Pondering an easier way to become lucid through dream incubation

**dolphin** · 04-24-2016 09:19 PM

I have a theory that we only dream about things related to what's most important to us at the time we're dreaming it.

From this, I hypothesize that the easiest thing to incubate in a dream is something related to what's most important to us at the time we're dreaming it.

If this is true, upon waking up, the easiest thing to incubate in a future dream would be whatever we were dreaming about just before we woke up.

So, I'm thinking a good way to lucid dream would be to quickly decipher the last thing we saw upon waking up from the previous dream and maintain attention on it until we incubate in the next dream. The faster we fall asleep, the less time there would be for mind wandering to ruin the incubation.

This would be exactly like DEILD, only without stopping the attempt until we fall asleep again, which gives us a chance at a WILD and a MILD as well.

**Burke** · 04-24-2016 10:02 PM

This is how I DEILD. Instead of treating it like a WILD and coming up with a new dreamscape I just focus on re-entering the dream I just awoke from. It's given me a lot of success in the past and it's the way I recommend most people perform DEILD if they choose to try it. I typically don't stop attempting a DEILD until I get uncomfortable and have to shift or it just feels like it's taking too long and I'd rather get more sleep. Once you move around you're typically past the point of returning to the same dream and are better off trying a standard WILD. Re-entering the dream is still likely possible, though it's much more difficult.

This is also a great way to chain them together

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**Clidu** · 04-25-2016 01:06 AM

This is interesting and true what burke said....yesterday i woke from a dream and only moved my head then tryed to go back into the dream and i came close and got the tingly transition feeling but didnt quiet get there due to the little head movement i made.
I cant wait till i get used to waking up and not moving a muscle and remain aware because thats when ill start having tons of lucids =)