Thread: Interesting VILD attempt

I was trying out arby's method of VILDing (thanks for the tutorial!) at about 9 oclock on a day when I was ill. I know I was very close to being in the dream, after a while everything was getting dreamy and more vivid but I didnt quite get to sleep even though I was very close to dreaming. I got close and I think with practise I will be able to do it. The interesting thing was that when I got out of bed and went downstairs I felt very much like I was dreaming still, nothing quite seemed right... I know it wasnt a false awakening because it wore off after about 30-60 minutes. I think it might have something to do with being ill but does anyone know what this might be? Thanks alot

Interesting experience! Personally I have yet to LD via any method, so I'm not qualified to speculate on what it may have been, but I'm trying the same method right now -- I recently read arby's VILD tutorial as well, and I've made a couple attempts so far, I'm very interested in VILD. Now I'm inspired to try again tonight. I do see a big change in my dreams when I'm sick, so maybe it's as you suspect. Hopefully someone experienced can offer more insight.

Out of curiosity, what scenario were you visualizing?

woah thats cool, can you explain more in depth what it was like when you got up and felt dreamy? keep practicing that technique, you sound very close.

Originally Posted by WaterDreamer

Out of curiosity, what scenario were you visualizing?

I wanted to try something practical yet entertaining, so my visualisation took place on a fairly large hill at some sort of camp around a fire. I sat there for quite a long time, disscussing all sorts with a dream character sat next to me. I didnt have too much control any more so we went down a big staircase made out of rough stone and arrived at a big lake. We started to fish (something which Ive never done in real life) and I found that my subconcious made it very easy for me as I caught about 3 huge koi fish. My friend whom I had bee ntalking to managed one fish and so we decided to go back to the camp. A small, helpful man came and took all our equipment for us, and on the way back up to the camp I found I couldnt try to sleep any more because Id been here for hours and had more than enough sleep. All that dreaming on that day meant I only had 4 hours sleep the next. Consequently last night I slept like the dead and can only recall commenting on a rap song's appauling grammar in my dreams.
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Originally Posted by rkenning

woah thats cool, can you explain more in depth what it was like when you got up and felt dreamy?

Well as I walked down the stairs I felt very light, almost as if I was floating, alot of things seemed slightly abnormal, for instance everything was very vivid which happens alot when im ill but the visualisation made it more intense. There was also a big amount of awareness because I was walking naturally without thinking about it while my mind was swarming with thoughts of how dreamlike this is. It was very interesting indeed.
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