WellWorld – It means that you learned something wonderful. First of all you faced the fear of jumping off a roof – pretty good I think. Then because of that your dream started to transform, so you saw the glitter. And on top of that you managed to keep aware of what was happening – excellent.
I believe what you learned was that when you face your fears and meet them - in dreams of course – you create a different world in the dream and in yourself.
You had the strength to “force myself” to wake up. That takes a lot of doing, and in doing it you become a master of your natural impulses to sleep, to avoid what you are frightened of, to then create our own inner world. That is yoga or self awareness.
As you change your inner world you change your outer world as well. You cannot completely disconnect the two. So if you can, please read
http://dreamhawk.com/dream-encyclopedia/the-magical-dream-machine/Tony