Testing a slightly refined method of AILD

[Doc Holliday]

i know its been done before but i wanted to refine it so it could give people their first Lucid Experience and hopefully incite them to research more intense and better methods....

Its called AILD - Auditory Induction to Lucid Dremaing....

Hypothesis- (glad my biology class is coming in handy) I believe that through this method, Lucid beginners their first experience into the amazing world of Lucid Dreaming...

Materials- 1- Computer Microphone
1- Blank CD
1- CD Burner
1- pair of headphones (preferably the ones that wrap around your head like so... http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP....nes_StreetStyle (http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/en/-/USD/SY_DisplayProductInformation-Start?ProductSKU=MDRG42LP&Dept=acc&CategoryName=acc_Headphones_StreetStyle)
1-CD Player



okay heres what you do:

1) using youre handy Microphone, record your voice in the most Barry White-like voice, telling Yourself that you are Dreaming...you dont need any fancy Audio Recording Software, i just used "Sound Recorder" in windows. For about 2 minutes, keep saying, in various ways, that you are dreaming. Say youre name alot, this helps TREMENDOUSLY!(spelling?) for example, Bob, wants to Lucid Dream-

EX-

barry white like "Bob, you are dreaming, you are dreaming Bob. Bob, Realize that you are dreaming. You are Dreaming Bob."

something to that effect.

2) Save the Audio as an MP3 and Burn it on to a disk.

3) use your nifty headphones and CD Player to listen to this file continuosly on a loop, at a comfortable volume but loud enough so that it doesnt blend with your dream. so i would say, pretty loud, but not so loud that you cant sleep...

4) Hopefully, you can have the amazing experience that i had.

It may not be a permanent method, but i know what its like to be discouraged by a lack of results... Please let me know if you are going to try it and let me know if it worked for you or what we can do different in our research to offer easier methods....


BUT: remeber, Lucid Dreaming requires lots of work and dedication, so if this method didnt work for you, try others! youve got nothing to do but dream in your sleep!

[Alca]

hello

this seems like a good idea let me try this tonight il give you my results tomorow :)

[Placebo]

This is another form of external dreamsign/reality check inducement... and it *does* work

What needs care here, is the volume. Too loud, and you wake up. Too soft, and you don't notice it.
Unfortunately I can't try this myself, because I don't sleep alone :P
(And earphones irritate me)

[Howie]

If you have a Windows media player on your PC you can go to the options and then go to playback and choose the option that says, "Play continuously".
It then repeats over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over.
Uhh Ya . You get the point.

Also the Stephen Laberge's trance Induction Cd (http://www.dreamviews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10962&highlight=trance+induction+cd) that Peregrinus own exerpts to the end of the 15 minute induction. Or the beginning.

[Alca]

Ok I finally tested it and I failed miserably it took me 40min to sleep but then I woke up 2 hours later with no dream recall.. (I took an afternoon nap)

Il try again

[Doc Holliday]

i think the key to this method is relaxation. Just relax and listen to the sound of your voice. I read the other AILD method that says have someone else say it, but if you recognize your voice wouldnt you say, " hey Thats MY voice" and you should realize that youre dreaming.

[TheUnknown]

Have someone else record it. Also set it as an alarm to go off after about 2-3 hours, and start repeating. This way, you never hear it before, and it becomes more effective.

[Joseph_Stalin]

This may work better if you put your self into a trance before listening. Sort of a hypnosis hybrid.

[Mortalis]

The way ive tried this was using the repeat function on my stereo and putting it on a volume so I can barely hear it. This way it doesnt hinder my getting to sleep and also it seemed to have an effect even at that close to inaudible volume. I think the real key to it is to get the volume adjusted to the point where, as Doc said, you can be relaxed enough to get to sleep.

[dreamtamer007]

Originally posted by Doc Holliday
i think the key to this method is relaxation. Just relax and listen to the sound of your voice. I read the other AILD method that says have someone else say it, but if you recognize your voice wouldnt you say, \" hey Thats MY voice\" and you should realize that youre dreaming.

:-P I bought a CD that has a couple of tracks that keep repeating, "Are you dreaming" Etc. over and over, and it seems to just keep me awake most of the time. I think your or my brain can build up a tolerance to any constant noise or sound and it zones it out. Sort of like Brain Entrainment. If you look that up you'll see that your brain can make its own simulated sounds and I think conversely drowned it out. Therefore I would suggest intervolves of silence between repetitions of sound such as (and this is just a guess- 30 minutes) because of the different stages of sleep and the 90 min rem cycles. The timing would be experimental but I think worth trying. I am going to try "Are you dreaming?" 4 or 5 times then 20 min. silence. The way I look at it, the whole Idea is to get your attention, not to sing yourself to sleep. I'll let you know how I make out in a few days.