Pseudo-Lucid Dreams

[SynapseSnap]

Last night I had a dream - a sort of dream I find I have a lot - but I don't really know what to do with, or where to go with next. It's somewhere between the typical disconnected dream-state and waking awareness. In this dream I was not aware I was in a dream so-to-speak - I never once stopped to think about the absurdity of everything, or realized I was dreaming, but I was consciously in control almost the entire time. I was flying, exploring - I would see something and want to get there, or think of something that I wanted to do it, and it would happen, but none of it struck me as unusual - it was completely natural to me in this state to be able to willfully control the world. Also, I find my dream world, which is kind of an abstraction of the waking one, is nearly completely consistent. Everything always looks the same, and once I dream about experiencing a place for the first time, I will always be able to get there again, and it will always be the same. It strikes me as odd. The dream ended with me flying home, and when I woke up, I could still vividly remember the feeling of flying, and it really took me a few moments to realize I couldn't do it anymore. I have these often now, but rarely/never lucid dreams. These days I dream every night, but I didn't used to remember my dreams very often when I was younger.

[Vegan]

Pseudo-lucid dream really fits what you described well. Sometimes I think that I'm lucid, when really its part of the dream, but never that extreme. Those dreams sound great though, and with having dreams that vivid, going lucid (if they aren't already) shouldn't be that hard with a little bit of practice.

[Moonbeam]

Vegan is right; if you are to that level, it shouldn't take too much more effort to reach true lucidity. It might help to have a task in mind, so the next time you semi-realize you are dreaming, a task might help you focus and take control of the dream. Good luck.

[arby]

S-S-S-Semi lucid!

[Vex Kitten]

It is entirely possible to have crazy god like powers in non lucid dreams. You might be able to get lucid using your ability to revisit dream spaces. Pick out a couple of frequently visited dream places. Try remember to reality check in those environments in dream.. or in waking life it they are real places.