Level of Lucidity (1-10): 9 | Dream Signs: flying, | Mood: Relaxed

I've been having difficulty getting into the lucid dream state for about a month, even though I think about it every night, even when I wake up from a regular dream.  Last night, at last, I had brief lucidity!

I was standing on a balcony looking down at a tiled floor, four or five storeys below.  This was an interior courtyard, like the inside of a large hotel.  I don't know why I was lucid, but I just knew it was a dream so I decided to leap off the balcony.

I climbed over the rail and prepared to jump when I had a moment of panic.  What if I wasn't dreaming?  What if I was simply delusional and about to kill myself?  Holding on to the railing, I turned back to do a test.  I pressed the thumb of my right hand against the palm of my left (this is one of the tests they recommend) and pressed.  My thumb appeared out of the back of my hand.  I was dreaming!

I turned back and looked down at the floor.  It was a long way down.  I was nervous, but excited too.  I stepped off the balcony and fell to the floor.  There was the feeling of falling, but not the stomach-turning feeling like when you fall from a height in a normal dream.  I didn't hit the floor so much as I was suddenly just lying there.

Unfortunately, before I could explore further, something woke me up.

Does anybody else do a test?

AJ