Memory Architecture

**Godcheat** · 10-01-2012 04:45 AM

For some considerable time, I have been designing entire worlds within lucid dreams, from the floor one walks upon, to the leaves up in the trees.
It all began rather humble: I would randomly access an environment, and might happen to change a thing or two about it once there - perhaps create or destroy certain structures, objects or creatures. Then, upon exiting the dream, I would by chance find myself back in the same environment next time I dreamed, yet with the changes saved.
Over time, I altered several environments and revisited them to find the changes sustained, and eventually I force-accessed a blank dream, and began to create structures and surfaces, textures and tools in order to design environments.

Today, these environments are worlds, and truly vast. Every small detail is stored in memory; seemingly subconsciously. From certain metal or glass surfaces, to mechanisms I have designed, such as gravity tunnels or oceans of computer code. Even common environments are recalled, such as cities, countryside or wilderness you would find here on Earth. I may increase the chances of visiting any of these worlds by visualizing them psychologically during my method of attaining lucidity.
I am wondering, however, how all this could be, whilst my memory is so poor external to lucid dreaming.

Furthermore, can anybody else do this?

**Mancon** · 10-01-2012 06:12 AM

I have been able to create places in my dreams and go back to them several times. I have not been able to create vast worlds however and I usually do not remember every little detail, just the general layout. My theory is that while you are lucid dreaming and playing god, it is an amazing experience. You are having an awesome time and it's different from real life. In real life you don't remember something because it wasn't amazing to you. Does that make sense?

Anyway, several people on the site have been attempting to do this. Some have succeeded, others are still trying. What you can do is a gift and I'm sure many are jealous.

**123north123** · 10-02-2012 02:43 AM

That sounds pretty cool...

**Kholdstare** · 10-02-2012 02:53 AM

I haven't tried, but i'll try tonight if I have a LD.

Sounds interesting.

**oainac** · 10-02-2012 03:07 AM

That seems very cool.
Do you have to do anything special in order to "write" it to your memory? Or just visualize the buildings/trees/whatever and it stays forever?

**Ollie** · 10-02-2012 07:10 AM

Too frankly answer your question, I can also do this.

It is quite rare to meet someone who is able to do this. You are one I believe the second person I've talked to who can do this. I'd love to discuss your world(s). One question I have is have you explored your continents? In my own unique utopia, I have created multiple continents in which civilization exists, and I'm wondering if that's unusual/unique to my own creations.

**paigeyemps** · 10-02-2012 09:41 AM

Wow, this is really cool indeed. I hope to reach this level one day, but for now... x(

As to your question about having poor external memory...I don't really know. I guess it's kinda like how in waking life we have a hard time remembering every dreaming moment. In the same way, when we are dreaming, our "dream memory" is better than our waking life memory, or at least that's how I understand it.

Cheers to your awesome skill.