Thread: What if Lucid Dreaming is really just an illusion?

I thought about this, but as long as I have the illusion of control and lucidity, it doesn't really matter to me.

It's like the matter of free will in real life.

Originally Posted by Wavefunction

I thought about this, but as long as I have the illusion of control and lucidity, it doesn't really matter to me.

It's like the matter of free will in real life.

^^^^^ what he said. Although I personally don't think it's an illusion. How do you create the illusion that you have power to do anything you want in a dream? I mean what if you want to fly but instead you end up travelling back in time to assassinate Hitler (not a bad second choice although the robot form was nigh impossible... lolololol Wolfenstein 3D reference). You get my point though. Or it would just seem like whatever you do is your choice. However I'm still inclined to disagree, for instance LaBerge would test people when they sleep aking them to as soon as they become lucid move their eyes back and forht rapidly, thus discovering that in your dreams your "dream eyes" look in the direction of your real eyes. This guy remembered and did the task, who would want to look back and forth rapidly? That person intentionally chose to do that. Thus proving IMO dream free will or that lucidity is not an illusion.

As said. As long as I can control stuff, it doesn't matter.

What is the concept of a Lucid Dream? A dream in which you know that you are dreaming. So, let's suppose you are only dreaming you're Lucid Dreaming.

If you're dreaming you're Lucid Dreaming, then you have the knowledge that what you experience is a dream. So, it falls into the concept of a Lucid Dream.

Dreaming you are Lucid Dreaming is dreaming lucidly, because you are aware of it being only a dream. The level of awareness may vary though, but that's another thing.

I mean, even in waking life, we only have the illusion of control.