Hey everyone, it seems like in most, if not all, of the books I've read, the use of mantras are usually phrased in the future tense. I've read more than once on the forums here now that it is more effective to use mantras that are set in the present even for MILD, which I really like the idea of. It makes sense to think of things in the present tense, especially with WILD and other DILD techniques.

Primarily I've been practicing MILD technique since I started nearly two months ago. As part of that, I have also worked on prospective memory training daily. Part of the technique includes a step where while attempting to fall back to sleep you focus and repeat to yourself something like, "The next time I'm dreaming, I want to remember to recognize that I am dreaming," which I have assumed is phrased that way (future tense) to take advantage of the development from prospective memory training that works in concert to aid in getting lucid. Because of the way prospective memory works by setting an intention to remember to do something based on the happening of a future event, using future tense mantras/intent setting for a technique like MILD seems to make sense within this context.

What are your thoughts on using present versus future tense mantras for a technique like MILD?