Thread: What makes a LD vividly realistic?

As you suggested Louai, a WBTB ( some minutes is enough ) combined with some kind of meditation usually does the trick

Edit: not a coincidence that WILDs are more vivid

Originally Posted by VagalTone

As you suggested Louai, a WBTB ( some minutes is enough ) combined with some kind of meditation usually does the trick

Edit: not a coincidence that WILDs are more vivid

Thnx!
Does meditation have a special effect? I watch tv during a WBTB(that is a yes yes for me cuz it makes me more aware but I can still fall asleep) so I become more aware. Does more awareness during the WBTB mean more awareness during dream?

Originally Posted by LouaiB

Thnx!
Does meditation have a special effect? I watch tv during a WBTB(that is a yes yes for me cuz it makes me more aware but I can still fall asleep) so I become more aware. Does more awareness during the WBTB mean more awareness during dream?

Meditation activates brain areas associated with self awareness so i'm sure you like to hear that There's some other reasons why it maybe a good thing to do on a WBTB..Your second question is a bit tricky i guess..but i feel there are some different kinds of awareness. You know that watching TV doesn´t necessarily stimulates your self-awareness otherwise we all would have it.. I think it's pretty standard to say that more awareness during the WBTB mean more vividness during the dream, so yup TV is good for that , maybe you can watch TV and do some RCs when you find yourself more emotionally engaged or just check how you feel and think while you watch TV ??

Originally Posted by VagalTone

Meditation activates brain areas associated with self awareness so i'm sure you like to hear that There's some other reasons why it maybe a good thing to do on a WBTB..Your second question is a bit tricky i guess..but i feel there are some different kinds of awareness. You know that watching TV doesn´t necessarily stimulates your self-awareness otherwise we all would have it.. I think it's pretty standard to say that more awareness during the WBTB mean more vividness during the dream, so yup TV is good for that , maybe you can watch TV and do some RCs when you find yourself more emotionally engaged or just check how you feel and think while you watch TV ??

Like achieving tholey's 7 conditions for a LD?

Originally Posted by Maxis

I believe it is heightened awareness as well, but more on the idea that you're conscious which makes you aware. My WILDs are always most vivid because there's never one point in a WILD where you lose consciousness--you are always "awake." In DILDs you still need to "wake up" once you become lucid, which can be helped by stabilization or reminding yourself that you're dreaming, taking in the dreamworld, wondering what it means to be in a dream, testing your waking life memory, etc. I don't have any solid evidence for this, but by personal experience I think this encourages your consciousness (and as a side, your awareness) to kick in more than what's required to just be lucid.

Yeah I like hearing that
So it is self-awareness we are aiming to increase to have a vivid dream?