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One notable thing about this dream was that I had it very close to the beginning of my sleep. <PERSON>'s MIT article gave me the idea to do a really determined MILD before bed and it certainly paid off here! Color legend: Non-dream Dream Lucid Lucid #191: Enjoy the Silence I am sitting in an airport terminal, waiting for a flight. A few seats over I spot <PERSON>, a guy who did some lucid dreaming youtube videos several years ago. I think hey, great opportunity to talk about lucid dreaming with someone while I pass the time. As I am getting out of my seat to approach him, I notice the dreamlike way that I glide out of my chair and question whether I am having a lucid dream right now. Hey, turns out that I am! I move toward him but the chairs are all in my way. Mildly annoyed, I float past the chairs and land next to him. "Hey, the guy from the video, right?" I say. <PERSON> looks up. "I am actually having a lucid dream right now." "Oh, okay... cool, man," he responds, bobbing his head up and down. He starts talking about something LD-related but I feel myself slipping into the void. I grab for his hand but miss and wind up scrabbling at the carpet. He is still talking, seemingly oblivious to how hard I am trying to hang onto the scene. This goes on for a bit but eventually I fall into the void. I am relaxed here, though, and adopt a swimming motion to move silently through the darkness. I get the sense of motion and catch imagery that looks like I am swimming past a series of huge, slowly turning pages in a book. Then I am pulled into a false awakening. It is super realistic, but I have a strong sense that I am still dreaming. I open my eyes and even feel the sensation of them opening, but I still know it is all an illusion. I should still have my sleep mask on but I have relatively clear vision of the darkened room around me. Wife sleeps silently beside me. I look up at the ceiling and see two large, projected circles filled with stars there. The two star circles slowly rotate in opposite directions. The effect is hypnotic and beautiful. I watch for a good while, surprised that I am able to maintain this much stillness without the dream falling apart. I almost feel like I am getting away with something by just sitting here watching. I feel like my dreaming brain still believes that it has me fooled. I lay there for a while enjoying the experience until the dream ends. This time my eyes open to the pitch blackness of my sleep mask.