Thread: My personal method of becoming lucid. If anyone is interested.

Originally Posted by FryingMan

Try adding a mental anchor, the motion may not hold enough of your awareness to carry over into the dream. (That's WILD, in a nutshell: fall asleep with a mental anchor, like a mantra, counting, anything to maintain a pearl of awareness along with you into the dream).

Hi FryingMan, thanks for the reply. I will try to focus into something with more dedication... the truth is that I tried imagining the movement with songs a couple times, as I read on this thread, but also I suddenly realize that I stopped both singing and imagining movement and I'm already onto something else...

Counting sounds good I guess...

Originally Posted by Irreo

Hi FryingMan, thanks for the reply. I will try to focus into something with more dedication... the truth is that I tried imagining the movement with songs a couple times, as I read on this thread, but also I suddenly realize that I stopped both singing and imagining movement and I'm already onto something else...

Counting sounds good I guess...

It's important to realize that just thinking about the motion isn't enough. You really need to visualise and feel the action as vividly as possible. Whenever I am imagining myself running, I just don't think about the action, I try to imagine how it feels. How the grass beneath my feet feels as I take each step, the wind in my hair, the occasional plant hitting against my leg. It needs to feel as realistic as possible.

Originally Posted by fogelbise

Nice, straight-forward WILD technique(or DILD or DEILD)! I have tried some repetitive motions after reading ideas from Sivason (I think) but I have had the most success when I am already at the door of the dream or possibly already dreaming and definitely when in the void. I imagine that chances go up with better self-awareness, but chances should also go up with something as simple as practicing by visualizing the technique during the day. Perhaps visualize the clapping (or chosen rhythmic action) while visualizing it feeling real and visualize "realizing" it is a dream and practice what you will do next (allowing yourself to get a little excited, but not too excited, at all you can do in your next lucid) so that you don't miss it when the real thing comes...so that you don't continue into a non-lucid dream. What do you think Harionago?

I think anything like this would help. In a way you are sort of using it as a RC too, which is always a good thing.