Remember your dreams

April 5th, 2007 • Related • Filed Under

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Tips for a better life #2

Your
dreams can be amazing for communicating with you. Sometimes dream
are just dreams and is the process of making sense to what has happened to
you. However dreams can also be a way to answer questions you have been
asking yourself.

A simple technique for remembering your dreams is to simply tell yourself
as you drop off ‘I will remember my dreams as soon as I wake up’ keep
repeating this phrase until you nod off. What might happen is that you
will wake up several times during the night and remember your dream, as instructed,
but you will fall back asleep and forget the,. Keeping a dream journal
is also a good idea.

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1. Comment by Dan and Jennifer on 9 April 2007:

   Hey Steven,

   Great post. I think that paying attention to your dreams is very powerful, and is really a key practice on the personal growth path.

   Jennifer and I started paying attention to our dreams a few years ago when we started seriously going down this road ourselves.

   We’ve found the same thing - the most effective way to remember your dreams in the morning is to set that intention as you get into bed - “I will remember my dreams in the morning, in vivid detail” or something like that.

   Then in the morning, first thing you do (not after coffee - first thing!) is to go to your journal and jot down ANYTHING that’s floating around in your head. Even insignificant stuff. As you write a bit, more will come to you.

   Some days you won’t remember anything, and that’s perfectly fine. You still go to your journal FIRST THING and write “I did not choose to remember my dreams today”. As with anything else in life, your body and mind will adapt to what you demand of it.

   By the way, as far as journaling, we’re using a journal software that Steve Pavlina recommended at one point - called The Journal from http://www.DavidRM.com - it’s awesome and I recommend it very highly. Get the 2 months free trial and see how much easier it makes all this journaling stuff.

   Have an awesome day!
   Dan


2. Comment by bill perry on 10 April 2007:

   Steven,
   Awesome post! Many who want to learn lucid dreaming don’t realize that just REMEMBERING their dreams will boost the odds of lucidity.


3. Pingback by blogo’migo » Blog Archive » Case of Damnesia on 28 June 2007:

   [...] Although it is generally accepted among sleep researchers that dreams are not recalled, recalling it may be learned and conditioning yourself to remember it is one way for successfully remembering them. [...]

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