Thread: Logic

Originally Posted by shotbirds

I seem to lose 100% of logical reasoning in my dreams :/ and I believe this is what is keeping me from getting lucid more often.

Any tips or techniques that will increase logic in dreams . I've been keeping a journal and listing common themes/settings but doesn't seem to be working that well.

Most people think it's logic but it's waking memory that is missing. The only waking memory in dreams is pattern recognition. You recognize who you see and what you see but no recollection of any waking memory associated with them unless it's a near waking dream or a morning dream or something that you have been doing for years as part of your waking life. As a result there is no comparison to create 'logic' in dreams...it's annoying but it's there. The dreamsign method I used in the past is to assign a waking memory to a specific thing I see in the dream....but I think more than one item can be used to increase the frequency of becoming lucid. You use the items to remind you of a waking memory like eg..reality check or your plan in the dream( if you hate checks and want to get down to business)..takes time to 'burn' in like a few weeks to months. It's taking advantage of pattern recognition of specific things you encounter in the dream and train the mind to associate the intended waking memory with it.

The other method is to take suppliments that can boost memory like vitamin B complex pills during WBTB. So you get a vivid dream with access to waking memory.

IMJ