So maybe we cant predict what our dreams will be but, we can assume what we will see. And if we assign targets to what we assume we will see or do, i.e. drinking water, writing or typing, looking in a mirror, ect. ect. So if we generalize enough when deciding our targets, then we might have a chance of doing it in a lucid dream. Which...doesnt seem like the most practical...

...Or maybe we are suppose to pick certain targets, do them enough to the point were we start to dreaming about the targets, and then do them in the dream, and become lucid. ???

What do you think? Im not sure...
Hmm.. Well your first suggestion involves generalizing the targets, which like you say, doesn't seem practical because the act of generalizing reduces the quality of the association necessary to produce consistent hits. On the other hand, if you can create a visualization that is somewhat generalized but still specific enough for the target to hit in a dream, then you would benefit in this method by being able to hit a larger array of targets. Quantity over quality.

The second suggest involves crafting a very specific visualization and then hoping that it occurs in a dream... quality over quantity.

There's gotta be a way to have our cake and eat it too.... A quantity of quality hits! I'm thinking about creating a visualization routine something along the lines of this:

So, as I said, hallways appear in my dreams a lot. Not the same hallway - they come in lots of varieties. But what if I created 10 different visualizations for hallways of varying lengths, sizes, colors, etc? Spend time visualizing each of these 10 hallways, and imagining myself becoming lucid in each of them. This should increase the probability of lucidity because any random hallway that appears in my dreams is more likely to be similar to 1 of the 10 visualized hallways than it is to a single, generalized hallway visualization.

So everyday, I would visualize a long, red hallway and becoming lucid in it. A short, gray hallway. A dark, tall hallway. A brightly lit hallway with windows. Etc...

Just a thought.


Where did you get this "LaBerge's prospective memory training" Id like to read it if you dont mind.
It's in Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming by Stephen LaBerge & Howard Rheingold page 76. How it works is: there's a list of targets for each day. E.g., Sunday is "I see an animal", "I look at my face in the mirror", "I turn on a light", "I see a flower." Different ones for each day.

You read and memorize all 4 targets each day when you wake up (this is where I do my visualizations, though the book doesn't say this). Then, you keep track of how many targets you "hit" each day, meaning, how many times you notice the first time a target occurs. So you can hit at most 4 targets per day (it's difficult) and LaBerge recommends that you get to the point where you can hit all for targets in a day before advancing to the MILD technique.