As I work with bridging my understanding of alternate state/realities, I am focusing on being in a room. Or seeing myself in a room. A room that both has doors I may walk from or others may enter. There is a table where I may sit and either speak with someone or have a monitor and keyboard. Or laptop. There may be windows and filing cabinets.
It is something I can just think about. There isn't a real need to envision strongly. It is something wherein I can allow imagery through or narrow the focus to the room. Even forcing imagery, etc. to the doors or monitor to lower an invasiveness I may feel. I am intentionally keeping the room and it's basics very simple and fairly nondescript. Or at least allowing them to create their own imagery as I go. Nothing is fixed, per se. The room is both small and large and seems to be a gray/green. This is all mentally comfortable for me. And that's the point, overall. Something I can think about off and on while I am awake. Look around and just note. Then when I lie down, it becomes a pleasant place to go.
I do seem to be beginning to meet others who come to the room. Not that I've not worked with them before, but it helps me, and them, to secure a footing with me. It very grounding. Sometimes we may walk through a door, often we simply sit and discuss. I know sometimes people are taught to really create and envision a place or temple, etc. for themselves, which is fine, but this is meant as a bridge. An anchor. I'm also looking for simplicity so that I can focus, yet allow imagery and such to flow through without real impediment.
The real key to lucid dreaming is often the ability to maintain a amount of focus and yet to allow flow at the same time. To become aware but not to push too hard. Lightly envisioning offers so much opportunity to practice that art.
One of the interesting things that I am finding is that I am surrounded by the energies of cats and dogs. These furry energies helps to guide me through various states. They often create paths for me and guard me to some degree as I roam. The physical cats and dogs that are my fur friends are my ties to this energy in other states. They all help me to walk into the Wild of all these realities. They are not just a Spirit Guide, they are like a living, flowing energy that surrounds me all the time and helps me.
I visualize this room as I can when ever I can. I make some real attempt to feel the energies of these animals surrounding me. By doing this whenever I might, to even just think about it some, helps me come to it more easily once I lay down to sleep. Perhaps I might try seeing bridges from this room as well. However, it is also important not to expect. Only to allow. And find the next path to follow.