Is lucid dreaming a form of escape , a kind of hedonism using a higher and vivid form of imaginative abilites ?
No. Lucid dreaming has nothing to do with an escape from the boring or painful aspects of our daily lifes. Neither it is a compensation for a frustrated life. And since lucid dreaming is not really about “controlling the dream”, this possibility of human consciousness is not about having an inflated and unbalanced ego. The fact that a certain kind of lucid dreaming are strongly pleasant and pleasurable experiences doesn’t mean that this practice has to be depreciated. Pleasure is not the goal of dream yoga even if pleasure can happen and happen in a way that is sometimes far beyond what we usually experience.
