Thread: Gild

good point but wild mild e.t.c. are technique to relax to go into dream mind the opposite this make it fundamentally different.

Originally Posted by becomingagodo

good point but wild mild e.t.c. are technique to relax to go into dream mind the opposite this make it fundamentally different.
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Not necessarily.

Relaxation is a method of completing a WILD, it is not the method. The only relaxation in WILD that is mandatory of the body - not the mind. This is the same with your proposed GILD. The body must be relaxed for you to be able to carry your consciousness over into sleep, just like the body relaxed for you to be considered "asleep" in the first place. Relaxing the mind, itself, while attempting to WILD means to quiet/block-out everything accept what it is you're trying to focus on. It doesn't mean total relaxation of the mind, in the manner that you're thinking. Such a thing would actually be counter-productive because, of course, total relaxation of the mind, while your body is shutting down is going to do what? Put you to sleep.

The point of a WILD is to keep your mind attentive to whatever method you're using to carry your consciousness over into the sleeping state. You're supposed to stay alert in your intent. I understand your point, (your Technique Works) but you've got just a slight misunderstanding about the WILD, and it is the concept you're misunderstanding that makes your method fit beneath the category of WILD.