So for myself, and I assume anyone else that has experienced LD's, it seems safe to say that ANYTHING is possible. In other words, that there are no rules or laws that govern what can be done in a dream you are consciously aware in.

BUT, is this really so true? Here's something I can't get past, and, as I read more and more posts around this forum, I get the impression that most people just consider this a given: the environment or scenery in a dream is usually provided for you. In other words, your dream body (or whatever corpus it is that your point of view is absorbed from), is thrown into an environment where the dream plays out. There isn't some video game-like option screen when you start that gives you a choice about what "level" you want to start out on, and therefore the environment is (for most people I assume) NOT to your discretion.

There must always be some matrix that you must exist within in order to reference (visually) other phenomena, right? If there wasn't then you'd be having an entirely intuitive dream, perhaps w/ sensations only, or a transcendent dream, or possibly be glimpsing other dimensions. So, where is the matrix being defined from? And, where especially is it being defined from if I'm having an LD? I seem to be in control of many things in my LD's, but not this. I appear on the scene that has been provided for me.

In one of the most powerful LD's I've ever experienced I decided that I wanted to see the sun rise. I exerted some conscious effort and it happened. Nevertheless, the darkness that proceeded the day was there to start with. I didn't consciously insert it or command it.

Has anyone had an experience where they were conscious of nothing but utter "blackness" and then started from scratch, so to speak. In other words, you consciously defined and commanded every aspect of your dream environment.

Thoughts?