Hello, I've been reading these forums and practicing LDing for about two months now.

Early this morning, I believe I had my first LD and was wondering if anyone could tell me how conscious I was.

Okay so this is directly from DJ with the more boring/personal details taken out.

Page 11: LD Getting the grasps.

Friday, April 1, 2011*

I'm walking outside my building next to the park and everything looks so vivid. I stop to turn around and take in the area. An asian man is setting up a stage next to the shack getting ready to hang himself. I think maybe I should as well because I just had a major fight with my family. This hits me as silly. I suddenly start thinking about dreaming and how this is probably all a dream. I look at my hand and boom I get a rush of energy and start to fly into the air automatically. I'm still looking at my hand and it looks clear as day, I wasn't missing any fingers and I said "not dreaming", but I was flying so I started thinking "I am dreaming, this is a dream!". I tried to control my direction, but at first I was having a very hard time doing that because I wasn't sure how. A few moments later, *I figure out that to steer I had to look where I want to go. I begin to soar through the sky over what looks like a port. I don't recognize the area, but it's definitely not Canada.*

•*I flew like a plane with my hands stretched out. I was able to change my pitch & yaw with a simple **
look of the head. Turns weren't immediate and felt more like a controlled turn of an aircraft.*

As I fly over the water, buildings and bridges for what felt like a few minutes. *I eventually fly into a wood factory of some sort. I remember to remind myself that I'm dreaming and say "This is a dream". I'm not sure if it did the trick because here I think I slipped back into a ND.*

Inside there are huge trucks packed with lumber getting ready to head out. The trucks seem at least twice as big as there counter parts IWL. As I fly around, the place is getting more and more packed by the second and I'm quickly running out of flying space. I fly looking for an exit and I could hear a conversation between the workers when one of them says "he's going to shut the gate until they're finished". I make a rush for the gate and I could hear them saying that international would understand because they only ship one product. I get outside and the dream ends.

Thanks and I look forward to hearing your thoughts.