Practicing SSILD and MILD for 30 days

As i was satisfied of practicing SSILD for 30 days and i got good results on dream recall and vividness, i want to practice SSILD with MILD for another 30 days to achieve constant LDs.

I think by gradually increasing the awareness everyday, having LD is not determined by chance any more and it would be more predictable.

every one is welcome to join!!!!:):):)

the technique:
1- doing the SSILD cycles
2- after each 2 to 3 cycles, we should think about a dream we had before and then we visualize we are lucid in that dream.
3- we continue step 1 and 2 until we fall sleep.

to prevent falling sleep prematurely, you can raise your arm and do the step 1 and 2 and 3. Then allow your arm to fall and do some extra cycles and then sleep.

good luck:D

Huh, what a coincidence, I just came up with more or less the same thing.

The problem for MILD with me is that the combination of visualisation and affirmation prevents me from falling asleep if I try to maintain it constantly/actively. But MILD works best if your intent is the last thing on your mind when you fall asleep. So I thought, why not integrate it into SSILD cycles, which counteracts insomnia? This way I have found that I can keep up my MILD affirmation right up to falling asleep (rather than doing it actively for a while and then giving up so I can fall asleep).

SSILD used to keep me awake, too. Hoo boy did I have insomnia when I first started MILD and SSILD. Visualizing "hard" wakes me up. The key (for us easy-to-wake-up-ers) is doing it in a very relaxed mindset, try making the affirmations and visualizations "softer and softer" as you breath and sink into drowsiness.

If you stay awake by doing SSILD or MILD then as i am sure you know, you should do the SSILD in a lazy manner. that's the only key for SSILD. I only do MILD when i am close to pass out....because if i do it while i am still awake, then it is really hard to fall sleep. beside, my mind would wander a lot before i fall sleep so i fail to take the messages of MILD into sleep.

Day 1=

ohhhh....the vividness and longevity of my dreams are abusing me....i was cleaning a house for 30 minutes and i remember every details of how i cleaned every window and the floor. no no no....i don't like it in this way.LOL
I had a false awakening at the last 5 minutes of my sleep too. but no LD.

FA= 1

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Originally Posted by yaya

If you stay awake by doing SSILD or MILD then as i am sure you know, you should do the SSILD in a lazy manner. that's the only key for SSILD. I only do MILD when i am close to pass out....because if i do it while i am still awake, then it is really hard to fall sleep. beside, my mind would wander a lot before i fall sleep so i fail to take the messages of MILD into sleep.

Day 1=

ohhhh....the vividness and longevity of my dreams are abusing me....i was cleaning a house for 30 minutes and i remember every details of how i cleaned every window and the floor. no no no....i don't like it in this way.LOL
I had a false awakening at the last 5 minutes of my sleep too. but no LD.

FA= 1

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haha great. I had a more fun 30 minute super vivid dream last night. Only one small part of it was focused on a miraculous new cleaner that had been "discovered" :). I wish you more interesting dreams in the future!

Ok Ill join. I used ssild, but didn't have too much lucids. However, I did have great dream recall and awareness. I've been using mild lately, which has given me better luck. So I think that mild and SSILD would result in high awarrness and good dream incubation. This of course equals lucidity.:chuckle:so count me in

Day 1

I tried the technique after 5 hours of sleep, but I just fell asleep without getting far in ssild. I didn't even get to dream incubation, which is the mild part.

LD:0

Day 2=

A new experience in my dream was that i noticed strange things.

FA=1

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Originally Posted by FryingMan

haha great. I had a more fun 30 minute super vivid dream last night. Only one small part of it was focused on a miraculous new cleaner that had been "discovered" :). I wish you more interesting dreams in the future!

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Well it was my turn for boring dreams last night -- including cleaning up the long breakfast table of my apparently very large family. Everybody was leaving the table without even taking their plates and I yelled at them to at least take their plates away... :)

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Originally Posted by FryingMan

Well it was my turn for boring dreams last night -- including cleaning up the long breakfast table of my apparently very large family. Everybody was leaving the table without even taking their plates and I yelled at them to at least take their plates away... :)

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Ahahaha!!! Looool....I understand how ugly you felt after you woke up. I hope no one see such abusing dreams ever. Dream characters have gone cruel these days....kkkkkkk.

Ah I have been meaning to get back into LDing for a while now. This seems like just the thing that would be perfect for that. I can collect some quality data off of this and even compare it to you guys! (I am a bit of a nerd when it comes to this kind of stuf. I just love to collect data and find patterns, try out different stuff and see how it affects the number, stuff like that :D)

Anyway, is there any particular guide to SSILD or MILD you guys use/recommend? MILD is the technique that has shown the most results for me out of all of them. Though I have only tried SSILD once or twice with no result at all, only to give up.

Either way, I'll study some on the matter and try it out with you guys!

And of course a bit 'ol good luck to y'all!:laughhard:

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Originally Posted by MrPriority

Ah I have been meaning to get back into LDing for a while now. This seems like just the thing that would be perfect for that. I can collect some quality data off of this and even compare it to you guys! (I am a bit of a nerd when it comes to this kind of stuf. I just love to collect data and find patterns, try out different stuff and see how it affects the number, stuff like that :D)

Anyway, is there any particular guide to SSILD or MILD you guys use/recommend? MILD is the technique that has shown the most results for me out of all of them. Though I have only tried SSILD once or twice with no result at all, only to give up.

Either way, I'll study some on the matter and try it out with you guys!

And of course a bit 'ol good luck to y'all!:laughhard:

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In my case, i use the typical SSILD method introduced by CosmicIron

actually as i don't do dream journaling, SSILD can replace it as it make me to remember my dreams with high quality. I don't think SSILD alone can do much help to get lucid, at least for me.

my MILD method is just a simple suggestion plus by imagining i am lucid in my last dream. sometimes i can't believe i could be lucid in that complex environment of my last dream. so i think i have found my weak point....he he he...

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day 3=

As i had to wake up soon to go somewhere, i only slept for 3.5 hours...of course nothing can happen in this little amount of time (maybe when pigs fly).
But i can remember 2 long dreams as i did my practices before bed. Not bad at all....

I'm generally using DILD and a bit of MILD at the moment, but mixing SSILD and MILD together sounds like an excellent idea. I get insomnia sometimes and SSILD helps me get to sleep quickly! It also gave me an excellent lucid last December. I'll give this a try. My DILD day time work would effect the outcome, but posting results might be good for my motivation, so I'll post if I remember!

(Plus I've heard SSILD increases dream recall and vividness and I really need that at the moment.) :)

Day 2

No LD and also terrible dream recall.mits been like this for the last week, so I think I'm a on a dryspell.

LD:0

Day 1

It was a hot night but I managed to get to sleep by doing the cycles, though I noticed in the first half of it I was doing the cycles "too hard" instead of going for the lazy approach. I did MILD before doing the cycles (just a dream recall mantra) as MILD can sometimes keep me awake. I did SSILD before going to bed and when I woke naturally in the morning. Remembered three dreams but no lucids yet. Ah, I'm happy for the recall after such a long dry spell!

Day 3

Well I got a good night rest,moist the only problem in that in never did the cycles. I forgot to set an alarm clock.

LD:3

Day 4
I can notice strange things in my dreams easily and ask them how and why but I didn't get lucid
I had another FA tooI

Day 2

I went to bed late straight after watching a movie so I didn't bother with cycles. I just felt really tired and needed to catch up on lost sleep.

I got lucid this morning after one attempt at this method, and the relaxed/lazy manner of doing SSILD is really what makes this work (from my experience at least). What I tried was using mostly affirmation/mantra and some very light visualization, since focusing on a visualization will keep me from sleeping. A few minutes after I became lucid, the dream was sort of cut off by a FA, which I believed was an actual awakening. There were huge signs that it was still a dream, yet somehow they I didn't question anything at all right after becoming lucid without anything, instead just suddenly knowing "I'm dreaming."

Sorry that this probably doesn't help much, I just thought I'd join. :)

Day 5=
I noticed 2 strange things but I didn't RC to get Lucid
as I woke up to remember my dreams, I saw sparkles of pink light and it was like a DEILD attempt and they stopped as I loose my focus .

day 6=
while doing the cycles, i was very close to experience WILD. i felt circulation of energy and movement of my body plus hearing strange sounds....but no LD.

Day 7=
Strange dreams plus feeling of being awake in my dream environment.
I am really thirsty of an LD......

So far no LD's for me. I have had 2 FA's in the last couple of days and I am starting to remember more and more dreams. So progress! I am thirsty of an LD too :)

mild + ssild sounds like an interesting combo. so if i'm doing short cycles 6 times and long cycles 3 times, i visualize being lucid after every 3 cycles i complete along with an affirmation? how does "i am aware i'm dreaming" sound? ssild also tends to keep me up as well.

I forgot to do the cycles so I don't count this day.

Day 8=
I had a nap and when i woke up, i experienced an out of body experience (OBE)....Although i was light and i could hear the echo of my breathing (sounds like another person was breathing after me....weird!). i tried to sit but i was stuck in my body. i was in that situation for 2 minuets then i tried to actually sit and did an RC but i was awake...

sooooo, i had a semi OBE!!!! That's far good after a long dry spell.

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2 FA
2 semi WILD
1 semi OBE

Day 9=
Nothing but stupid dreams!!! I was cooking inside the toilet! Oh no.....

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Originally Posted by yaya

Day 9=
Nothing but stupid dreams!!! I was cooking inside the toilet! Oh no.....

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MMMmmmm soup for dinner!

I'm joining this test again. Im going to start all over from day 1 though.

Day 10=

a new event is that when i do this technique, i wake up motionless.... then i try to do DEILD, but nothing happens and i fall sleep like a bear.

Wow really interesting. I'm going to give this a try and post my results.

Day 1

I'm facing the same problem that I always do. I can't stay up for the mild and ssild. I get up and try to visualize, but it's so hard. I think it's because it's a lot of work to do when I just wake up. I eventually fall asleep after trying for a little while.

LD:0

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Originally Posted by LDleader

Day 1

I'm facing the same problem that I always do. I can't stay up for the mild and ssild. I get up and try to visualize, but it's so hard. I think it's because it's a lot of work to do when I just wake up. I eventually fall asleep after trying for a little while.

LD:0

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you can do the cycles when you sit on your bed....then lie and so some cycles and then sleep. I hope it helps you....

Day 11=

nothing more than vivid dreams....i just remember more detailed works i do in dreams. i think i have the same problem with this method as i had with ADA. it only increases the awareness of my surrounding and their details but not my self awareness...so i need to modify this technique a little bit. I want to do RC every 1 hour too (i mean not too much....just to increase a little self awareness).

Day 12=
As I mentioned yesterday, I started RC too. I did RC only every hour with full awareness of questioning the reality. Then when I did the cycles and MILD, I fell asleep. In my dreams, I questions the reality 3 times and every time I was disappointed to do an RC as I was sure it was the real life and only a fool thinks it's a dream.....so I messed the opportunity to become lucid for 3 times!!!!

Also I had 2 false awakening before 2 of them.

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FA=4
2 semi WILD
1 semi OBE
3 missed LD

Day 2

Thanks to Yaya's advice I was able to do the full technique. However I didn't get lucid. I'm going to try to do my wbtb later on in the morning. Ive recently been getting 5 hrs of sleep befor I do a wbtb, but now I'm going with 6 hrs. Also I had a FA.

LD:0

day 13=
I only had strange dreams....i dreamed i gave birth to 3 birds!!!.....and then i gave them seeds and took them everywhere....that's the most ridicules dream i have ever seen in my life!!!!

Day 14=
Finally an LD!!!!!:rolllaugh:
I had a long LD during a nap using these techniques. I became lucid out of nowhere.
I intentionally ended the LD in order to remember what I had experienced.

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LD=1
Semi wild=2
Semi OBE=1
FA=4
Missed LD=3

Day 3

I have finally gotten lucid from 2 weeks of only normL dreams:). The dream wasn't the greatest, but it was still great.

LD:1

Day 15=
I only slept for 4 hours so nothing special happened. I continue RC every hour.

Day 4

No LD. I did the visualization, but fell asleep part way throught the ssild.

LD:1

Day 16=

No LD too....just super vivid dreams but a little scary...some one has died and her blood was spread through the window of our building...:paranoid:

Day 5

So dam close to a LD. So I was in dream then I noticed something strange. I was questioning everything about where I was, and then I decided to do a reality check. Then right when I did it and I was lucid, my alarm went off. :thumbdown2: I'm gonna count the LD for this thread because overall the technique worked.

LD:2

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Originally Posted by LDleader

Day 5

So dam close to a LD. So I was in dream then I noticed something strange. I was questioning everything about where I was, and then I decided to do a reality check. Then right when I did it and I was lucid, my alarm went off. :thumbdown2: I'm gonna count the LD for this thread because overall the technique worked.

LD:2

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Oh I know how you felt after that alarm messed with your LD!

Day 17=
Just vivid dreams. But I always wake up after doing this technique, but I never RC as I feel too lazy when I am close to fall sleep. So I might have missed many FAs!!!!!!!

Day 6

Well... The thing about to day is that I didn't have any dreams to become lucid in. For some reason I had a random insomnia episode. On got 3 hours of sleep. The worst part is that I felt wide awake in bed, but now since I started my daily routine I feel sooooo tired.:cantsleep:

LD:2

Day 18=
Just vivid dreams!

Day 6

Just vivid dreams but no lucids.

LD:2

day 19=

I only slept for 4 hours...! but i had super stupid dreams....i was cleaning a man's diaper.....:cackle:

Day 7

I didn't do the technique because I was so tired. I think that some nights I should try fild, and if that fails then I will go on to mild and ssild.

LD:2

day 20=

I had an FA again after i woke up. I thought i am awake and i sat on my bed.....then i found myself lied in bed....

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LD=1
Semi wild=2
Semi OBE=1
FA= 5
Missed LD=3

Day 7

No ld, but vivid dreams. It's so hard to do the cycels. I start with the visualization, and get past that, but when I start SSILD I alseep in seconds.

LD:2

Day 21=
long vivid nightmares....i was in a car which was near to fall into the valley....:shakehead:

Day 7

No LD today.
LD:2

Day 22=
I had semi_OBE again. I woke up and I felt I am too light and I heard a phone is ringing. But when I woke up for real, that phone ring disappeared.

LD= 1
Semi obe= 2
Semi_wild= 2
FA=5
Missed OBE= 3

Day 23=
Nothing special but vivid dreams. I have to mention that I never do the cycles after each time I wake up so it can potentially decrease my LD chance.

day 24=
it was the first time i had such a vivid dream!

Day 25=
Better than yesterday.

You guys don't seem to be doing so well after all those attempts.. <.<
Perhaps stop for a moment and try to find what might be stopping youse from gaining lucidity?

you are right mimihigurashi!
I think the combination of SSILD and MILD is not very good, at least for me....but it could change the foundation of my believe that i CAN be a lucid dreamer. previously although i could have LD nearly at will by methods such as CrazyInsane WILD method which is performed by alarm but i always deeply doubted that i can be a lucid dreamer and i was lucid only if i used many alarms (every 15 minutes) which gave me LD but also headaches....

at least now, i can accept that LD is not that hard which is a gift of doing MILD. SSILD is doing well for me and day by day, my awareness inside the dreams and also the clarity and vividness of my dreams is increasing.

So LD itself is not important for me now (as i can easily have it by other methods which also disturb my sleep cycle and bring headache to me). I am looking for a method which can gradually build my awareness step by step so i can be a real lucid dreamer without much effort! I think also i didn't have much success with MILD and SSILD but i think i am on the right path to fundamentally change my subconscious to have LD with ease....


In my case, most of my LDs are results of methods which are very similar to DEILD, so after this 30 days, i wish to start practicing SSILD with DEILD.

day 26=
I was too tired to do the cycles but at least i did the MILD part.

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Originally Posted by yaya

you are right mimihigurashi!
I think the combination of SSILD and MILD is not very good, at least for me....but it could change the foundation of my believe that i CAN be a lucid dreamer. previously although i could have LD nearly at will by methods such as CrazyInsane WILD method which is performed by alarm but i always deeply doubted that i can be a lucid dreamer and i was lucid only if i used many alarms (every 15 minutes) which gave me LD but also headaches....

at least now, i can accept that LD is not that hard which is a gift of doing MILD. SSILD is doing well for me and day by day, my awareness inside the dreams and also the clarity and vividness of my dreams is increasing.

So LD itself is not important for me now (as i can easily have it by other methods which also disturb my sleep cycle and bring headache to me). I am looking for a method which can gradually build my awareness step by step so i can be a real lucid dreamer without much effort! I think also i didn't have much success with MILD and SSILD but i think i am on the right path to fundamentally change my subconscious to have LD with ease....


In my case, most of my LDs are results of methods which are very similar to DEILD, so after this 30 days, i wish to start practicing SSILD with DEILD.

day 26=
I was too tired to do the cycles but at least i did the MILD part.

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I see, if vividness is increasing, that's good, though one thing I'd like to point out.. You say you want to LD via other methods than WILD to kind of prove to yourself that you can be a 'real' lucid dreamer? That sounds great but doesn't failing to get lucid with the same techniques after trying many times have a negative effect on your confidence? I know it would have an effect on mine.. Confidence plays a big role in success at LDing, and usually when you don't manage to get lucid after trying hard, your confidence drops, which in turn lessens your chances of lucidity, which in turn again decreases your confidence, you know what I mean? Like a negative loop feeding into itself. That's a dangerous thing to fall into.

Also, if you want to gradually build your awareness, why not use one of those 'methods' where you are mindful and self aware throughout the day? If you aren't doing that already. I'm pretty sure MILD and SSILD are not techniques that gradually increase your awareness in order to produce LDs. With MILD, you pretty much attempt to program your brain to recognize the dream state at some point in the very near future, it uses prospective memory, not so much awareness. As for SSILD, it's a WILD technique, the idea behind the cycles is to help you maintain a temporary awareness, long enough to transition from awake to asleep without losing consciousness, it doesn't deal with the general increased awareness that you need to recognize the dream state on a regular basis.
Of course, I could be wrong, so let me know, but this is what makes sense to me.

Oh thank you very much for your tips...

I've never felt helpless in my life as i do now....maybe i was wrong to accept to be an LDer without much effort....!
so....what should i do now?

I saw in another web site that CosmicIron (the founder of SSILD method) told (in an interview) that before he practiced SSILD, he practiced all day awareness (ADA). so maybe he had high levels of awareness that SSILD could work for him.

I have practiced ADA before only for 1 or 2 weeks and the result was amazing but i didn't continue it as i wasn't serious that time.

So can ADA and SSILD be a good combination if i put my effort on them?
Or maybe gravity RC most of the time with SSILD?

I am looking for a method which doesn't disturb my sleep. I mean not like WILD or DEILD as they only work for me if I use lots of alarms which is overwhelming!

You're welcome, glad I could help ^_^
Yeah, for most people, lucid dreaming regularly doesn't happen without a lot of work and dedication, unless you're really lucky.

About ADA.. I don't wanna discredit anyone's techniques, ADA works for some people, the problem with it is that it focuses too much on the environment and not nearly enough on the dreamer. Sageous talked about this issue here, if you want to try ADA, you should read at least Sageous' OP about it. ADA exercises the, maybe not wrong, but unideal type of awareness required for lucidity. It can increase recall and vividness which is great, but at the same time it can backfire and make the dream more realistic without triggering lucidity. Whereas with self-awareness you are mindful of where you are, what you're doing, what's going on etc, so it's easier for your mind to click that 'wait a minute, something's not right here'..
Again, not trying to discredit anything, if ADA works for you, then more power to you, I just happen to agree with the logic of awareness vs self-awareness.

I agree your opinions...those times i practiced ADA, only my dream vividness and recall have boosted but nothing special about LD...people are different...maybe ADA works best for some of them....

So what is the best method for increasing self-awareness inside the dreams? having sense of doubts about reality of my environment and doing RC every 10 minutes?
people here talk about self-awareness a lot but i am confused how to gain it? Is there a clear tutorial about it? is it equal to practices done in DILD?

Is this tutorial complete about self-awareness stuff? Naiya's DILD & WILD secrets.

thanks again for correcting me...not only i need help to correct myself but as some other people may do the practices i do here, so i don't want to misguide them too....!

Well, as with most things about LDing, I don't think there is a 'best' method, things work differently for different people. Honestly, I find it kinda hard to accurately explain self awareness, but I'll try, and I haven't found many tutorials on it either. Which is a shame because I think it's very important for both triggering and maintaining lucid dreams. Yes, doubting your current reality is good, RC every 10 minutes is a bit overkill though, lol.

So it's pretty obvious that most people sleepwalk through their day, like mindless robots, with very minimal awareness, which is obviously very bad for LDing. Ideally, we would start being mindful of our thoughts, our emotions and actions, our environments and ourselves. And by being mindful of ourselves I mean like.. take a moment and try to really feel your own presence here, right now, where you are. Become aware of your thoughts and emotions and your own sense of self. Like I said, it's hard to explain, I hope someone else can do it better.. And it might sound like too many things to do at once but it's really not, all you have to do is be a passive watcher, mindfully observing yourself.

I haven't read that tutorial before but I see it's reaaaally long, and I gotta go to bed soon, I'll read it tomorrow. Btw, I think Sageous' first WILD class talks about self-awareness, specifically those Reverse Reality Checks, those help improve it too, check it out if you want.

You could try a mixture of ADA and self awareness? ADA to increase vividness and recall, and self awareness for lucidity. There's nothing wrong with doing both, I reckon. :)

Dear mimihigurash! Thanks for your guidance! so i think it's better to start like this:
- every 30 mins, i would stop and become aware of myself....and i ask myself: where i have been some minutes ago? is my environment part of a dream? how do i know that i am awake? because when i am dreaming, i also think that i am awake...so what is the difference? how can i guarantee that now i am awake?
then i try to deeply doubt about my state in reality....then to help myself to fully realize that i am dreaming or not, i do a RC.
it may take 1 minutes....
then after 30 mins, i repeat all these procedures...

is it enough or Did i miss something here?
according to these modifications, i will start another thread to practice what we are deciding here...

Dear AstralMango!
thanks for your tip....ADA in my case works as SSILD in increasing vividness and clarity of my dreams so maybe SSILD in combination with self-awareness is equal to what you said. because SSILD is really shorter and easier than ADA, so i choose SSILD to be able to remember my dreams with full clarity. in fact, it works as dream journal for me!

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summery of these 27 days:

LD= 1
Semi obe= 2
Semi_wild= 2
FA=5
Missed OBE= 3

Gee, last night was kinda zany.. I couldn't fall asleep for two hours, I had two OBEs at 2 am, and then couldn't fall asleep for another two hours, and then almost had another one in the late morning XD I never thought I could OBE without any sleep prior.. Anyway, back on topic.

Yaya, you're welcome. That sounds like a great reality check, very thorough. It's also good if you could maintain some of that higher awareness in between the RCs too. You could make a thread about it but building awareness takes a long time, it requires consistency and the results will most likely not be visible in a few days. For most people, assuming you make a consistent effort, techniques like this start showing minor results after a few weeks, and more noticeable results after a few months. You could make a thread if you want, but you will probably not get results soon, as I said, it takes practice, and you'd just get disappointed and lose confidence, which is a no-no for lucidity.

As for combining ADA with self awareness, ADA takes a lot of mental effort, I read many posts by people complaining that ADA drains them a lot mentally, so using both sounds very difficult and tiresome. Just my two cents..

I have heard OBE unlike LD is not depended on theta brain waves (which appears with maximum length after hours of sleep). for example, professional runners feel they are out of body after long runs. also in book of astral dynamic, it was mentioned that OBE and astral projection can occur while we are awake. even some astral travelers can astral project and experience OBE while they are doing simple jobs in waking life. but LD mostly occur when we are sleeping and our brain wave must be at theta state...
so that might explain your case...

I see....so i shouldn't report my progress daily as it takes lots of time to see much results as you said!!! so maybe i create a thread and report there only weekly... !
it's very important to have a guide like you in LD....you saved a lot of time for me...i was in huge mistakes and you arrived on time...i don't know how to thank you dear mimihigurashi !!!

I wish you best in your journey toward yourself! :)

I'm pretty sure you can reach theta with deep relaxation, which is what I was doing last night, my body was very relaxed for a long time but I couldn't fall asleep mentally, probably because of the silly mp3 I made, so it's likely I got to theta and OBE'd because my body was asleep but my mind awake.

Yeah, a friend of mine told me about his friend who was able to do that, she could carry out tasks around the house while astral projecting, pretty fascinating stuff, I imagine you must be a super expert in order to do that though.

Sure, make one if you want, writing down what you're doing to increase your chances of LDing can boost your confidence and motivation.
I don't think you were making a 'huge' mistake by trying SSILD and MILD, you can keep doing it if you want, what's important is to increase your awareness like you said you want to, in order to get lucid more naturally and frequently via DILD. WILD is great for an on-demand LD, but as you saw, it's tricky to get for most people. But anyway you're welcome, glad I could help, and good luck to you too~