Originally Posted by
sivason
First of all, do WILD after waking up in the middle of the night (WBTB). It works 10X more often if you have already slept at least 5 hours or so, even better after 7 hours, in my experience.
Second, you do need to fall asleep. If you are staying awake you will not dream (except for advanced meditators), the trick is to stay aware mentally, just barely, and have the body fall asleep. Staying too aware is also a mistake, as it is hard to trick the body into sleep if it can easily tell your mind is active.