Thread: How MILD Really Works

Something I didn't mention in the original post but is everywhere in MILD tutorials is the use of WBTB. Obviously using mnemonics after waking up is better than going to bed since when you first go to bed your next proper length dream is maybe ~3 to 4 hours away but if you wake up after 5 or 6 hours your next dream is only 1-40 minutes away, so there is less of a chance that you'll stop thinking about wrestling Godzilla in that time due to other thoughts (in the mnemotechnics world this is known as interference, when similar memories get jumbled up and you lose the one that you wanted, which is why when you are memorising something you try to make the visualisation unique, I didn't think this was worth mentioning for lucidity since it has more to do with memory techniques and is unlikely to happen in MILD)

The topic of WBTB is everywhere anyway so I'm keeping this to just the mnemonic part of MILD, but it's worth a reminder. Don't want to talk about everything in MILD since there are more than enough topics on the overall technique as it is, mostly I just want to unravel the mystery of the "mnemonic" word.

A lot of people have the notion that MILD is about having some kind of "conversation" with your subconsciousness, but it's really just the simple idea of trying not to forget something, which in this case is that you wanted to stay on the lookout for a dream. The dream world will try its hardest to make you forget and be generally unaware and you have to try your hardest to stay aware and not forget; a strong mnemonic that follows the mnemotechnic "rules" is a lot more likely to succeed.