Is a lucid dream really so realistic you aren't able to know wether you are awake or dreaming without using a RC? |
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Is a lucid dream really so realistic you aren't able to know wether you are awake or dreaming without using a RC? |
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A lucid dream is a dream in which you know you are dreaming. If you know you are dreaming, you know it is not reality. |
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OMG A T-REX
Once you're fully lucid you'll know it's a dream. If you remember getting in bed one second then being in some strange desert another you'll noticed it -right? That's what it's like when you become lucid. |
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"Don't kill me. I'm in a dream right now, and if you kill me I'll die in real life too!" -Me, age 5-8, talking to a dinosaur.
It's not that it's realistic, it's that you're not thinking logically. The logical part of the brain is largely shut off during a dream, so even though you might be floating on the back of a purple elephant, your mind thinks of it as not out of the ordinary. |
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For me RC's are more of a confirm than making me become lucid. If I think I'm lucid, I'll do a quick RC just to confirm I'm dreaming. |
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I am so sorry, I realise that I have chosen my words very unwisely! I do in fact know a little bit about dreaming etc. What I meant to ask was: Can the dreamworld be so realistic that even when I am lucid, It is hard to belive? The reason pose this questions is because I read about WILD or other inductiontechniques where you often go directly into lucidity, and therefore have problems knowing if you are awake or asleep. I just can't understand how it is possible for your imagination to create something so realistic its hard to tell whats what |
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I'm gonna sound like Morpheus now, but the "real" you're talking about is nothing more than electrical signals interpreted by your brain. It can create a world in your "mind" that looks and feels very real. When you experience your first LD, you will notice how this vividness increases. Even today I am sometimes surprised how real a LD can get. |
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Last edited by Shadowborn; 07-27-2010 at 01:16 AM.
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