It does not mean that I do not remember my dreams at all, I do, but I can sometimes wake up and have one word in my head, like from last night (“hospital”) and that will be it!
But I know that dream recall is trainable and I insist on doing that.
Do you have any other tips for dream sleepers?
I sleep without alarm (I wake up and go to sleep about the same time and have a husband next to me who sleeps longer than I do) so I do not envision myself using to wake up during a lighter time of my sleep cycle where I am closer to the dream world.
Supplements, herbs, just keep writing in that journal, girl?
And if this thread exists somewhere already, please refer me there and we can delete this one, no problem!
Tread this one word like a ball of yarn. Sit with it, with an open heart and mind, divorced from outcomes. Oftentimes remaining still and present with it can lead to further words or images, and then even a wave of rememberance of partial or the entire dream.
Also, even if you get only 1 word, and nothing else comes, you may find that during the day, a sudden flashback of the dream from the night will blind side you when you least expect it. I have found these types of dreams to hold significant value.
The more you value and place importance on dreams, over time, the more you will remember.
awesome.
I have the impression you have a lot of goodies you can share with us from your experience. Would you share with us what are the things that work for you? It’s a double sided exercise because when you write and recall it, it will also become stronger on your system
How much have you learned about yourself in this process? Very specifically about food and its impact on your sleep? (I have learned a lot of little things that work for me and play with them either to dream lucid or to just have a full night of rest when I need it).
I have learned with a Lama woman that for deep sleepers a good practical thing is having light bed clothes - as opposed to heavy bed clothing for light sleepers @NightHawk999 it’s the Lama you love very much and shared some videos from her… do not remember her name though…
so true.
having a Dream Sangha can be highly beneficial to you. once you start sharing even if it’s just one word and are in a dream sharing environment, the probability of you remembering is much higher.
I have also learned that when we are in a brain state closer to the theta frequency, the chances are much higher to remember. So one thing you can do is when you wake up, since your husband goes out of bed later, to stay in bed, conscious of your breathing, (perhaps with some colored pencils next to you to also draw any image or sensation from dreams), and keeping, at least, an alpha state, allowing and inviting any dream content or image to come to you. For that, you need to accept nothingness first, so it’s great since you wish to practice that!
I learned a pretty cool technique with Charlie Morley when I did a 30 quest for lucid dreaming: to write a letter to your Dream Director, acknowledging how genius he is, how creative, etc., and how you wish to receive more of its’ wisdom.
TWR’s book “The Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep” is indeed a great book and in the thread @NightHawk999 shared we have a lot of juice shared from this inspirational Master.
I delight myself in reading him in nature. Which reminds me that the more time I spend in nature, the higher the probability from me to dream lucid. Recently the opposite has also happened - had three lucid dreams in one night that inspired me to go and jump in the ocean during the weekend.
I hope these words somehow reach you and please feel free to ask any questions.
“The more you value and place importance on dreams, over time, the more you will remember.”
Yes, totally, I am aware of that. This is why so many people do not remember their dreams as they think they are gibberish! And honestly, I am not so much interested in interpreting what my dreams means but lucid dreaming specifically. But I believe in re-reading dreaming, noticing patterns, and I think that practice also signals our dream mind that dreams are important!
And I love love “a ball of yarn” analogy.
I have also definitely had times when I would suddenly remember a dream from the previous night that is activated by something I experience in the day time.
Thank you for such helpful recommendations.
May you be lucid tonight!
I copied and pasted into a separate note your questions about what has already helped me in my practice and I will reflect on that.
And yes, Dream Sangha is so key!
I used to attend one on Sundays but it was East Coasted based so they would get together at like 7 am my time and Sunday is like my one and only day when I can have a slow morning plus my life was picking up with responsibilities and projects so I had to give it up eventually.
And yes, in a different thread I responded with how I am now even more so committed to staying in bed a bit longer and unraveling the ball of yarn of my dreams!
What helps me honestly is not to drink too my liquid before sleep because if I do wake up to pee, I end up remembering less in the morning. But I do remember dreams when I wake up and even consider to put a piece of paper and pen in my bathroom so I can jot down a few words so I can remember the full dream in the morning upon awakening.
And yay, so happy to hear that you had lucid dreams the night you read my post:)
So cool!
Many more to you, long, stable, and yummy ones!
PS my next step with Lucid Dreaming is creating an altar and I love love the practice that you shared, by Charlie Morley, i will look it up!
Beloved… it’s SO much more than toss odds… it’s watching the universe, listening deeply to receive the answer - that sometimes comes in dreams…
Most of the times it’s just a confirmation of what I already know but with extra precious information.
In the mean time, inspired in this possibility, already made a change in my altar… thank you for that! and for your curiosity!
