How can we tell the difference between an actual lucid dream and a dream where we are dreaming we are lucid?
I have had some dreams where I am unsure of which of these it was.
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How can we tell the difference between an actual lucid dream and a dream where we are dreaming we are lucid?
I have had some dreams where I am unsure of which of these it was.
Well if your lucid then you know your dreaming at that moment, thats the only requirement.
If your only dreaming about being lucid it must be a scenario where you don't know its a dream but perhaps your talking about being lucid or something.
Once I had a dream where i drank a potion that gave me lucid powers in "real life". So I had no idea I was dreaming, but I was still exhibiting some control :P
The mind doesn't do recursion, you can't dream that you are lucid.
Try not to confuse yourself with technicalities - I did with my first Lucid Dream and I ruined it.
If at all in your dream you realise your dreaming then you are known as Lucid - you're aware that its just a dream. My first Lucid dream was also a dream within a dream and I too thought it was a fake Lucid Dream where I just thought I was Lucid.
It's simple, try not to let things confuse you, simply lift the curtain covering your eyes =)