Thread: Being lucid

The definition of a lucid dream is a dream in which you know you are dreaming, so apparently not. What you described is control, not lucidity.
Control does not = lucidity. Common misconception.

Yeah that makes sense. Sorry im new to this so thats why i made this thread to make sure because i was not. thanks alot.

Oh no, its perfectly fine, sorry if I sounded mean or anything.

Welcome to DV, btw! ^_^

I wouldn't say so. First of all, by the definition of a lucid dream, you must know you're dreaming. If you don't, the most it can be is similar to a lucid dream.

You can have any one of those things and the dream can be nothing like a lucid dream at all, and you can have a lucid dream where none of that is true. Whether the dream is remembered or not has no impact on what kind of dream it is, you can even have lucid dreams that you can't remember at all. I've also had lucid dreams in third person, and normal dreams in first person.

Finally, you're the one making decisions in most of your dreams. Most of the time it just doesn't seem like it, because the decisions you make aren't as logical as the ones you'd make when you are awake. However, you can have lucid dreams where you just follow the dream, and you can have nonlucid dreams where you act intelligently.

Edit: CarmineEternity posts faster than I do.

Ok ill try again tonight. I seem to be getting closer now at least.

Originally Posted by suichi

Ok ill try again tonight. I seem to be getting closer now at least.

Do a lot of RC's and try mantras if your using the DILD method, it worked for me.