Thread: Point of View

i thought lucid was when your not only aware of being in a dream but you can do whatever you want in that dream... you know what im saying?

Originally Posted by LGhost

i thought lucid was when your not only aware of being in a dream but you can do whatever you want in that dream... you know what im saying?

Nope, lucid dreaming is just being in a dream and knowing you're dreaming. Dream control is a bonus. But to be lucid, you just have to know it's a dream.

There are varying degrees of lucidity of course. But surely if you truly are lucid in the sense that your mind is awake (even to a small degree), you will have some degree of control. If you have no control whatsoever then you're just dreaming about being lucid, correct me if I'm wrong.

Originally Posted by paragon

There are varying degrees of lucidity of course. But surely if you truly are lucid in the sense that your mind is awake (even to a small degree), you will have some degree of control. If you have no control whatsoever then you're just dreaming about being lucid, correct me if I'm wrong.

my instinct tells me your wrong but you make perfect sense... All I can really remember is one time thinking to my self that I hope no one wakes me up from this dream.... Explanation = someone woke me up as soon as I thought that, so they were actually helping me reach lucidity...

To get back on topic...

I usually dream in 3rd and 1st person. It constantly switches for me. I cant seem to stay in one for very long. If i'm lucid, i am very aware that my body is just an object like anything else, and my perspective shifts all over the place But In non lucids, I have an even mix of 3rd and 1st

i have both first and third person dreams but mostly i have both at the same time.its like being in three places at once but only one place too... gah...i can never explain this.ok,i see and feel my body as i am in it but i also see my self from above and from the side at the same time.its like if i am flying over my self and walking beside my self while walking normally all at once.if you can understand that......anywho...i like to think of the three views i get as mind, body and spirit.body is the first person view while mind is the flying one and spirit is the one walking beside me.but i also have plain first person dreams where there is only one me.and i also have plain third person views where there are two of me and i am watching myself from above or to the side.

Originally Posted by paragon

There are varying degrees of lucidity of course. But surely if you truly are lucid in the sense that your mind is awake (even to a small degree), you will have some degree of control. If you have no control whatsoever then you're just dreaming about being lucid, correct me if I'm wrong.

Sorry to pull off topic for a moment, but I just wanted to add that one's "levels of lucidity" can be a subjective experience. Lucidity does not equal control except over one's own thoughts and actions. I think that there is also a difference from a dream persona being lucid and me being lucid. It's one thing for me to be consciously aware of a dream, and another for a DC following the story of the dream (with the story being that he/she is dreaming).

And ray, I think I know what you're talking about to a degree. There are times where my point of view is focused on a certain character (being myself or not) and I'm both aware of acting as that person as well as viewing them from an external point of view. It's often when that happens that my persona switches characters.

Originally Posted by Amethyst Star

one's "levels of lucidity" can be a subjective experience. Lucidity does not equal control except over one's own thoughts and actions. I think that there is also a difference from a dream persona being lucid and me being lucid. It's one thing for me to be consciously aware of a dream, and another for a DC following the story of the dream (with the story being that he/she is dreaming).

:bravo:
And even to some extent not over your own thoughts or actions!