 So as you can see, this is the hat. This is from Jussobi, and I'm not going to make a whole video about this, because I mean, it's a hat. There's not much technical. I really like it. It's quite comfortable, quite nice. So in this video, we're going to be talking about the cat that just went mental. So in this video, we're going to be talking about, what are we going to be talking about in this video? So layers of a lucid dream. Not all lucid dreams are actually created equally, so there are lots of differences in them. You know, you can have one person who thinks they're having a lucid dream, but actually they're not, and they're just having a normal dream in which they think they're lucid dreaming, or they're dreaming about the idea or the topic of lucid dreaming. There are loads of different variations and sort of different things that you can experience. So it's not the case that it's a binary situation. It's not either normally dreaming or lucid. There are, it's a spectrum. Okay. And there are various different stages in between these two extremes. So you have dreaming and lucid at either end of the spectrum. And when I say lucid, that isn't the furthest you can go in that direction. That's just to make it easier to understand for you guys. So obviously this, this video here is for beginners. I'm not going to be talking as if you're already a lucid dreamer. This is going to be sort of to sort of give you a background of the whole thing, right? So you've got on one side dreaming normally, and then on the other side of the spectrum, you've got what will for now will call lucid. Okay. You're aware and you're able to control and guide the dream. So what is the first level or the first level, which is what this video is going to be about is what we call layer one. Now technically there is layer zero, but as I said, this is for beginners, we're going to get into layer zero. I'll probably make another video or something like that for you guys. Okay. So layer one is where you're just having a normal dream. You're just dreaming normally. You're not lucid. You're not in control and you're not aware that it's a dream. So you might notice that something isn't right or something is a little bit strange. You might have that sort of inkling of a feeling towards the end of the spectrum on this level. But at this point in time, you're just dreaming. Now this is where a lot of people get really confused because I'll get comments and emails and I'll see posts on Reddit from people saying things like was I lucid or they'll describe their dream and they'll say things like, you know, I was walking down the road and something wasn't quite right and there was a weird flying car or something like that. And then I woke up and I looked back and I thought, hmm, that was, that was a bit strange. Now for those people that is not lucid, that is layer one. You're just having a normal dream. So to avoid confusion, layer one is not a lucid state. That is just a normal dream layer one normal dream. So a lot of people and you might be one of these people. I don't know. Think that they're having a lucid dream. If they have a normal dream, layer one about the topic of lucid dreaming. Okay, this is where it gets a bit confusing. So if you think you're trying to become a lucid dream, right, you're trying to learn this skill. So all day, hopefully, or, you know, every now and then you're going to be reading about lucid dreaming, you're going to be watching videos like this one, you're going to be trying to learn about the topic, right, or the concept of lucid dreaming. And therefore you're eventually you're going to dream about lucid dreaming, but not actually be lucid. Does that make sense? So it's very possible and very common to have a dream where you're dreaming about lucid dreaming. Okay, so maybe you you're walking down the road and you see somebody else reading a book about lucid dreaming. And it's kind of ironic the way your subconscious sort of works like this. Just because you're dreaming about that book, that doesn't mean that you are lucid. It just means that the idea of lucid dreaming is in your mind. And you're having a normal non lucid layer one dream about the topic of lucid dreaming. So hopefully that makes sense. And hopefully this clears up a lot of confusion because lots of people think that they're having a lucid dream, if they have a dream about anything related to lucid dreaming, that's not the case. Okay, so just to clarify the definition again, a lucid dream is one in which you're aware that you're dreaming while you're still dreaming. So you need to be aware, like clearly aware that the word lucid literally means clear, you need to clearly be aware of the fact that you're in a dream. And when you do have a lucid dream, when you do do this, you'll know about it, like you won't be able to mistake it for anything else. It will be so clearly different to a normal dream that you'll instantly snap into realization and think, oh, wow, okay, this is something different. This is not usual. This is not just a normal dream. So in the next video, we're going to talk about layer two, which is where things get a bit more interesting. But for now, just try and understand that layer one is a good place to start from, you know, this is where most people start from, you're having a dream. And if you see things like people doing reality checks, or if you see things like books about lucid dreaming, or if you even see people that are teaching you lucid dreaming in your dreams in the layer one stage, that's a very good sign. That's a good sign, because it means that your subconscious mind is taking on the ideas of lucidity. It's adopting the beliefs and habits. And eventually, fairly soon, I would say, you'll move from layer one to layer two, which is going to be talked about in the next video.