Sometimes, my dreams are really realistic, detailed in every aspect. And when I say "sometimes", I mean rarely. But one day I noticed something : if I pray before going to sleep, I will have a long, detailed adventure-like dream.
I noticed this when I was little, but I completely forgot about it. After playing Yume Nikki I decided to try Lucid Dreaming, and yesterday I reminded of this theory I had.
I'm not very religious, I do have a religion, I do believe in God, but I'm not a fanatic. Some might say that it's a placebo effect, if I pray with the intent of having a nice dream, I will.. but I don't think that's the case since there were times that I did not remember about this, and prayed before going to sleep out of sadness or something wrong with my life, and still had detailed, long dreams.
I've been putting this theory to test, and writing on my dream journal.. and the one time I prayed before going to sleep I had a ridiculously long dream.. I couldn't remember how it all connected, but I can remember about 4 different parts of it.
Anyway, does this happen to anyone else? Anyone tried it? Anyone willing to do so?
Also, please don't turn this into a religious discussion. I don't care what are your beliefs, arguing won't change anyone's mind.