Generation of Scenery by brain

Dear lucid dreamers,


I have been trying to learn to lucid dream for a week and a half, and have been highly successful, having already had 3 lucid dreams!

One issue I seem to have so far is my brain's ability to generate scenery. I can become very lucid while I am staring in one direction, looking at my environment which is directly in front of me, but then if I turn around quickly, it's like there is nothing at all behind me, and I sit there, waiting for my brain to generate scenery for me for several seconds.

Is this a common issue? Does this mean that my brain is not actually very well suited for lucid dreaming? Does it mean I have to conciously generate scenery for myself in my dreams, or are there ways to train your mind to produce more complex environments in your dreams?


Thanks,

|616|Ozmeister

Hey, welcome to DV!

I've never heard of that before. Say, when you look away from something and then look back, is it the same or has it mutated in some way? Just curious, the problem a lot of people have is maintaining stability of the scenery, it seems to want to change and morph all the time.

|616|G.H.f.a.R.: Im just wondering what methods youv been using :D

Seeker: I have no problems whatsoever maintaining the stability of an image. Once I recognize an object, it totally remains the same. As for returning to objects and finding them to be different, I have not really noticed that problem at all.


Munk: There are two parts to my l.d. education so far: remembering dreams, and looking up every symbol's definition in the dream dictionary to gain an understanding of the intended purpose or message of your dreams. I have found that something happens when I gain a deep understanding of the meaning of a dream that I've had; if I have a dream again with the same symbols and meanings, I have a great chance of recognizing the purpose of the dream while I'm having it and becoming lucid.

The second key has been telling myself to remember my dreams when I wake up (simple and amazingly effective), and then writing in my dream dictionary every morning when I wake up.

Hey 616! I'm glad you joined us and I hope that you are able to have all of your questions answered here. If you need anything feel free to post or PM myself, another DG, or one of the mods.

Anyway, I haven't had enough lucid experiences to experiment with changing my setting. My first question would be, when you turn around is the scenery kind of "blank" (void of objects, color, etc.)? Secondly, do you turn around quickly or slowly? Third, by saying that the scenery has to "catch up" does it appear blurry and become more stable or is it just not there and slowly appears? I'm thinking that there's the possibility that you're expecting the scenery to be changed or not be there and that might be part of the cause. Before you turn around, try picturing the scenery in your mind and turn slowly.

I hope this was helpful :) Sweet lucid dreams!

-Amé :dreaming:

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To answer your questions, 1) yes, when I turn around what I see is a complete void (which has a greyish color), and I have to conciously come up with an idea of something that this scenery could be- and once I have the idea the scene very slowly starts to appear, bit by bit- and there isn't very much detail at all, it's extremely basic. And 2) yes, I was turning around very quickly in all instances, and purposefully looking at my surroundings.

I certainly don't expect my scenery to have changed when I turn around, my dreams so far remain pretty logical and similar to waking life (except for all the bikini-clad women who are constantly begging me for sex). What I expect is to see more scenery, and it's just not there for some reason! I think you're really onto something with the idea of always turning around slowly, and kind of anticipating what it is that I'm going to see.

I think I also just came up with some advice for this problem that might work- maybe if I spend a few minutes a day (this will sound insane, but) like....turning around really fast in waking life, and re-focusing on the new image I am seeing and reflecting on it quickly. *hahahah I just tried that, it kind of makes you dizzy.

* ok, I just figured out it doesn't make you dizzy as long as you don't do it 3 times a second :| :idea:

LOL :D

It sounds like a good idea and an interesting reality check, too. *turns around to see if things are different* Nope. Still awake. *sigh*