all varieties of DC's watching TV, eating, or just looking back at us.
We continued walking, I called out some names again just in case they didnt hear me. I asked the DC girl next to me about this long LD and how can I have them more often. She said, "You know that the WBTB and DILD always work for you" I agreed and added that I would like just to have them more often. She smiled and we entered a room. She was wearing a white toga.
Sleeping on the floor, was the brown stallion, my potential 'Dream Guide'. He lifted his head and looked up at me, I guess he recognized me, he got up, stretchiing as horses do. For a moment, he appeared as an Apaloosa, then returned to the brown color.
I took a moment to check my 'dream meter' as I realized that I have been in this LD for some time now, but everything was going just fine with no indications of fading.
I resumed walking along the corridor, the female DC led the stallion along next to us. She asked me, "So what are you going to do next?"
I really didnt know at the time, I was so caught up in the moment. All the elements for everything I want to do are here, a DC girl that looks sort of Latina, my brown stallion dreamguide, so what am I to do next?
The DC led me into a bedroom, but no bed or furniture, just a lot of thick conforters scattered on the floor, she spoke to me.
"Come in, lets all lay down here, you will be waking up soon so we should all just take a nap before that happens.'
She and the stallion laid down, I lay down next to her, the body of the horse pressing against my side, I was hoping that he wouldnt roll over on top of me. We spent several minutes getting situated and comfortable.
We settled down, the last image that I saw was of the three of us laying together on the floor as the 'camera' rose through the ceiling.

Friends...if you read this post slowly, with lots of pauses, you can get an idea as to how long that this LD was. The walking time was real, I had time to think things over, ponder my next move, enjoy the surroundings, talk to someone, I even called out some members names!
How much more lucid could I have been than that?
I'm hoping that one day, some of us will meet in our dreams and exchange information that can only be revealed if you were there!

Moonscape

I'm suspended in a void of nothingness...a sphere that is the sum of all existence is just out of my grasp...it is shrinking...I have to get to it...it's gone...I'm lost forever...

A bad place to be.

Recently when I became lucid, I found myself in that familiar apartment building again. This LD was very solid and I knew that I would be there a while.
In the past, I had allowed the sight of those familiar DC's fool me into thinking they were real people, but this time I knew better!
So I sat them all down and explained to them that I was on to their deceit
and that I would no longer loose my LD's because I thought they were real.
I mean these DC's were all people that I know everyday, and I wasnt able to do certain LD tasks because of their familiarity.
They all understood that I was in charge now, so I then went about my LD business, practiced flying above the city, did some shape changing. There was no longer any hesitation to do what I wanted because of DC's watching me!

I was a killer whale, with many others. We were swimming close to the shore.
It took some time to learn to move my entire body to swim as whales do. I vividly recall teaching myself to occasionally surface and breath through my blowhole while keeping my large mouth closed. It took a few tries to get it right. I remember not wanting to get any salt water down my blowhole.
The water was warm and cozy. My pod was traveling out into the deeper ocean. I could feel my huge long sleek body, no arms or legs, just fins and a heavy tail. Even my eyes were on either side of my head.
Being a dolphin was similar, I was trying to do the tail walk thing, also trying to leap out of the water. We traveled along close to the beach, mingling and rubbing against each other.

We were lined up under the Coliseum, waiting to go into the arena. I was essentially in the place of Russel Crowe in Gladiator. We were picking up swords, shields, armor, I remember that I needed to hide my face from the Emperor.
Someone was instructing us to say '"We who are about to die salute you!" to the Emperor. If you've seen the movie, you know what the emperor did to my family. I looked for a helmet and face shield to hide my identity.
All the equipment was made of modern materals, not crude metal. The helmets were like the motocross ones. I choose a white and green one, with a full face shield.
We marched out into the modern arena, everyone stood, saluted and recited the pledge, except me. But there was no combat, no emperor, no arena, we were now in a large conference room, the announcer was advertising the "Roman Gladiator Experience". We were only putting on a show for the public.
I fought with incredible skill, leaping, countering, knocking my opponents down in mock combat. The crowds were cheering me along.
Then realized that this is a dream, and a long one with a lot more time left. There were many DC's everywhere, almost as in a shopping center. I decided to have some fun and float around to see if anyone would notice me. I slowly glided up over the people, taking my time.
I hovered above a young blonde girl, she looked up at me, I landed near her and asked if she was a DC. She smiled and told someone that I was flying, no one believed her.
I asked her if she wanted a ride, she smiled as I easily lifted her and took her up over the crowds. her long blonde hair teased my face, I could feel her body next to mine. I contemplated my next move, should I fly away with her?
We landed and she laughed at the experience. I walked back towards the arena, I awoke and wrote this LD down.

It wasn't my dream guide, just a black female DC that I started talking to about my LD problems. I told her that I was having difficulty with doing body mods. She asked what I wanted to try, I asked her to do whatever she thought that I needed.
I removed my clothes, previously when I would pull my shirt over my head I would instantly wake up, but not anymore, I was still LD'ing. She knelt down and I stood, she pulled down my briefs.
Smiling at me, she ran her hands down my shoulders and all over my body. My muscles swelled incredibly as she turned me into a superman. She then took hold of my **** and lengthened and expanded that into an impossible size. I could feel the weight of it as she held it up for me to see.
She stood and stepped back, still holding on as she said, "There you go, now you have everything". She was friendly, always smiling.
I felt somewhat embarrassed as I stood there in my newly exagerrated body.
All of this took place in a large well furnished house. A house that I had been in before in other LD's. We were in the living room. She then turned and walked away, I followed her into a bedroom. I could feel all of my new body move, bounce and sway.
Without going into obvious details, we had sex. Everything worked, I didn't loose this LD as usual. She seemed to enjoy playing with my new 'equipment'. We were able to finish, I felt everything.

The remarkable thing abot this LD, was that everything was done in a calm and controlled manner, not rushed or excited. Those aspects usually always made me wake up immediately, but not this time. I didn't wake up until later. We lay there, talking about the experience. I asked if she will come back again soon, she replied, "Yes...perhaps we will meet again, that was a lot of fun, I hope that you enjoyed yourself".

My past experiences with DC's have usually been detached, sometimes scary. This was different.

Dream on!