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      Dream Recall Referendum #001 What are the questions?

      The Quest: We are all here because we want to advance our skills at Lucid dreaming.

      The Problem: Most of us haven't found the right Key,Door,Portal,Silver Bullet or Trigger to Lucid dream on demand therefore we are not spending enough time Lucid Dreaming to fully develop our LD potential and go onto the next level.

      Quote: The definition of insanity is to keep asking the same questions over and over and expecting to find a new or different answer.
      Quote: The major advances in human knowledge come from people who risk thinking outside the box.

      Solution: Lets find the new questions to ask that will lead to new answers being discovered.

      Step #001: Dream recall is one of the essential skills that enable us to progress toward our Lucid dreaming goals. What are the new questions that need to be asked?

      If you like this idea please post the most "out of the box" dream recall questions and possible answers/solutions.

      Here are some examples ( please post your questions and answers with the corresponding question #)

      Question#1 - Maybe our lack of dream recall is a primal instinct. But what kind? Why? How did it evolve? How did it help the human species in the survival of the fittest and natural selection?

      Question#2 Do we fear to remember our nightmares and therefore just to be safe we instinctively don't recall any dreams?

      If we get enough crazy 'out there' questions and answers perhaps we could eventually have a vote for the question/answers that are most likely to succeed.

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      It's a new idea and perspective on the matter, I however, think you're just complicating things. My belief as to why our dream recall is bad is because our dreams aren't necessary when it comes to survival and thus discarded.
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      ^ Exactly. The fact we don't remember our dreams is because they aren't useful to the waking self. Many theories regard dreams as a byprodut of our psychological maintenance, and with no clear message to the person. Many people still go on about dream interpretation, but in my opinion, other than the dreams of very specific content (short-term memories), you can never know what X element means, because it's simply wrapped in a huge matrix of long-term vs short-term memories, and influenced by our mental schemes and emotions.
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      Quote Originally Posted by zoth00 View Post
      ^ Exactly. The fact we don't remember our dreams is because they aren't useful to the waking self. Many theories regard dreams as a byprodut of our psychological maintenance, and with no clear message to the person. Many people still go on about dream interpretation, but in my opinion, other than the dreams of very specific content (short-term memories), you can never know what X element means, because it's simply wrapped in a huge matrix of long-term vs short-term memories, and influenced by our mental schemes and emotions.

      I disagree. Dreams can be incredibly beneficial to Waking life, especially Lucid Dreams. Think of how many inventions have been created because of something a person dreamt. Or historical figures who followed meaningful Dreams they had and changed the course of history. Many people do not put stock into their Dreams and its because they don't understand the power they hold. The benefits of Lucid Dreaming are endless. Not only because of the good feeling it often leaves a person with after they've had one, but because being able to control your Dreams offers the opportunity for creativity and personal growth in ways the Waking world could never provide.

      If you haven't found a way in which you can use Lucid Dreaming to benefit your Waking life then you need to keep looking.
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      Quote Originally Posted by Matte87 View Post
      It's a new idea and perspective on the matter, I however, think you're just complicating things. My belief as to why our dream recall is bad is because our dreams aren't necessary when it comes to survival and thus discarded.
      Thanks for your replies Matte87 and zoth00. Both logical answers to question #1.
      Do you guys think that dream recall, and keeping a dream journal is helpful to lucid dreaming?

      I am hoping to hear as many opinions (questions and answers) as possible.
      Thanks again.
      Gordon

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      Quote Originally Posted by PlanesWalker View Post
      I disagree. Dreams can be incredibly beneficial to Waking life, especially Lucid Dreams. Think of how many inventions have been created because of something a person dreamt. Or historical figures who followed meaningful Dreams they had and changed the course of history. Many people do not put stock into their Dreams and its because they don't understand the power they hold. The benefits of Lucid Dreaming are endless. Not only because of the good feeling it often leaves a person with after they've had one, but because being able to control your Dreams offers the opportunity for creativity and personal growth in ways the Waking world could never provide.

      If you haven't found a way in which you can use Lucid Dreaming to benefit your Waking life then you need to keep looking.
      I think it was implicit that lucid dreams don't fit into the lot, due their unique characteristics

      Besides, you're assuming that the exception makes the rule. We certainly have people getting insight or moments of creativity or problem-solving with the help of their dreams, those people are getting insight of some dreams over the huge amount they have in their lives. Plus, the fact that the ordinary person recalls so low percentage of their dreams shows that they aren't designed to be a "tool" for anything, otherwise evolution would have something to say about it.

      And the question which Matte87 and I were talking is "why our dream recall is bad" not "is lucid dreaming useful?"

      Quote Originally Posted by Lucidpotential View Post
      Do you guys think that dream recall, and keeping a dream journal is helpful to lucid dreaming?
      Gordon
      Of course. Lucid dreaming requires an improvement of recall, otherwise you'll just forget many of your lucids once you wake up, along with the fact that recalling a big amount of dreams helps you with certain things like getting a grasp of dream signs, getting used to dream scenarios, identifying re-ocurring elements, and that's pretty much it.

      About dream journal, it depends. It's used to make sure you can analyse your dreams (dream signs talk all over again) and to remember them properly instead of just having them dwell in your short-term memory for some minutes, but there's many lucid dreamers that get away with minimal journalling.

      Question#2 Do we fear to remember our nightmares and therefore just to be safe we instinctively don't recall any dreams?
      Absolutely not. Just because anxiety and/or fear are the predominant emotions regarding dream content/plot, that doesn't mean that our dream recall is bad because we don't want to remember. Otherwise we'd remember all the good dreams.
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      Stick it in the microwave and hope for the best?
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      Quote Originally Posted by zoth00 View Post
      ... Of course. Lucid dreaming requires an improvement of recall, otherwise you'll just forget many of your lucids once you wake up, along with the fact that recalling a big amount of dreams helps you with certain things like getting a grasp of dream signs, getting used to dream scenarios, identifying re-ocurring elements, and that's pretty much it. ...
      This is exactly what we are looking for.
      Thanks

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