Thread: More Realistic than Real Life

Wow. Dreams are quite cool aren't they. I still wonder what caused my dreams to be that way though. Cause the dream just started and it was all HD. I didn't have to reality check or pay attention to anything ti get it like that.

But I'll try what you said and take it all in next time.

I should probably note, the dream was a WILD. I hear they can be very vivid.

Originally Posted by Funkyoshi

I should probably note, the dream was a WILD. I hear they can be very vivid.

DILDs can be just as vivid as WILDs. DILD and WILD are simply two different ways to become lucid. Once you are lucid the dream can be as vivid as you want, it doesn't matter how you got lucid.

Good luck!

I'll definately keep that in mind.

One of my most vivid dreams of all time: I was not lucid.

I was standing on a grassy hill, amongst many bright green rolling hills, and few trees. The sky was an amazing blue. Now I realize what I was seeing was "dream colors."

A hippo died somewhere between the hills in front of me. I did not see the body, but I saw the hippo's spirit float up into the air, like a balloon, very slowly. I looked kind of like soap bubbles, not so vaporous. It had a huge grin on its face, and then it expanded as it rose, and dissipated.

I was ecstatic. Everything was so serene, happy, and bright. I was in a good mood all day.

I have had other dreams that were very crisp and realistic about being with my ex-wife while I was going through a divorce. I would depressed all day afterward.

Emotion seems to be connected to clarity for me.

Everything used to always be blurry for me in dreams, which is funny because I wear glasses, and it seemed my subconscious knew I was not wearing them.
Recently my dreams have had increasing clarity, especially after I started keeping a dream journal.

I love those HD photos, btw. They totally remind me of my vivid dreams. I think whoever said peripheral vision has perfect clarity in a dream is on to something. But, our minds create colors that don't exist... hmm...

I think all our dreams our like that for a certain time. Perhaps thats why we don't feel so inclined to do a reality check or immideatly notice we are dreaming because it feels so real. If dreams weren't so real we would become lucid every night because it would be obvious it was not real and we would pick up on that fast. Instead we usually just accept the dream scape as real and get caught up in what is happening in the dream, rather than the what is happening in of itself is dreaming.

I think dreams feel hyper real because you can create an endless amount of detail. In the case of vision, you are normally limited by what your eyes are actually picking up. In a dream, you will always find the extra detail you are searching for. It is like you can zoom in or out endlessly. You can create new levels of detail that don't exist in real life.

Also, emotions are reflected in the environment around you, in a way that they are not in the waking world. And emotions are often more intense during a dream. The more intense the emotion, the more intense and vivid the dream environment will be.

Wow, Dream Queen, I love that cabin, or what ever you call it.