Thread: Activating the left brain hemisphere to attain lucidity

Originally Posted by Sam1r

I mixed this with SSILD and it did wonders for me,
I managed to kill off my dryspell,
finally having a real, long ass lucid dream that was stable and vivid.
not sure which technique helped, or whether it was the combination, but Im doing this everynight from now on.. great work mcwillis

Well done, I've been doing SSILD and it worked great a while but lately it hasn't. I'll be sure to mix this in aswell and hope for same results as you.
Would you mind explaining exactly how you did the mixing? Was it wbtb? which one did you do last? Or did you perhaps add it as an repetition?

@ Vortaix, n00bf0rlyf3, XxLHYxX, Sam1r

Thanks for all the posts, I have a few questions please as it would be helpful to understand the process better. Thanks.

Originally Posted by Vortaix

OH MY GOD !!

I tried it only once, last night.

At first i was like "thafuq is this -.-", then i tried it, and then i kept laughing at the wall for 15 minutes.. until my stomach started hurting..
Then i went to sleep.. (without any mantras/preparation)..

I almost had 3 lucids !! (one reality check failed)
But i had 2 lucids, 1 nose plug reality check that failed .. and awesome recall, and all of the dreams were extremely vivid o_o ..

Wow.. just wow..
Thank you so much !

Fantastic. I had to highlight that in red as it seems to have produced multiple lucids for you on your first night. Can I ask exactly what you did please? Because I included a link to the amygdala thread were you using the amygdala technique or did you just use the technique described in the opening post of this thread? I have to ask as I don't understand why you were laughing so much. Also, when you went to sleep you say you didn't do any mantras/preparation, can you expalin what you mean by this please? And lastly, did you question the logic of the dream before doing reality checks? Thanks.

Originally Posted by n00bf0rlyf3

Hell yeah it is, I also imagine like gripping it like a wooden handle. I'm gonna try it again tonight

As you had 2 lucids within 3 days can you explain please what you mean by gripping it like a wooden handle?

Originally Posted by XxLHYxX

Unfortunately, I was barely lucid and the dream was very blurry. All I can recall is doing a reality check. I don't know why or where or when I did it. Also, I can't really remember anything about the dream. All I recall is doing a reality check and flying around.

EDIT: Forgot to mention that I did the nose plug RC. Not sure if that matters or not.

Thanks, I just wanted to ascertain whether you just did a reality check out of habit or if you questioned the logic of the dream first before performing the reality check. Nose pinch reality check is my favourite.

Originally Posted by Sam1r

I mixed this with SSILD and it did wonders for me,
I managed to kill off my dryspell,
finally having a real, long ass lucid dream that was stable and vivid.
not sure which technique helped, or whether it was the combination, but Im doing this everynight from now on.. great work mcwillis

Fantastic. How many days had you been practicing SSILD without success before mixing the techniques as this would help to ascertain whether this technique did actually help? As daban has asked I would also like to know how you mixed the techniques please?

I had a night off from this last night and didn't use it, I was extremely tired and just wanted to sleep

Well,

It was late at night , about 11:00 PM, i was roaming through DV then i found your post..
At the beginning i thought its a complete placebo (people think it will work, so it automatically boosts their confidence)..

I did some research on the amygdala, how i can activate it .. etc.. but the concept stays the same.. It was exactly how you described it..

I tried to tickle it.. I imagined a feather and then i visualized it touching the amygdala (left one, i find it easier xD).. It didn't work.. Then i tickled myself (for real, on the foot), just to feel that sensation ..
And i tried to tickle the amygdala again with a feather.. This time, i got a smile on face, then a grin, then i started laughing (i thought it is because of the fact i am doing something silly that can never work), but then, i kept laughing, and laughing, and laughing, and everything got funny to me !
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I laughed for 15 minutes straight ! I couldn't stop ! I was laughing at furniture, at the wall, at my laptop screen, even when i stopped and went to sleep, i had a crazy looking grin on my face..

That night, i was just happy.. i didn't think about lucid dreams at all.. But the thing i noticed is that i was more AWARE, (in waking life) i was aware every 5sec or so..
When my mind started to wonder a bit.. i would automatically stop thinking nonsense and focus on reality ! (i was amazed) .. I was never so mindfull in my life ! o_o (look up a guide on mindfullness)..

Another tip i found is to imagine a small [switch] where the amygdala is located, and i would just click it towards my forehead ! (it also makes you more aware)..

Well i guess that's it..
Sorry for the long reply, and thank you again for letting me know there's a switch for AWESOMENESS inside my head :] !

Originally Posted by Vortaix

Well,

It was late at night , about 11:00 PM, i was roaming through DV then i found your post..
At the beginning i thought its a complete placebo (people think it will work, so it automatically boosts their confidence)..

I did some research on the amygdala, how i can activate it .. etc.. but the concept stays the same.. It was exactly how you described it..

I tried to tickle it.. I imagined a feather and then i visualized it touching the amygdala (left one, i find it easier xD).. It didn't work.. Then i tickled myself (for real, on the foot), just to feel that sensation ..
And i tried to tickle the amygdala again with a feather.. This time, i got a smile on face, then a grin, then i started laughing (i thought it is because of the fact i am doing something silly that can never work), but then, i kept laughing, and laughing, and laughing, and everything got funny to me !
[/I]
I laughed for 15 minutes straight ! I couldn't stop ! I was laughing at furniture, at the wall, at my laptop screen, even when i stopped and went to sleep, i had a crazy looking grin on my face..

That night, i was just happy.. i didn't think about lucid dreams at all.. But the thing i noticed is that i was more AWARE, (in waking life) i was aware every 5sec or so..
When my mind started to wonder a bit.. i would automatically stop thinking nonsense and focus on reality ! (i was amazed) .. I was never so mindfull in my life ! o_o (look up a guide on mindfullness)..

Another tip i found is to imagine a small [switch] where the amygdala is located, and i would just click it towards my forehead ! (it also makes you more aware)..

Well i guess that's it..
Sorry for the long reply, and thank you again for letting me know there's a switch for AWESOMENESS inside my head :] !

No don't apologise for the long reply !!! Thanks for the feedback. So you just used the amygdala 'clicking' technique instead of the technique in this thread? That is awesome nonetheless.

I actually used both at the same time.. Tickle it first, then switch it on just in case !

Originally Posted by mcwillis

No don't apologise for the long reply !!! Thanks for the feedback. So you just used the amygdala 'clicking' technique instead of the technique in this thread? That is awesome nonetheless.

Originally Posted by Vortaix

I actually used both at the same time.. Tickle it first, then switch it on just in case !

From your post it sounds like you were doing amygdala clicking only and not the technique described in the opening post of the thread. I'm confused, are you saying that you were tickling the amygdala and also imagining 'switching' on the left hemisphere of the brain as well?

"And i tried to tickle the amygdala again with a feather.. This time, i got a smile on face, then a grin, then i started laughing"

If you read it carefully, i clearly stated that i imagined a feather inside my head and tickled it. And that it worked..

BUT
I have also read a tip that can increase its effect.... I just imagine a switch, inside my head, and i imagine flicking it towards my forehead -_- ...

Sorry if it seems confusing, but please read my long boring post again ;D !

p.s.

i did exactly this AMYGDALA: Amazing Music Brain Adventure

Originally Posted by Vortaix

"And i tried to tickle the amygdala again with a feather.. This time, i got a smile on face, then a grin, then i started laughing"

If you read it carefully, i clearly stated that i imagined a feather inside my head and tickled it. And that it worked..

BUT
I have also read a tip that can increase its effect.... I just imagine a switch, inside my head, and i imagine flicking it towards my forehead -_- ...

Sorry if it seems confusing, but please read my long boring post again ;D !

p.s.

i did exactly this AMYGDALA: Amazing Music Brain Adventure

Oh no I did understand to an extent thanks. I wanted to know if you verbally instructed your left brain hemisphere to become more active during sleep to induce lucids. This is what the first post is describing and entirely different to clicking the amygdalas. It is interesting that you had multiple lucids just by clicking your amygdalas and not by following the instructions in the first post of this thread. Your post is not boring, on the contrary it is very interesting and exciting

@Vortaix: That is so cool how you did that! So you said you were like, completely aware? I wanna try that.

Could you possibly explain a little bit more on how you did it?

What can you accomplish by stimulating the amygdalas?

Originally Posted by Avalanche

What can you accomplish by stimulating the amygdalas?

Click on the following link: Frontal Lobes Supercharge

It seems it can also be used to induce lucids as described by Vortaix.

Sounds interesting I think I will try that and after it I will try to slip back to a dream with a DEILD which I also wanted to try out.
Wish me luck .

I tried this technique last night, hoping to break my dryspell but instead i got very vivid dreams and very fun too.One of them was how i was volunteering for the Vietnam War and i become a field medic.It was crazy!. Going to try it next night too!

Like Bob40 I again had incredibly vivid dreams last night. This level of vividness is very unusual for me. So much so that I was fully awake when the natural awakenings occured at the end of my REM periods throughout the night.

Normally I am completely unaware of these awakenings unless I have very vivid dreams. This did offer the opportunity to induce DEILD's but because I moved immediately upon these awakenings that unfortunately destroyed my attempts.

Instructing my left hemisphere to become more active during dreams is affecting my dreams and although I haven't had a full DILD yet it nonetheless indirectly offered me enhanced opportunities to have lucid dreams last night with DEILD's.

You know what ?
The moment when i REALLY started laughing, is when i finished watching this video Supercharge Your Brain - YouTube

You can stimulate the amygdalas just by laughing (i think) .. But really, try it now, (its super easy), just imagine tickling them with a feather (imagine the sensation too) .. You should get a positive happy feeling, laugh, or so...

When you do it, do some ADA, you will see that ADA will BOOOOST so much, you will be aware every 3-4 secs.. your thoughts wont wander, you will be focused on reality so much, that when you go to sleep, it will carry on to your dreams..

Enjoy, and good luck.

dang I didn't get lucid...(maybe I fell asleep too fast - I don't even remember if I stimulated the left brain or not...but I tried to!)
but I really had crazy vivid dreams. guess what, I had shared dream with my friend in school

So how do I pop my amygdala?

Yeah, I'm still having trouble with it. It's taking me longer than it should. The only thing I've really been able to feel was a very mild warm feeling, but maybe I'm just feeling that because that's what I expect to happen.

Originally Posted by Vortaix

You know what ?
The moment when i REALLY started laughing, is when i finished watching this video Supercharge Your Brain - YouTube

You can stimulate the amygdalas just by laughing (i think) .. But really, try it now, (its super easy), just imagine tickling them with a feather (imagine the sensation too) .. You should get a positive happy feeling, laugh, or so...

When you do it, do some ADA, you will see that ADA will BOOOOST so much, you will be aware every 3-4 secs.. your thoughts wont wander, you will be focused on reality so much, that when you go to sleep, it will carry on to your dreams..

Enjoy, and good luck.

Amygdala 'clicking' hasn't altered my lucid dreaming skills as my DILD ability hasn't increased in the last year of amygdala clicking. However, the thechnique of instructing the entire left hemisphere of my brain to become more active during dreams has so far had an effect on my dreams, as reported by a couple of people here. I am not discounting the validity of your success but both techniques may be successful for some and not for others.

Originally Posted by Windhover@

dang I didn't get lucid...(maybe I fell asleep too fast - I don't even remember if I stimulated the left brain or not...but I tried to!)
but I really had crazy vivid dreams. guess what, I had shared dream with my friend in school

I too have not only been experiencing a great increase in dream vividness but also the nature of my dreams are becoming very bizarre. I have been reading the last couple of days that our dreams are formed from the memories stored in the right hemisphere of our brains. The left hemisphere stores different types of memories than the right hemisphere. It may be that instructing the left hemisphere to become more active somehow incorporates these different types of memories creating the extra craziness that you describe and I have experienced.

Originally Posted by Avalanche

So how do I pop my amygdala?

Read the opening post in this thread and follow the link there.

Originally Posted by Sydney

Yeah, I'm still having trouble with it. It's taking me longer than it should. The only thing I've really been able to feel was a very mild warm feeling, but maybe I'm just feeling that because that's what I expect to happen.

It is a result. I often feel just this same feeling when I tickle my amygdalas.

What is this sorcery? I read that link in the first post and within 2 seconds of trying out the instructions I got a little wave of nice feeling. I actually smiled, first time today. This is really cool.

and now I can't get it to work again.
What gives?

Originally Posted by Avalanche

What is this sorcery? I read that link in the first post and within 2 seconds of trying out the instructions I got a little wave of nice feeling. I actually smiled, first time today. This is really cool.

and now I can't get it to work again.
What gives?

HaHa (sorcery)

Keep practicing.

I'll tell you what, I do love brains.

I also like the idea of stimulating the brain before bed, do you know by what causes the frontal lobe to become inactive?

Originally Posted by Arch

I'll tell you what, I do love brains.

I also like the idea of stimulating the brain before bed, do you know by what causes the frontal lobe to become inactive?

It's not exactly the frontal lobes but the left hemisphere becomes almost dormant during dreams, from the research I have done.

EDIT: The cause, Im still going through the research material.

I am unable to do it again. It only worked the first time and I have tried about three times over the following 24 hours with no luck.
Is there some kind of long recovery period or what now?