Problems with lucidity

I have been following a number of guides and found that MILD is the best technique for me. Following Naiya's MIld guide thoroughly tends to guarantee me a very vivid dream; but that's it. In all my dreams, I'm never aware I'm dreaming. No matter how many times I record my dreams in my DJ or spend hours thinking I'm going to lucid dream only seems to induce vivid dreams. What else should I do? Is sleeping late preventing me from being lucid?

I've been doing this for weeks and all I have achieved is better quality of dreams. The closest thing I had to lucidity was eating candy. It tasted so real, but I never felt full. I have been reading many guides but none of them have been close to initiating lucidity for me. What should I do?

You have to remember that everyone takes a different amount of time to get themselves to lucidity. How can you be sure MILD is the best technique for you if you haven't gotten lucid from it yet?

Remember that guides are just that, guides, not a rulebook or a step by step tutorial. Everybody is different, so you have to experiment to find what's best for you. Just don't give up easily, whatever you do :)

Okay thanks. I just tried MILD again and I just experienced sleep paralysis . It was rather scary but I decided to wait it out. I didn't fall into the dream world even though I tried imagining it. Does sleep paralysis mean I'm close to lucid dreaming?

Hey, what do you mean the closest thing you have had to an LD is eating candy? Being lucid is just knowing that you are dreaming inside a dream, nothing more, nothing less.