Oneirin's Dreamworld

*Issue with DJ Interface - Unable to color-code currently. Both entries are LDs.
1. The Greek Temple Trilogy (LD)
I'm in the backyard of M Street with B and I'm trying to light a candle with some kind of mini torch with a small gas canister. I sit down in a nearby tent area and show B how by pointing the end toward the sun it created a short beam of glowing light - almost a small reflection of light with particles in it. I place the torch down and notice that it catches fire. I try to put it out and think I succeed, but notice that it catches fire once again. I look to my right at the pool and back at the torch but don't think I'll have enough time to put it in the water before it explodes. It finally explodes and launches very far into the air toward houses in the distant parts of the development. I'm worried that it may bust through someone's roof or hurt someone. I enter the house and begin talking to Brie about what happened. Suddenly I realize, "this is a dream"! I'm a bit excited and start thinking of some dream goals. I remember that I wanted to meditate and also wanted to try generating and then having some chocolate. I search a small drawer in the fridge but can't find any. I still want to earn some points for eating something and notice my mom sitting at the table on the seat to the right. I see her eating a pack of gummy bears with various colors. I ask her if I can have a few and she hands me a green and orange gummy and I begin to chew. I say "holy shit!" with amazement at how intense and accurate the flavors are (1). I'm eager to meditate next so I head toward the edge of the island in the kitchen area and sit down to practice zazen. When I sit, I still have a view of the top of the counter and notice some magazines on top. I realize that chewing and tasting gummy bears while meditating isn't optimal, but I don't want to waste time. I sit for a short bit, but begin to realize that the dream may lose stability soon. I think back to a post Saizphod made recently, referencing Sageous talking about gaining stability. I begin moving my eyes a bit so they're not fixated in real life, but decide to get up. I begin walking toward the hallway, --
but quickly enter a black void. I'm inside the void and maintain determination to make it all the way through to the next dream scene. I ground my awareness and start moving my arms in wave-like motions instinctively for tactile simulation. Nothing is forming and I begin to think back to Sivason's vizualzation lessons regarding starting to form dream scenes. I begin imagining some green and then a tree shaped figure. --
Soon two green bushes appear on either side of me with a medium-tan walkway between leading to a small door. I realize I'm still at M Street, yet in the backyard and to the side. I turn around and see the edge of the yard as well as the fence dividing this side from the neighbor's. I decide I don't want to stay in this area as I'm here for many lucids. I fly over the fenc into the neighbor's yard and the scene gets just a bit dimmer. I see the back of the house and remember back to lucids many years ago in this area (2). I head further down and notice a small pool, now with many red tropical plants around it which resemble the ones from the "Tribal Elixir" lucid. I continue further down, curious to see what's beyond this edge of the persistent realm, which I've never explored. As I reach the end of the pool, the scene get much darker, like in the dead of night. I turn to my right and see a two story structure of white stone which extends quite far to the left. It's a mini mansion of sorts. The top portions is adorned with a row of stone gargoyles. I'm amazed at how vivid, yet slightly eerie this scene looks. I wonder if this an area that I can make a sort of "dream hub" out of for future use, but decide not to as it's a little creepy. I turn to my left and continue to fly farther into the realm. I soon view larger temple structure, one of which is to my left in the distance and contains massive stone pillars with open rooms underneath the room. The entire temple structure is made out of the same white stone material and is shining in dim light in the moonlight. I begin to fly toward this area and notice a figure carved into top portion that resembles a Greek God, similar to Zeus. I fly toward the roof, and the dream suddenly takes control of my flying (3). It begins bringing me higher and higher, and eventually into a sweeping arc above the water and along the coast where M Street was. I see many stone buildings with lights red and orange lights glowing through vertical window openings (4). I want to regain control of the flying and think back to the goal of summoning and or riding a dragon! I imagine a dragon below me and my dream body suddenly goes into a dragon riding position. However, a dragons doesn't visually appear below me. --
I suddenly re-enter the black void state and maintain awareness through. I suddenly see a few colors and tell myself this must a dream forming. I almost lose lucidity but the dream begins to form. --
I'm in a desert town of sorts, almost resembling a bazaar area in India. I'm in some kind of caravan and a driver is taking me on a left curve down a street between a large building on my left and massive tents beyond. There are three very large tents of various colors - roughly three stories tall with a wide base converging to a pointed roof - with a yellow colored tent in the middle. At the end of the road is a shorter and wider blue tent with a larger opening, seeming to contain a small circus show of sorts. I turn to the middle yellow tent on my right and decide to enter. I notice that there appear to be arcade machines as a peer through the opening in the front. One of the machines is blue. I enter and head to the back area. In the back left of this rectangular room sits a crate of stuffed animals. I remember my goal of tyring to summon a small dragon. I believe a see dark dragon figure in the left bin but ignore it and turn around. I try to vizualize and expect a small dragon being in this area when I turn around. I turn around and see the head of a small, pink dragon with a single horn in the middle bin. It's not a living dragon, but it's still pretty cool! I leave it along and think back to another goal of summoning/finding my animal spirit guide. I imagine a small creature begin behind me when I turn around. I try twice but nothing appears as I walk to the doorway of the next room, and I continue to the room beyond. I decide to try to find some chocolate to eat. I go to wooden shelves in the back right of the room. There are roghly three shelves with various wooden items, one of which appears to be a small clock which is face down. I'm unable to find any chocolate. I turn and notice two DCs. I ask them politely for some dark chocolate if they have any. One younger boy, probably 12 years old or so, look at me with kind and generous eyes, handing me a whole dark chocolate bar, unwrapped. I'm taken over by gratitude in the dream. The girl to my right hands me another bar which still has a portion of the wrapper as well as the outer case. It has more texture as well and looks pretty vivid. I say "It's a Valrohna"!. I thank them both and take a bite of the first which has a muted flavor. I tell them if I'm ever in this realm I'll do my best to pay them back in some way. I search my back pockets for something to give them, yet only find a folded piece of paper (5). At this point, the dream fades.

2.The Auctioneer (LD)
I'm in an area which appears to be a mix between an auction house, courtroom, and lecture area. I'm behind a wooden podium. Another DC needs to answer to the authority figure - which appears to be an auctioneer/judge - about something. My turn is approaching. My awareness pierces the illusion and I realize it's a dream right when the authority figure turns to hear what I have to say. I walk from behind the wooden podium with a smile and laugh a bit. I say, "you guys are too serious; this is just a dream". I proceed to turn to the wooden shelf on the left side of the room, the top portion containing an opening, divided into three areas wide wooden separators. I look in the right section and see yellow pieces of cheese which I take a bite of. The dream fades.


Notes:
1. The flavors are way more intense than gummy bears in real life. It's more like a whole mouthful of gummy worms.
2. I haven't been in this section of M Street in probably 7-10 years or so, and it's awesome remembering/rediscovering it while in the dream
3. This is the first time that a dream has taken control of my flying.
4. I almost feel like the dream/my subconscious/substrate is trying to tell something here. Almost as though I way way more potential to build and immerse myself in persistent realms and I just need to believe in my capability. It may have been inspired by reading Hyu's Adventures on dreamviews the night before.
5. The paper appears to be a re-creation of a DJ page that I shove in my back pocket from the night before, to record in more depth when I have the time.