Thread: Why oblivion instead of lucidity?

Originally Posted by SKA

Anomanderis, where you say that our subconscious mind chucks us out of the dream when we become conscious.

I tend to disagree. I had lucids in the middle of the night and slept till morning. Also I had lucids were I maintained Lucidity the entire dream.
Why most lucids are short and we are quickly awakened uppon lucidity is because of 2 reasons I believe:
- Getting over excited, releasing a mayor dose of Adrenaline, and
- Getting Lucid as we are about to wake up anyway since our consciousness is then naturally slowly awakening.

I totally agree with you and I'm just saying that the belief-system of your subconscious is one critical factor for attaining and then sustaining the state of lucidity. This is the problem with language, that i couldn't transfer my thoughts into words. Or I just screwed up :p
If we had the subconscious mind as an accomplice to lucidity and not a hindrance, then it would actively seek to keep us lucid. Not helping is not equidistant to chucking out, but that is a matter of philosophy.