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    1. 03-07-2008 09:21 AM #1
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      Question a question on becoming lucid

      i think i had a lucid dream but i can't be sure.
      i had a dream were if i closed my eyes and thought of a place i could go there. in the middle of doing that i thought ' hey i'm lucid' then i remembered what i read about 'if you panic when you realise you have become lucid you might stop being lucid' so i said to my self ' calm down so you can remain lucid'- and it worked!
      so the question is- was i really lucid or just dreaming of being lucid...
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    2. 03-07-2008 09:33 AM #2
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      probly lucid
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    3. 03-07-2008 10:03 AM #3
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      this is always hard to tell but to me it sounds pretty much as if you were lucid!!!
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    4. 03-07-2008 02:11 PM #4
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      Congrats =]
      Yes it sounds like a lucid.
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    5. 03-08-2008 02:20 AM #5
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      SapphireGem, lucidity has nothing to do with "control" (meaning that you can be in a lucid dream.. but still not be able to affect any changes).

      Lucid dreaming is merely the "awareness" that you are dreaming WHILE you're dreaming.

      Did you ever say (or think) to yourself, "I'm dreaming?" and, if so, did you BELIEVE this statement/thought to be true? If so, then you were definately lucid.

      Next time, if you're in doubt, do a "reality check". The reality check that has never failed me is the "plug my nose and see if I can breathe" reality check. It never hurts to do your favorite reality check a couple of times or even do two different ones.. just to really convince yourself!
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    6. 03-10-2008 07:34 AM #6
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      th reality check sounds like a good idea, but i don't think it occured to me in the dream... maybe i have to do more reality checks
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    7. 03-10-2008 07:36 AM #7
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      Quote Originally Posted by SapphireGem View Post
      in the middle of doing that i thought ' hey i'm lucid'
      Given the above, it seems rather obvious.
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    8. 03-10-2008 07:43 AM #8
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      but does anyone think that it might have been a fluke or coincidence? its possible
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    9. 03-10-2008 07:58 AM #9
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      I would say that no, it isn't possible. Here's a post I made on this exact topic a few weeks ago. The second part refers to something the OP in that thread mentioned, but it is still relevant to this discussion because I believe this is one of common reasons why beginners are often confused about whether or not they were "really lucid."
      Quote Originally Posted by DuB View Post
      Some people claim that it is possible to have a non-lucid dream about being lucid, without "really being lucid." It sounds like this is what you're referring to. My view, however, is that if you said aloud that you were dreaming while you were dreaming, then you were lucid, period.

      By the way, with the exception of some of the high-level, hyperrealistic lucids, all lucid memories are remembered "like a normal dream." That is, even though you are lucid in a dream, it is still a dream, and as such it usually has that fuzzy, dreamlike quality. It is not the same as remembering, say, what you had for dinner last night. This is an extremely common misconception.
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