I just wanna say that your sectrets thread is really great, I'm having a good time reading over it and I'm still astonished we have such a similar mindset towards dreaming. Not to mention, I'm also using an adapted version of your dream journal template, it's very useful...Just takes forever to right out
My own on spot theory on this is that the brain works like a computers cache memory using a method of optimization called locality. In essence a memory must be analyzed whether is frequently accessed, and the cut off point would occur to be roughly a week. This process is from what I remember well established. The real question is what evolutionary basis is there behind the 6 day "rule". Could it perhaps be that the most accurate basis to evaluate fruit and vegetables is at a weekly basis, or something along those lines.
Interesting that you mention day residue while discussing incubation because I was reading a about it and it was found (almost a century ago) that the generally accepted Freudian of assumption of day residue is actually false. In reality the majority of dream material is sourced from memories roughly a week old, 6-7 days. It made me think whether you can lower this number through incubation. From my own experience incubation requires a prolonged effort and indeed only shows up after a while of practicing. Besides this though we've all had experiences where events from a day do show up in a dream. I'd like to say that it's just a strong emotional link which can summon a memory earlier than 3 days, though occasionally I will have a dream about something extremely insignificant like a sandwich or a table I interacted with that day.
You'll like it. don't have an eta yet though.
Did I hear secret...DId I hear plan for forum.....I'm excited
I figured it would be strange for people at first. Thanks. I was planning on coming back, but didn't have the time till now. Twould be nice to have someone else back. Hint hint, wink, wink.
Quick name change there, threw me well off. I was wondering how I never met this sensei guy before. Also congrats on coming back as a DG, that's awesome.
6/11 is okay. I had only 3 LDing nights though. I have been trying SSILD by itself, it has lessened my awareness throughout the night it seems like. I think I am going to try two more weeks just SSILD to try and get lucid only from that in order to get better at that technique... and WBTB. You gotta get back into it! there is nothing like LDing, and the more you have, the more you want. Of course last night I stayed up too late reading manga when I knew it was going to lower my chances of LDing.
Sweet 6/11 is awesome I have those confused nights too I haven't been following any goals the last few days, it's been tough with work and I went to a birthday yesterday. But now I can start getting back into it, I hope to have a lucid chain one of these days, I really wanna pull up chaining 5 or 6 dreams again.
6 LDs. In the last 11 days. Not too bad, but I really need seven every ten days. Also not bad considering the forgot to do anything when waking up last night, no mantra, no SSILD. I just woke up confused. :/ I am having great vivid dreams though, so I am pretty motivated. Going to lucid tonight. How have your goals been?
