New WILD tech for noobs

This technique is a particular flavor of WILD that has worked quite well for me. Just like the other techs, do this like 4 1/4 hours after you go to sleep.

Step 1: Suiting Up
Think about what you want to do tonight in your dream throughout the day. Go to sleep like any other day, but set your alarm to 4:15 hours after you go to sleep. Remember that it usually takes about 15 minutes(for most people) to fall asleep. Also, it helps to have a cup of green tea on hand(preferably matcha). Wake up at the allotted time(if you can, use the radio alarm), shut off your alarm, then get up and drink some water(or the tea, if you made some). The important part is not to see any bright lights. Go back to bed, and move to step 2

Step 2: T- 10 minutes
You will now repeat the following cycle 4-6 times, taking about 15 seconds on each step of the cycle:

• Focus on sight: Peer into the dark, and notice anything that seems different(3D void, "fog",etc.)
• Focus on sound: Listen to sounds, paying close attention to anything that seems out of place(like music that shouldn't be there, or voices that are out of place)
• Focus on Somesthesia(touch, heat, balance, etc.): Feel the weight of your blanket, the temperature of the room, and notice any abnormal sensation(floating, moving, etc.)

As you move through the cycles, you will probably make mistakes or lose count. Simply resume where you left off. you will soon notice very weird sensations(though this might take longer for some, in which case keep going), like a sort of 3D void, or maybe you feel like your floating or moving. If so, still passively observing and noticing(like someone who's really stoned), go to step 3.

Step 3: T- 10 seconds
What you are now experiencing is a kind of pre-dream state(some may experience HH, a similar phenomena). As you observe it, try to form a square. At first, just will it to appear. As you vaguely recognize a square, focus on it, holding the concept of square in your mind, and it will slowly form into an HD square. Using something similar, turn the square into a nice picture frame. Now, recognize the concept that what you see in the frame is independent of the outside. This will create a separate space inside the frame. Using your techniques on this new area,slowly form a recognizable object. Once formed, try thinking in what situation would this object be. For example, say you created a fire hydrant. In what situation would it be? Maybe firefighters are battling an inferno with it, or children are playing in its spray. Whatever you imagine, hold onto it and expand onto it. In our example, imagine what the street that the children are playing on looks like. Maybe its a nice, suburban street, surrounded by well kept lawns, and the occasional plastic flamingo. Extend on it, until you've created a world within the picture frame. You are now ready for step 4.

Step 4: Liftoff!
Now, move towards the frame, until your little world fills your field of vision. Accepting the concept of i am here, move away from the frame, and find yourself now within your dreamworld, The frame no longer there because the gateway to the void where you started has closed. Allow yourself to be fully enveloped by your creation. Now, try pushing your fingers through your hand. It will work, and simply reaffirm "This is a dream". Look at your hands, carefully inspect and notice every minute detail, and those details will appear, you're world becoming extremely high-definition. Rub your hands together, and notice that feeling. These steps integrate you fully into the dream. From here on out, its your world. Enjoy, and Sweet dreams.

Appendix: about the HH
Upon Gab's suggestion below, i'd like to make it clear that the HH is NOT the point of this tech. Some might not experience it, in which case you will either find yourself with your eyes open suddenly(OBE basically), or Enter a dream without any prelude whatsoever. In either case, it still works. Personally, i sometimes don't experience any HI at all, but when i do, it doesn't move past roving blobs of purple and green. The "3D void" I talk about above isn't actually a part of HH, it usually occurs when you start dreaming, but your subconscious hasn't quite made the dream yet. Whatever you experience, just know that it's different for everybody and some people(like me on occasion) never experience those feelings of movement or weird images.

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This is an interesting twist on SSILD. I believe SSILD only requires you to do the cycles and then go to sleep, but I like how you literally cycle until something happens. Is there ever a quitting point for this tech, like after say 6 cycles with no hypnagogia? Or do you propose to keep cycling until it you reach that point?

I only want to point out, that you don't always get hypnogogic images and you still can get into a lucid dream. Waiting for something that may or may not happen can lessen your chances of getting lucid. HH are only one way to get there, but we don't really pick what will happen. Best to be ready for anything.

Also, to say that falling asleep takes certain amount of time, or anything else so structured may be misleading. What works for some, may not work for others, or it will work differently or only sometimes.

Best would be to understand the whole process to know why we do what we do, so we can follow some kind of a loose path without being concerned about some structured steps that must happen for us to have a LD. This is especially true for someone who is just starting out with lucid dreaming. Mental state and what we think is more important than what we do.

I'm just putting whats worked for me, gab. As for the HH, several people have confirmed that the SSILD cycle at the core of this tech succeeds in producing some pretty intense HH. Still, you're right that there are people for which it very rare, if at all, to experience HH. However, this does not interfere with the tech, as the cycles still succeed in producing there desired effect(3D void/Pre-Dream state).

Zangetsu, there really isn't a stopping point for this. The great thing about using the SSILD cycle at the core of this, is that even if you fail to remain aware until you've reached the 3D void, you've sort of conditioned yourself to more closely inspect the dream, heightening your chance of lucidity upon actually entering it. It's sort of a built-in fail-safe, and the reason I used the "Cycle" for its core.

original post amended. Some corrections were made to accomodate for people outside the bell curve( take a different amount of time to fall asleep or don't really experience HI). These will be found in the appendix above.

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Originally Posted by DreamLord1

original post amended. Some corrections were made to accomodate for people outside the bell curve( take a different amount of time to fall asleep or don't really experience HI). These will be found in the appendix above.

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Have you confirmed the success rate of this tech? I'm going to give this a try tonight, do the cycles act like an anchor or do i have to use it alongside them?

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Originally Posted by TDHXIII

Have you confirmed the success rate of this tech? I'm going to give this a try tonight, do the cycles act like an anchor or do i have to use it alongside them?

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yes, for the 1 week of fall break i had to try this tech, i had 4 successful WILD's. As for the anchor, i do it without an external anchor, since i find it interfers with the cycles. It's up to you, but i haven't succeeded with an anchor. Tell me how it goes, though. Looking forward to some feedback.:)

Important: If you wish to use an anchor, i highly recommend sagious' mantra method. Its the only one that i found useful on my first 2 attempts. When i say anchor earlier in this post, i mean external reference or "rock". Internal ones are perfectly acceptable.