Thread: How MILD Really Works

Some extra random thoughts:

- When people that are new to LDing first find out about it, I think the idea that you can be lucid in your dream is so strange that it becomes its own mnemonic, that idea carries into their next dream and they get that "beginner's luck" type of LD.

- There is a little trick I read about not long ago which involves throwing an object across the room when you want to remember to do something, in the morning or whenever you find the object in a weird location and this jogs your memory for whatever you had to do. This is basically how Dream Signs work, they are meant to jog your memory, but there needs to be a certain level of awareness when you see them otherwise you sort of hazily glance over them and not really think much of it, or don't notice them at all.

- While working on maintaining awareness during the day it may help to use a mnemonic to help you be mindful of it, it's easy to forget when we are busy, so you can perhaps imagine that if you don't remember to be aware every couple of hours a black pit will open up and swallow you whole!

- The key to mnemonics is to be creative, make small things huge, make huge things strangely small, add colour if you are good at picturing colours, come up with stupidly weird scenarios and try to picture them as best as you can. Remember: the weirder it is the better your recall!

- Have fun coming up with mnemonics, give your mind somewhere to start and then just relax and let your imagination do the rest.


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