From: KC@none.invalid   
      
   SupermanSlyr wrote:   
      
      
   > So you see a dream journal   
   > helps in multiple areas in your life, not just dreams.   
      
   Sorry, but I still don't see how it actually helps. Ok, having a journal   
     (dream or regular one) helps you to reflect on past events. However,   
   I'd say that the time you spend on writing and later viewing your   
   journal is away from the time you spend on the present moment. On the   
   other hand, this may just be my personal preference: I even dislike   
   taking photographs and looking at them. For one, the memorable moment is   
   spent in looking through the camera and trying to get a good shot.   
   Second, the pictures themselves seem like faded images compared to the   
   real memories of the event.   
      
      
   > A previous post says, "I should try not to dream lucid   
   > all the time because there may be a reason we don't dream lucid all the   
   time."   
   > I agree with you as well, there is a reason why we don't dream lucid all the   
   > time. It's because it's a new skill that must be learned. I don't lucid dream   
   > intently any more, it just happens. If every one thought like that no one   
   would   
   > ever learn to walk, because we weren't born knowing how to do it.   
      
   Even if you know how to walk, you realize that once in a while you need   
   to sit or even lay down. If you find that lucid dreaming brings you   
   constant advantages without ill effects, no problem. But doing something   
   "just because you can" isn't always the best idea.   
      
      
     And again I   
   > stand corrected on another post that Implies he uses 100% of his brain.  I   
   > guess this guy can control all his blood flow, heart rate, vision adjustment,   
   > and stop aging by simple thought, and he's probably been alive for centuries.   
   > So let us all rejoice in the presence of such a superior being.   
      
   No need to be biting, there just seems to have been a misconception. I   
   count what you list above as using the brain (and other parts of the   
   nervous system), though unconsciously. If you wanted to say that humans   
   only use less than 11% of their cognitive capacity _consciously_, then I   
   might agree (not on the exact number, but the idea).   
      
      
     The fact is   
   > know one knows how much of our brain we really use, most of what we don't use   
   > controls stuff we shouldn't control. One thing is for sure, our brain is a   
   lot   
   > more complex than you think.   
      
   You surely don't know what I think ,)   
      
      
   Cheers, KC   
      
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