Thread: Memory: the Forgotten Fundamental

This makes sense, and it does seem to be a strong factor in how “high-leveled” I feel a LD I just had was. For me, the memory access doesn't usually seem so much either off or on as somewhere in the middle. I might recognize that the cat I see was one I had earlier in life and not now but fail to notice that I'm in my childhood house. Or I'll recognize the rooms are laid out differently but forget what my goals for the dream were supposed to be.

I've been practicing restoring memory access at the beginning of my LDs by RRCing and trying to remember WL details. So far, I've had some in which I found I couldn't remember where I'm sleeping (kind of funny since I only ever sleep in one location!) but remembered enough to be able to guess correctly, and others where I was not only able to remember where I was in WL but also what time it was, what day of the week it was, and even the fact that I was experimenting with autosuggestion just before falling asleep.

I haven't seen a lot of difference yet with things like duration and control (which I've always been relatively weak in for some reason) but I've only had a handful of LDs' worth of practice so far, which doesn't say much. I'm also interested in hearing others' thoughts/experiences and am eagerly awaiting my own results once I've actually given the idea a chance.