How lucid is to be lucid in a dream?

[fenix777]

I was just reading about how would people feel when LD'ing, and it got me thinking about how lucid people can get In a Dream and how concious about the dream can we be when Awake. I know recall of a dream is important but how Real a dream can get while lucid that we can feel we were "In the dream" and in control of the dream. In comparison with Our Waking Life, how real can we experience our LD's that we can say we are living in two diferent realities? I hope i explain my point here because i would love to hear from the experienced ones.

[AlexLou]

Dreams never feel quite real for me. There's always something missing or a bit off. But I can think just as clearly as I would in reality depending on the dream, except that my short-term memory isn't nearly as good.

[Muad'Dib 007]

It can be different, I've had dreams that I'm so detached I can feel myself sleeping. I've also had a couple dreams where it feels just like real life. Maybe try different foods, theres a thread somewhere here about foods that affect vividness. Edit: Here's the link: http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...ad.php?t=58728

[psychology student]

I was just reading about how would people feel when LD'ing, and it got me thinking about how lucid people can get In a Dream and how concious about the dream can we be when Awake. I know recall of a dream is important but how Real a dream can get while lucid that we can feel we were "In the dream" and in control of the dream. In comparison with Our Waking Life, how real can we experience our LD's that we can say we are living in two diferent realities? I hope i explain my point here because i would love to hear from the experienced ones. I think that lucid dreams can parallel reality in realism. However with regard to "two diferent realities", they cannot. There is simply no continuity or consistency in dreams. Its like trying to live a noraml life while you your memory is wiped every morning. Every lucid dream is like a clean slate.

[Snowy Egypt]

Every dream I've had always had that dreamy, kind of fuzzy feeling to it, even if they were like real life.

[lucid4sho]

same as Mua'dib , sometimes its very faint, and i can feel my real body. other times its as real as being awake. and it can be anywhere in between. the ones that are the most real usually happen very early in the night, by morning they seem to be losing vividness.

[Attau]

I actually notice that I'm sleeping and notice that I'm waking up.... I have to will myself not to wake up actually so it takes the mystery away from the dream really quickly.

[lagunagirl]

yeah, i'm kind of like snowy egypt. My lucids can feel real and I have complete control, but there's always that "dreamy" feeling to it. except I do remember on some occasions where I had to RC every few minutes because I was starting to really wonder if I was dreaming because it felt like real life, yet I still kind of felt like I was dreaming. It's kind of hard to explain. But I like that dreamy feeling; It makes it seem more magical or whatever term you would like to use

[Cephadelic]

I haven't had one of those really real and vivid LDs in a long time. My last LD felt a little fuzzy just like most normal dreams do. But not too long ago I had a dream that felt so real that I told myself it was too real and there was no way I could possibly be dreaming. Of course this made me want to kick myself when I woke up. At any rate it seems to me that there are all degrees of "realness" to be had in LDs. I just don't know personally how to control the vividness, heck I'm still working on having LDs more than once every 3 months or longer.

[Abra]

Thought in lucid dreams varies. In some LDs, mugginess of dreams cannot be helped--it's just how your brain is functioning. In others, the clarity in dreams is perfect. In some LDs, the memory is functioning as well. These are the best dreams, because they enable you to follow through with whatever goal you set. I've had dreams with perfect realism, where thought and setting are highly stable and true to life. These dreams are the rarest, but the best. I think that lucid dreams can parallel reality in realism. However with regard to "two diferent realities", they cannot. There is simply no continuity or consistency in dreams. Its like trying to live a noraml life while you your memory is wiped every morning. Every lucid dream is like a clean slate. Have you tried to get consistency? That has been my main goal since starting the practice of lucid dreaming. To help, I go on dream adventures, which are many dreams long. While consistency isn't perfect, it's suitable. If you believe that the dream characters will reappear, they will. Eventually you'll get to a point where setting will settle into common themes (forest is my strongest location in dreams, The Base is also easy for me to find). It's taking less and less effort for me to summon familiar DCs, and one of them has been coming to me on her own. Consistency is like any other type of dream control. It takes practice, will, and belief. With enough time, the consistency between lucid dreams will become quite usable.