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Alexander:

What does the word “lucid” in lucid fiction represent, and which alternate words come close to being similar in meaning?  Can the world “lucid” be used in the context of non-fiction?

Tantra:

“Lucid” in general means being clear, limpid, lit up, understanding and seeing clearly. It describes a person who is clear sighted and has full use of his faculties. It also describes something that in itself is shining and transparent.

So, I’m referring partly to the fiction that has been created by the controllers of our society through manipulation, brainwashing, deceits, mass media, and literary fiction, becoming more transparent, being more easily seen for what it is. A fictional illusion. And being seen through, illuminated by people who have lucid minds, being able to see clearly.

It also means that the fiction itself that we live in is becoming lucid, itself. The continuum, our paradigm, the morphogenetic field, can become more realistic, less obscured by the lies of our religious and political leaders, for example, the more one by one, we become lucid within the dream they have created for us.

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