Quote Originally Posted by Sageous View Post
There are already plenty of interesting thoughts here, but I couldn't resist tossing in my own:



I have a feeling that, in truth, they're not.

Seriously. What is different between LD's and NLD's isn't necessarily the quality of imagery/sensations: the same dreaming engine, after all, is creating both types of dreams, and it really doesn't differentiate. And yet, it does seem that LD's can be very different on all those counts you list, plus one or two more. Why? Not from a change in quality, but because when lucid we're paying attention.
Yes, oh yes. And training oneself to pay attention to all experience can raise the bar of the "average" NLD to an exquisite level (as well as make waking life much more enjoyable!). As I have in my sig (at the moment), as written in TYoDaS, "develop stability in awareness and your dreams will change in extraordinary ways."