It seems like a lot of lucid dreaming beginners focus a lot on WILD techniques, and I have always been a bit skeptical about that. |
|
It seems like a lot of lucid dreaming beginners focus a lot on WILD techniques, and I have always been a bit skeptical about that. |
|
Stephen LaBerge's Full Seminar in Russia, 1998
Стивен Лаберж - Осознанные сновидения. Весь семинар 1998.
^^ I agree. WILD is a delicate balance that for most people takes quite a bit of time to master, and "mastery" at WILD seems to largely mean "it works for me some of the time," not "lucid dreaming on demand." From anecdotal evidence, it seems to me that even very experienced LDers who can DILD a lot (at least several per week let's say) have a fairly low success rate at WILD. |
|
FryingMan's Unified Theory of Lucid Dreaming: Pay Attention, Reflect, Recall -- Both Day and Night[link]
FryingMan's Dream Recall Tips -- Awesome Links
“No amount of security is worth the suffering of a mediocre life chained to a routine that has killed your dreams.”
"...develop stability in awareness and your dreams will change in extraordinary ways" -- TYoDaS
The irony is that most of my DILDs still come from failed WILD attempts. |
|
Check your memory, did any suprising event happpen ? does the present make sense ? visualize what you will do when lucid, and how. Reality check as reminder of your intention to lucid dream tonight. Sleep as good as you can; when going to sleep, relax and invite whatever comes with curiosity. Grab your dream journal immediately as you awake and write everything you can recall (if only when you wake up for good). Keep calm, positive and persistent, and don't forget to have fun along the way
Nothing surprising about that: the effort sets strong intention, and puts your mind firmly on the subject of lucid dreaming, and usually involves being awake (WBTB), and gathering awareness....all recipes for lucid dreaming! |
|
FryingMan's Unified Theory of Lucid Dreaming: Pay Attention, Reflect, Recall -- Both Day and Night[link]
FryingMan's Dream Recall Tips -- Awesome Links
“No amount of security is worth the suffering of a mediocre life chained to a routine that has killed your dreams.”
"...develop stability in awareness and your dreams will change in extraordinary ways" -- TYoDaS
Check your memory, did any suprising event happpen ? does the present make sense ? visualize what you will do when lucid, and how. Reality check as reminder of your intention to lucid dream tonight. Sleep as good as you can; when going to sleep, relax and invite whatever comes with curiosity. Grab your dream journal immediately as you awake and write everything you can recall (if only when you wake up for good). Keep calm, positive and persistent, and don't forget to have fun along the way
Well you know, that does make a lot of sense! I wouldn't do only WILDs, and I wouldn't get frustrated if they didn't work, but trying them once in a while certainly can be helpful. It does teach a lot about how one experiences the process of falling asleep. |
|
Last edited by FryingMan; 05-31-2014 at 08:55 AM.
FryingMan's Unified Theory of Lucid Dreaming: Pay Attention, Reflect, Recall -- Both Day and Night[link]
FryingMan's Dream Recall Tips -- Awesome Links
“No amount of security is worth the suffering of a mediocre life chained to a routine that has killed your dreams.”
"...develop stability in awareness and your dreams will change in extraordinary ways" -- TYoDaS
It really depends on the individual. It is not much about being a beginner or not, but it is a matter of being able to archive a few steps: |
|
I agree with VagalTone. |
|
If you only have the skills to do so you can experience anything you can imagine as real.
It's not that bad if you have a good tutorials within your hands |
|
I'm back! Again? Uhhh..
Thanks for your answers. |
|
Last edited by Laurelindo; 06-08-2014 at 03:44 PM.
Stephen LaBerge's Full Seminar in Russia, 1998
Стивен Лаберж - Осознанные сновидения. Весь семинар 1998.
I actually think WILD is one of the easier methods; all you have to do is time your wake up and then lie there and wait for a dream to come along. As long as you don't move around and focus on something to keep your brain aware there's no wrong way to go about it, eventually you will get into a dream. |
|
Last edited by Memm; 06-10-2014 at 08:12 AM.
Ok. so as a beginner myself I have tried WILD for a while and haven't gotten anywhere. I personally would go with WBTB mixed with MILD for a beginner. Plus I think if you right off the bat started with WILD you might experience some frightening things with it which might discourage you from lucid dreaming all together. |
|
Bookmarks