Thread: **The COIN - FILD Timing Technique**

**The COIN – FILD Timing Technique**

1- Wake back to bed (WBTB) for 5 to 7 hours
2- Relaxation
3- COIN – Finger Induced Lucid Dream (FILD)
4- Reality Check (RC)


Prerequisites:

Read BillyBob’s http://www.dreamviews.com/f12/how-wild-62282/
Read Hargart’s http://www.dreamviews.com/f49/finger...eam-fild-4779/


If you have ever tried to Finger Induced Lucid Dream (FILD) you may have experienced some difficulty getting the timing right. When is the best time to start moving your fingers? According to (FILD) instructions: “Once you think you are about to fall asleep again you need to start moving your fingers.” Much easier said then done! I have found that when I try to find this perfect window of opportunity I am either not sleepy enough or I have already fallen asleep. The FILD technique can be a very effective ANCOR it you can find the right timing!

As with most of the threads here at Dream Views I am not able to offer a new lucid dream induction technique – just a supplement or an addition to the already existing FILD technique.

My contribution:

Use a coin. It’s that simple, use a coin!

After retiring back to bed, completing relaxation and settling to your favorite sleep position you will need to place the hand that is to be used to FILD so that it is elevated above your head. I usually sleep on my right side with my right arm under my head (a pillow between my arm and head). My elbow is then bent with my forearm and hand at a right angle to my upper arm so that my hand is pointed towards the ceiling elevated above my head. I use another pillow between this arm and the headboard for support. Next I get a coin, usually a penny and place it between my thumb and index finger. The coin can be held by the head and tail sides or by the round edge depending on what works best for you.

At this point it is important to draw your attention away from your fingers to relaxing your mind and body so that you can move closer to sleep. As you start to fall asleep you will find that your fingers will also relax and that you will eventually drop the coin. When this happens I usually feel it hit my left hand that is resting on the bed below it and I also hear it even though I wear ear plugs. This is where you can start the FILD technique. However, since my hand is elevated in the air I use my thumb as my keyboard. I do this by just barely touching my index and middle fingers to my thumb while I mentally play a song in my head. I find that playing something soft and relaxing like Clair de Lune does the trick for me. I also try to visualize my fingers touching a real piano keyboard as I play. This way I find that I am using three different senses simultaneously: sight, touch and sound.

After I play the piece all the way through my left hand performs a non moving reality check (RC) to see if I am dreaming. This way I don’t spoil any further attempts by moving (such as the breathing reality check). My favored (RC) is preformed by using a spoon. In my left hand I loosely hold a spoon and when I want to do a (RC) all I need to do is gently try to bend the spoon. If I am dreaming the spoon will easily bend in my hand with hardly any effort at all.

Now, as you picture yourself with a coin in one hand and a spoon in the other lying there in bed it really creates a humorous image, huh? But, for me, it has been working for some time! Last night alone I experienced three lucid dreams using this technique! Best of luck to you!