Thread: What makes a LD vividly realistic?

More entities in the dream mean more subconscious work, meaning less stable dream. Well then, intention might help in vividness cuz we intend for the sub to produce clearer image. It would be like dream control, in a way, I think.

Originally Posted by LouaiB

More entities in the dream mean more subconscious work, meaning less stable dream.

What would lead you to believe that? On the contrary, I have found the most difficult state to maintain is a dream without visual, or other, input.

Well then, intention might help in vividness cuz we intend for the sub to produce clearer image. It would be like dream control, in a way, I think.

In an LD I had the night I chanted 'clarity' like a mantra, and the dream progressively increased in apparent tangibility. Not many people know that mood and cognition determine biochemistry, as well as vice versa. It makes sense that auto-suggestion has impact on vividness.

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.

This is very much that, what I try to aim at, too.

Originally Posted by Ctharlhie

In an LD I had the night I chanted 'clarity' like a mantra, and the dream progressively increased in apparent tangibility. Not many people know that mood and cognition determine biochemistry, as well as vice versa. It makes sense that auto-suggestion has impact on vividness.

I like the idea of chanting - sounds very useful - and nicer than shouting about something - incant it!

Originally Posted by StephL

I like the idea of chanting - sounds very useful - and nicer than shouting about something - incant it!

Yeah, I quite enjoyed it at the time. It became quite rhythmic, and bigger than my physical voice. It was effective beyond all expectation, too.

Originally Posted by StephL

incant it!

Or as a scientist you might want to inKant it…