8 Very Important Tips on How to Keep a Dream Journal
I have discussed why keeping a dream journal is important earlier, especially if you are willing to become a lucid dreamer, here I will be sharing a few tips with you using which you can multiply its benefits for both remembering your dreams as well as increasing your dream awareness.
People often become too lazy to keep a journal and write their dreams on paper, there definitely are good alternatives to dream journal but none of it is as powerful because our inner mind more easily retains information that we write on a paper.
These tips that I am going to offer your here will put you a lot of step ahead in the journey of lucid dreaming because all these are effective ways to communicate …show more content…
There is a psychological reason associated with this, so prefer not doing it on any common notebook.
2 Keep It Near Your Bed
Trust me, you will not bother to open a shelf or get up from your bed to record your dreams when you are half asleep.
3 Write in Present Tense
This is a very important one guys, don't write your dreams in present tense as if you are dreaming right now, doing this will sometimes bring to your awareness some of the dreams that you might have forgot.
4 Read Your Previous Dreams before Sleeping
One of the best ways to let your mind know that you intend to remember your dreams is to read your dreams before going to bed.
5 Write Whenever You Wake Up - Use Codes
For best knowing your dreams, I advise you to write whenever you wake up, no matter what time it is. Sometimes you will be so less conscious to even able to write a complete word, when that happens use codes, abbreviations which you can understand afterwards.
Here's an example: -
I am...Jimmy..beach. fly abv antrtica..penguins. Obviously I am trying to say that I am in a beach with Jimmy, and further I am flying above Antarctica and I see penguins. Sometimes you don't even need to understand each words, it will remind you the whole scene.
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I have discussed why keeping a dream journal is important earlier, especially if you are willing to become a lucid dreamer, here I will be sharing a few tips with you using which you can multiply its benefits for both remembering your dreams as well as increasing your dream awareness.
People often become too lazy to keep a journal and write their dreams on paper, there definitely are good alternatives to dream journal but none of it is as powerful because our inner mind more easily retains information that we write on a paper.
These tips that I am going to offer your here will put you a lot of step ahead in the journey of lucid dreaming because all these are effective ways to communicate …show more content…
There is a psychological reason associated with this, so prefer not doing it on any common notebook.
2 Keep It Near Your Bed
Trust me, you will not bother to open a shelf or get up from your bed to record your dreams when you are half asleep.
3 Write in Present Tense
This is a very important one guys, don't write your dreams in present tense as if you are dreaming right now, doing this will sometimes bring to your awareness some of the dreams that you might have forgot.
4 Read Your Previous Dreams before Sleeping
One of the best ways to let your mind know that you intend to remember your dreams is to read your dreams before going to bed.
5 Write Whenever You Wake Up - Use Codes
For best knowing your dreams, I advise you to write whenever you wake up, no matter what time it is. Sometimes you will be so less conscious to even able to write a complete word, when that happens use codes, abbreviations which you can understand afterwards.
Here's an example: -
I am...Jimmy..beach. fly abv antrtica..penguins. Obviously I am trying to say that I am in a beach with Jimmy, and further I am flying above Antarctica and I see penguins. Sometimes you don't even need to understand each words, it will remind you the whole scene.
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