Ticice - Lucid waking dreams or visions, whatever we like to call them, still have the same background as dreams and need understanding in the same way. The link to Arising is important in understanding how we work. Many of my own experiences were in the waking state, which is what Life's Little Secrets is all about.
Here is one: While on short visit to San Francisco I had an experience. I was sitting writing in a hotel room.
What first happened was that I was suddenly shot into a dream state, yet I was still awake. In this state I had a very distinct image, along with a feeling, of a small bird fluttering close my head. What was incredibly clear and real was the way its wings were fluttering. I could really see and feel that they were not simply waving up-and-down but vibrating at great speed. The bird kept fluttering near me, and I realised it was trying to attract my attention so I would follow it. So in fact I did and it led me in a condition of great darkness. I could see or hear nothing. But the bird led on and I trusted it and we came to what was recognisably a dark cave from which were slowly emerging hundreds, perhaps thousands of people. I understood as I saw this that an enormous number of people throughout the world were now emerging from a dark place. I realised that there was the need for many workers to meet them and help them to learn to live life within the light. I realised also that I and others are the workers engaged in this.
Tony