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Crossroads
Journey
You
only half remember your original dream, but for what seems like forever
you've been searching for something along endless corridors of a sprawling,
somehow familiar, building. You turn to one door, it’s unremarkable but
its presence triggers something that you've been forgetting? The Lucid
Crossroads, you are dreaming!
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Wham,
you become lucid instantly. The reality is breathtaking, but remembering
your intention you open the door. Bright light spills into the twilit
corridor but even as you squint through the bright light you see the Crossroads
and step out into the sunshine.
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The
sun feels wonderful on your back and the quality of light it casts is
at once unreal and at the same time so familiar like a childhood memory
of sunny days. Your gaze sweeps over the slate floor and is drawn to two
figures running over, waving at you. Walking towards them you suddenly
realise they don't look human, at least not in your experience - blue
humans being somewhat rare!
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The
blue skinned female reaches you first, skipping with what seems like barely
contained glee she blurts out, "I'm Gee,” before hugging you and kissing
you on both cheeks. "You made it, you made it,” she sings.
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"This
is Cee," she manages between bouts of excited clapping, the male figure
smiles. " Welcome, traveller." He theatrically bows low and sweeps off
what you thought was his hair but which seems to be some sort of headdress?
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"We are
the receptionists at the Lucid Crossroads," Cee says. You can't help
but stare and smile broadly, they both seem so real but their shining
crystal blue eyes and blue skin jars with your definition of what "real"
represents. "This isn't reality," your mind says. "You’re
just characters in my dream aren't you, I mean your not actually, erm,
people, are you?" You can't help but sound embarrassed with this question.
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They
glance at each other, Cee grins and Gee tries to hide a giggle. "We
are as real as you are, traveller.” Cee prods you with an outstretched
hand, he certainly feels real. "In fact, depending on who you believe,
we are you!" says Gee. "A waking world scientist would say that currently
your mind is recreating all you see," her hand sweeps round to take in
everything around, "within your own sleeping brain."
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"That
means,” pipes up Cee, "that we are in fact separate selves. Just as you
are a self in your brain, we are using resources from different parts
of the same source." He looks thoughtful for a moment and then seems
to change dimiss the thought. "Anyway all that’s by the by, our real
purpose at the Crossroads is to stabilise your lucid state. Look into
our eyes and repeat after me, ‘stabilise my lucidity NOW!’"
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You repeat
the phrase and drag your gaze away from Gee’s glowing rose water eyes,
but with a new feeling of calmness that has spread from your head to
the rest of your body. "That will extend your time in the lucid state,"
says Cee.
"Next we
need to raise the level of your lucidity,” butts in Gee, and taking
your hand she pulls you over to a small central pool near a large mirror.
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"What’s
the mirror for?" you ask as you are lead by the arm. “Oh, leaving your
body,” says Glad and then seeing you'd like more information, "the mirror
and the pool are for astral projecting.” "Come on now, concentrate, traveller!"
Gee scolds, wagging a finger in your face and then pointing to the pool
and what looks like a raised font. Both are cloaked in what looks like
some sort of chain mail?
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"Dip
your hands into the font water. Don't be shocked - it is very cold - but
it will heighten your lucidity." You do as you are told and slide your
hands into the font, "sheese" the icy water makes you sharply draw in
breath. "Now feel the texture of the chain mail in the font and repeat
after me, ‘increase lucidity NOW!’"
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