lucid

I find myself upstairs in a hallway, and I recognize M Street. I do a quick noseplug, breathe twice and I'm good to go. I walk down upstairs hallway and there's a faint yellow hue hanging over the dream scene. I begin clapping to engage senses and increase vividness. Noise doesn't come on the first, but sensations and noise come on successive claps. I continue a few more steps as I rub hands and clarity picks up. I finally reach the rail and get ready for some flight up and over into the first floor entryway. There are glass double doors with glass windows to the right. I notice a resort looking area in the front which seems to be a blend blend of grass, some parked black SUVs in a cresent driveway, and a pool laying beyond. I decide to make it interesting iand go to phase through the light tan wall to the right and remember my dream goal of the reishi forest. I figure I could try taking this route to get there. As I go to phase through the wall, I notice that I'm transitioning into a very thick, high viscosity material and decide to pull my dream body out as I don't want to risk losing stability; I decide to take a simpler route for the moment. I approach back to the glass windows, and simply jump right through to the next area. Instead of transitioning directly to the outdoor resort setting, I enter to another room with a glass wall that leads to the back of a resort area - now containing a large pool in the center with a lounge area surrounding it. I fly over the single dropped step in the middle of the room and through the glass. It's a bright sunny day out in the resort area, and the water of the pool is crystal clear with a hint of blue. I remember the dream goal idea in I had thought about: going into water/underwater. I've never gone in water in an LD, so I use the opportunity. I fly swoop down and glide across the surface of the water, sticking my right hand out and trailing it through. I feel a bit of the resistance and texture of the surface. I then remember hearing some LDers talk about going underwater. I want to experience it, so swoop up, then plunge down into the water, and submerge quite a few feet. I then want to see if I can see as I notice my dream eyes are closed from habit. I open them, but everything is a dark gray murky color with a slight hind of green. I begin to feel myself waking to my physical bodyand get up for the day.

I'm swiping through all the photos on my phone, and am a bit confused as to why there are so many stored on it now. I reason that s took a lot of them without letting me know. I transition to a set of photos of me playing with my dog. I see one where my dog is on her bag kicking me up into the air with her hind legs with a big smile on her face. I see my body suspended in the air above her and start laughing. I want to show it to people at a nearby table. I begin showing it to a DC, and the strangeness of the situation hits me. I become aware I'm in a dream, and ask the DC his name. He responds that his name is Viktor. I then tell Viktor "I'm lucid right now". The man is a very short old black male with a tan top hat and an innocent face. He's sitting at the head of a small rectangular table, and I'm sitting on the side to his left. He looks at me and asks, "Lucid? What does that even mean?". I tell him "Well, this is a dreamworld... as far as humans are concerned" as I start laughing a bit, feeling that it's ridiculous trying to explain my state of consciousness to a man who seems so unaccepting of the fact that that I'm viewing this reality differently than him. He expresses that he's here all the time. I progress to asking him how to make the lucid more stable, seeing this as a good opportunity to learn. He responds that his favorite way to stabilize is to rub his hands. Curious, I ask him what happens if he doesn't continue doing this every so often. He responds that things can get a bit blurry every once in a while being here. He then tells me he likes to apply pressure with two fingers to the base of his skull. I ask him what this does, and he says it will help sharpen vision. I stay at the table for a bit longer and it helps anchor me for a short time. I then feel that i'm waking up.

I descend a couple stairs in front of the house on M Street. I need to make a phone call. I turn and face the group of teenagers that are congregated on the front steps. I begin to engage some control within the dream, and decide to focus on levitating as much as possible. I begin ascending, and it catches attention of a few. My awareness raises more as the levitation stirs associations with becoming lucid. I stick my right hand out and say "I'm lucid". I continue to stare at the detail of my right hand and notice int's very vivid, yet with some small nicks/cuts. I want to test the noseplug right after and see how the RC responds. Perfect breathing, and I realize this is probably my best RC at the moment. I take in the surroundings and the colors are vivid with a slight glow. I peaceful nighttime blue hangs over the scene. I fly away from the group for a bit, and explore the yard area, and take in the vividness of the tall trees. I return to the group after a short time to ask a few questions about dreams. I say they were the ones in the previous dream with the brothers who weren't getting along. They say "yeah, yeah, yeah" affirmatively as they nod. I then ask what they represent. That give a silly/nonsensical response and I respond ..."That's stupid...". The couple in the front look at me and one responds, "Yeah, you're right; it is stupid" as he hangs his head with a slight smirk. I levitate upward, then fly from the patio area out into the center of the front yard, then to the side and take in the view of foliage. I'm taking in the amazing colors and vividness once more and simply appreciating as I levitate. I decide to rub hands to stabilize, then to clap hands afterward. I clap twice, and loud sounds and reverberations permeate the scene. The feeling of levitating is awesome. I don't want to risk losing stability so I go right to dream goals. I remember wanting to go to the Mystic Reishi Forest. I continue to back right of the house of M Street - the first time I've traveled to this area. I notice an incredibly large tree with a massive canopy, glowing and luminescent in a rich red color. I reason this has to be connected/ guiding me to the forest I'm looking for, and decide to let the dream lead me rather than create a portal and try teleporting. I head toward the tree and admire the amazing glow. I lower a bit then turn to my left to see a massive constellation of brilliantly bright white stars in a massive band across the sky. The constellation stretches from the horizon all the way to the apex of the sky and makes the whole area glow in the middle of the night. The view is completely unreal. I soon begin to feel that I am waking. I'm thinking 'I really need to hold through this!' as I go into a white void; I really want to explore to the reishi forest. I wake back to my body right after the white comes on.

I'm in the passenger seat, driving with my brother down a road at daytime. The dream is highly vivid. I see a green pickup against the trees on the opposite side of the highway, crashed. I then see a school bus swerve, tipping into the trees and crashign. i'm alarmed at first, then feel that something about this is very strange. My brother turns to me and says loudly "Oh my god, do you see that bus?!". I reply that I saw it actually happen. I do a noseplug, breathe a few times and I'm lucid. I'm a bit surprised that I'm in a dream as it feels so real; this RC was fascinating. I feel that this lucid would have been tougher to catch without it. I show my brother the RC and tell him this helps me become lucid. I feel this is a perfect time to test out how RCs react for me in dream. I look several times at the car clock. I see 6:15 and realize this is about the exact time in waking life. I look back and it says 6 something. I look once more and the clock isn't there. I peer around a portion of the dashboard that's justting out, and the clock dispalys an interesting S/Figure 8 pattern. I then move to thumb throuh the palm, and see my thumb in high clarity. I push the thumb and nail with a strong amount of pressure, and actually feel the pressure and sharpness at very close levels to what it would feel like in waking life with the same application. I'm completely amazed that I'm actually experiencing this level of pressure and sharp pain in the dream, and repeat the pressure, several times. I note that the sensation is about 90% as strong as in waking life. I feel this RC is no good for me. I continue to staring at hands. My hands are very realistic. I notice that both scars on my left hand are present in the dream. The only difference is that my ring is not there. I look back and one finger disappears, soon to reappear. I'm tired at this point of asking DCs about how to improve LD frequency, and quickly notice an ipod and headphones. I decide to rock out to some music and just have fun exploring! I turn on the music, and Sleep Now In the Fire by Rage Against the Machine comes on very loud in the lucid. I'm suddenly overcome by a super excitied, energized and happy state of mind. I feel superchared and can't believe how awesome it feels to be flying out the window, and into the air above a several lane highway with awesome music blasting. I decide to remind myself that it's a dream as I don't want to lose stability. I descend a bit to the back of a car, and notice a co-worker. I stare at the face, interested in how realistic the detail will be, then realize how awkward this would be in waking life! I tellt the DC it doesn't matter since it's actually a part of me. I turn to my left and want to explore to the side of the highway. I see a group of DCs in the road, but ignore them.The music continues to play as I fly down the path to my left. I continue down this path and eventually run into a group of DCs inside of a structure. There are small groups of DCs throughout the area who appear to be college aged. I think about asking them lucidity questions, but still feel unintereste din the responses lately. I see an brown fan above us in the upper floor room. I get the idea that the dream would probably become highly stable if I flew my dream body into the fan blads, and let them stimulate me tactile sense rapidly. I fly up, exposing my midsection, and the fan plades are highly pliable, almost like a soft rubbery material. I lower, and the dream begins to fade shortly after I wake up for the day

I'm climbing up an ddown sets of vertical black pipes that are alligned in a row. Once climbing down the final set, my awareness raises, and I suddenly realize I'm dreaming. I fly away, and become interested in asking some DCs how to become lucid more often. One DC, a young girl, tells me that I'm not eating any dairy, and that it's beginning not to be good for me. She tells me to start having some for of dairy and putting some extra dark chocoalte in it, stating this would be good for me. I decide to move on from asking DCs about improving lucidity, and want to ask a higher dream form as I get a memory of sivason's dream journal entries in astral astral cities. I begin trying to imagine some different entities appearing, but nothing solidifies. I soon enter a void.

I'm with a co-worker in a side-room, filling up an ink cartridge. I go through the doors, and enter into the a courtyard area that extends down in great length. I begin walking through the courtyard area, and my awareness raises. I suddenly realize I'm in a dream. I look down at the ink cartridge, and realizing that this dream plot no longer even matters, I chuck it to the side. i take in my surroundings of gray stone pavement sprawled across the open area. The Walls surrounding the courtyard a made of of very light burnt red brick material. I stare toward the far end, and notice a small set of doors in the middle. I single tree stands in the middle of the courtyard. To the right, there is a large square opening in the wall - a type of underpass leading to another area. I begin grounding myself into the dream, and focus intensely. I start shouting "clarity in the dream". The dream becomes super vivid and life-like, and I'm blown away. I'm super excited at waht I'm experiencing, and just want to explore a bit at this point. The dream feels very stable, and I don't want to risk it, so I fly low to the ground toward the underpass into the next area. I enter the room, and see two levels with the upper area consisting of a winding walkway with a black rail. Behind this walkway stis another room far behind. I begin to shout to the dream "subconscious make me lucid more often" a couple times. i see a DC on the walkway. He's a bit heavyset and blonde with a male-pattern bald spot. I tell him this is the astral, and I ask him how I can go to the astral more often (implying LD). He turns to me in a 'I wish I knew type of manner' and replied "I'm learnign from you. I'm impacted by his voice intonation and it's implied meaning, and feel a sense of awe and wonder from his response. I then ask if he can give a bit more information. He says "All I know is that it takes time and dedication. I decide to continue onward, and am still impressed by the stability as well as length. I feel I'm at around 7-8 minutes. I fly through this area into the rooms beyond. The dream begins fading, but I don't want it to end just yet. I begin rubbing my dream body all over. I decide to start whistling. The song Norwegian Wood comes into my head and I'm carrying the tune through a white void. I begin jogging my memory for dream goals, and remember I wanted to go to The Reishi Forest I lose lucidity, and enter into a normal dream.

1. I turn away from the lecture being given about lucid dreaming and head toward the wall by the exit. I begin to realize something is strange as my awareness raises. My hands come out in front, I say "I'm lucid" and I'm anchored in. The room comes to life, and I begin to make my way toward the next room. I ignore the mother and daughter DCs and make my way into what appears to be a lobby area. It appears that I'm in some type of lodge type area that feels like it would be in a nature reserve type setting. There's a lot of forest/woods decor around. I start thinking about some dream goals, and remember I wanted to teleport to a dream sanctuary. I don't TP at this point, but just want to explore a bit more. I fly around a bit and explore the rooms, and notice that certain areas slightly resemble a restaurant. The dream fades a bit, but I re-stabilize by looking at my hand quickly. I gradually transition back to my body

*and decide to go for a DEILD by focusing head vibrations

2. After a short period of non-lucidity, I realize I'm dreaming within the Nature Lodge area once again. I continue exploring toward the main lobby area and job my memory again. I remember my dream goal of the sanctuary as well as a spin on a concept of going to a mystical dream forest and hunt reishi mushrooms. I head outide and fly around, getting excited about how vivid the setting is. I'm enjoying the free flight, and soaking in the intense vividness of the groups of trees within the wilderness area. I think back once again to the sanctuary, and wonder if I can intend a portal to be in the center of a group of trees. I fly upward, then down into the center of the first group of trees, but nothin is there. I continue this search for a bit by looking in the center of another tight gathering of trees. I then decide I might as well see if I can find some wild red reishi while I'm at it. I don't notice anything, and after a bit the dream becomes a bit unstable. I quickly rub hands, but it feels like I'm starting to return to my body.

*I find myself in bed so I go for a DEILD through head vibrations

3. I find myself back in the lodge, and after a minute or so my awareness raises, my right hand comes into vision, I say "I'm lucid" and I'm good to go! I fly into the main lobby and take a thorough look around. I take a close look at the worker behind the main desk, then at the tree structure standing in the center of the lobby. The room is pretty vivid at this point. I jog my memory for all my dream goals and think about what I want to do. I continue observing the walls, and notice some interesting items decorating the walls. I decide that before I head outside, I might as well have some fun with the cool items. I fly up the two-story wall and grab a shaft which is a spear on one end with a rowing paddle on the other. I fly up and to the left a bit more and grab a scimitar/machete weapon. I fly to the ground and hurl the spear into the tree in the center of the room. I then fly to the center of the room holding the scimitar. I wave the scimitar around, and really appreciate the length of the lucid. I wonder if I should wake myself up as I'm not sure if I'll be able to remember all the previous lucids. I want to keep going, so I fly toward the front door;I quickly distract myself from thinking about the dream ending. I take some time to appreciate how much longer this lucid is in and feeling that all the effort I've put in is paying off. I want to enjoy it as much as possible, and decide not to over worry about memory. I just want to appreciate the moment. I continue with the scimitar, then reason that if I go through the front door with this, will my subconscious interpret it as danger being on the outisde of the building? I wonder if a flood of orcs or something is going to come rushing at me. Time to find out! I head outside and take in all the vivid grass and scattered trees down the small slope. No enemies are around. I fly around a bit and continue to appreciate all the amazing vividness of the foliage. The area slightly resembles the front of M Street. I see a female wearing blue to the left down the clearing, but quickly decide to ignore her as I don't want to lose focus from the lucid. I think about looking for some portals that would take me to the sanctuary and search into a couple small clumps of trees. I then search for a couple wild reishis, but don't find anything once again. I try to think of some more interesting things to do and remember thinking about trying to cast a fireball after reading sivason's awesome fireball from his summer lucid comp. I try the 'energy flow simulation' technique, focusing on a current of energy moving down my arm, but the sensation isn't very strong. I bring my arm back, then cast it forward toward a tree in the distance. Nothing. I realize I need to practice this tech more. I continue flying around the trees as I don't want to tp at the moment. I then think that I really want to fly upside down and see what happens to my visual field! I flip myself upside down and fly forward toward a distant group of trees and the entire scene flips around. I'm amazed by how well my mind created the flip. I do it once again. I land, but the dream gets a bit blurry. I keep telling myslef that I'm lucid, and that I'm just experiencing a dream. I start return to my physical body. I feel that I can go for another DEILD, but quickly become more and more physically and mentally awake - to the point where I feel like my REM cycle is exhausted and I'm totally recharged for the night.

1. I'm standing on a path winding through a desert. The path is situated next to a low stone wall on my left, and small green shrubs are scattered down the pathway. It's day time, and the few people throughout the pathway tell me I need to change my position to the other side of the path. I understand that a small stampede of animals is about to come through. My body is a bit tough to move, and I think to myself "If I was lucid right now, this would be way easier"I suddenly realize I'm in a dream, my hands come out in front of me, and I say "I'm lucid". I turn to my left and see the low, light colored desert wall winding. My body is very encumbered, and I want more mobility. I tell myself "Eric, this is a dream; this isn't real. You can do anything you want." I gain mobility and get on top of the wall. Visuals soon fade and I end up in the void. I stay here for a bit waiting for a bit
then have a FA with a bit higher awareness. I feel someone is entering the house, yet feel protected by my german shepherd next to me.
I then begin to realize I'm in a dream state, and relax my body.
I'm lucid during an OBE style entry. I’m sliding off the bed and sinking into the ground slowly and see the carpet approaching. I relax my body and mind as I know the typical process I go through in this situation. I keep excitement in check as I come very close to landing my face and entire body on the carpet. I’m preparing to stand up, then feel S nudge my body roughly in RL in her sleep. I feel myself pulling back into my waking body but try to keep anchored. I wake up.

2. I find myself lucid as I enter a void area, and decide to start meditating as I become aware of my dream body. Once I begin, I have the mental image of a silhouette of my body rotating in all directions in a 3-Dimensional plane. I feel the rotations as I continue. I decide focus more on the concentrative aspect, and enter into a shamatha meditation. It becomes grounded and focused very quickly. I then begin demanding clarity and focus verbally and my senses increase. I clap a few times, and hear the sound very vividly. I want to the dream scene to begin, so I ask verbally and await a response. FA waking next to bed sitting in half lotus trying to re-enter a dream lucidly. I soon wake up.

A dream begins to fade a bit, and I suddenly have a thought that I can become lucid if I imagine my hands in front of me. A faded visual of hands comes in front of me and I become lucid as the dream transition into a transition phase/gray void. I can't see anything at this point besides gray, and figure I have the best chance of tping to another scene if I dream spin. I begin spinning, but no visuals appear at the onset. I lose lucidity.

I have a thought about lucidity soon after, and have the thought once again that if I visualize my hands next I'll become lucid. My self awareness doesn't fully come through at this point, and there is a short period of time in a gray transition stage.

1. I'm walking down the stairs to the basement in M Street. Something feels strange, and my hands come out in front of me. I say I'm lucid as I become aware of the dream. I head down quickly into the basement and begin flying across the room. I reach the end with a large wall unit, and begin considering some dream goals. I consider one goal of teleporting to my dream sanctuary. I look at a small black TV and reason that I can jump through to TP. I then decide not to as I feel it might risk making the dream unstable at the time. I turn to the right and consider flying through the nearby door. i head a bit closer, but the area doesn't seem too interesting. I look on top of a stand and see an old school system: a Super Nintendo with Link's Awakening Inserted. I'm fascinated at how it's not real, and decide to smash the whole thing for fun. I quickly transition out of the dream and enter a semi-lucid soon after

I find myself walking down a country road with a green field to my left beyond a wooden fence. It's a slightly rocky area with a descent. I have the idea that I that I can become lucid here, begin to gain some control, and decide to turn left. My self-awareness isn’t coming through at this point.

2. I'm talking to someone who's telling me about a work situation at a school. I tell them not to worry, and that things will become easier for them in the future. It hits me that I'm dreaming, and I become lucid as my hand comes out in front of me. I say "I'm lucid". i tell the DC not to worry because it's not real anyway. I fly out the door and exit the house area. I soon enter into a white void state, and decide on my goal of going to the dream sanctuary. I feel my dreambody standing in a gray void and try to envision a cave entrance in front of me. I then imagine a lit brazier with red flames on either side of me. I resole to hold awareness until a dream scene forms. i continue rubbing my dream body
I lose lucidity for a short period of time

3. I find myself flying down a brick tunnel, lucid, during the daytime. Yellow buses are approahing me. I decide it would be fun to fly right into the roof, do a handstand and bounce right off and continue to fly - I go for it! I continue flying back in another direction toward a second bus, but want to get more serious and work on some dream goals. I fall backward through a wall to try to TP to my dream sanctuary. I spend some time imaginine my surroundings forming high up in a mountain cave. Visuals don't kick in for a bit, and I begin rubbign my dream body. I then decide to go into the second goal of meditating in the area. A mat comes beneath my dream body, and I sit to meditate.

4. Shortyly after, I'm walking down a very colorful and vivid street which intersects another on a busy city street corner and quickly realize I'm dreaming. At this time my hand comes out in front and I say "I'm lucid". I see a man driving a light bronze pickup drive around the corner as I fly toward it. I decide not to go this way, and make my way to the right. A colorful gas station is standing on the side of the road with many people outside. Even more are bustling around on the sidewalk across the street, and I fly through the crowds observing all the faces. I get close to each one and am fascinated by how life-like they are. I decide to fly into one and topple them over for fun.I knock the DC down, and I feel as though I'm going to wake soon. I transition back to my body to wake for the day.

1. I'm walking down a pathway in what appears to be a supermarket/mall area. I wonder why there are such huge containers of ice cream in a massive row of freezers. I realize I'm dreaming! I decide to get some ice-cream; why not? A memory from the previous dream clicks in and I look farther down the row of freezers for slow churned. I stick my hand through the glass and pull out cookie dough. I then decide to pull out some chocolate fudge as well. i walk quickly back to where I came from as I try a scoop. It doesn't taste very vivid, so I quickly ignore the containers and continue to fly down the pathway, past a large man with blonde balding hair. I approach a counter of a small store at a food-court area where one of my co-workers happens to be working in the dream. The dream becomes a bit unstable so I quickly grab over the large glass barrier and pull myself up, anchoring in. I see the face of my co-worker and reach back to see what he's vending. I see that he's making chicken of some sort and grab a piece. It tastes like chinese sweet and sour.
#When you're hungry in the middle of the night, and LDing


2. I'm aware I'm dreaming as I'm in bed. I look over and S is right next to me. A song by 311 starts to play and the room has a very relaxed feel to it. I want to get some lighting going, so I intend some lights to appear as I peer over the bed. A small platform on the ground appears with several small lamps, glowing dimly with interesting hues. i turn over and look at S, and she flitters in and out of focus. I concentrate on her appearing solidly back into the dream again, and she does.

I transition through some interesting void-like states in which I am aware that I can become lucid in upcoming dreams. My mind reasons that I am too close to waking for some reason, and lucidity doesn't come through all the way. At one point I enter a non-lucid and fly down a hallway with an undead wizard standing partway up a staircase. I get an interesting thought right after the scene that if I imagine the scene again, I can have a lucid dream. I re-enter the same scenario, my hands come out in front as I approach the undead figure, and I have a brief moment of lucidity before entering into non-lucids

1. I'm walking around to the front yard of the house in M Street. I'm explaining the previous events of the dream to a DC named alex as we wind around to the driveway. I then tell him about all the different types of things you can do in an LD. As I'm talking to him, I start levitating upward. I tell him this is exactly what would happen in a lucid dream. I do a finger pull and feel some pressure on my index. It feels a bit strange, so I noseplug and become lucid. I continue to raise as I look toward the roof and continue talking to the DC, asking him "Dream Alex, why didn't you tell me I was dreaming?" He doesn't respond, so I ask him again. As I continue to fly upward, I get an image in my mind's eye of the DC quickly running away as if to be found out for not informing me of the dream. I fly high above the roof, but feel as though I am gradually waking up. I realize I may be simply imagining it, so I try to ground myself back into the dream as I enter a strange version of the void which has a dream senses blended with feelings of returning to a physical body that I am partially aware of. I continue trying to meditate back into the dream state.

2. I find myself in an upstairs bathroom on M Street facing the wall. My hand comes out in front of me and something feels strange. I do a noseplug and become lucid. I head over to the mirror and see an accurate reflection of myself without a shirt. It's a bit blurry so I continue to demand of the dream "Dream Clarity, Dream Focus!" The image sharpens up a bit, so I decide to head out of the bathroom and down the hallway. I start talking to the awareness behind the dream and tell it "Subconscious, I'm giving you the power to make this dream last an hour" I continue walking for a bit repeating this phrase but vibrate back to my body, and go for a DEILD. I come close to entering back into an LD a few times through my 'sinking'vibrating' technique, but my mind grounds back too much into WL.

I find myself levitating, and slowly raising into the air above a table at M street. My right hand comes in front of me as I realize I'm dreaming, and I say I'm lucid while my arm is fully extended. I look down at what appears to be a picnic bench with S on the left and a female DC on the right. I do a swooping dive toward the table and fly back wards and upward to return to my previous position. I repeat the flight pattern while telling the two people that they're DCs, and I'm going to begin working on a few dream goals. I fly to the table and see if I can read any new goals that may appear in a notebook. I wake up as I reach the table.

In a random house structure, and my brother and father are nearby in the kitchen area. I'm looking for some olive oil to add while looking through the pantry behind me. There's some tortillas sitting next to everything. As I'm mixing the ingredients into the guacamole, I get a flash that Hey, I'm dreaming! I consider working right away on some dream goals, then think 'hey man there's some guacamole right here, I might as well enjoy some of this first I try to go a little bit quicker, so I pick up the pace with making it and tasting it for a few seconds - it was pretty realistic. The dream fades rapidlyand I slip into a non-lucid which comes close to breaking through before waking.

1. I see a brown leather couch begin to appear in my hypnagogic imagery. I try to slowly phase into the scene. I'm snapped back to WL after a short while, then refocus my awareness. I relax, and the couch appears and becomes ever more vivid. I think to some dream yoga techniques, and go to reach out a phantom limb to attempt touching the couch and engaging tactile sense. I slightly feel an arm come out and begin to rub the couch and feel the texture with my dream hand. The scene becomes a bit more clear and I'm able to slowly slip into the dream scene and become immersed in my dream body. I make it onto the couch, feeling it, then turn around and recline a bit on it. As I sit down my lucidity slowly slips, and transition to a non-lucid shortly after.

2. I'm walking down the walkway in the front of a house, which slightly resembles my grandparents' old house. I see thin metal black railings trailing on either side of the walkway as I descend the stairs.As I descened, I suddenly realize I'm dreaming and bring my right hand out, saying "I'm lucid". I stare at the hand a bit longer to build up clarity. I continue my way down the walkway and decide that I'm going to stay busy and active in this lucid to see how it affects length and stability. I bring my hands out and stare intently, verbally reminding myself I'm lucid and shouting for clarity. I continue walking down to where the black driveway is at the end of the walkway. Three different types of pickup trucks are parked in the driveway. I recall the three goals I set before bed of exploration, eating some dark chocolate squares, and teleporting to a dream sanctuary. I make my way to the first pickup, open the passenger door, and climb in. I enter the glove compartment and begin to try to manifest to some dark chocolate to see how it affects the dream/stability. I unnzip a few compartment of a camera case, but nothing comes out except the large camera in the main compartment. I look into the screen and see a faded image of a female face with closed eyes laying down. I turn around and climb into the back seat seeing if I can manifest a dream character my stating verbal intent before hand. The seats are empty, but I continue to climb back then exit. I continue on to the next pickup, and see the next sitting behind. I try to verbally prep another DC to be in this pickup, but it's empty as well. I reason that I can drive the pickup a bit, but I figure I'll just fly instead! I turn away and fly low to the ground down the driveway. I consider teleporting through a part of the pickup, but decide against it. I float toward the road, eventually land and walk a bit, exploring. i soon wake up.