ADVERTS HIT THE CROSSROADS (14 oct 2006)

You might have noticed the adverts springing up on the LC recently. I've always resisted adding them to this website but I've done an about turn because I'd like the site to be able to make some money so it can pay for my time to finish the Crossroads. I'd like to do some movies and time consuming new media for the LC and any income that will help me achieve this will be most welcome. I don't have much control over the google ad's but I've carefully picked appropriate products from Amazon, if you buy you help this site. Crossroads store

Right here are some changes to stage 3. Surrounding the main ring of the Crossroads will be -

1. The Lucid Dojo (will have an outside face lift)

2. A lucid laboratory (sunk into ground) with loads of lucid experiments

3. An Art gallery (sunk into ground) which will have guest exhibitors every few months

4. The Vis Viva bar (sunk into ground) it will be a bit like the bar in Starwars, alien hangout, lots of bands/music

5. The Void, a large hole in the landscape that you can jump in and enjoy the freefall black void

6. The Astral lift that will take you to higher astral planes (NB. that depending on how high you can focus).

7. A double maker, this will create a double of yourself?? I just wanted to, ok.

8. The Akashic Records, the mythical library that holds all knowledge.

Also theres going to be a great reception computer and computer displays built into the tables and a new chill out area near the OB mirror and thats going to have a low holotable where you can call up any dreamers room you ask for and walk into the hologram to get there.

I've also redone many of the pages and have added some specialist pages to the how to section, the WILD page and the Gatekeeper page. I'm currently redoing the science of lucids page and creating a new shared dreaming page, you can check out the new shared dream page HERE.

Unfortunately I don't have the free time to do evertthing I want to the Lucid Crossroads all at once so I'm breaking it down into manageable chunks, this is what is planned for the FINAL rebuild..

I will also completely update all the images on the site making them far more realistic and having more of them. The Crossroads will retain its sunny desert feel but I'll also add some images of different weather conditions and some other times of day. I'll also populate the Crossroads far more than I have done in the current version with representations of other dreamers and dream characters to give the feel of the Crossroads as a busy and lively place to visit.

1. There will be a large ocean to the North and shore line for you to swim or sail to the Crossroads, there is a deep water jetty to moor any vessel you might arrive in.

2. In the East there will be sandstone hills out of which come three tunnels carrying a canal, a road and a train track (see 7,8 and 9)

3. In the South East there will be the outskirts of a city with many buildings and roads for those of you wandering around a town or city. {a lensing door will be located here, see 12}

4. A large forest will be located useful for walking out of wooded areas and parks etc, the hills surrounding will be green and rolling. {a lensing door will be located here, see 12}

5. To the West are high snow capped mountains, many cave and mine openings are here. {a lensing door will be located here, see 12}

6. Next to the Crossroads will be located a short airstrip marked out on the desert surface.

7. A straight water (canal) emerges from a tunnel in the Eastern hills and makes its way all the way to the Crossroads.

8. A road also emerges from a tunnel in the Eastern hills, a regular bus will make its way to and from the Crossroads a bus stop being at the Crossroads. Also I'll add a taxi stop and you'll of course be able to ride or drive yourself to us.

9. There will be a small station for you to get off any trains that you have become lucid on.

10. These are stairs down to an underground station like those you would get in any large city.

11. The large mirror will remain to the south of the Crossroads disk but the tree will be replaced with an obelisk

12. There will be 11 dream doors which with the center pool and the large mirror makes 13 direct ways to and from the Crossroads

The 12th door will be called the Lensing Door it will be just a frame and from the Crossroads you will see a either a view of the South East city, the South Forest or the West Mountains, that view will cycle every 60 seconds. The lensing doors from the three directions will have a permanent view of the Crossroads and you can step through the door and step out into the Crossroads and visa versa. This is so you don't have to walk all the way from the city, forest or mountains and risk losing lucidity.

The doors on the original Crossroads were all the same in appearance, opening them you imagined what you wanted to experience. The Crossroads mark 3 will have 11 different dream doors, at the moment I have them as follows but if you think differently please suggest differences. I'm going to choose doors from reality/fantasy/literature etc to model the doors on for example the Historical Dreaming Door might be copied from a real English Castle door etc.

13. The receptionists will still be here but the board behind reception will now be turned into a giant LCD display fed from a computer that will be voice activated so you can leave messages ask questions etc. I'll keep the manual logbook and also add a blackboard and chalk as sometimes in a lucid dream the electronics can be unreliable. Reception will have some great lucid gadgets for you to try out, hover boards, flying surf boards, jet packs etc etc.

14. To the immediate north of the Crossroads space will be a flight of stairs going down into the Lucid Dojo. The Dojo is now finished appart from the downloads page and a few cosmetic changes. To begin with the Lucid Dojo will just be the one room but later on I will add a mediation room and some other marial arts spaces down there.

OTHER DREAM REALMS DOOR - Through this door are other dream projects that others may wish to setup..

SCI-FI & FANTASY DREAM DOOR - Dreams of fiction, films, Tv shows and worlds of the imagination are through this door.

TIME TRAVEL DREAM DOOR - Any space or period in real time history can be found through here either past or future.

ROMANCE & SEXUAL DREAMS DOOR - No explanation needed.

NIGHTMARE DOOR - Many of you might wonder why you'd want to have a lucid nightmare? Well they can be so much fun, her you will find the dark side vampires, werewolves and a whole host of nasties to battle against or flee from or have fun with.

THE ORIGINAL GENERAL DREAMING DOOR - The door from the original Crossroads think about the dream you desire and enter. Good for flying Dreams, or dreams in which you might want to get over a specific phobia etc.

PREDICTIVE & MAGIC DREAM DOOR - Many people believe in the power of predictive dreaming and though this door you can witness futures. Also where you can work with other extended human abilities.

SELF OR HEALING DREAM DOOR - Meet your dream guide or a dream character that represents a part of your own self so you can quiz them about problems in your life etc, you can also use this door to heal yourself or others, as again some believe this is possible.

TRANSFORMING DOOR - This door has no door in its frame and when you pass through its veil you will transform into animal form.

THE AFTERLIFE DREAM DOOR - Many people dream of those who have passed over either relatives or friends this door allows that access for those who wish it. It is also used for viewing of your own past lives, for people who have an interest in this aspect of altered consciousness