Thread: What makes a LD vividly realistic?

Originally Posted by FryingMan

Ctharlhie, I agree, but I think if we start with the assumption that one is already waking from one's dreams after each sleep cycle, is there anything else that can be done to raise the vividness of LDs? I have never (that I know of, unless I totally forgot some LDs after losing lucidity) not woken up directly from an LD, and they're mostly very vivid, but some more so than others. My last one was very very unstable so even though I woke up from it directly, it felt "not vivid." My head felt like it was buzzing and I felt dizzy. I think additionally when we're very well rested, the dreams are also very vivid, assuming some stabilization/solid self-awareness. Expectation must also play a role, since I've seen numerous reports of people with vision impairments and doing some dream control to make the "visuals" clear and bright.

I believe that achieving full lucidity in the LD is the action that determines vividness through increasing self-awareness. By 'full lucidity' I tend to think in terms of Deirdre Barret's 'corollaries'.

The dreamer is aware that they are dreaming
The dreamer knows that objects/character/locations disappear after waking
The dreamer knows that physical laws need not apply in the dream
And the dreamer has a clear memory of the waking world

Self awareness and memory are key. Any awareness practice and the improving dream recall.