Thread: I need a tech... if there is one...

If you are very tired and have a nap (on a couch for example) you are likely to have a dream in under an hour... I think. At least I had a lucid this one time when I took a short nap... It was in the afternoon so it was a very spontaneus place for a dream... I was asleep for like 45mins and went lucid in that period I was very tired, though. Then I couldn't sleep anymore because I was so thrilled about the LD

[quote]... for just almost anytime when I can just lie down and get into a lucid or at least a dream in a few mins (like 10-20) Is this possible with any technique?

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Lucid dreaming is possible at anytime while you are asleep. There are a lot of methods, yet they do not differ that greatly.
I guess what you ask the WBTB method would not apply.

I'm not a very experienced lucid dreamer yet (at all >.>). But I know my cousin can induce WILDs when he takes naps, so that should definitly be a possibility.

WILD works for this, but it is a tricky technique to master. I'd try a normal nap and MILD for starters, see how that works out for you.

You are unlikely to get in a dream within 10-20 min, but you may see hypnogogic imagery, it is pretty cool, sometimes you can even change it.
It's pretty easy to get early in the morning, especially if you didnt have enough sleep the night before and there's something preventing you from completely falling asleep. So what you do is close your eyes and relax. You are falling asleep, but something is keeping you awake, as a result you are right in between dreaming and being awake. After a while you become aware of the visuals before your eyes, changes in your mind and other weird things.

If this wasnt clear, here's an example:
You sit in class and the lecture is boring, the professor sux, but the material is kinda important. You can probably learn it from the book anyways. So you close your eyes and sit there. WIthin 3 minutes the professor's voice seems different... It is distant and slightly distorted. You may even continue to listen to it. Within 10 minutes you realize that you are somewhere else entirely, no longer in the classroom, even tho you can still hear the professor. As this thought hits you, you may realize that you are back in the classroom, except this time you can see it with your eyes closed... There's an exact replica of the classroom hovering before your eyes, you can shift your *dream* eyes around and focus on different parts of the picture... You can change the picture as well, just do it slowly, dont rush the change.

This technique requres a bit of practice, but it is pretty entertaining, particularly cause you are almost fully aware that you are starting at the hypnogogic imagery and there's no grogginess of sleep...