Being in that gray area

Finally broke this major dryspell I've been going through. Even though it wasn't the greatest of LDs, it was something.

I did notice something different in this one, however. I remember the feeling of being in both my dream and lying on my bed. I thought I've seen something about this on some other threads before, but wasn't sure.


DREAM
Most of the dream involved me getting chased by this King Kong-like giant. He was killing everyone but I somehow managed to escape by hidding under this giant leaf. So, I'm lying there and I know he senses me, but he can only see me if I move. I'm getting very uncomfortable and here is where I start to feel myself lying in bed as well as lying in the dream. Kong is then distracted by another survivor who was hidding. Instead of moving, however, I remain still - why? Because I thought that if I moved I would ruin my sleep paralysis and therefore lose the dream -- but I wasn't lucid at this point!(?) So how did I know I was dreaming?

Later on, there's a part when I'm hidding in someone's basement and they're having dinner with this Kong - like they know him. They decide not to rat me out and keep him distracted while I try to escape. Now, check this out - I'm hidding behind this pillar and waiting to become lucid so I can levitate and fly up the steps! Duh! Well, sure enough, it only took a few seconds for my body to lose gravitational pull and start floating.

Long story short - I fly up the stairway and outside while Kong chases me. I remember having no fear except for the fear of losing lucidity, for he would catch me then.

Anyway, my point is that I found it really weird how I was able to be in both the dreamworld and waking world and still find both of them just as believeable or "normal" even though I was able to compare the two.

NOTE: this dream was induced using a 4 hr. BWGen sequence which I programmed months ago but stopped using due to lack of success.

Congrats man! Looks like that BWGEN finally payed off. do you feel like posting your presets here for us?

One step forward...two steps back!

Damn it! Not even one dream recall today! Where the hell was I last night?!

My presets were pretty basic - 30 minutes to get down to sleep frequency, 90 minutes of deep sleep with a spike at the end, then repeat the 90 minutes. But, I'm going to be changing it now that I understand a little more about the sleep process. I'm also going to add sound effects and RC messages to enhance the effect.