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An excellent way to improve OBE memory is to keep a dream journal. A dream journal can be as simple or as elaborate as you want. In this program, the emphasis is on capturing key words and phrases and using these to trigger shadow memory fragments. Always keep a notepad and pen handy, especially by your bed. It is also a good idea to have a bedside lamp or flashlight for recording key words and phrases when you awaken during the night. A small voice-activated tape recorder can also be used, though recordings are less accessible than notes. Before going to sleep, draw a line across a page in your notepad to signal the beginning of a new entry and add the date. This is a symbolic action that will help trigger your subconscious mind, like an affirmation, to provide you with dream memories. When you wake from a dream or should anything unusual happen during sleep, jot down a few key words describing what happened. Write clearly or you may not be able to read it later. If you have flying or falling dreams as you are going to sleep, write something like “Flying, falling, woke with a jerk” on the notepad. If you have a dream about vacationing in Italy, write something like “Rome, fountains, pizza,” giving only a brief description to help trigger shadow memories when you wake the next morning. Recording key words provides strong memory association sequences that can trigger the shadow memories they represent. Avoid writing long descriptions during the night unless something spectacular happens that you want to remember in detail. In the morning, as soon as possible after awakening, review your list of key words and try to recall more details, fleshing out each section as necessary. Once or twice a week transfer these notes to a separate dream journal or into the daily journaling space in this book. They will build a record of your progress. If you were unable to write key words during the night, spend some time recalling dream imagery the moment you wake. Start by shifting into the same position in which you were last sleeping. Behind your closed eyelids, look up and focus your eyes in the middle of your forehead, which is where your brow center or third eye is located. This helps promote dream recall. Next, try to pull back the last memories you have of your dreams. If nothing surfaces, think about people with whom you frequently interact or about whom you often think or dream. Review places you habitually visit, such as work or school or locales that are frequently part of your dreams. Think of other houses you’ve lived in, schools you’ve attended, homes you’ve visited often or lived in during your childhood and teens. Review what you were