Oneirin's Dreamworld

I'm heading through side rooms within the building that sits far above the massive room filled with water. A DC continues to follow me, and it seems that I'm showing him what doors to go through as we rapidly progress from room to room in the old building. As I come up to one of the doors, my hand comes in front of me and I say I'm dreaming. My awareness begins to raise at the same time and I know I'm in a dream. I stop myself before opening the door, turn to the DC following me and tell him that this is a waste of time; let's got to forest area. I open the door anticipating a forest scene to appear, but the door just leads to a another room within the complex. I enter the gray room and make a right, beginning to head toward the staircase. I decide to exit the complex by flying and running. I fly up the stairs and see a small rectangular amber window which seems to be leading outside. I fly toward it to change the scene,but quickly vibrate back to my body.

I'm heading toward the exit of school building, and making my way through the second floor stairwell. I'm thinking about dreams, and becoming lucid in them. As I approach an outdoor balcony connected to this area, it hits me that i am actually now inside of a dream. I Begin to fly over the railing to travel out of the area of the building and toward the forest beyond. The dream feels a bit unstable, and I'm a bit cautious of flying at the time. I want to head farther into the distance to explore the dream scene, and feel walking would be better for a couple minutes until I can build some stability. I head a bit farther, then begin flying, and the dream begins to fade.

I'm standing at a counter top area on the first floor level of a structure which appears to be a family home. The room has a bright white hue to it. An individual resembling my father walks into the room, and I begin to get a strange feeling about the situation. I nose-plug and am hit with the realization that I'm in a dream.I take in the visual male figure in front of me, across the counter-top. I want to take the opportunity to check why my hand RCs usually never work to verify that I'm dreaming. I look at my right hand and notice that it's a near perfect re-creation. I then look at my left and notice that one of my scars is gone, and my ring is missing. I gaze left into a kitchen area, and there is a older female who resembles my mom, but with a younger look and shorter hair. She's sitting at he head of the table, and a very young girl is sitting on one of the sides working on something that appears to be school work. I intuitively realize that this is supposed to be my sister in the dreamworld; I find it very interesting, yet strange. White light spills in at the end of the table, through the glass. I see a few snacks in Tupperware set on the table to the left of the girl's school work. I turn to my mom, and am curious about the DC's concept of my name in this strange family. I ask her, "Mom, what's my name? She looks at me with a slightly annoyed expression, and in a very sarcastic tone tells me: "Football; your name is football. I look back at the table and take look at the contents of the Tupperware containers. The first contains bars with light pink. The second contains light brown bars that look like milk chocolate. I try to taste one, but it isn't very flavorful. I decide to walk to the fridge to try to make some dark chocolate bars appear. I approach and open the right door but I quickly vibrate back to my body, and hold very still, trying to DEILD for a bit.

I'm standing out in the street in front of my home. The sun has just set to my right, and I gaze down the street at the surreal colors. I note the surreal feel, and begin to become aware of the dream-feel. I nose-plug and become lucid. I begin to fly above the lawn, and immediately start thinking about dream goals I set before bed. I see a massive ornate Christmas tree, roughly three stories high, situated in the middle of the front lawn. There are vivid ornaments - mostly red - finely decorating the tree. Many nut-cracker ornaments are on the tree as well. I wind around it, taking in all the vivid decoration while feeling a sense of joy and smiling to myself. I ask the dream for my spirit guide to appear. I circle the tree a bit and try to make it to the very center of the top to stand on it. It feels as though a small force field is keeping me away. My spirit guide doesn't show, so I decide to ask the dream how I can become lucid more often. A small evergreen tree appears on the lawn at the base of the tree. Another evergreen then spawns directly to the left of it, rivaling the size of the Christmas tree. As I fly to stand on the top, and await an answer, another larger evergreen spawns to the left of this one. An outward spiraling circle of evergreens, continuously growing in size, spirals outward as I fly upward, not quite landing on any particular one. While flying upward, I reflect on what this may mean, and consider that it either means 'trust in nature' and/or I'll progressively get better in time. I continue upward toward even taller evergreens, yet the dreams become dim very quickly and I lose lucidity for a brief period.

Portal Mirror
I'm in the upstairs bathroom in my childhood home looking into the mirror. Things look fairly normal, yet I get a strange feeling, and have an inclination to RC. I nose-plug, realize I'm dreaming, and feel a bit of surprise. I walk out into the hallway. The house is dark, and it appears to be late at night. The hallway is dimmed, and there seems to be a blueish hue coming from my brother's room, suggesting he has a screen on in the back. I begin to head into my brothers room, but strongly decide not to get wrapped up with DCs and possibly distracted. I turn right, enter the guest room, and begin think about my goals. I remember that I wanted to meet my spirit guide as well as trying to teleport through a mirror. I enter the room, and look against the left wall to see a tall mirror leaning against it. I think about how this is perfect for TPing and head toward it. I walk right through, thinking about a forested area I'd want to go to. I enter a void area, and wait for some visuals to kick in. I think about an area resembling Darnassus, picture some architecture and colors in my mind's eye. Nothing kicks in yet, so I start humming some music and keep myself anchored in this void for a bit longer. I verbally recite my goal as well. After a bit longer in this void I lose lucidity and pop up into a non-lucid for a short period.

I'm watching Anthony play some kind of game on the couch in the basement of my childhood home. I'm in a good mood, and wand to start a conversation with him about lucid dreaming. He's focused on a screen, holding a remote and I begin to fly all around him. I want to show him all of my flying abilities, and explain that you can start flying in dreams when you practice lucid dreaming. I fly across the room and up the stairs, and start to realize something is strange about the situation, and that my thoughts don't make perfect sense. My self awareness builds a bit and I mentally tell myself, 'No, you're IN a lucid dream right now'. I'm hit with the realization of what this means (observing the thought process and transition from a semi-lucid to lucid state was very interesting - a great learning experience). I take a couple seconds to really observe the shift in my awareness and begin to fly rapidly around the stairs, enjoying the freedom and sense of presence. I fly back into the downstairs area but quickly transfer to a FA in which I begin recalling the lucid events, and begin writing my friend's name down in my written dream journal. The FA soon fades into a non-lucid.

I'm trying to collect items to bring to a fund raiser, and a woman with blonde hair approaches and tell me about a family at the school that is going through a tough time and may need some assistance. I try to be polite as I listen and multi-task. I turn back to the conference table a group of people are at, and the woman's hair transforms. I approach the double doors, and realize I'm dreaming. I turn to the group at the table and fly toward them. I tell them we're dreaming, and continue to fly through the doors and new a new building area. There is a massive glass wall on the first floor, and a great view to a beach at sunset. The sunset is an awesome amber color, and the sand as well as water is visible. I fly up into the room, and see people arranged in small groups, laying down on the gray concrete floor and holding conversations. Some reggae music by Iration comes on over the speakers
and I'm really enjoying the scene. I fly around all the groups, but don't jump into any conversations; it feels a bit strange to. I decide to fly down to the beach and fly over to the glass. I see a group of three below me as I approach the glass, and take in all the faces. The dream gets a bit blurry and I wake up.

I enter a restaurant and speak to the two women who are at the front desk. I need to use the bathroom, and they direct me toward the back of the restaurant. I enter one of the back rooms, and I find myself in the bathroom. I turn and face the doors, and my awareness begins to come through. I tell myself it's a dream as my hands come in front of my field vision and I phase through the doors. I think about exploring a bit, and want to come up with some new dream ideas on the spot rather than try the same goal from the previous dream. I remind myself it's a dream, and I should just enjoy and explore the environment. I look left to the set of doors which leads to a large room and realize it's probably the kitchen. I decide to check out what the chefs are cooking. I enter, but nobody is in the room. I look around to see if I can find anything interesting to try, and remind myself to stay grounded in the dream. I walk forward and see some french fries in an oil cooker, but decide to not go for these. I pick up a pile of french fries on a paper towel to the right of the oil, and continue exploring the kitchen area. I take a few bites of the fries, and the taste is pretty good, but not quite like real life.There are many metal tables throughout, and several metallic freezers in the area to my right. I check out one of the fridges, but as I open it the dream fades and I wake up.

I'm heading down the stairs in what appears to be a two story school building. As I approach the double doors on the bottom of the stairwell, I stick my hands out to open them and begin to notice the dream feel. As I transition through the doors I tell myself I'm going to become lucid, and I become aware I''m in a dream. I notice that the room extends forward, far down a hallway. I make a sharp left and glide through the left wall of this room to head outside. I continue flying low to the ground, gliding along. I notice a light green hue over the entire scene, and a two story building on either side of me. The walkway continues down for roughly 50 meters before coming to a cross walk. I get the feeling I'm in some sort of college campus. I see a female approaching wearing black clothing in the distance, and she appears to be a student. I consider some dream goals, decide I'm not going to go purely for fun, and set out to find my dream guide. I begin moving, but am having some difficulty with movement, feeling a bit encoumbered. I remind myself it's a dream and I can simply move with my mind, but there's resistance. I glide toward the rotating glass doors that the female is approaching in order to ask her for directions to my guide. I see a small light attached to the overhang she's heading under, and try to use some telekenesis to smash it down to the ground. No luck. I don't make it to her in time, yet another couple is approaching. I have an incliniation to talk to DCs in this area to ask for my guide so I continue to approach.I follow behind them through the massive rotating glass doors, and enter the atrium of a fairly large academic building. This area has many different seats with students waiting. I notice the weight of a heavy book bag, and am appreciating the length of the dream. I decide not to think about length or stability as I feel those thoughts may collapse the scene. I take the book bag off, but become really curious as to what I'm carrying in such a heavy dream bag. I begin going through the pouches, focusing a lot of tactile sense to stay stabilized. I pull out a large GPS kit, then some running shoes, and finally smell the perfectly accurate smell of black sesame oil I had with dinner (the thought crossed my mind that I actually spilled some IRL!) I begin to open a few more small compartments, but the dream quickly fades and I wake up

I find myself raising out of bed in the dark, and begin to notice the dream-feel. I noseplug and become lucid. I feel that the dream is very unstable, and know I need to do something quick. I float over to the window, and try to head to an outdoor area. I feel the void coming and set to make it through. I feel the outside of where the window would be and focus on the tactile sense. After a short moment, I begin humming a song to keep myself anchored while the next scene forms. I begin drumming on the surface along to humming of my song, and am starting to have fun in the void! I continue doing this for a minute or two as I continue to wait for imagery. I feel that nothing may be coming for a while, so I think back to the visualization training in sivason's course and begin visualizing a light blue background. I make my entire visual field into a light blue, and it seems to kick things into gear. I see to pastel looking birds flicker into the dream scene briefly, and make ca-caw sounds. I then ask for the dream to burst into vivid imagery. Suddenly, I find myself in an outdoor area standing in front of a two story lodge. I feel that the setting is situated in a mountainous area. It appears to be some sort of retreat center. I see a sliding glass door on the bottom level, and a wooden staircase ascending to the second story on my left. The scene is very realistic and vivid. I walk quickly up the stairs to see how moving quickly and taking in a lot of visuals would affect stability. I think back to the pages of the dream yoga course I re-read that night, and how the tactile and auditory training primes you to be able to process more stimuli. I walk up the stairs quickly and come to a glass door with a metal handle on the left. I think to myself that the handle is unnecessary and phase through. I think back to my goals and remember I wanted to find and talk to my spirit guide. I enter the massive rectangular room that extendeded far down to the right. It seems like a row of office rooms in front of me across from the entrance. Just to the right is a small staircase leading to an upper ledge area, and far down to the right looks like a rest area for younger children who visit. There appears to be a dark brown leather seat in this area for kids to sit in next to what appear to be book shelves. I consider shouting out for my spirit guide, but decide to explore and simply ask. I enter the first office room, and turn right to see a male sitting behind a desk on his computer. He is African American, in his forties with a blue button-down shirt and a short black mustache with short black hair. He stands as I approach, smiling, and I outstretch my hand for a handshake. I say "Hi, I'm Eric....do you know what the name of this place is?" I feel that it might be called 'The Spirit Lodge' for some reason, but don't want to jump to conclusions. He goes deep into thought, turns his head and says "Oh well, my name is Steve, and what I can help you out with..." and the dream quickly collapses.

I find myself looking into a mirror in my home. My face is recreated just about perfectly, yet I get a strange feeling about the situation. I begin thinking and realize 'Wait, I was just in a dream where I was helping my grandpa out with some papers, this has to be a dream'. I look into the mirror again very sharply and say, yeah this is a dream. I turn right, head out through the door way and immediately think back to a dream goal I had. I consider trying to find my spirit guide, but then think that I'll do somethink a little more fun in this one. I turn right and head down the hallway, and smile to myself about how realistic everything is. Spatiall, everything is recreated very close to perfectly. Everything is in the right place, the rooms are the correct sizes, and the layout is correct. The color is a bit dim, but the dream appears to be in the very early morning hours. It feels a bit more more like the typical OBE you hear about. I head toward the counter and see only a few things on it. I think back to a previous goal and decide I'm going to eat one of S's chocolate cakes she made me for my b-day. I head around the counter and figure it would be easier to imagine the container behind one of the recesses. I make my way around the corner and see a container with a green lid. I open it, and a piece is inside. It has a lot of moisture as though it has some extra liquid on it. I take a couple bites, and feel the energizing effect of the super intense cocoa. One of my goals was to feel the strong effect of the cocoa The taste isn't very strong, but I know it could be. I turn to the fridge to try again, and try to find some dark chocolate bars. The collapses rapidly and I find myself returning to my body.

I'm in bed next to S, and I roll over in the dark and put my arm over her. We start talking, and I get a strange feel about the situation. I do a noseplug and I'm lucid. I give her a big hug, still unable to see much in the dark. I then tell her, "Well, I have some good news and some bad news... we're dreaming... but we can still keep talking and go outside Wasn't bad news for me, but maybe for her! She agrees and I go to scoop her up in my arms and turn to fly through the window to head outside with her. As I'm turning,I say, "I have to ask you though.. why didn't you tell me that we were dreaming? She says matter-of-factly something like "You looked like you were resting...I didn't want to bother you". Fair enough I thought, and continued toward the window to head outside. The dream begins to fade rapidly and I wake.

I'm in a two story structure at night with a balcony on the second floor. At some point I become aware I'm in a dream and drift from the second floor away from the small group of people who are standing around a circular brown table. I decide to head out of the building, and begin to fly through the wall, and out into the yard of the property. I begin exploring a bit. There are sparse tree throughout the front of the yard, and grass covers the ground. As I fly close to the ground I occasionally look back at the structure taking in the surrounding, heading farther way from the building. I soon lose lucidity and continue dreaming for a period of time.

I make my way out of the garage of my childhood home at night with a younger girl who is tagging along with me. We head through the open garage doors, out onto the driveway. The entire scene is covered in a light layer of snow, and the driveway is slightly iced over. The scene is at night time. We begin to slide down, yet I simply decide to fly down the slope toward the street and explain that it's easier. As I'm gliding it occurs to me, and I state that I'm dreaming. I float to the middle of the road and decide to rub hands to stabilize and focus on increasing vividness. I decide against flying again as I want to try to prolong the dream and feel flying may de-stabilize. I turn to my left and begin considering some goals to keep me anchored. I run my memory and suddenly remember my pre-bed intent to meet up with the druid guides in this dream area. I turn right once again in the area that I previously met the druids at. I spot a large house at the other side of the street and begin to head toward it. I'm interested to see who is inside, and to speak with them. I work my way across the front lawn and toward the large structure which appears a bit more like a small mansion, with slight purple coloring on the outside. I approach the massive black metal Gothic looking doors, and enter into the dark mansion. It is difficult to see, but I make out a small balcony across the way on the second story. I look up and see a small poster which appears to be colored crayons in a row. It appears very empty with limited visibility so I decide to enter back out through where I came. I keep making my way, but black walls keep reappearing, and I'm unable to exit. I transition back to my body with small vibrations.

I'm sitting across from a DC at a desk. The character is a female and appears to be an office worker of some sort. We don't talk at this point, but something starts to feel strange, and I say "I'm dreaming" as my awareness comes through. Simultaneously, my visuals begin to deteriorate to very blurry, then to void. However, I maintain my tactile sense in the dream by sticking my hand out and feeling the DC's face as the visuals wane. I maintain stability in the dream scene, feeling the shape and texture. At this time, something strange occurs that hasn't happened to me before: I feel as though my mind is divided between the dream I'm exiting, and either waking life, FA, or void (difficult to tell). I get the vague sense that I'm beginning to feel a body in another location simultaneously. I lose my awareness, and can't account for the following scene.