Is it just this last month, or have you not been able to remember your dreams since....forever?
Hmm...I'd recommend you try out energy raising type of activities before you continue on with your OBE/AP exercises. I've personally only tried NEW, so I can't really give you any alternatives... [:P]
Are You Meditating before You try to AP? Are You lying down while You Meditate? What are You Focusing on when You Meditate? I've known many people that don't consider these things before they try to get into something like AP...Thus the constant Failure...
Unless You are a Natural, or have a Great Learning/Adapting Ability, You need to start small and build it up...If You are Ever having Trouble with something, ALWAYS go back to the Basics...The Advanced is based on the Basics...
I Hope this Helped...Good Luck Training...Until we meet again...
Ever since doing NEW, I can remember more dreams than I could before. And they are usualy more vivid too. Like Athios sais, energy is the key. They will also help build your strength for future OBE practices.
T_Kman,
It sounds to me like you need to try keeping a dream journal. It's a pain in the butt, but it will help you. The week that I started keeping a journal (and getting plenty of sleep), I had about 3 LDs. I just get tired of writing my dreams down in a notebook, so I'm waiting to get a laptop computer :-)
Really, if you haven't tried the journal idea, give it a shot. It works really well for a lot of people. Also, it's important that you get a lot of sleep. Don't over do it, but get at least 7-8 hours a night.
The energy stuff they're talking about above... I don't know anything about it. I can LD if I want, so I'm not too sure if you need it. I just try to stay healthy, I get exercise, and I get enough sleep. There's energy for you. I think the whole reason these supposed "energy" workouts work for anyone is because it's psychological. They convince their subconcious that it will increase their dream recall or AP ability, but that's all. Who knows? Who cares? Just stick to what's practical and works, right? Sorry guys, I just don't like mumbo jumbo.
Kozzi
Oh yeah, speaking of mumbo jumbo :-p I actually do use an auto-suggestion technique before I fall asleep. I do believe it's important to have a strong intention of OBEing or LDing. The way you can set this intention is to practice some sort of Mantra before you fall asleep. Here's the basic idea: you simply want your mind to be concentrated on LDing at the point that you fall asleep. That's the last thing that should be on your mind. If you find that you fall asleep trying to AP, then this might really be helpful for you, and the falling asleep thing might not be so bad ;-) Tell yourself, instead of trying AP, that you'll simply remember your dreams in the morning. The key to LDing is remembering your dreams!!! That's it. and keeping the journal... and getting enough rest...
Kozzi
The journal way has really worked for me. I went from remembering nothing 2 months ago to having multiple dreams every night! Also make statements in your head as you go to sleep that you will remember your dreams! It seems silly but it really does work.
xgoz
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The journal way has really worked for me. I went from remembering nothing 2 months ago to having multiple dreams every night! Also make statements in your head as you go to sleep that you will remember your dreams! It seems silly but it really does work.
xgoz
your right and the post i made about the seth book is kind of on this subject too, because im right on the chapter that is about dream recal and it specifies ideas on rememberence, it also says the journal technique too, im glad to have some help from you ladies and gentlemen, thanx[;)]
T_Kman,
What Seth book are you reading right now?
Kozzi
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T_Kman,
What Seth book are you reading right now?
Kozzi
go here it will tell you,//http://www.astralpulse.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6347 the book is really helping me on lucid dreaming now in fact yesterday i had a lucid dream and it was so real, the thing is i think i had an obe accept i didnt realize it unti i felt my hands and they kind of just melted , the only thing im having a hard time with is can you dream of having an obe and in the dream you obe its kind of confusing to explain but im sure someone will get it. thanx for replyin everyone[;)]
Ok, well you didn't say which book you were reading, but if I remember "Seth Speaks" correctly then that's what you're reading. I really enjoyed that book. I don't remember anything about lucid dreaming in that book or any of Jane Robert's books, by the way. Maybe it was there, but I just can't remember.
Now, you say that the lucid dream was "so real" yesterday. Is there a difference between the sense of reality in your "lucid dreams"? Or is it that there can be more unrealistic content to some of your lucid dreams and yesterday's dream was more realistic. Let me clarify: when I say realistic instead of "sense of reality" there is a difference between the two. Maybe you'll know what I mean.
Kozzi
I use to keep a dream journal but I seriously got to lazy to write them down. It only worked 35% of the time. I just say "I will remember my dreams" two times before I sleep and it workes 75% of the time! Thanks to DOA for that tip![:P]
as the title is said i am have trouble with dream rememberence, infact within the last month i couldnt have any, is there any way to fix this so i can dream? the thing is iv been reading about AP and OBE's and since i have been reading i have also been trying experiments with the AP and OBE, but everytime iv tried the experiment iv fallen asleep and even worse i wake up with out any notion of a dream that took place. i need some info on how to get my dreams back so i can AP because if you dont have even a dream you cant AP or lucid dream so can i get some tips and info? i thank you very much[8D]