What if lucid dreamers were to imagine that the space around them is the real physical world? Would this affect the lucidity of their sleep perception? These are the questions Russian researchers M. Raduga, Z. Zhunusova and A. Shashkov from the Phase Research Center set out to answer.
152 volunteers from “Project Elijah” were asked to enter the phase state and imagine that the space around them was the real physical world. They were then asked to report whether and how this affected the lucidity of their dream. 51% of participants achieved more vivid conscious dreams and more realistic sensations. 23% of them reached hyperrealism: the lucidity of their sensations was higher than after awakening.
More often than not, practitioners struggle with low lucidity of perception in lucid dreams, which makes it difficult to complete research tasks or achieve practical goals within the phase. Perhaps the results of the experiment will provide a new clue to understanding the techniques for maintaining and deepening lucid dreams. Moreover, this constitutes another step towards a more detailed understanding of phase tools and techniques.
The study was published in the October 2020 issue of the International Journal of Dream Research: https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/IJoDR/article/view/71168
