Can you visualise during a projection?

[astralspinner]

Well, I recently had a lucid dream where I needed to get to the top of a wall.

I visualised a ladder, just as I would imagine one in my mind's eye in the waking world.

The difference was, having imagined it, the ladder promptly appeared in the dream and fell on me.

So I'd say, yeah, you can do it. But be careful about it

[Nemo]

The reason I'm mentioning this is that the continuity of consciousness in the waking state seems to be maintained by a state of dissociation, where thoughts always refer to something else than what is immediately percieved. In dreams or projections, one seems to be swallowed by the perception, which tends to naturally lead to a dream state without a stable system of references that maintains continuity.

There could be a basis for reflection about how to maintain continuity in a projection or a lucid dream.

[tdd]

quote:Originally posted by Nemo

The reason I'm mentioning this is that the continuity of consciousness in the waking state seems to be maintained by a state of dissociation, where thoughts always refer to something else than what is immediately percieved. In dreams or projections, one seems to be swallowed by the perception, which tends to naturally lead to a dream state without a stable system of references that maintains continuity.

There could be a basis for reflection about how to maintain continuity in a projection or a lucid dream.

Hi Nemo,

Thats usually the problem "were thoughts refer to something else then what is immediately perceived" - all that brain chatter is the problem:)

[Nemo]

Can you visualise something else than the environnement you see during the projection?
I mean simultaneously, like we do in the waking state when one can see with his eyes and think of something else and represent othet things in his mind.