Thread: Naiya's Simple MILD Technique

Hi Sageous,
First of all Thankyou to dolphin, Sageous and Lang for your advice it’s greatly appreciated by a frustrated novice lucid dreamer.

Sageous I will give your suggestions ago ( I like simple )
I have 4months of dream entries,

During the day I have 5 x 1 time PMRC goals in addition to my reoccurring Dream sign related RCs , occasionally I ask am I dreaming? How would I know?

At night I go to bed I do a body scan to relax body and mind then I begin with 2 mantras
1)” tonight I will have excellent and viviid dream recall.
2) I will remember to recognise my dream signs and realise I’m dreaming.( may be this is too vague)

Then I try to imagine a dream scenario with some of the dream signs but it’s not always clear in my mind. and it all gets bit vague and I fall asleep.

May be I’ve been over complicating MILD.

Usual dream signs for me are:
• family, dead pets,
•people or buildings with links back to the town I grew up in,
• Repetitive actions or events,
• strange events or actions that grab my attention and I think what’s that? how does that work?
•people who know me but I don’t know them.
•Things out of context within the dream setting.

because of lock down I don’t get to see my family often so I get creative: when a text comes in from them I RC or when they call i RC , if I see a photo of a relative or if here a family members name mentioned I RC.

Tonight I won’t bother with the visualisation and just go with the intention to notice ...(insert dream sign).

Many thanks 🙏 to you all for your advice.

Hm. Your mantras seem too long to me. I would keep it very simple, and present tense. "I will" is future tense. I would do something like this: "I remember I am dreaming." That's it. The shorter it is, the easier it is for you to recall it. Then, if it works, you'll hear your message back to you while in the dream (or at least, that's how it worked for me).

Also, if you're seeing dream signs, but not recognizing them for what they are, I would try building your critical reflective attitude. Start really questioning reality. I find it helps when I RC to pretend that I really am dreaming (even though I know I'm awake). To the point where you can feel it. Like you're no longer honestly sure. Then let the RC go.