Oneirin's Dreamworld

5/19/23
I'm standing with B in the backyard in The Meadow and something doesn't seem 100% right. I look at my hands and count 5 fingers on both, rotating them back and forth. I look once again doing the same procedure, yet they continue to look real. I get a sense that this simply isn't waking reality and my awareness begins to rise a bit more as I tend to push my awareness during waking life. I become aware that I'm in a dream. I turn to B and say "Now we're lucid" as I begin to rise up a fly with enjoyment. I start heading toward the far end of the yard where tall trees in the woods loom behind the fence. I continue to fly but soon realize that I'm risking having the dream fade if I fly into the darkness. I decide to keep the dream more stable by turning around and flying toward the house. I see a light emanating from the door on the right side and fly in that direction. I head toward the laundry room which has a door open. I see the washer and dryer with the doors situated vertically - they're both projecting a holographic image on them with a blue hue. I consider two of my major dream goals: heading to my dream sanctuary as well as asking what my spiritual path is. I begin asking the dream what my spiritual bath is - I ask twice yet get no answer. I decide to sit and practice zazen. I sit facing the wall and begin meditation. B sits to my right. I'm interested in how stable my awareness is within the dream state. I see the slight warbling effects of my visuals through my half open eyes, but my awareness is pretty steady. I meditate for about a minute, then get up. I reflect on how my awareness in the dream seems a bit more stable since several years prior. I continue to make my way to the next room an consider heading to my dream sanctuary. I take in the visuals of the kitchen and head to the family room. I hold off on the dream goal and decide to meditate in my usual spot in real life. I enter the family room and face the sliding glass doors and notice snow flurries coming to the ground outside. I see my reflection and I'm wearing the same pjs I wore to bed. I look very similar to real life with slightly shorter hair. I set to meditate and B is by my side once again. I stabilize my awareness. A thought passes through my awareness of what it would be like if all my dreams were lucid- would that just be too much time in the state? What if there are bad dreams? I come back to awareness. After about a minute I get up and return to the central area of the kitchen and consider looking for a portal to head to the dream sanctuary. I look at the bathroom door, basement door and front. I decide to just chill for a bit though, and just enjoy the dream environment. I think, hey why not get some chocolate and decide to get some chocolate ice cream from the fridge (having a giant chocolate bar was a just-for-fun dream goal anyway!). I see French Vanilla ice cream and think that would be great and grab the container. I also see a large Valor dark chocolate bar in red and gold wrapper with about 2/3 remaining and the wrapper pulled back - I grab that too. I put my hand into the ice cream, grab a big chunk and try it. It tastes pretty good! About 50% of the flavor of real life. I head toward the table with the ice cream and chocolate bar, but decide to grab a cup and spoon for the ice cream since I don't want to be messy - reflecting on making bad karmic patterns even in the dram state. I sit back next to B, and notice the edge of the cup with ice cream dripping down. I reflect on how cool it is to be in this aware state, just chilling and hanging out with my 'dream brother'. After a moment, the dream begins to fade a bit and I begin to come to back to my waking body.
Factors: Awareness practice; Illusory form practice; Mantra before bed; Reishi - midnight

I'm on a platform high int he trees on the edge of the Dark Woods in The Meadow. I realize I'm dreaming. H is next to me and I look at her and tell her I'm dreaming. I'm laying down on the wooden square platform underneath some covers. I look up and see the moon in the distance hanging above the faint view of the neighbor's house. The platform is roughly eight feet by five feet, constructed of wood, sitting about two stories high with a two foot wooden railing running around it. I feel the covers around me and think that the tactile sense will help prolong the dream. I chat with H for a short bit, but slip into a false awakening in which I'm telling a DC outside my room that I just had a lucid dream.

I'm in a house in The Meadow and I'm standing by the peninsula dividing the family room from the kitchen. A dream character is standing there. He's a male who appears to be in his mid twenties with black hair, a black t-shirt and a slender build. I get the feeling that something is strange. I raise my right hand in front of me instinctively and it looks slightly darker. I suddenly realize I'm in a dream and I'm lucid.
I ignore the DC and head toward the island in the kitchen. I begin thinking of some dream goals. I think of summon an animal dream guide as well as meditating. I decide to meditate as I haven't done that in a while. I float up to the top of the island in the kitchen and sit down cross-legged for zazen. I begin and my awareness is pretty stable. I see the DC beginning to approach. I continue meditating and my dream body slowly slides to the edge of the island. Once I reach the edge, my dream body slowly glides to the floor and I stand. I decide to try to summon my animal dream guide. I imagine that when I turn it'll be on my shoulder or behind me. I turn my head but nothing is there, so I decide to move on to exploring. But first I decide to grab something to eat from the kitchen area. I look at the cabinets above the fridge, open the right one and see a box of Honey-Nut Cheerios. I grab a handful and begin chewing - they taste pretty similar to regular Cheerios but a bit more muted in flavor. I head to the front of the house and begin flying toward the front door. I fly through it and higher into the air outside. I'm continuing to chew and taste the cereal. The dream begins to black and I resolve to maintain awareness through it. I maintain awareness, but it continues for a bit so I begin visualizing to begin the next dream scene. I begin with turning my visual field yellow - nothing happens. I begin to try more visuals, but I slowly come back to my waking body.

I'm lucid in what appears to be the hallway of a hotel. I get moving right away and phase through a wall to my left. My vision goes black temporarily as my head moves through the wall and I think about how this would be a full ten points in competition. I emerge on the other side in what appears to be a typical hotel room on an upper level. There are white bed sheets and pillows on the bed against the right wall. I don't want to waste any time and think about some dream goals. I decide not to go with the sanctuary idea. Meditating comes into my mind, but I decide not to do that either. I then remember that I wanted to try summon and decide on trying to summon a small dragon companion. I make my way to the end of the room and onto the balcony. I imagine that a small dragon will be perched on my right shoulder when I raise my hand and turn my head. I turn my head and see very faint wisps of a dragon figure. I decide I want something more solid, so imagine that when I turn back toward the main balcony there will be a solid small dragon. I look toward this area - which extends further past the balcony via tan concrete terraces - and see a small figure which resembles a tiny red dragon without wings. It looks almost like a very small red dog. I want it to be a bit more vivid and the dream complies, making it a bit clearer. I float closer and say that it still looks a little strange. I continue to fly forward just ignoring the figure for now. I continue past the tan concrete terraces and into an area on the edge of the building complex which overlooks a descent of about eight stories. I see two black cars making their way from the left into an intersection and hear their engines revving. I jump and begin to dive through the air toward them. The dream becomes unstable and I wake up.

*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.

I'm with a couple of wo-workers and they need assistance with some students. We're in an area near some bookshelves to the right. I see a DC go to organize a bunch on an upper level, but a few get knocked over and many start falling. I turn and my co-worker gets my attention and tells where the help is needed. Another co-worker approaches, adjusting her shirt so the midsection is showing - the other does the same. We begin the transition to the next area and come upon a larger building. We enter and then transition to getting a table for dinner. I discover that my parents are there. We're near the table, but I realize I need to go to the bathroom and head to the back section. I arrive near a large glass window, in an area with a green hue, and something feels strange. I look at my hands. I recognize a couple of scars as in waking life - that's strange... I look at the glass and notice a faint reflection. I have the thought that it seems pretty real, yet something still seems off. I look at my hands again and they appear as they're in a dark shadow. I decide to jump into the glass window, but the contact is hard. My mind isn't convinced that it's waking life so I jump again at the glass windowand go right through, and I'm lucid! I begin flying around outside of the building which appears to be a mansion with a light colored stone exterior. There is a body of water surrounding the mansion with large trees overhanging above the water. The trees are beautiful, with branches colored in a light whitish cream, with gnarled portions. They're all filled with deep red leaves as in autumn. Many of the branches drape very low, hovering just above the water surface. I continue to fly forward around this area, farther down the stretch of water, past one massive branch coming from the bank to my left. I want it to be a bit more vivid, so I stop for a moment and ramp up my awareness. This works to a degree. As I begin to wind around the building, toward more trees and I have the thought that it looks like a previous dream - that it's possibly the the back area of the White Terrace. I make my way to the back area of the building, turn to by right, and notice small pillars on the edge of what appears to be a balcony on an upper level. I fly at bit further but the dream goes to a black void. I resolve to hold my awareness. I continue to move my dream arms as I do so, moving them in circular patterns. After a bit, I lose lucidity and have a false awakening in which my dream journal pen falls to the floor and I decide I'll just get it in the morning. I then wake up.

I’m talking to a DV member about lucid dreams and get the feeling that something isn’t right (dreamlike), but I wake
up.

The White Terrace
I’m descending a stairwell with a group of DCs, one of which looks similar to a classmate from years back. I begin hopping the rails and swinging down to progress rapidly. I exit to the hallway and try to enter to another vacant stairwell, but the entrance is partially barricaded by a broken door. I make my way in and realize the scene look familiar… like from a previous…dream! I’m dreaming! I don’t want to stay in this area as it’s quite run down and decide to get out. I hear a couple voices which sound eerie for just a moment, but have the thought that it simply doesn’t matter since I’m dreaming – I could even confront them. I fly up to the window above and to my right enter into an area which extends to the left and right with white furniture – mostly couches and tables. I glide forward a notice that several feet forward is a massive drop of about 4 stories to a body of water below. I head to the right and see that there is more of a paved area in that directions. DCs are walking around in this campus-looking area with brick buildings. I turn back around and head into the terrace area to explore. I notice that the entryway I came through appears to be sealed up and the room extends further to the back toward what appears to be an extended lounge area with more couches. I wonder if this could become a persistent dream realm – another sanctuary of sorts to come to return to. I look around a bit but soon decide to work on dream goals. The dream elixir comes to mind and I begin searching for one. I look toward the sitting area on the edge of the terrace and decide an elixir may be there. I move around the seats and approach the table form the far side. I notice a large conch and decide this is it. I raise it and notice some liquid inside. I drink it and wonder if this will aid me with lucidity (which is interesting since I had another DILD right after). I turn and move on from this area to the previous concrete area. I see a DC moving around by a building. I try twice to raise her via telekinesis, but don’t have any luck. She continues to walk in front of a building in the background – what almost appears to be like an unused blacktop area. I move my eyes around the scene in an attempt to stabilize. I think to myself that I want the dream to last for a full hour. I remind my self to focus and increase my awareness. I turn and move around the corner to the next area of the blacktop. There were several dream characters her as well as a little girl who is roughly 3 feet tall with two blonde pig-tails .The girl was crying and I go to go help her out by carrying her to the next area. I lose my lucidity at this point as I continue to carry her to the next area.

Sunrise Harbor
I’m in a small room with a couple of DCs one adult female character is getting impatient and grabs a phone to watch videos. It’s a ghost video and I’m not interested. The voice says, “Are you dreaming?” and I realize… yes! I’m dreaming! I immediately turn and fly out of the area through an upper window in the room. I emerge into an area with stone flooring which extends in all directions, yet further in the direction in front of me toward and area with wooden shrine/hut type structures. It’s dawn and there’s a beautiful amber hue emanating from the harbor beyond.I have a feeling of happiness come through me as I realize I’m lucid yet again. I fly around the stone precipice and think of the moon phase of the dream sanctuary. I see a tree with four branches growing in opposing directions, yet re-converging toward the top yet again. I fly into the center of the branches figuring that I could essentially phase through this area. I enter into this central area and pop out in a very similar area – possibly a continuation of the scene- taking in a further view of the stone terrace. There a a couple of DCs walking together in a group toward my right. In the far distance I see yet another wooden shrine structure with bronze décor woven throughout. There appears to be some kind of contraption in the center which resembles an hour glass. I consider that phasing though this may bring me to the sanctuary. I fly toward the hourglass contraption, and as I do so my dream body and focal point of awareness begins to shrink. Once I reach the device, I re-emerge in a similar-themed area. There is a hallway to the right which I fly down. I remember the summer competition and how one may gain points by interacting with a DC. I ask a question (I believe it was about the route to the dream sanctuary) and she smiles at me. I see another DC and try twice to levitate her via telekinesis, yet it does not work. I begin to feel cold a figure that I could warm myself up by hugging the DC who is wearing thick clothes. I hug the DC and warm up a bit! I fly further down the hallway and the left portion opens up to massive drop into a bay below, probably 8 stories or so. Quite far in the distance sits a wooden Japanese style shrine in the water with blue adornments. I begin to wonder if a portion of this shrine may lead to the moon phase of the dream sanctuary. With this thought, aspects of the front portion begin to change a bit and take upon a bluish lunar hue. I begin flying down into the area, but wake up.

Non-Lucid
I'm in a central hub area which resembles the pods from my work. A group of DCs I'm a part of separates onto three different adventures, each described via white post-cards. My first area is an aquatic area. I begin navigating the area which is supervised by two DCs who roam around the body of water, filled with other DCs. I need to navigate this area a bit more before moving into the next task. *There's a bit more writing, but I can't read my notes from the middle of the night.

I’m in M Street, between the kitchen and downstairs hallway and I’m instantly lucid. My hand comes out in front of me as usual right at the onset of the dream. I say “I’m Lucid” and a feeling of happiness comes over me as I realize that I ended the three day streak of non-lucidity. It is very dark in the downstairs area of M Street and I decide to make my way to the front. I glide to the front and through the front doors without paying attention to the solidity. I reflect on dream goals and immediately think of asking the dream what my dharma is. I’m standing in the front of the house and take in the view of the bush in front of me as well as the several story tall tree with dark leaves. The scene is in the dead of night. I ask the dream, “what is my dharma”? …No response. I ask yet again, but there is no response. I decide to adjust to an English phraseology and ask “what is my life purpose” to the dream, yet no response is given yet again. I ignore this goal for the time being and begin to reflect on another. I consider heading to the dream sanctuary and begin thinking of the best method, which I believe would be via the purple crystal from the last lucid dream. I imagine it on the edge of the thornbush to my left, but nothing appears. I ignore this and turn to my right to view the glacé doors in the front of M Street. I want to get out of the darkness to stabilize the dream and avoid collapse and decide to head forward. To increase vividness and focus I shout, “focus!” with intensity while ramping up my awareness. The dream becomes slightly more vivid as I look through the glass doors at the orange hue of the light in the main entrance beyond. I make my way to the glass doors and begin making my ways through. I stop early on however thinking back to the initiL stages of dream yoga and decide to pass my hand through the solid glass door. I push my hand through slowly and watch how the fingers, then the palm slowly make their way through this translucent ‘membrane’. I smile with amusement and intrigue. I then think back to the competition and decide to phase my whole body through the solid object (glass door). I slowly make my way through and take in the dim orange glow of the room behind along with the sitting area in the far back. There are a couple of small lounge-style sofas in front of me and several more in the back of the room along with a small plant between the two areas. I consider to try to transform the plant for practice with dream yoga stages, but decide against it for the time being. I feel one of my eyelids shut and consider re-opening it but feel it may interfere with my waking body. I reflect on how vision through one dream eye seems more vivid for now and just forgot about it. I turn to my left and see a long hallway extending roughly 30 feet. It is quite sparse, however a machine which appears to be an espresso maker sits at the far end upon a small table. It appears that a small hallway opens to the left at the end of the hallway. I begin to head down the hallway, but quickly return to my waking body.

Non-lucid
I Enter a large bathroom which looks like a steam room of sorts. It closely resembles the bathroom in Serrano. one or two figures are in the shower-and I approach cautiously with Hanna. The Dream phases to forest area. There are Massive treant characters with top portions of their heads appearing like flat lava pools. They’re in pain. Their heads are essentially super Massive trunks- probably 15 feet in diameter. They open their mouths and there’s and intense redness and grimace of pain. Remnants of one is shown melted into ground leaving lava pool behind. Another approaches showing red gaping teeth and slowly melts into ground leaving lava pool. A DC jumps in and is slowly morphed by the heat of the lava into what almost appears like an avocado with a pit at the center which slowly changes in color, finally ending in brown.The Dream fades.

I’m in what appears to be Serrano and Brandon- then Hanna are interfering with WBTB and lucidity I feel. I tell them not to interfere. I go to the bathroom - looks like Ms old house- toilet - vivid and needs to be flushed! I do so then turn to the sink.
I end up in the M street kitchen and I’m talking to Brandon. I think back to a mushroom I just picked out of the yard and ate. I wonder if it’s poisoned! I ask b.

1 Nonlucid: 1
2 Fragments: 1
WBTB (Success): 2
WILD: 10
Ask For Advice: 5
Hand through object: 5
Phase through solid object: 10
Total: 100.5

The Dream Timer; Tribal Elixirs; Purple Portal to the Dream Sanctuary
The Dream Timer
I begin to see light through the back of a car window appear. I’m aware as images start to form in the slight bluish light. There appears to be some kind of machine to the left which looks like a box of some sort – possibly a microwave. The shapes then becomes two cars. I get excited as I recognize that a dream is beginning to form and calm myself slightly so as not to make the dream fade. I begin to gently move my dream body ensuring that my physical body won’t be affected. I begin to make my way out of the back window and realize that I’m good to go! I’m struck by the sheer vividness of the dream. I exit the back window of the car and begin to slide down a small metal bronze platform on the back of the car. I consider dream goals and think back to the summer competition. I don’t want to puruse the dream sanctuary due to risk of having the dream collapse; I want it to last a while. I then remember that eating/drinking something was one of my personal tasks. I anticipate a chocolate bar being in my left hand as I raise it, yet nothing appears when I do. I slide a bit further and there is a glass with what appears to be a small amount of red wine and I have some, yet there isn’t any taste. I float farther down the dream scene, down an area of what appears to be a wide alleyway with rooftops converging two stories overhead to shelter the area from the sun. It appears to be a bazaar of sorts with muted brown colors and some reds and greens that pop out. There are a few female dream characters on the fringes as I glide down the alleyway. I shout “Aware!” as I want to raise the vividness and clarity. I think back to a podcast and continue to move my eyes around the dream scene so as not to fixate in one area and collapse the dream. The alleyway converges into a large square forum area of sorts with additional colors and the presence of some foliage. I begin to hear a ticking from behind me and interpret this to be a timer of sorts counting down to the end of the dream. I attempt to counter this my counting backward from ten, progressively more slowly, in order to dilate dream time. I make my way down from ten, yet the dream goes black.
I begin spinning within the dark scene, along with streaks of gray, motivated to hold awareness. I begin seeing a bluish scene form, but decide I don’t want a blue dream scene, and attempt to change it to green.
Tribal Elixirs
I emerge into a dream scene roughly 20-30 feet in the air. It’s an exilerating feeling an upbeat song begins to play within my mind, reflecting my excitement. I consider the dream goal of consuming a magic elixir. I look below and view a very vivid body of water resembling the pool in M street. Small red-tinged plants are growing out of the water which resemble plants in Serrano. I turn in the air to my right and notice a very tall narrow wooden pole, almost like a tree trunk, ascending into the air. The surface is covered within intricate white and yellow flowers, somewhat resembling orchinds. I begin to ascend the ‘totem’ in search of an elixir. At the top I find a very small thimble of sorts, but decide this won’t suffice as the elixir. I turn to my left and take in the view of a simple village consisting of huts, some with roofs, some without. There don’t appear to be any DCs at this time. To the far right appears to be a area strewn with several mats for sitting with a somewhat elaborate color schemes and adornments. I decide this must be the dwelling place of the tribal leader and the perfect place to look for the magical elixir. I approach the center of the area and a tray has several glasses and a goblet – two of the glass have liquid in them: one with wine and one with appears to be a champagne of sorts. I drink the one with the lighter liquid and it has a very bland taste – it’s not the elixir. I continue to fly in the heart of the village toward structure with simply a wide wooden base yet no roof. I female DC character is laying in this area and appears to be very life-like. I look at the DC briefly, taking in the detail, but quickly move on in order to move farther into the village. I make my way in a bit farther, but the dream begins to fade.
I am once again in a dark void with swirls of gray. I insistent on maintaining my awareness as I swirl.
Purple Portal to the Dream Sanctuary
A scene rapidly appears, yet appears to be very cartoon-like. There are orcish/penguin looking figures adorned with spiked armor in an area which appears to resemble the foyer to the castle in Mario 64 mixed with the design theme of Orgrimmar. I begin to focus intently in order for the dream to become more vivid and life-like, and have a degree of success; the scene becomes slightly more realistic. The area maintains it’s orcish theme, and I float to the upper level of a walkway to the side of the main area. I turn and notice that behind a wall with large opening lays the heart of the city – a central area to the orcish stronghold which resembles the central gathering area of Orgrimmar. I fly into this area and notice two large structures. I decide not to stay in this dream scene and begin to consider finding a portal to go through. I find my way to a nearby wall and start to phase through. My vision begins to go black as my head enter the wall and I realize I may lose the dream. I re-emerge from the wall hoping that the dream will sustain – it does. I move forward a bit and notice a small half-sphere of what appears to be purple crystal, with fragmented portions containing dream scenes inside. I reflect that this would be the perfect way to find the dream sanctuary. I begin to phase into the center of one of the fragments and the scene expands into a small clearing with an earthen tunnel at the end. Inside the tunnel sits what appears to be a hut in the forest. I enter the tunnel and suddenly find myself within the hut structure. It is an earth-hewn cavernous room which extends down in a sort of tunnel-like shape. The area to the left begins to rise up to a sort of half-story area. I want a meditation area, so I imagine one around the alcove approaching on the left. I also want it to be more adorned and ‘homey’. I enter the alcove and notice a large stone tablet protruding form the well with roughly seven circular stone button in an arch. Each circular stone button is correlated with a symbol, two of which I remember as a moon and a crystal. I decide I want the sanctuary to morph into the ‘moon’ phase. I press the button and sense that the dream reacts. At this point the dream fades and I wake up.

*After review of the dream journal, entry to the 'Moon Phase' of the dream sanctuary is something I'm eagerly working toward. This will be essentially a hub where I will work on Dream Yoga stages. I hope to have a mediation area, a portal area which shows locations I may venture to (using the crystal phasing technique used in the 3rd portion of this trilogy so as not to collapse the dream), as well as a precipice to ask questions directly to the dream (subconscious mind).

I remember another dream fragment in which I'm speaking to my mom about going into enforcement. We then find ourselves in a car and there's a screen in front of the center console depicting an officer. I have my work radio attached to me.

WBTB Success: 2
First WILD: 10
Eat/Drink Something: 5
Fly: 5
Hand Through Object: 5
Phase Through Solid Object: 10
Complete Old Personal Goal: 10 (Counting it as old although this is the first legit looking sanctuary)
*Not going to count time control since I can't determine if it truly had an effect
Non-lucid Fragment: .5
Total: 47.5

I find myself in an apartment on what I believe to be the second floor. I suddenly realize I’m in a dream without any prompt. I reach a low level of lucidity and take in the dim room, which appears to have a bed in the middle and a DC standing toward the edge of the room. I make my way to the DC to start a conversation. I lose lucidity and slip into a normal dream.

I find myself continuing to rise rapidly in flight next to a massive structure in broad daylight. My awareness raises and I suddenly realize that I’m dreaming. My right hand comes out in front of me during this realization, but doesn’t cause lucidity in and of itself. I take in the beautiful vivid surroundings. It’s mid day and I see the edges of the forest far in the distance, wrapping around in all directions. I ‘m in a large clearing of roughly several hundred acres, and there are several structures. Behind me sits a massive, narrow building with four sides of pure glass/mirror. The top is sharp and slanted. I consider going in this direction, but figure that it may not be very interesting and look slightly more to the right. The clearing extends very far in this directions, with quite a bit of grassland. I turn farther to the right, and there is a large shrine with what appears to be shining black scales covering the top portion. It’s a mix of what looks like dragon scale or carapace of sorts. I think of dream goals and consider finding my dream sanctuary. I then then of time dilation – an unofficial goal – and get interested in doing this as I really want to extend the dream. I think to myself that I’d like it to last a solid half-hour. The dream is very stable and vivid and my awareness is stables as well – I feel it’s a definite possibility. I look farther to the right and the terrain slopes down and leads to a body of water. Slightly more to the right is a long structure with a very large rectangular pool of water toward the nearest side. In the back right sits a one to two story structure butting up against the pool portion, with squared off sides. The structure is a bronze/brownish color with slight luminosity. I consider going in this area, but get back to my dream goals. First, I count backward from ten to try to dilate time. I make sure to go a bit slower this time than last. Next, I try to imagine ahead of time that my wrist will have a watch when I pull it up. I raise my arm and I have a button-down shirt sleeve on. The imagination pulled through as there is a slight bulge by the wrist. I pull it back to reveal what looks like my watch in real life, however, it has an extra dial resembling those I saw in the mall the day prior in waking life. The hands are a bit blurry but I quickly find the second hand and attempt to gradually slow it. It continues ticking on at what appears to be one tick per second. The dream becomes quite blurry and unstable. I find myself awake in real life.

I'm in a car, thinking about how I really wanted to have had an LD at night. Something doesn't seem quite right. I look at my hand instinctively. The hand didn't quite trigger lucidity - it was simply due to awareness raising - but I suddenly realize - this is a dream! I look around and everything looks extremely vivid and realistic. think to myself that this looks more real than waking life. I look at my mom and she's wearing a light green outfit, but her eyes look different and she's staring blankly forward. I make my way to the back seat and my dad is sitting there with a typical horizontal-striped blue polo. There is a child who I don't get a good look at sitting in the back seat. I tap my dad on my way flying out the back window and say "see you later". I fly out of the car and there is a beautiful sunrise. I see a metropolis in the distance and it looks almost like there's a desert stretching toward it. I consider my dream goals and the dream sanctuary comes to mind. I then think of an informal dream goal that I get excited for: time dilation! I imagine a watch on my arm as I draw it up in front of me. There's only faint outlines and I don't quite see hands. I ignore this method and simply count down from down, going increasingly slowly. I then have the thought that I want the dream to last at least 30 minutes in perception. I then begin to fly toward the city, and soon notice a large sand colored pyramidal structure in the back left. I think that the sanctuary may be in that direction. I may my way through several alleys looking at DCs and takin in their realistic faces. I make my way into a building and down a staircase - it appears to be somewhat like a mini factory area. I decide to fly through the basement window. I take in a lumberyard scene with a green and red machines and don't quite like this scene as much so I backtrack, wondering if the dream will materialize the same scene. It remains very similar although I need to squeeze past three small DCs with disgruntled munchkin faces coming down the stairs. I end up in a playground area and consider my dream goals. I look up and see four massive swirling, vivid tornados far in the distance and think the sanctuary may be in that direction. I feel weight on my back and notice I have a bookbag on which I take off as I feel this may slow me down. I figure it may have useful dream items I could use later on. I decide to hold off moving forward for a second and try to throw a few fireballs, doing a pullback motion with my arm. I try twice, however the visuals are not very clear and appear stencil-like. I consider in the dream messaging Sivason for advice when I wake up. I move forward quickly scaling a net on the playground and then burst into flight. The dream fades and I wake.

I find myself looking at a one story purple structure and instantly know I’m dreaming. I turn to my right and notice another one story structure with the front wall missing as well as a pointed roof. There’s a DC sleeping inside of it. I want to increase my awareness as well as dream vividness so I emphatically say “focus” while ramping up my awareness with intensity. I look at the ground and engage awareness – the dream becomes a bit more vivid. I decide to sit for a moment and meditate, keeping my gaze on the floor. I get up after a few seconds and head toward the second structure. I decide to ignore it and leave the sleeping DC alone. I fly down the area between the two structures. There is a bit of light in the scene, resembling the period jut before dawn. I consider finding other DCs but I feel this would dbe a distraction and resolve to continue with dream goals. I fly upward and ahead toward a three to four story darker structure and reflect on how much better my control of flying has gotten over the years. I think back to flying being one of the phases of dream yoga. I fly toward a top tory window, but don’t go through. I see an area to my left that opens into a field. There appears to be a fence approaching, somewhat resembling an apartment complex I used to live in. I continue to fly over the fence and the dream begins darker and I am concerned about losing lucidity. I consider turning around. As the vision fades, I resolve to hold onto awareness, and I’m feeling confident. I reflect on a dream from several days ago where during this phase I imagined swimming through clouds. I start doing swimming motions with my arms, yet with very wide swings and I think back to an LD article discussing these wide swings for awareness. The dream begins to fade. Then there is a massive explosion of white bright light with an incredibly loud noise going along which is more high pithed than low. I wonder what it is with amazement and wonder if it has to do with the clear light mind. The dream then dissolves into a void state, and I maintain awareness for a moment. I find myself awake some time after.

I find myself on a balcony in what appears to be a city and I’m lucid instantly. I take in the view. It’s nighttime in a dim twilight type area. There’s a rail to my right running down the edge of a walkway, with a drop of roughly 10 feet on the other side. I’m a bit excited, but quickly temper the emotion with relative ease. I’m feeling happy about getting lucid The dream is not as stable and vivid as I would like, so I increase my resolve to strengthen stability and vividness. I shout “focus” to myself and raise my awareness, staring at the rails. I remember back to a dream yoga book, and decide to stare at a smaller area with less visuals. I direct my awareness to the ground and ramp up my awareness. The vividness increases as well as my awareness and the walkway comes into view along the with porous surface and rough, rock-hewn texture. There I a green tinge to it. I look up and begin walking down the walkway to my left. I end up in a dene forested area after the walkway descends a bit. The dream loses a bit of vividness I think to dream goals and reflect on finding my dream sanctuary. I begin carving through the forest and soon discover a cave forward and to my right. There’s a waterfall blocking it and all of a sudden I feel like the dream may fade. I make an attempt to increase awareness and it continues. I push through this waterfall area and end up in a cave which extends quite far and is lit well. In the back theres several columns of tikis with an intense blue glow around the eyes, mouths, and general carvings around them as well. I decide to sit and meditate for a moment to increase vividness. After only a few seconds I get up and decide this doesn’t feel quite like the sanctuary, although I incubated torches at one point and possibly tikis. I fly down into the cave and make a right. I enter what appears to be almost a mix of a recording studio and a classroom area. There’s a bird perched recording something into a mic- it has a silly playful feel to it. I ask where I can find my dream sanctuary, and if it’s possible to establish one above. The brid directs me above. I enter to another area to the right which looks very industrial with the option of two metal doors. I feel the left is the correct one but decide to go right as it was more natural movement wise. I second guess before going through and head through the left. I end up in a metropolis of sorts with what appear to be apartment buildings in the night raising roughly 10-15 stories with a slope to the outside. I wonder if this may become a persistent dream realm. I figure my sanctuary may be set up above me. I notice a mountain side and figure a cave may be above it. I reflect on a possible interpretation: that the dream aspect is somewhat more important than the material, thus located ‘above’ the metropolis. I fly above the building and end up in an area which is enclosed by a large net before reaching the mountain side. I eventually cut through and reach the cave entrance. The dream starts to fade and right as I make my way toward a cave high on the mountainside, I wake up.