 Originally Posted by Goldenspark
Hey lucidbunnie, how do you know if a dream you recall was in REM or non-REM?
My reply is a bit colored by my own personal experience and it shouldn't be taken as fact. You can go about using devices like Muse headsband to record the brainwaves, use sleep tracking devices to track sleep states, and working things out from there. However, the most simplest tool to use is your own awareness. When you meditate a lot and get quite good at it, you get a feel for different states of consciousness. You can even sleep lucidly. Yes sleep, not just dream. You start getting these "void" experiences where you are aware. Some even call these gaps between dreams. So I'd have to feel for REM and non-REM stage. In my non-REM dreams visuals are usually rare. I could feel sensations pretty vividly such as making contact with surfaces etc. It just feels different, probably because it is different. During non-REM typically our brainwaves are slow, same with breathing and heart rate, and low blood pressure as well. Some articles I read suggest that REM and non-REM are regulated by a different parts of the brain. Of course, as I said before some believe it's type of an out of body experience. I'm not very sure about that, yet. You can research more about non-REM to understand more about it. There is still quite a bit not explored by science and things get a bit gray.
 Originally Posted by Coatl
This sleep consciousness seems to me as a key to frequent lucid dreaming, but I still don't know how to reach it. There MUST be some secret, some hidden switch in the brain/mind to turn on...
Yes, being very conscious of sleep state and good recall does have that effect. Personally, I attribute my dream recall to keeping detailed dream journal, daily diary, meditation, visualization, and well developed memory. ^^
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