Thread: FAQ from Multiple LDers

As of February 8, 2018

Age: 21
Age when you started LDing: 15
How long have you been LDing: 60.5 active months
How many LDs have you had: 1,047. (DEILDs, complete loss of lucidity, and FAs can all separate one LD into 2 or more.)
How often do you LD: 22.2 LDs/month (last 6 months), 17.3 LDs/month (overall)
Average LD length: 1 minute, 19 seconds. (53% lasted 0-20 sec | 23% lasted 21-60 sec | 12% lasted 1-2 min | 7% lasted 2-5 min | 3% lasted 5-10 min | 0.8% lasted 10-20 min | 0.9% lasted 20+ min)
Longest LD: 65±5 minutes. This was in 2014, and I've gotten pretty close a few times since.
Longest it felt: just over an hour
dreams per night: When I'm not lazy, I often record 2 or 3.
Longest dream: Whatever the length of a sleep cycle is after 22-24 hours of straight sleep
Longest a dream felt: Probly a few hours.
Spiritual beliefs in regards to LD (physical, metaphysical, spiritual): I believe lucid dreaming is all in the mind, and I am grateful to God that we are designed in such a way that allows for this type of mind exploration. As for Astral Projection, I think it's just a lucid dream.
DILD or WILD: Both, of course.
How do you WILD: In short: (1) start with a Sporadic Awareness (SA) variant and a mantra. Wait for 1st cue, which is the first major moment my awareness threatens to fail. (2) At 1st cue, switch mantra to "I'm Dreaming" and emphasize it more. Continue with SA. Keep on the lookout for the 2nd cue, which is the bigger threat of awareness failure. (3) At 2nd cue, spam the mantra and continue with SA. Dream entry is near. (4) Keep up SA as entry takes place. When a stable image appears, passively track it. (0) If a full WBTB is not used, start the WILD with 7 SSILD cycles, then move to step 1.
How often do you attempt to WILD: Every night
How often do you WILD: A few times a month, though I'm rapidly gaining speed with my recently completed strategy.
How much time per day do you spend on LDing: Not sure what this is asking. If it means all the time spent on forums, thinking/planning about lucid dreaming, and using the Sporadic Awareness Tech (SAT), then it ranges from 10 minutes to several hours.
How much do you sleep per night: 8-9 hours
How much time do you spend on LDing at night: on WBTB nights (every other night), 20 minutes
How do you meditate: Sporadic Awareness variant. Focusing on sound, I acknowledge an individual source, then move on to the next until I've done so with everything I can hear. Next, I make more of these passes on the sense of touch, and sometimes sight is thrown in there too. I often mix it up at random. I do not set aside any time for this; I just do it during the day whenever I remember and while I do things.
Do you use ADA: No, I use SA.
Thoughts on ADA: Unrealistic effort
Thoughts on ADA-RC: Not sure what this is.
How do you stabilize: Initially, I spin and rub my hands together. Then, I activate SA and make out the exact shapes of objects to various degrees. This produces a crystal-clear, top-notch environment.
How often do you need to stabilize: Since I want to experience top-quality environments, I go through with the above process, even if the dream is already stable when I become lucid. Outside of initial stabilization, I don't know. Further testing is required.
How many breaks have you taken from LDing and how long were they: 5 months in 2013. This is the only break I skip in calculations as if it was never there. I have been lucid dreaming for ~61 months, even though it's been ~66 months since I started.
Time Dilation thoughts: Mind trickery
WBTB thoughts: The backbone of my strategy.
Coolest thing you have done in a lucid dream: I partially transformed into a Lucario and had developments of physical sensation--the tail was the most complete.
Links that you recommend: https://www.youtube.com/user/TeamLucidDream/playlists