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      I'm pretty sure no one is dismissing dream recall here, VagalTone. Here's my take on your questions, for what it's worth:

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      - can dream recall become exceptionally good without lucidity ?
      Yes.
      - why do we remember lucids better that nlds?
      Because lucid dreams are waking-consciousness events, and waking consciousness events -- especially the important ones -- tend to be more carefully filed in memory than non-waking consciousness events (aka: NLD's).

      - can we get better at lucidity by remembering better how dreams are and feel ?
      Of course.

      - why do we forget dreams so fast ?
      Because NLD's are generally not stored in memory at all. I have no idea about the physiological specifics of this (I'll bet Zoth does, though), but it is probably because the images of regular dreams are simply not significant enough to be considered memorable by the brain's operating system.

      Is it possible to keep recall of every dream we have recalled ?
      Sure. It's called a dream journal. It seems that the very act of writing a dream down is instrumental in raising its significance to "rate" long-term memory storage. So, if you recall a dream and write it down, it could possibly be with you forever.

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      Quote Originally Posted by Sageous View Post
      I'm pretty sure no one is dismissing dream recall here, VagalTone. Here's my take on your questions, for what it's worth:
      I know you were not dismissing dream recall. I meant to say that you donīt consider it as the real solution.

      As you said in your post:

      This, therefore, might not be the real solution
      In the next post ( which sadly i noticed only after posting my reply )

      I was not belittling dream recall -- though it is certainly not the only answer to successful LD'ing.
      Ok, so you agree it is an answer to succesfull LD'ing ! Not the real solution, but likely one real solution !

      And thank you Sageous, and also Zoth, for replying my questions. I am still curious about more deep mechanisms ( even if they donīt exist )


      Another question : Is it too much if i propose that we donīt lucid dream more often because we donīt know, or remember, how a dream feels like ?
      Check your memory, did any suprising event happpen ? does the present make sense ? visualize what you will do when lucid, and how. Reality check as reminder of your intention to lucid dream tonight. Sleep as good as you can; when going to sleep, relax and invite whatever comes with curiosity. Grab your dream journal immediately as you awake and write everything you can recall (if only when you wake up for good). Keep calm, positive and persistent, and don't forget to have fun along the way

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