What's the easiest way to attain lucidity ??

So I am new to trying to have lucid dreams. I have been able to attain lucidity before but that was when I wasn't trying. Haha just my luck. Anyway. I do checks through out the day to see if I am dreaming and before bed I meditate then while falling asleep I always tell myself "I WILL HAVE A LUCID DREAM" then I count from 100 down until I fall asleep. I know this takes practice and have been reading alot on lucid dreaming but I was wondering if anyone had advice on what helps them or what might be good for someone new to LD. Thanks guys

You can choose from 2 main induction techniques. WILD - wake initiated LD and DILD - dream initiated.

In WILD, you basically fall asleep, while you keep your mind aware, untill dream forms and you can enter it.
In DILD, you fall asleep normally and once dreaming, you realize you dreaming and become lucid.

Please check out classes in DV Academy, they will help you pick. But in general, DILD is recommended to start with. Happy dreams:alien:

Thanks. I have checked that out. So to my understanding while falling asleep I have my eyes closed and I try to keep my mind active until I feel a "blanket" start to creep over my body and I hear a humming or something but I just count from 100 down. Should I focus on something different? Keep my eyes open? When I'm about to fall asleep do I open my eyes? It seems like I just am asleep and them I sleep like I have been for the last 19 years. This is all like foreign to me

For WILD it's pretty rare to get successful while falling asleep at normal sleeping time because you most of time fall asleep into NREM at that time. I suggest using WILD with WBTB or with naps, counting might work well if it keeps you aware but not awake, you can also use mantras or visualization, though the best anchor you have to find by yourself through trial and error because it varies from person to person. :zzz:
If you don't want or can't do WBTB or naps i would suggest to go with DILD or MILD.

Personally all of my lucid dreams have been DILD's, but WILD's and DEILD's are just as effective but take more time to learn and practice.

Ok thanks. I usually go to bed same time every night and I have a alarm set for 4 hours into my sleep. I just feel like it will be easier for me to do this because once I am having a dream I usually don't notice it's a dream I just get wrapped up into it. But like you said it's alot of trial and error. And I have plenty of time form practice. I mean what else am I doing that's so important while falling asleep? Haha

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Originally Posted by TheBlackSloth

...I have a alarm set for 4 hours into my sleep.

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Your trial and error will also be in the timing of your alarm. Everybody's REM cycles happen at different times throughout the night, and you might want to play around with different times to wake up to see how it affects your own progress and lucidity. A good indicator is whether or not the alarm is waking you up from a dream or not. If you are being woken from a dream then you are in REM stages of sleep, and you want to set your alarm for the beginnings of these stages so you can catch them out easily.

Play around with your alarm clock times to find the time that best suits you to wake up. Good luck!

Taking an afternoon nap is usually when I have had some LD's, I think it has something to do with the amount of light in my room at the time. I think sometimes that if we try too hard to do something, it won't happen; which is to say that if we aren't trying, then it might not happen at all. In short, try and not try at the same time. Ha! Try to manage that!

Not sure, but it probably involves some sort of acronym.

DILD requires the least preparation and is the most common way to LD. Even if you fail to DILD, you have a chance to get a lucid via DEILD, which is probably the third common technique, but it probably would take a long time to get used to not moving or not opening your eyes when waking up.