lucid

1 – english definition of ‘lucid’

Adjective: lucid

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(of language) transparently clear; easily understandable • lucid directions

crystal clear, limpid, luculent, pellucid, perspicuous

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clear

Having a clear mind • a lucid moment in his madness

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sane

Capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner • a lucid thinker

coherent, logical

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rational

Transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity • lucid air

crystal clear, crystalline, limpid, pellucid, transparent

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clear

Derived

Noun: lucidity, lucidness

2 – matches several important pāli terms

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assiduity, appamāda: 🐘🐾‍

lucidity does not mean ‘assiduous’, but the specific EBT meaning of appamada means lucidty should be an integral part of our assiduity.

sati & sampajano: S&S🐘💭

sati, remembering: 7🐘, 1🐘

it’s really more the ‘sampajāno’ of sati & sampajāno that corresponds to ‘lucid’, but the specialized EBT definition of sati includes S&S.

samadhi, undistractible-lucidity: ☂️🌄

as [reality] actually has-become. Seeing reality as it actually is, in its true form, not deluded and confused.

corresponds to the sampajāno of sati & sampajāno