My medicine is dreaming and illusion - Lizard and Dragonfly. I have them both tattooed on my shoulders, for over 10 years now. I was visited by Owl many times in the house that I grew up, and actually broke up with my first fiancé because I heard Owl calling late one night - and it spoke of deception. Which turned out true after I had pretended to know only because of Owl.

I grew up with most of Jonathon Parker's meditation tapes that I had inherited, and listened to them for years. I think you should keep up this practice as a calm mind and cultivated awareness can't hurt for lucid dreaming.

I think you are well on your way, and as for the last hurdle, all I can suggest is more experience. Keep up the WBTB and try to get into that state where you heart pounds and just breathe through it with deep breaths, until one day it starts getting boring, and you can stay calm enough to ride through it.