Quote Originally Posted by dutchraptor View Post
I once did an experiment because I used to think the words to a mantra actually mattered. I think it's the meaning you interpret from the mantra which really counts, like what faceonmars is doing. You could be saying "I will wake up throughout the night" while in the back of your mind you are thinking of a potato, or you can be saying "I am a potato" while in the back of your mind thinking of waking up at night.
Off course all this seems a little obvious but I'm pretty sure this is where most people fail. You don't just say it out loud, you have to imagine yourself doing it in the future, thinking of remembering yourself, thinking of noting in a mental notepad.
I'm sure the words slightly matter but your unconscious doesn't actually interpret the words exactly it just stores it in the prospective memory as "wake up when dream".
Wise words. Your probably right