Are the DC's only a mechanism of the dreaming mind, or do you think they have a life force if however subtle. When I began lucid's they often made little sense, but now they are conversing with me about my waking memories with increasing ability. I have succesfully practiced occlumency to hide thoughts I don't want them to see incase they are actually wandering spirits on the astral plane just disguising themselves as DC's. But the whole ordeal has made me curious wether I'm inducing real consciousness when they start listening to me? I've considered wether or not is simply a function of the sleeping mind to interact with itself as if it were seperate beings, I just want some outside opinion.