I know I'm going about this in a pretty unconventional way. Yesterday evening I had a wonderful conversation with a friend about seeing our waking life as a dream. I went to bed with that on my mind.

After two non-lucid but very clear dreams (I even tried a DEILD) I awoke again with only a couple of sleep time remaining. I got up and sat for 15 minutes in the dark studio. I thought deeply about what we had talked about and resolved to try to somehow transfer my waking consciousness to my dream consciousness. Back in bed I set that goal hard as I fell back to sleep.

I went almost immediately into a two hour dream that was different than any I have had. I was extremely conscious of everything around me. There were characters (an ex-wife and two very young kids) but I tried not to interact with them. Instead I inspected every little nook and cranny of the beach house we happened to be in. I observed...everything....but I did not try to change anything. I remember every bit of it even now. When I awoke two hours had elapsed and I was.....much less conscious than I had been in the dream.

In fact, I felt as if I had left some of...me...in the dream. Has anybody ever experienced that?

Tonight I shall try to make the conduit flow both ways as that is my ultimate goal.