My Method That I Found Works For Me! (Combination of DILD and DEILD)

Hello everyone!
So last night I realized that I need to improve my dream recall because it went from two dreams a night, to zero. I'm sure that most of you have heard of DEILDing (Dream Exit Induced Lucid Dream), but if you haven't, its when you wake up from a dream, and then pretty much go right back in to it. The way to do that is wake up from a dream and stay perfectly still.

Last night I repeated to myself that I would remember my dreams. I then had a dream. There is a lot of details, but I will be putting it in my Dream Journal. So later in my dream, I was in a cafe and heard my teachers talking, but couldn't see them anywhere. I then saw the back of one of my teachers heads, and went over. I saw that everyone at the table there were my teachers, but they were all a lot older than in real life. I then thought that that wasn't right, so I affirmed that I was dreaming. I then stabilized(ish) by touching things and becoming aware of the dream around me. I then went and wanted to fly, so I flew through the roof, and got stuck halfway (lol). I then saw that I was waking up, but when I woke up I was perfectly still and I had my eyes closed, so I tried to DEILD.

I could feel my body going numb, but that sensation isn't scary for me, but rather calming. I started thinking about the dream I was in, and returning back to it, but I guess I was thinking too hard. Overall, last night was awesome! I got myself another Lucid, only about five days from my first Lucid :banana:! I also found that I am going to go with a DILD/DEILD combination for my method because I am very aware during school, etc. I don't let things just take me along, but I actually see why and how it is doing something, and so DILD is good for me, and DEILD will be good for reentering or stringing together dreams.

Congrats on your first two lucids, not long since you joined either. Well done and keep it up! :D :)

Congratz indeed, great job! I am also a user of the DILD/DEILD combo, it works wonders for me. I am on a bit of a dryspell right now (I'm sure it'll end soon :P), but I had a lucid EVERY NIGHT with that combo before it. I hope your succes continues to rise at this rate!

I think DEILD could really work for me but I don't have an alarm that will turn itself off and is loud enough :( I don't want my computer running all night either so I suppose for now I'm stuck lol.

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Originally Posted by djpatch999

I think DEILD could really work for me but I don't have an alarm that will turn itself off and is loud enough :( I don't want my computer running all night either so I suppose for now I'm stuck lol.

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You don't need an alarm at all to DEILD. You need to become concious of your nighttime awakenings. Everyone wakes up after every REM cycle. You usually fall asleep within a second or two and don't remember anything about it when you wake up, but you DO wake up every time. To be able to DEILD you need to become aware of those awakenings. Realize that you DO have them and set the intention to recognize the awakenings. That's all you need to do to recognize those awakenings. The next step is to lie completely still during the awakenings and then to fall back into REM. I'm not going to go into too much detail about going to REM because I'm not an expert on that subject, but there are a few good threads that can help you with that. With DEILD it goes a LOT faster than with WBTB-WILD, and you usually don't even recognize the SP.

Ahh ok, I remember I kept waking up at 2 in the morning every night about a month ago. I planned to DEILD then but my first instinct was to roll over -.- :lol: I haven't been waking up for a while though, I think I'll start trying to again :) But an alarm would help at first lol

Thanks guys!

I've been doing DILD for 4 months but only 1 LD a week. I've decided to try DEILD. On average how long does it take to reenter? Do you think about that last dream or clear mind or what? Do you need to do something to stay lucid?

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Originally Posted by Rothgar

I've been doing DILD for 4 months but only 1 LD a week. I've decided to try DEILD. On average how long does it take to reenter? Do you think about that last dream or clear mind or what? Do you need to do something to stay lucid?

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Honestly, I am just starting out. I will give you my answers, but I will also post links to some threads that helped me. I haven't had a successful DEILD yet, but I will try to answer to the best of my knowledge. Reentering usually doesn't take long at all. It is so short, that you may not even feel SP. At first when you are starting out, it will take longer to reenter, but when you get more experienced reentering will be quicker. To DEILD, you need to think about your last dream that you just had before you wake up. Think about everything in the dream, think five senses. Also, try not to completely focus on your dream because completely focusing on it won't work, and not focusing on it enough won't work. You just have to find the perfect balance through trial and error. Staying lucid differentiates for different people. Some don't need to stabilize at all, and once they realize they become lucid, they just do what they want. Those people are usually the more advanced though. At first, focus on whats in the dream, and don't think about whats outside it. What might help is yelling "stabilize dream" or something like that. You just have to find what works for you, like pretty much everything.

Links:
Very Helpful DEILD Guide: http://www.dreamviews.com/f49/yuppie...-dream-126343/
Another Very Helpful Guide For LDing In General: http://www.dreamviews.com/f11/lucid-...tals-q-125579/

"Lucid Dream Achievements:
Have a LD[X] Fly[*] Shapeshift[] Ride A Dragon[] Go in to the world of Alagaesia[] Become The Minecraft Character[] Become a Creeper trying to kill the Minecraft Character[]
Long-Term Goal
Shapeshift Into A Dragon[]"

Eragon FtW :D :D :D

<Congrats on the lucids by the way :) >