Thread: Prospective Memory and Lucid Dreaming

Originally Posted by Eamo24

I’d see it more of a supplement to use with another technique, but difficult to use on its own.

The reason prospective memory has been difficult to use on its own has to do with the nature of the "cues" which trigger action.

The more specific a cue is, the more workable it is. For example:

"I need to remember that we need cat food." is far less workable than "On the way home from school I'll remember to stop at the Safeway for cat food."

For the purposes of LDing, dream signs are the cues.

For example: "When I fall asleep and see the cross-eyed cat (dream sign) I'll remember to recognize that I'm dreaming."
If only the damn cross-eyed cat would show up every night!

So the problem is that it's difficult to set our cues because we don't know what dream signs will show up on any given night, and the generality of any dream sign is a very weak cue.

But I've figured out a way around that, which I'll include when I do the write-up for the updated version of MILD.