Thread: still no lucid dream?!

We might be able to tell you what you were doing wrong if..... you told us what you were doing..

well I just say mantras and auto-suggestions

Could you give us more information? Like how long you've been trying this technique, which mantra you use, did you use a WBTB with it, how long did you say the mantra, etc.

Some general advice I can give is to just practice, a lot. It takes time.

not long but I did this a lot when going to sleep I say the mantras as many times as I could before I fell asleep but nothing happened.I say these mantras ''I will lucid dream'',''I will realise that I'm dreaming'' and ''I will remember my dreams'' and I havent did a WBTB before.

Originally Posted by Dancr

not long but I did this a lot when going to sleep I say the mantras as many times as I could before I fell asleep but nothing happened.I say these mantras ''I will lucid dream'',''I will realise that I'm dreaming'' and ''I will remember my dreams'' and I havent did a WBTB before.

Visualize reading your mantra off a imaginary sign.

There are a few more things you could add to your routine. Instead of just telling yourself you will be lucid, try imagining what it will be like. Imagine how you are going to reality check, what it will feel like, ect. Laberge's method for MILD is to picture yourself in the last dream your remember having. It could be from a few moments ago, it could be from yesterday. Remember the scenario as it happened, only this time, picture yourself doing things differently. Imagine yourself recognizing a dream sign, performing a reality check, ect. How will this change the dream? Let the fantasy run its course.

This is a good way of helping yourself remember to do anything in the future. When you want to remember to buy milk at the store, picture yourself picking up that gallon of milk and paying for it. If you want to remember to be lucid in the next dream, picture yourself becoming lucid.

Someone once told me that saying "will" is a no-go. Use "I am lucid dreaming," maybe.

Yeah, say "am" instead of "will" thats my MILD tip
MILD takes a while to work, you can't just try it for a few days or a week and expect it to work right off the bat
it takes time and practice

I think you are going about it the wrong way, if you are a beginner. Mantras are for people who already know what a lucid feels like, so they can better imagine it, and thus get results faster. Try MILD, DILD WBTB or WILD, coupled with Reality checks. These are the most common and widely used methods, and for a reason.

Every other method you find is either a branch off from these core methods, or a completely different "experienced" method, for people who are quite adept at dreaming.

You are right to start off small, but not too small!