Starting off, I guess what I'd like to know is the basic 'how do I solidify myself in the dream' before going off to either do cool stuff that I spontaneously think of doing or have enough awareness of mind to just interact with the dream and go with the flow?
For anyone wondering, this was answered in today's live stream. Pull it up in your history on YouTube if you watch it in here so that you can comment on and like the video. It was when he finished doing the lesson and was moving to q&A's.