Hi all,

I'm sure experienced lucid dreamers had encountered distinct familiarity in some of the dream settings from time to time as well as there are those who manage to anchor themselves within the dream world firmly and still maintain lucidity thereby enhancing stability and realism of the world around them, but lets go deeper and talk about persistence.

Persistence: The continued or prolonged existence of something.

By persistence I don't mean something remaining unchanged forever on every encounter, but rather evolving and adaptive much like our own waking reality.

  • If someone breaks your window it remains broken unless you get it fix it.
  • If you get into an accident and the damage remains the same as long as you don't get it fixed.
  • You carve your name on a tree and it stays there unless it's removed.
  • Plant a seed and eventually grows into healthy plant or withers away without sunlight or water.


I know that some had attempted to create persistent worlds where they may return to on different sessions. I also read dream journals of people experiencing continued persistent worlds without creating them themselves. So, how far does this persistence go? Are we in a way creating alternate dream realities in a instanced space almost like an alternate reality or its just through faculty of our brain? all chemical and electrical? Lets put our thinking caps and try to unravel this unique phenomena of persistence. Have you personally found yourself in persistent worlds? Have you created them yourselves? Lets share!

Disclaimer: Before any of you oldies roll your eyes... I'm well aware others may have talked about persistence, but i don't want to revive old dead threads and many serious encounters of persistence are noted in dream journals and not forum posts.