Thread: Lucid Dreams and Time

^^I think your point about the brain minimizes mental distractions plays a very important role in all this time effect.

Originally Posted by flowofmysoul

On our first sleep most of the time we spend on cleaning up our memory during nREM and this is the reason why in our first sleep cycle our REM is very short. On every next sleep cycle our clean up process is shorter and our REM phase is longer and we dream longer.

Perhaps that's the reason why some polyphasic schedule models seem to suppress the longer REM cycles, because of the body already did the most fundamental maintenance, after that I think we just get high with vast amounts of self-made melatonin . And that people who made those long WL schedules apparently doesn't enjoy dreaming.

Originally Posted by Box77

^^I think your point about the brain minimizes mental distractions plays a very important role in all this time effect.

Yes, it made me think of part of an induction method. It would work similar to meditation; by clearing our consciousness of all unnecessary distractions, and then using that extra focus to immerse ourselves in the inner space. Although this could require a great deal of practice to consistently attain enough added focus to cause a noticeable dilation.


this ability is not limited to dream, but since it works through focused awareness, it can also improve reaction time while awake. Check this out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdD59aqjSMk