Ctharlhie, that was very well-put: thank you for your explanation! Wallace reminds us in his (somewhat lengthy) exposition that Padmasambhava does not invite us to delude ourselves with this practice; rather it is an invitation to open our eyes to the "true" nature of phenomena. All experience is conditioned, and all phenomena are preceded by mind.

Week 1: I had four experiences this week; two were very low-level, though I was practicing illusory body in both (if I remember correctly)--saying, "This is a dream." I say they were low-level because I lost lucidity in both, and the memory was very fuzzy upon waking. The first involved sexual interactions (usually a sign of low lucidity for me) and the second involved me arrogantly laughing at positive reality checks (noses pinches) because I knew I was dreaming. I then lost lucidity.

The other two occurred this morning. One was a normal "something is not right here" followed by an RC. The other was a DEILD. During the DEILD, a false awakening occurred. I thought to myself, "It doesn't matter, this is a dream--" in the same way I would have said it in waking life. I almost did not RC, because I didn't care whether I was physically awake or asleep, but ended up doing so anyway. I will continue to post updates on the practice. Thank you for giving me a space to do this.