Oneirin's Dreamworld

Second LD of the night. I'm in a shop in a mall looking at artwork with family. At one point I see my dog laying in the corner and think "there's no way!". I walk away while sticking out my hands and know I'm in a dream. I begin laughing as there is a mini finger sticking out between my middle and index finger. I have an inclination to leave the shop and make my way through the door. I enter a large 2 story room in the mall. The dream feels a bit fuzz, so I begin rubbing my dream body and insisting on focus. I sustain everything a bit as I walk across the room, yet the dream goes void. At this point I feel that I am in the void waiting for a dream to begin. I recall Robert Waggoner's book in which he discusses waiting for dream contents to simply appear when in this stage. I resolve to remain focused. What I noticed was that I could sustain this state if I ignored physical sensations and took a relaxed awareness of my field of vision; similar to an open awareness meditation. I sustained this a bit longer, yet became very startled when my mind interpreted that something was approaching my physical body rapidly (probably my dog poking me with her nose lol). The dream began to fade at this point.