Thread: Grasping at a fleeting glimpse without a clue

Travis. You are correct it is a step in the right direction. A foot in the door, really. Definitely encouraging despite any questions it has raised or frustration it caused. I'm a firm believer that whether it be pain or pleasure, good or bad, it's all part of life and learning. No such thing as a bad trip. As for counting it as a lucid dream, I cannot. My conscience would never allow it. I'll know when i've fully achieved what i've set out to do.

As for method, I'm not trying to diminish DILD in any way. The WILD just makes sense to me and in more ways than one really fits into my personality and how I go about life. An ongoing exploration of the various states and realms of consciousness. DILD feels to me more like gambling. Which method is better is certainly something I am not qualified to even have an opinion on yet.

@Spock

About the duration of your DILDs - the "no time thing" is just an illusion. Sometimes as soon as I have a dild I lose my entire vision and begin to wake up, or the scene just starts to collapse and I'm waking up. Yet, if I try to salvage the situation, in at least 50% of the cases I can either get to the void and teleport from there to a new scene or to do a quick DEILD while waking up to get to a new scene (without fully waking up). However if I conclude for some reason that I have no chance, then of course I just wake up all pissed off.

I think I get what you're saying, but I don't think we're on the same page. I definitely disagree with the first sentence. I don't see the experience you describe as being the same.

My opinion is that it's never too late to get back there and salvage the dream.

It is once I've reached a certain point of wakefulness. That's why, as we've already established, it makes sense to start from an earlier window.

As for the whole positive affirmation thing, as I've said, positive and negative are both valid. Each has something to teach. It has no power over me, because I embrace it as a brother. I do not subscribe to the notions of our modern affirmation/validation culture. Probably tmi, but I mean no offense.