Quote Originally Posted by Ev View Post
Go to bed, clear your mind. DO NOT THINK about lucid dreaming. DO NOT even say the word lucid dreaming in your head. DO NOT think about dreams or expect anything (if you are actually expecting the LD to happen you are very likely to fail).[/b]
But HOW do you NOT THINK about and NOT EXPECT what you are trying to achieve?

This is like the joke: Don't think about the purple elephant. When someone says that I immediately see a purple elephant in my mind. Even if you don't imagine it, don't you have to think about not thinking about it, which defeats the purpose, because your are thinking about it?

Furthermore, how can you practice a technique, and not expect any results. That's the whole point of not expecting. So underneath this not expecting, isn't there really a part of you that is expecting not expecting to give you the results you want?

Maybe this is just a personal problem of mine. Lately (especially since I started trying to WILD in the mornings), I've had trouble falling asleep. To just fall asleep, you have to somewhere along the line become unconscious--you have to let your mind ramble on without being aware of it. But, because I can't stop being aware of everything that I'm thinking, I have a hard time falling asleep. And if I try not to be aware, I am simply being aware of trying to not be aware. And if I think to myself that I can't try to not be aware, I just have to let go, then I think about letting go, and as a result, I can't let go. This goes on for hours.

Suggestions anyone?

-LUX