Thread: Senses Initiated Lucid Dream (SSILD)

Originally Posted by ch00b

Just wondering, do we repear each step after doing it or repeat the entire process when we are done? Thanks.

You go through each part of the cycle, then repeat it again. Like sight -> hear -> feel -> sight -> hear...

Originally Posted by ch00b

Just wondering, do we repear each step after doing it or repeat the entire process when we are done? Thanks.

Exactly like what @Taffy said. Sometimes you may feel that the steps overlap -- for example, sighting and hearing going at the same time. That is fine as long as you don't deliberately attempt that.

Originally Posted by Sydney

Wasn't really able to attempt SSILD because I was away But the other night (when I woke up in the morning) I just decided to do SSILD because I missed my chance in the middle of the night. So I did and after about 3 cycles I felt strangely relaxed.

Like really, really relaxed.
My dad woke me up though.

@CosmicIron: Yay!

Oh and do we need to stay still the whole time we're doing the cycles? I hate it because ever since I've stopped attempting WILDs I keep moving about every 20 seconds, repositioning my arm, leg, etc.

Thanks Sydney it is important to feel relaxed and comfortable during the exercise; therefore if staying still makes you uncomfortable then you should definitely move to find a better position. In fact if you feel even slight uncomfort it is probably a sign that indicates you are not doing the exercise correctly. Also, do NOT deliberately try to stay motionless. Doing so will only make you tense and lose sleep. Find the most comfortable position as long as you don't fall asleep right away.

I have a question before I attempt this tonight:

If you fall asleep while doing the cycles after having entered the trance a few times, is this okay too?

Originally Posted by DinoSawr

I have a question before I attempt this tonight:

If you fall asleep while doing the cycles after having entered the trance a few times, is this okay too?

Yes it's perfectly fine! Just make sure you remind yourself to do an RC upon waking up again.

Originally Posted by CosmicIron

Yes it's perfectly fine! Just make sure you remind yourself to do an RC upon waking up again.

Cool, thanks!

Hey, you're back!

Did the technique correctly last night, no results though. :/ I think I was thinking too much about it, like, "has it been 20 seconds yet? Oh crap no don't sart thinking like that, I'm not supposed to do that! STOP IT!! AHHHH!!!"

Pretty much how it went down lol.
Thanks CosmicIron! I'll apply that tonight I have a pretty good feeling about tonight's attempt.

@cosmiciron

Does it matter if you forget the order of the trance and maybe repeat parts and not others? Like sight>hearing>sight>touch>sight>hearing.

Somehow when I'm in the trance I forget what to do, haha.

Originally Posted by dakotahnok

@cosmiciron

Does it matter if you forget the order of the trance and maybe repeat parts and not others? Like sight>hearing>sight>touch>sight>hearing.

Somehow when I'm in the trance I forget what to do, haha.

Since he hasn't answered I'm going to go ahead and try based on how he've replied before: The point IS to loose track of yourself. You're suppose to wander away and forget what your doing upon entering the trance after some cycles. Just hope you made atleast 2-3 cycles before you fall asleep.

Originally Posted by daban

Since he hasn't answered I'm going to go ahead and try based on how he've replied before: The point IS to loose track of yourself. You're suppose to wander away and forget what your doing upon entering the trance after some cycles. Just hope you made atleast 2-3 cycles before you fall asleep.

Couldn't have said it better myself

Originally Posted by CosmicIron

Did you have trouble falling asleep afterward?

None at all... maybe it was just a fluke, the Universe kicked me in the face Dx... ill keep trying though !

I'm going to try this tonight. I hope it works after a week of dream journaling and ADA's

Hey welcome back CosmicIron.
Do you have any theories on why me and DannyY have been experiencing unusual dreams from this? I've received one nightmare and two dreams in which I was paralyzed. I never get either of those so close together and it intrigues me. Thanks.

I tried this technique with WBTB today and i got an LD Not sure if this SSILD helped or not, maybe it would've happened without it as well, but it's not hard to do, so i'll keep using it

Went to bed late last night, so I only got about an hour and 45 minutes worth of actual sleeping after my WBTB.

I managed to do only one rep in one cycle and fell asleep.

It was weird though. The next dream I had was pretty vivid, and I was walking around wondering, "Could this be a dream, what if this was a dream?"
Never got lucid though.

Originally Posted by Sydney

Went to bed late last night, so I only got about an hour and 45 minutes worth of actual sleeping after my WBTB.

I managed to do only one rep in one cycle and fell asleep.

It was weird though. The next dream I had was pretty vivid, and I was walking around wondering, "Could this be a dream, what if this was a dream?"
Never got lucid though.

LOL. You were THAT close! I guess if you had managed one more cycle you probably would have succeeded . It is quite common to have spontaneous LDs as well as suspicions of realities after doing the exercise. Next time remind yourself to do RCs more often, and please try at least more than one cycles, LOL.

Originally Posted by Sea07

Hey welcome back CosmicIron.
Do you have any theories on why me and DannyY have been experiencing unusual dreams from this? I've received one nightmare and two dreams in which I was paralyzed. I never get either of those so close together and it intrigues me. Thanks.

One common phenomenon often experienced after the exercise is sudden occurance of OBE and SP within a dream. That is, while you are dreaming you suddenly find yourself lying there, either on bed or floor, experiencing an SP or phase entrance of an OBE. This sometimes happen without any warning or transition to the waking state. Since nightmares are common when associated with SPs, my guess is that you may be experiencing this kind of sudden spontaneous SPs within a dream.

Originally Posted by littlezoe

I tried this technique with WBTB today and i got an LD Not sure if this SSILD helped or not, maybe it would've happened without it as well, but it's not hard to do, so i'll keep using it

Good thinking

for 9 days praciticing SSILD
failure reasons: forgetting to SSILD, being awake too much, falling asleep too fast lol
I still don't think it's placebo though, I'm having numerous semi-LDs and FAs

@CosmicIron - I see, that sounds pretty reasonable to me. Fascinating, this technique is pretty interesting.
@Windhover@ - I'm with you, I have had a few semi-LD's and many FA's with this, no long and vivid lucids yet but keep trying right?

@CosmicIron - I see, that sounds pretty reasonable to me. Fascinating, this technique is pretty interesting.
@Windhover@ - I'm with you, I have had a few semi-LD's and many FA's with this, no long and vivid lucids yet but keep trying right?

I did a WBTB + SSILD again today and got an LD yet again Althrough now it was directly induced by me after i was in SP after waking up... but still

I'm managing to get long chains of DEILDs using this technique, which is quite nice, but as per usual their stability is lacking and I'm trapped in my room at best and on my bed, barely able to move at worst. Shifting my identity into the "master dreamer" manages to get me off of the bed in most of those instances, but the stability is so lacking I lose the dream in seconds and never get a chance to get out of my room anyway.