Venryx

Date(date of when I woke up): August 20 ||| Time Block(checked or estimated start and end times of rest period in which it occurred): ? to ? ||| Length(estimated length of time that I was lucid): 10 minutes. ||| Lucidity(how clearly I was thinking and seeing and knew myself to be dreaming): level 3. ||| Entry Type(whether I entered lucidity with renewed consciousness(DILD) or a carried over consciousness(WILD)): DILD ||| Major Methods(what caused my lucidity, either in preparation methods or active methods): WBTB, MILD

Methods: woke up, read about lucid dreaming for about 1 hour, got back in bed, "Am I conscious?" technique, phrase repetition, mental climbing of stairs.

Notes: first lucid dream; flew and hovered freely; great visual depth and shading, with wind blowing leaves of tree, at corner by the new church; had a realistic conversation with Pastor Mike (about real world topics--and remembering what we talked about, and how we concluded!); saw four real people in my dream, dressed the same way as in real life; changed scenes within my lucid dream; saved myself from waking by using the spinning technique; awesome, all around.

Clips: "And then I opened my eyes again, and, wanting to see if I was actually awake, found myself getting out of bed, somewhat naturally, and opening (the now shade-less!) window. I had moved, and opened it up, in what seemed to about 2 seconds, and was amazed as I let myself out the window and found that I was cruise-dropping. I had gained control of my dream, and I knew it 100%! Oh, what an amazing feeling it was as I rose and fell in my beautiful and free environment! […] Anyway, we got into a discussion, (my vision and such was a lot clearer here--I could see the rustling leaves above, the coolness of the environment, and a good amount of depth and shading), and continued to talk as I saw someone to my right trying to move something. It turned out to be Caleb and Drew, who were trying to get a black cabinet thing into the church van, and they were having a lot of trouble. (they kept buckling/bending the wood panels into each other, and pretty much breaking them as they tried to jam it in) […] Anyway, I had a few more seconds of lucid dreaming until I started sensing that my awareness was dropping and I was starting to wake up. I frantically tried to start spinning around, but for some reason my body wouldn't let me—it felt as though I were somewhat restrained in movement. Sadly, my vision continued to fade and I woke up a few seconds later."