ponder again about dream lucidity
Mar. 12th, 2026 08:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kossaistart to think that maybe try too hard to make things happen in lucid dreams .
at one point talk about dream in which fail to open door with telekinesis . remember that first instinct of how to cast telekinesis was theatrical - take power stance , one leg forward and one back , with wavy magical hands . when that fail , next instinct was to strain , as if this was incredibly physical task . and still , this did not work , and eventually reach forward to just open normal-kinetically .
in more recent dream , where forcibly shapeshift one of dream characters , that falter and leave in hybrid state . first instinct of how to cast this force-shapeshift was to focus intensely on character's original form , and so when that inevitably fade from memory , so too did control over character . could no longer focus intently enough to just finish job , and lose lucidity .
but when actually look back on very first success of lucid dream , in which ... well , no way to put this lightly , summon in character to viciously make out with , there was no effort taken in this . did not have to struggle and build character from ground up . no , process there was simple . first step , think about character . second step , look away from current position . third step , look back , and now character was simply just there to do anything which please .
then many years later , there was time that become lucid during nightmare , and understandably want to get out . solution there was just about as simple - think of new location , and spin around once to be sent there .
... of course , if this is core of problem , then have to step back and understand how get here in first place - and think that is just because simple solutions do not feel as satisfactory as all these theatrics . there is no way to harness these abilities when in front , and some courtiers do truly miss abilities like this , so only way to use when front is through dreams . when natural motions of these abilities do not work , theatrical ones become more and more pronounced , until eventually just need to give up .
but maybe just need to look away , and look back .
at one point talk about dream in which fail to open door with telekinesis . remember that first instinct of how to cast telekinesis was theatrical - take power stance , one leg forward and one back , with wavy magical hands . when that fail , next instinct was to strain , as if this was incredibly physical task . and still , this did not work , and eventually reach forward to just open normal-kinetically .
in more recent dream , where forcibly shapeshift one of dream characters , that falter and leave in hybrid state . first instinct of how to cast this force-shapeshift was to focus intensely on character's original form , and so when that inevitably fade from memory , so too did control over character . could no longer focus intently enough to just finish job , and lose lucidity .
but when actually look back on very first success of lucid dream , in which ... well , no way to put this lightly , summon in character to viciously make out with , there was no effort taken in this . did not have to struggle and build character from ground up . no , process there was simple . first step , think about character . second step , look away from current position . third step , look back , and now character was simply just there to do anything which please .
then many years later , there was time that become lucid during nightmare , and understandably want to get out . solution there was just about as simple - think of new location , and spin around once to be sent there .
... of course , if this is core of problem , then have to step back and understand how get here in first place - and think that is just because simple solutions do not feel as satisfactory as all these theatrics . there is no way to harness these abilities when in front , and some courtiers do truly miss abilities like this , so only way to use when front is through dreams . when natural motions of these abilities do not work , theatrical ones become more and more pronounced , until eventually just need to give up .
but maybe just need to look away , and look back .
