Blurry Lucid Dreaming

**Randall38** · 01-20-2015 12:10 AM

I see this topic has been posted in the past but I think it is worth bringing up again. I have to be able to become lucid on a weekly basis now but other than maybe 2 LDs total, they have been visually blurry. Hearing, smelling and touch all seem borderline realistic if not hyper-realistic at times but sight seems to always be unsatisfactory. I have good vision in waking life but not when lucid.

Is this just an ongoing problem throughout the LD community or are their techniques, supplements, etc. that could help with this?

Perhaps it just takes practice but it would be nice to get a jump start!!!

**Memm** · 01-20-2015 07:44 PM

I find that usually concentrating on something blurs out the "background" if you will, or you could call it the peripheral vision, loosening up a little usually gives a bit more of an overview, it's a bit of a balancing act between looking at something while not being completely drawn into it.

It might also have something to do with stability, when I'm close to waking up the LD usually starts to fade and blur out.

Just keep practising I'd say.

**RebelSeven** · 01-21-2015 07:37 AM

I have dealt with the special pain of this problem as well.

For me it blurs and darkens simultaneously. The best systems I have come up with:

1] Look into the brightest light you can see, usually a lamp, or up at the sun.
Stare into it while stimulating your sense of touch (feel around for anything to keep you grounded in the dream/balanced internally)
Open your eyes as wide as you can (without forcing your waking eyes open, takes practice to find the sweet spot)

2]Take the dirty glasses off your face!
This worked amazing well for me, (I do wear glasses regularly iwl)

3]Sit crosslegged and run your hands over the ground
Ignore your sight (or lack of it) altogether
Let your mind wander while you stay aware of surroundings through touch (and other senses if you can handle the concentration)
The dream will reassert itself when you are regrounded

**Randall38** · 01-22-2015 02:08 AM

I don't wear glasses but I do wear contacts. Perhaps if I shoot some saline into my eyes after becoming lucid that same strategy would work? I will report back on that next time I have a LD.

**Djaxup** · 01-23-2015 03:59 PM

My LD nearly always start as a dark, blurry version of reality. If I DILD "accidentally", then the superb non lucid vision immediately dims down and blurs out, and I must react quickly.

In either case what I need to do is either closely and thoroughly inspect the closest wall or my hands, and usually I get the idea "it's too dark to do that" and the light goes up. Sometimes I need to use more force, yell at the dream and stuff like that, but most of the time really engaging my senses works best to clear up my vision.

Make the sun rise, or just expect a bright lamp in the other corner of the room and turn around. Expecting things to work, now that works really well for me.