Just check this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGww_...rawfUM4HCxMJuA
This guy comes up with a good idea, imo, but not really new.. Thoughts ?
edit: 400 hundred posts of mine..nice !
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Just check this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGww_...rawfUM4HCxMJuA
This guy comes up with a good idea, imo, but not really new.. Thoughts ?
edit: 400 hundred posts of mine..nice !
Can't do it laying down...seriously?
I have a disability that makes it impossible to sit up in bed especially when alone in the middle of the night...very nice tutorial but I would like an explanation as to why laying down "will not work" or an alternative.
Yup, he doesn't say much more but i think it is just because it requires more willpower and so intention gets stronger. But supine meditation is also meditation, so i would do it. You can try to ask him on YT.
So, WBTB + autosuggestion. I'D RATHER USE MILD.
lol, Nakid means being "complanative-negative-grumpy" in arabic
I think this technique emphasizes the importance of micro WBTBs. But having to wake up and sit on bed for 15 minutes every sleep cycle, itīs discouraging.
I think simply writing down on DJ and then falling asleep with some awareness might be quite as effective, or even better because you are backing up your dreams.
I find a long WBTB much better than a few minutes. Why not do an hour WBTB if you can? It gives more awareness.
After 5 months of LD practice, I find I really dislike being awake at night. I'd rather be dreaming. So I do my awareness work during the day. And as VagalTone says, just record dreams and head right back to sleep at night, unless I'm trying a classical WILD, which I do only once in a while (since....I dislike losing sleep!). Just journaling for a few minutes gets me very awake, especially at about the 5-6 hour mark, so getting up for more doesn't seem to help. Everyone's different, an hour does not necessarily mean more awareness than 5 minutes, not for everybody at least. That's the point of the micro-WBTB: stay up only enough so that you still can fall back to sleep, and raise awareness at the same time.
oh ok. I need a long WBTB so I would become aware. An hour, then MILD. It seems to work for me. I am almost gonna hit the 5 month mark! Now I am full power practicing. I took this month off to study LDing so I can continue with confidence, and now I am confident.
Question: If I keep practicing, for years, will I reach the LD each night status? Or are some people unable to do that? Sorry off-topic, but it's bin haunting me!
Know you *will*, and that it won't take years. Set incremental, reachable, but aggressive goals each month, and constantly re-evaluate and re-set new goals. LaBerge writes that goal setting is proven incredibly powerful for mental performance. Heck, just look at the DV competitions (next one coming up!), tons of people (including me) get huge spikes to lucid frequency during those. Try to capture that "competition" feeling on an ongoing basis! Keep burning those LD-inducing neural pathways, and they will come more frequently, longer, more stable, etc. KNOW it.