Thread: Memory: the Forgotten Fundamental

Originally Posted by Sageous

You might be better off just assuming the "memories" your dreaming mind is presenting are either incorrect or incompatible with your current waking-life (i.e., the high school you are dreaming about is reasonably well-represented, but you don't go there anymore, so it should not be including in a memory of current waking-life). The bucket your unconscious draws from for dream schemata supplies is not concerned about accuracy or proper timing, so you will likely get yourself caught up in a flow of discovering false memories, which ironically might lead you toward less lucidity, and not more.

Try sticking to remembering where your body is sleeping, and things like TheUncanny used in his post... proving their accuracy might be trouble enough!

It is worth noting that in the example I gave of coming to a false conclusion (that I was asleep in my college apartment in the winter of 2003) STILL served the function of pulling true waking awareness into the dream.

The conclusion of "where" my body was located was not accurate, but the act of establishing that the dream body was distinct and seperate from my physical body, served the same function as if I had realized it was 2013 and I was in a hotel room..

I do think trying to remember what you were doing right before bed and what phase of your life (generally) you are in is a good exercise, but the truth of your conclusion is not so important.