Someone suggested a meditation experiment on another thread, and it seemed like a good idea, so here it is.

Before I found DV, most of my LDs came at times when I was meditating frequently. Other people on the board have also mentioned that meditation and LDs seem related for them. Not all meditators LD, and certainly not all LDers meditate, but it seems worthy of investigation.

The format that makes sense to me: everyone who wants to participate sets up a meditation schedule. Say, for one week everyone meditates for ten minutes every day. In my experience, morning is best--if I meditate at night, I'm too alert to sleep. Otherwise, keep your LDing habits the same--if you keep a dream journal, keep up with it, but if not, don't start one, just log how many LDs you have each night.

There are other variables and whatnot, but I need to sleep . I'll post more on this tomorrow.

It's a good time for me to do this, because I haven't been meditating for several months, and I'm LDing only 2-3 times a month, so any change will be noticeable.

Anyone who's interested, please post feedback and suggestions.

EDIT 10/19/04: Seems we're underway People can join in at anytime. Just keep a log of start time and stop time for meditation, and frequency of LDs. When you've got one week of data, PM me, and after we have enough people, I'll put it all together. If any has questions or needs help getting started, feel free to PM me also.