Quote Originally Posted by heebiejeebies View Post
This freaks me out and is one of the reasons I have been scared of trying LDing for a while.
Don't be scared, it's all a marketing stunt. Lucidity Institute has to sell the idea of lucidity, and so they have to impress people. They may say it helps you with creativity or something, and now they say it's linked with spirituality. It's all aimed at people who're easily impressed by marketing ploys.
But it isn't true. You won't get a thought to question reality if you aren't philosophically inclined, and even then it will be merely a philosophical thought that won't influence your life or behaviour. Your perception of reality will not be altered.
You know, it's like "Is there life on Venus"? You may get such a thought, but you won't truly be interested or considering it seriously, you'll just find it amusing and that's all.

P.S.
If such info can help you, I've had LDs for about 10 years now, and never questioned reality. You may occasionally hear how somebody says his dreams are as vivid as reality, but don't pay attention to boasting, such people just want to impress listeners, in reality they always know when they're dreaming.
It's like all of these topics "I had a LD!!!!!!", "A great new way to WILD!!!!!", etc., people just being excited and wanting to share. In the same way a certain type of people may mislead you into thinking that you can become seriously confused about dreams and reality, because they think that it will impress you that they're "advanced" or "philosophical" enough to talk about such things.