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Very well but I will close this by saying that just because I do not think there is a non-physical component to the brain does not make me a "classical materialist". Materialism is a philosophical stance and I am basing my beliefs purely on empirical evidence.
If the brain is purely physical, I want to believe it is purely physical.
If the brain is not purely physical, I want to believe it is not purely physical.
I hope I do not become attached to beliefs I may not want.
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Don't know if this will help anyone...
If I awake in the morning and no dreams immediately spring to my mind, I immediately think of everyday things I usually dream about - Birdwatching, work, my boy, driving, reading - this has provided me with at least fragments on nearly every occasion when I would otherwise have remembered nothing.
Couple of things if anyone wants to help btw - I've still only had the one lucid dream, but I'm concerned that I might have one and forget, so I'm forever telling myself that when I have a lucid dream next I will immediately seek out a nice big drink of coffee- because that's the first thing I do when I wake up so I would hope it would help me to remember - sound reasonable?
The other thing Ive noticed on this thread and elsewhere is people stating that the best dreams usually happen just before waking up in the morning. I've been finding that the easiest dreams to remember are indeed those ones, but of late my best and most vivid dreams have been during my very first REM cycle - is this unusual?