Quote Originally Posted by Ray23 View Post
I think the reason why DEILD after a non-lucid is hard is because our awareness is turned off. When you wake up and stand still, your logic center turns on suddenly and the shock wakes you up too much to chain back. In a lucid, you are already aware, so waking up is smooth and easy and so is transition.
I agree with this if you wake up too sharply like say after a nightmare or some shocking event your awareness is too acute to deild. Personally I think it's about harnessing those moments that have us gently turning from one side to another. In those momments we are in-between the waking state and dream state in which we only want to fall back to sleep as quickly as possible which is what ends up happening everynight instead we should use these key moments for deilds because it's a perfect place to launch a dream from