Hi pdunc, |
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In the last 5 months, I've had fairly good luck with initiating WILDs. Maybe 60-70% success rate. The problem though is that no matter what I tried, the last 5-6 LD's have been mostly or totally in the dark. It's gotten pretty frustrating. I feel the sensation of flying, but don't see any of the scenery or where I'm going. I might just know that I'm flying close to the ground but can't even see the ground. Walking around in my house is almost totally in the dark. Last night I tried to stabilize the dream by crawling on the floor and concentrating on the texture of the carpet. Even went prone to rub my entire body against the floor to see if that would work as someone had suggested. Just woke up. I've read all the forum stabilization tutorials and tried some of the suggestions including yelling "clarity now!", hand rubbing, engaging my senses when I remember, etc. I do my WILDs using WBTB and using Galantamine/Choline. I usually only try WILDing once a week, but try nightly to DILD using MILD with little success so far. Doing the WILDs involve a lot of effort for me, but it's starting to seem to be not worth it if I can't see what's going on. Not sure where to go from here. |
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Hi pdunc, |
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"The scariest, most terrifying thing that I fear?
My imagination."
-"I thought you were going to say 'Fear, itself'."
"Then you have a small imagination."
"You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling."
Hi EddieDean, |
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I expect that the timing of your WILD's might just be off compared to your sleep cycle. As you seem to be quite good at WILD in itself (getting to the dream in the first place) I would suggest experimenting with the timing of your WBTB's before completely abandoning WILD, because it might still be a great way to become lucid for you! |
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"The scariest, most terrifying thing that I fear?
My imagination."
-"I thought you were going to say 'Fear, itself'."
"Then you have a small imagination."
"You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling."
Try DEILD as well. It is a WILD technique that takes much less time to work than traditional WILD. |
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After going over my notes and upon reflection, I have an idea about the situation. But before posting my thoughts, I will try some things that come to mind and will keep you posted as to whether or not I'm correct. Thanks for the input. |
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I've encountered the same phenomenon. But mine occurred primarily in DILDS. It's a subconscious issue I believe; somewhere, somehow you've come to expect the darkness and distortion, and this "glitch" has temporarily infected your LD code. It's only a temporary aberration, but I can definitely commiserate with your frustration! It's sort of like going through a dry spell regarding NLD recall. I'm sure you've experienced those. You eventually get over them and stuff goes back to normal...eventually lol. For me, I had to take a step back and go on an LD hiatus as far as conscious induction efforts went. I just backed off and embraced whatever nightly NLDs (which, btw, were fully vivid and detailed -- why the hell couldn't my LD's possess the same high quality?) my stress-free mind brought to me. After some time, I had a non-intentional DILD which was of similar high quality to my concurrent NLDs. And soon another followed after doing an intentional WBTB. And that seemed to break the spell. |
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Last edited by AstronomyDomine; 07-23-2017 at 07:19 PM.
"Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have" -- Eckhart Tolle
Thanks for your thoughts and encouragement AstronomyDomine. I will keep working on my WILDs. |
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