Deep Dive Challenge: Subconscious Spelunking
Deep Dive Challenge: Subconscious Spelunking
Hi all! I had an interesting lucid last week that prompted me to think about depth and the connotations we assign to directions. In this dream, I phased down through the floor instead of through a wall. The results were interesting. I ended up in a large, ornately decorated medieval chamber lit by torches. There was interesting architecture as well as unique weapons within the room; everything seemed solid and well-formed, and overall I found it to be more "finished" while at the same time being completely removed from my waking life experience.
In comparison, when I phase through a wall, I'll usually end up in the place that would (at least loosely) logically exist in adjoining space to the first room. For instance, if I WILD or become lucid from an FA from my bed, when I phase through the wall or window I'll usually end up in an outdoor space, sometimes outside my apartment, sometimes in another well-known open space (college campus, childhood home, etc.). All of this combines into a vague notion that by going down instead of sideways, you force the dream to create/access a space that is enclosed and finished rather than open. EDIT: This could be because of the connotations we generally assign to directions, i.e. down = hell, the underworld, the underbelly of society, sewers, whereas sideways is more of the same, status quo, etc. I don't have enough evidence to support this theory, but it so I thought I'd see what others experience.
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