Thread: What makes a LD vividly realistic?

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!