Thread: Why do we not realize the randomness/weirdness of our dreams.

Sorry but I have one more question, if in a dream the part of the brain that tells us whats logical and illogical is switched off, when we do a reality check in a dream whats to stop us
from thinking that "Oh thats meant to happen" ?

Originally Posted by Revoka

Sorry but I have one more question, if in a dream the part of the brain that tells us whats logical and illogical is switched off, when we do a reality check in a dream whats to stop us
from thinking that "Oh thats meant to happen" ?

It's never switched off it's just resting, we can definetely see this if we look at the differences between the visions you get during Sleep paralysis and a non-lucid dream. Supposedly we are closest to our subconscious during the hypnagogic state (I.e SP) and we notice that the images we get in this state are completely random and most of the time have little connection to anything but the emotion you have at the time.
However when you look at a dream we can see that many things are "fixed" by the conscious mind, the main one being is that it gives dreams the feeling that there was a story or a reason behind everything that jus happened. It's is not just complete random images being spewed out by your subconscious and the reason for this is because the conscious mind is quietly trying to make sense of it all.
So what we are aiming for when we want to become lucid is that at the same as doing a reality check you are questioning your surroundings, wondering how you got there, trying to use all of your senses. All these actions recquire you a large portion of your conscious mind, so as you perform the action you are bringing it back on power which should activate it enough for you to waken in the dream.

As you become lucid enough times you realize that it's a particulary distinct feeling, the feeling of awareness. While to many people the purpose of an RC might seem to be that by performing the action you realize that you are dreaming but I don't think that it's such a direct link. I think that the RC is only a startup, to wake us up, and that it doesn't actually necessarily involve questioning anything. Infact out of all the Dilds I've ever had I'd say only 5% where ever caused by doing an RC.