Thread: How to create a DILD method!

I'm a bit confused xD After reading, this is what I've understand of it (let me know if I got it wrong):

A Subconscious Primer is something that you do to check if you are in a dream or not.

By that definition, a Subconscious Primer is simply a Reality Check.

Awareness is created when the Subconscious Primer results in confirmation that a person is in a dream.

So awareness here is a product of a reality check. Since you didn't define awareness in itself, I can only assume you're reffering to one of these 2 types of awareness definition:

- Awareness that you one is dreaming: in which case awareness is another word for lucidity;
- Awareness as a introspective state that allows you to self-monitor yourself and the reality around you.

Problems with your perspective:

1.- How can you expect the unexpected?

You can't. If you expect the unexpected then it is no longer the unexpected so you know not to expect it which means you dont expect it so you cant expect the unexpected.

2. if you're using the first definition of awareness (or something that resembles it), you're essentially stating you become lucid after doing a reality check. While this may be true, most times you're already lucid (enough) when you make a reality check, which if you recall, is a confirmation action, not an action that marks the beginning of lucidity (in the overwhelming majority of cases).

3. If you're using the second definition of awareness (or something that resembles it), then awareness always kicks in after the reality check. This is what happens with DILD that result from techniques like dream signs, MILD, etc, but it doesn't account for many other techniques, like Tholey's, ADA, subconscious cues that lead to lucidity, or simple awareness. Therefore, you can't say awareness is a product of reality checking, because it can (and does!) occur before it. Awareness usually kicks in before confirmation (the RC).

4. You're not taking into account the role of subconscious perception. Many people think DILD is a result of X technique, like from doing a reality check or remembering that you are dreaming, but many times all that really happens is that a certain cue is processed without you being aware and you're directed to the thought of "maybe I'm dreaming". This is especially true for things like MILD/intention technique: it's not always simple to determine what exactly make you recall your intention of becoming lucid.

PS: when you say DILD method, are you talking about DILD itself (the method), or a technique within it (like MILD/ADA, RC, etc)?