Reyth REM Dreamer Log

9th Day Report

Well I had 36 flashes but no cues to report with 3 dreams recalled.

I was thinking I would never have to adjust these settings but I have no choice; and come to think of it these may be the actual underpinnings of getting the device to function!

The two settings are:

1. Number of flashes per second (1234) 1-10

2. Flash length in fractions of a second (1234) 1-10

The values for the second setting are not straight forward though. Here are actual times for the numerical values:

1=1/20th of a second, 2=1/10, 3=1/6.66, 4=1/5, 5=1/4, 6=1/3.33, 7=1/2.86, 8=1/2.5, 9=1/2.2, 10=1/2

The device does not accept flash settings that would exceed a full second so there are limits on the flash lengths depending on how many flashes per second:

1-2 flashes per second allows for flash length values of 1-10

3-4 allows 1-5

5 allows 1-4

6-10 allows 1-2

Ok with all that out of the way, the default settings are 2 flashes per second with a flash length of 1/10th of a second. There is no doubt in my mind that the stronger setting is more flashes per second but I am not sure whether shorter or longer flash lengths are stronger. Therefore I will choose sample figures from the slowest, middle value and fastest as I ramp up the number of flashes per second.

Ok the default has a low-end flash length of 1/10th of a second so I will bump up the flash length value to 1/4 of a second.

Well this is painfully slow but worth it as I try to see which settings will force the lights to my consciousness.

See you on my next launch!

Reyth

PS Oh btw, I found that I had the threshold set one value lower than necessary so I will be leaving it at 4.

10th Day Report

Ok, some success. For one I’ve learned that slower flashes=more light. I’ve noticed that the light seems brighter with 1/4 second flash length then it did with 1/10 of a second in that the mask gives 2 warning blinks when the delay is hit for it to begin monitoring for REM. Often times I’m awake waiting to go back to sleep and so I see these flashes and I have noticed they are brighter.

Unfortunately I spent the night with the mask off of my head for several hours so I only got 12 flashes for the night.

However I did see the lights!

I was setting something up on a computer for a woman and the monitor started flashing extremely brightly over and over so much that it even hurt my eyes. I said, “It’s too bright, I’m going to to turn it down.” and she responds, “No leave it that way”.

Well, I will have to leave the settings as they are for another night to see the real effects of 1/4 second.

Funny I thought these settings were the least important and the ones I would never use. Looks like it’s quite the opposite.

I will also have to make a graphical chart of how the settings actually work because they are limited in a gradual manner.

See ya for the next launch!

Reyth

11th Day Report

Ok I had 26 flashes and 2 dreams recalled. I saw the lights in the form of a driveway light that blinded me.

This is a pattern in the lights being too bright to see so I will take note of this.

I don’t think the lights are as strong as I would like them. So I will add more light by setting the flash length to 1/2 second.

This setting is the maximum amount of light the device can produce. All adjustments to the light ratios from here will reduce the light but add more flashes per second.

If I need to examine those settings and they don’t produce superior results then I will probably bring it back to this setting; but first let’s see what 1/2 second can do!

See you for the next launch!

Reyth

12th Day Report

Well I am sure I got at least 30 flashes because I was at 21 before I accidently shut the unit off and I did have another cue to report with 3 dreams recalled.

I am playing baseball with a dream character and they say that they have an appointment and the scene shifts to the interior of a house where there is a monitor on the wall and it is “zapping” in and out. I ask about it and one of the characters says it must be the electricity. I turn around and see a huge monitor imbedded in the wall and walk up very close to it and stare into it. I then move over to a huge wok and start lighting matches and watching them burn very closely.

Well this is the most dream cues I have ever received from the unit in one dream. This is also the 3rd day in the row I received cues since I started modifying the light settings which is a very good sign.

The problem is I had 2 other dreams with no light cues at all. Obviously I want something more reliable if possible so I will lessen the light but increase the flash rate and see what happens.

So far the cues are at a peak with this setting.

The new settings will be:

1. Flashes per second (1234): 4

2. Flash Length (1234): 5 (1/4 of a second)

The good news here is that 1/4 of a second is still a strong light setting and I got results with it before. The question is if the additional flashing will force the signals to my consciousness in more dreams.

I never would of thought these light settings were so important and would have such an impact.

Well, I’ll let you know after my next launch!

Reyth

13th Day Report

Well it’s hard to believe but I had 36 flashes, 5 dreams recalled and no cues!

Just to compare, the ratio of 2 flashes at 1/4 a second and 4 flashes at 1/4 a second = 1/2 second light, 1/2 second no light and omgosh!

Somebody oughta hit me!

ALL light = no blinking = no cues!

Well at least the system works; no cues is what I should of gotten. In fact, the designer even says as much in the documentation.

Ok, so I have to think here…

Ok I’ll have to bump it down to 3 flashes per second in order to get the benefit of the 1/4 second flash length.

I did have a dream with the mask in it and the lights weren’t in the mask, there were just two empty holes! That is an amazing coincidence!

I think this further shows the importance of the light settings and their relationship to perceiving the cues in dreams.

Ok so see you next launch with the proper settings this time!

Reyth

14th Day Report

Well had about 35 flashes 5 dream recalled and no cues. The 1st half of the night I left it at 3 & 1/4. The second half I moved it to 4 & 1/10.

I’m starting to think that the greater the disparity between light and no-light (in between blinks) the stronger the setting as well.

I’m going to try 5 & 1/10 (value 2) hoping the extra blinks will make up for the less light provided by the 1/10 setting.

At this point I am just making sure I’m not leaving a better setting on the table by moving through the higher blinks per second settings.

Tedious but worth it…

Reyth

15th Day Report

Ok only had 12 flashes with 5 dreams recalled and no cues.

The low number of flashes means the batteries are getting low. The designer said they should last for at least a couple of months depending upon usage but I have been hammering the settings daily for over 2 weeks and so my usage isn’t typical.

I will set the threshold back down to 3.

The first half of the night I didn’t perceive the flashes so I moved the settings to 5 & 1/6.66.

Even though the flashes were fewer I still didn’t perceive the lights in my dreams so I am going to move the light settings to 6 & 1/10 (value 2).

Almost done with the light settings. I should be ready to settle down a bit on the settings within a week.

About the only thing left to fiddle with is the beeper volume and length which might also help bring more cues to consciousness.

I don’t see any need for the alarm unless you cannot recall dreams.

Reyth

16th Day Report

Over 30 flashes, 4-5 dreams recalled with no cues.

During the 1st half of the night I noticed a low flash count so I moved the threshold down to 2.

Moving the settings to 7 & 1/10.

See you at next launch.

Reyth

17th Day Report

Had 24 flashes, 2 dreams recalled and a dream cue.

I had given some old neighbors a REM Dreamer and had laid down to sleep. I saw the lights and they were white. I took the mask off and a dream character was right there and said “This couldn’t be a dream because the mask doesn’t work under ‘such and such’ circumstances”.

It’s very obvious that anytime I see white lights it is 100% certain I am dreaming.

If I am awake they will be red through my eyelids.

Ok, interesting pattern. If this continues it will indicate that the extremes of the light settings are the strongest and reliably produce cues; ie longer flash length and more flashes per second.

Ok, so time to see what 8 & 1/10 will do…

See you on the next launch!

Reyth

18th Day Report

22 flashes, 2 dreams recalled, no cues

I was hoping for a pattern here but I guess I’ll have to try 9 & 1/20 (value 1).

See you for the next launch!

Reyth

PS Moved the threshold to 1 – batteries on their last stand

19th Day Report

Unfortunately I had the mask off monitor mode for two dreams and so I don’t have any accurate flash totals and no cues in the first dream.

Going to replace the batteries, set the threshold back to 4 and give 9 & 1/20 another try.

See you tomorrow!

Reyth

20th Day Report

Only 11 flashes which is strange as the 4 threshold worked last time…

No cues and no dream recall.

Well, my hands are tied I’m going to move the threshold down to 3 and keep the light settings the same.

Reyth

21st Day Report

29 flashes, 4 dream recalled and no cues.

Going to the last light setting available:

10 & 1/20 (value 1)

Finally I’ll be done with the settings…

Reyth

PS Stay tuned for my full analysis of the unit tomorrow!

22nd Day Report

Hmm, only 11 flashes and one dream recalled with no cues. I’m not sure what the low flash total means but I will watch it.

Well I would love to be done with the settings but I realized I never tried the 1 blink per second setting. So I will try 3 settings with 1 blink per second. I hope that I get even stronger cues as this would give me long term flexibility with either 1 or 2 blinks per second.

Setting to 1 blink per second and 1/10 (value 2).

Reyth

23rd Day Report

20 flashes, 5 dreams recalled. No cues.

This isn’t necessarily surprising because at 2 blinks per second I didn’t have any strong cues until I hit 1/4 second.

So that’s what I will do bump it to 1/4 second (value 5).

Reyth

24th Day Report

Wow! Mega cues! 19 flashes, 2 dreams recalled.

I climbed up to a high ridge because I was determined to have a lucid dream. I lie down and go to sleep. I find myself looking out over the ridge and I see the lights blinking in the mask and this time they are red. I realize that I must be dreaming and then feel someone lightly kick me in the abdomen. I get up (from “sleep”) to see who kicked me. It is a dreamer from the ld4all site. He says that he has had 16 LD’s in Jan and that he is setting a space aside for a 3rd dreamer. I say that it is because we sacrifice and climb up here to “blink” that we are successful. I lay back down and go to “sleep”. I see a man whom I follow to a public restroom in a large mall. I walk out to the mall and I see the lights blinking red again while wearing the mask. I wonder how I could see with the mask on and a woman gives me a strange look. I take the mask off and try to look normal…

Ok, so I think that 1 blink per second may be a stronger setting than 2 blinks and so to prove it I will go for the max at 1/2 second (value 10).

This is the final light setting adjustment available.

See you tomorrow.

Reyth

25th Day Report

Well unfortunately I only have 1 dream recalled and consciousness is so faded I barely remembered it.

There was a white light blinking in the darkness and people are watching how I handle it. I switch perspectives keeping the light as my center of focus and the crowd “ahhh’s”.

So I will leave the settings where they are and go again tomorrow

Reyth

keep up this post im thinking about buying one .

No problem. I’m almost settled down and ready to focus hard on these cues.

Reyth

26th Day report

2 dreams recalled and only 17 flashes (the mask was off my head for awhile )

I experienced the following cue:

I am guiding a woman because she is lucid dreaming. I tell her that she can perform any action she wants. She is cooking eggs and thinks about it. I then start to describe the mask settings to her as I lie down. She asks about the off setting. I say that there is an off setting and suddenly the mask starts blinking. It gets so bright I say that it’s blinding me and start to try to turn it off. I wake up with the mask blinking.

Ok, now for my analysis of the unit…

The cost of the unit is $150 US. In my estimation it is worth every penny. I consider the unit to be like a personal “mini-portable-sleep lab” and is an excellent compliment to any endeavor to lucid dream.

The unit is extremely reliable for detecting REM sleep.

The key to having success with the unit lies in the settings, specifically the light settings, because even though the unit detects REM and flashes it means nothing if the signals are not perceived.

Intention will also be required to recognize the cues.

I have found the cues manifest in 2 forms:

1. Dreaming of wearing the mask and experiencing the flashes as in the waking

2. Lights in the dreaming environment

So intentions to recognize the cues should incorporate both forms. The first form can be addressed by getting in the habit of using the reality test button. The second by paying attention to lights in the waking state and performing appropriate RC’s.

In 26 days I had the following results:

1 LD and 10 cues. The number of cues is somewhat misleading as alot of time was spent adjusting the settings and I have only found a very narrow band of light settings where I reliably perceive the lights. And even if only half were recognized it would thereby have the potential of a lucid dream every 3-4 days.

Personally I thnk the potential is much higher with the proper settings.

I really didn’t put in much specific effort to recognizing the cues to kind of see what would happen and it seems the literature is correct in that it requires a specific training effort to reap the maximum results.

I found a secret about keeping the mask on. When I put it on I bring the headband down to my ears (below the upper lobe, against where the external ear meets the head) and then adjust the band in the back of the head as low towards the neck as I can while retaining comfort. That goes a long way to secure the mask. The final key to keeping it on the head is to place my hand between my head and the pillow. I place my hand on the band and it has the effect of lifting the circuit board from being in direct contact with the pillow. That is what causes the mask to come off in my opinion. I move my head while asleep and the circuit board catches on the pillow, forcing the mask to come off.

I am done with my initial research. I am more than happy with the unit. I will focus now on the cues. Every time I see the red lights in the mask I will use the reality test button (even though I “know” I just woke up). I will work on waking intentions to recognize the “light”.

I will only post here regarding lucid dreams induced by the device and any conceptual breakthroughs I might have.

I will be using the following settings:

Delay (1234): I will use 3 hours and if it seems reasonable work down to 2 hours.

Off (1234): I turn the device off after each period of sleep so that the batteries are preserved and the number of flashes are reset. I place the device in the box it came in until it is time to sleep again.

Flash/beep length (1234 & 1234): Max it out at 250 seconds. Here’s a tip: Just hold the button down until it stops beeping and that’s 250

Brightness (1234): 6 (maximum)

Volume (1234): 0 (off). I may at some point experiment with the beeper and it’s effect on dream consciousness.

Threshold (1234): I think 3 is the most reliable setting for me.

Number of flashes per second (1234): The most powerful setting is 1. My reliable perceptual range is 1-2.

Flash length in fractions of a second (1234): The most powerful setting is 10 (1/2 second). My reliable perceptual range is 5 (1/4 second) -10.

Ok, time to get this thing rocking!

Reyth