Quote Originally Posted by Sageous View Post
I have a question for you, Princessflare: why on earth are you setting an alarm to DEILD?

DEILD stands for Dream Exit Initiated Lucid Dream, with Dream Exit being the important part here. The way a DEILD works is by your noticing, during your dream, that you are beginning to wake up, and then allowing the awakening (actually a micro-awakening in most cases) but holding still and going right back to sleep while keeping the dream you just exited at the height of your thoughts; hopefully you will quickly return to sleep and that dream, in a lucid state. A successful DEILD transition can take just a few seconds, and, with practice, be completed without ever really waking up.

Did you notice that there is nothing about alarms in that sequence? That's for good reason: the last thing you want in DEILD is to be suddenly awakened in a manner that might pull you completely away from your last dream, and perhaps negate your ability to go right back to sleep. I don't even recommend using alarms for WILDs (where you're getting up, awake, and doing a WBTB) because, by their nature, they tend to wake you too quickly and too thoroughly. What I do recommend is that you stop taking instructions from whoever gave you those, because if they got the fundamental aspect of a DEILD wrong, God knows what other incorrect things they might be teaching you.

Oh, and as long as I'm here: DEILD's work best when you are exiting a lucid dream, because you can clearly recognize your body beginning to awaken when lucid. Though DEILDing from a non-lucid dream is possible (I've done so myself many times myself), it can be more difficult because you probably won't be able to notice that awakening process, and you'll be fully awake, your dream left behind, before you can get a chance to consciously return to sleep and you dream; that is a problem, but also a good excuse to get up, WBTB, and try a WILD.

I go into more detail about DEILD in my DVA WILD class, you can check out the section about it here, if you're interested.
i use alarms to wake me up at the certain times during rem(when im dreaming). so this way i will be sure to wake up from a dream. also you say that, one shouldnt actually wake up from the dream? i once noticed the moment the dream ended and i realised that i'm awake(i didnt open my eyes though) is this wrong?. And i got my instructions from YUPPIE'S DIELD GUIDE and dutchraptors deild guide- become ld God. are these erroneous? Also dont people use DEILD as a stand-alone method to get lucid from a non-lucid?