a day that included meditation than on mornings
following a day with no meditation. For 28 consecutive
mornings, participants in that project recorded the
amount of their dream recall, using a specified system of
measurement. They also noted on their tally sheets if
they had meditated the day before. Some participants
meditated on all 28 days of the project, and some did not
meditate at all. But there were 169 people who
meditated on some days and not on others. Each of these
person's average dream recall was then computed (see
page 66) for those mornings following meditation and
was compared with the person's average dream recall on
mornings following no meditation. It was found, overall,
that there was an average of 21% more dream recall on
mornings following meditation. Breaking down these
overall results, there were 114 people who had more
dream recall on mornings following a day that included
meditation, the amount of the improvement averaging
79%. The remaining 55 people had an average of 32%
less dream recall on mornings after a day when they
meditated than on mornings following a day when they
didn't meditate. Why was meditation associated with
greater dream recall for most people but not for
everyone? We hope that further analysis of our data will
yield some information concerning this difference in
effect.

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