What can you hear when you play a message to yourself when asleep?

**Bobblehat** · 07-14-2011 10:12 AM

I would like to make a recording that I will set by alarm to play when I am in REM. I don't know what to expect though. Will I be able to make out words or will it just be a mumble?

**SilverDreams** · 07-14-2011 10:27 AM

Good question. I've actually been thinking of doing the same thing, Because I've had experience with hearing sounds in dreams before. Eg. When some sports game was on television, The whistle carried into my nightmare, As a scream down the road getting closer. I can't say for sure that it would work, But I'd love to find out. Perhaps volume has some importance. Sorry I couldnt provide more help, But If you do try it, I'd love to hear feedback.

**Bobblehat** · 07-14-2011 10:35 AM

Yes, it seems it would make more sense that using a light cue because a light cue can be interpreted in so many ways. I am thinking of two approaches: 1) use a sound that can only be interpreted in one way - a good example of this would be something like the siren of a police car or the buzzing of a wasp. 2) Have spoken commands that direct your thinking in a certain direction. Maybe the commands could be a lecture on lucid dreaming? Such as, "There is a thing called lucid dreaming and you have to pinch your nose and try to breath" etc.

**SilverDreams** · 07-14-2011 10:46 AM

How are you going to listen to the audio? Headphones, Earphones, Speakers?

**Bobblehat** · 07-14-2011 10:48 AM

I will probably use an earpiece. I intend to keep it in place by using a strip of elastic.

**SilverDreams** · 07-14-2011 10:52 AM

Sounds promising. I'm still curious what audio you will decide on.

**Bobblehat** · 07-14-2011 11:27 AM

I know that lots of people have already done similar experiments. I need to know if the words of a message will definitely be heard in a dream. I am trying to think laterally and find out if there's a less obvious message you could record that, when heard in a dream, would kind of "trick" you into being lucid.

**SilverDreams** · 07-14-2011 11:32 AM

Yes, It's not like you could just say something completely random. It would incorporate itself into the dream as someone elses voice, Well I think it would anyway. It needs to be attention grabbing, And you could practice RCing upon hearing it.

**TeaSea** · 07-16-2011 10:20 PM

I've been using Ev's Lucid Dreaming App, which is free on the Android Market, to play reminders to me while I sleep. It's more effective than your proposed method, simply because it uses an accelerometer to monitor your movement throughout the night, and so it will play sound while you're in a dream. I'd recommend it if you own an Android phone

**SilverDreams** · 07-17-2011 10:29 AM

I really need to get an Android phone now.

**ninja9578** · 07-17-2011 02:50 PM

Your brain will hear it. It's always listening. The problem is that it might not relay that sound into your conscious... subconsious whatever. Your brain might give it to you as something else too. For example, if you are playing music, your brain might move your dream to a concert. I've had my phone go off, only to have it also go off in my dream.

**TeaSea** · 07-18-2011 09:50 PM

Yeah, I do often have alarm sounds appearing in my dream for a few minutes before I wake up...

**jarrhead** · 07-19-2011 07:56 AM

I made one using Really's Lucid Dreaming MP3.

I made it 7 hours and 47 minutes long or something, and at common REM times it says something along hte lines of "Hey, faggot. Do a reality check. Take a look around."
It was for my own personal humour.

I just leave my phone charging and have the developer settings to keep screen on while charging so music never quits. This is, on my Nexus S 4G (android) in the settings/developer area.

uploading now. It's a big file. 541mb .mp3. 20mb .rar.

I pitch-shifted down 8 semitones through a GT-10 before throwing it into my DAW in order to grab attention. As well as calling you a faggot. Haha. Seriously, catches attention.

**jarrhead** · 07-19-2011 07:58 AM

LUCID DREAMING MP3.rar

**Bobblehat** · 07-19-2011 08:01 AM

Originally Posted by jarrhead

I made one using Really's Lucid Dreaming MP3.

I made it 7 hours and 47 minutes long or something, and at common REM times it says something along hte lines of "Hey, faggot. Do a reality check. Take a look around."
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**jarrhead** · 07-19-2011 08:03 AM

Oh! It also replays a portion of the Binaural Beats at a lower volume before/after a key REM point.

You can see I use the original mp3 in my VOSCA technique. I have produced lucids 100% with that technique, but you really have to have no life for it to work. Perhaps you could use this at night then the original in the morning. Regardless, you can use this in the morning too as it's silent for four hours after the initial mp3