Thread: Summer Competition 2024

It's started! I only just saw the post today so not much to report...

Night 1:

Nothing, absolutely nothing.

Night 2:

Also nothing.

Competition Total: 0 points



Sorry, guys... I'm online now. Will add my three-step tasks etc. later. However, I don't really understand the 'Prospective memory' thing - can someone explain this to me? What should I be doing?

Good luck everyone!

Originally Posted by ErraticHopper

However, I don't really understand the 'Prospective memory' thing - can someone explain this to me? What should I be doing?

The way I read it is you select a couple of targets (something like a dream sign) each morning and your goal is to be aware of them and RC whenever you encounter them during the day.
So, for example, if one of my dream signs is bathrooms, I may choose bathrooms as a target, gaining 1/4 points, and then during the day whenever I am in a bathroom I should be aware of it and perform a reality check.
If I'm successful I would get 1 more point from it.

Anyways, Night 3 results:

2 points - Remember a Non-Lucid Dream x2
1 points - Remember a Non-Lucid Fragment x2
2 points - WBTB (failure)
1 point - Dream Theme (Magic)

Daily total - 6 points
Competition Total - 14.5 points

My WILD attempt failed again from WBTB. In fact, I woke up way too early and told myself "let's catch the next microawakening instead". Only woke up at 6am again
On the other hand, I don't think I've ever had such good dream recall. I'm getting extremely detailed and vivid memories of my dreams.

One of the dreams was related to magic (accidentally summoned a demon from Jesus' 13th birthday cake, don't ask), so if I read the rules correctly that's a bonus point right?

Originally Posted by LeaoLouro

The way I read it is you select a couple of targets (something like a dream sign) each morning and your goal is to be aware of them and RC whenever you encounter them during the day.
So, for example, if one of my dream signs is bathrooms, I may choose bathrooms as a target, gaining 1/4 points, and then during the day whenever I am in a bathroom I should be aware of it and perform a reality check.

Yes! Doesn't necessarily need to do a dream sign, but I could see an added benefit.
I could've posted that I PM'd the OP with an answer, but I think you covered it there.

Originally Posted by LeaoLouro

One of the dreams was related to magic ... so if I read the rules correctly that's a bonus point right?

You got it. And a reminder to beginner/int league: make sure you check out the stronghold/weapon theme description. You can get 3 points for noticing the first, then two points for noticing the second!

Originally Posted by ErraticHopper

However, I don't really understand the 'Prospective memory' thing - can someone explain this to me? What should I be doing?

The idea is to train your ability to remember to do things in the future. The classic example of prospective memory (PM) is remembering to buy a particular item the next time you're in the grocery store.

You are creating a "stimulus:response" association in your mind, so that when the stimulus happens (you arrive at the store), you suddenly remember, "oh yeah, I wanted to buy lemons (or whatever)"

The stimulus can be anything: seeing a red car, stepping on a bus, going through a doorway, etc. For lucid dreaming, the usual response is "I realize I'm dreaming --- this is a dream".

PM is used in the MILD technique, or simply on its own. When you return to sleep after waking in the night, tell yourself, "the next time I see anything, I realize I'm dreaming".

You can do "daytime MILD" or "SMILE" (Sensei's condensed version) just by visualizing a common dream sign, or dream occurrence, and telling yourself "I'm dreaming!", and repeat this over and over or until you feel you've successfully "set" the stimulus:response. Doing PM exercises help to make these stimulus:response pairs fire successfully more often, leading to more lucid dreams (is the theory).

Another way to train PM is to simply set a timer, and then try to turn off the timer JUST BEFORE the time expires. Start with shorter times, then as you get better, move to longer times. Then you can use this at night to say, "in 3 hours I will be having a dream and I will realize I'm dreaming" (use whatever time makes sense, 30 minutes, 10 minutes, 1 hour, etc., based on your sleep/dreaming patterns).