This my third attempt at making this thread. Hope it goes well now.... Pick the technique that you think works the best for you.
This my third attempt at making this thread. Hope it goes well now.... Pick the technique that you think works the best for you.
Hmm no votes , Please vote guys im really eger to hear this too :D:p
at least a list of the names and maybe a link to their descriptions might help.
im sure some people have done a few methods on their own without reading about them here or knowing their names
We only have 4 votes, yet 36 viewers..... hmmm
WBTB!!!!:p:p.
This is a difficult poll to answer because a lot of us don't use "official" techniques that are exactly as described by their creators or popularizers. Wow, that was awkwardly worded. What I meant to say is that many people experiment and try whatever works for them. Most of my LDs are WILDs in the sense that they are induced directly from the waking state, but my induction technique is more similar to DEILD than the conventional WILD techniques. When I realize/believe that I have just awakened from a dream, I remain completely still and keep my mind practically asleep for the ten-or-so seconds it takes until I drift back to sleep. Voila, I'm lucid! Of course I take randomly occurring DILDs when I get them, but recently my dream recall hasn't been stellar, so I can't remember the last DILD I've had. Time for me to get back into LDing mode and bring my dream recall back to 1-3 a day.
yeah...like me...I Wake Back To Bed....and then I use a WILD most people who WILD, MILD, or HILD (and probably others, I'm assuming) get the ball rolling with a WBTB. but I'll click WILD cause that how i roll.
ive had plenty of DILDs, but they are not nearly as reliable as WILD is. i chose WILD
I understand that this poll is not one of those where there is an exact answer. I know that some people combine many methods to create a new technique that works for them. Let's just choose the "best" answer. The one you feel is the most succesful.
Blah who uses WBTB on its own??
DILD. Have yet to get WILD to work.
Whats a VILD,FILD,SILD,HILD? sry i'm a new.
Mooser: Welcome to Dreamviews. Those are different types of techniques for inducing a lucid dream. You can find information on all of those techniques excepect the FILD and SILD on the tutorial section. The FILD technique is the one I have the most success with and stands for Finger Induced Lucid Dreaming. As for SILD, I am not very familiar with it but I'm sure you could find more information on it by searching the forums.
I think a VILD is a Visually Incubated lucid Dream, which I believe is visualizing a dream while going to sleep
FILD is Finger Induced Lucid Dream, where you move your fingers slightly for aminute or two after waking up, which keeps your mind slightly active as you fall back asleep and usually into a false awakening
Dunno about SILD
HILD is Hypnosos Inuduced Lucid Dreaming (I think). So, self-hypnosis, or pre-recorded tracks.
Only 2 FILDs? That's strage.
Well, I created my own technique, before I ever knew other people were Lucid Dreaming. But I think it's a variation of mild. And I have been able to use it, to become Lucid pretty much at will. Though I am not at that point right now. I will be again. So I guess I will vote for mild.
I said WILD cause i just had my first Lucid and it was a WILD.
thus far, MILD has been the most successful in all areas of dreaming, though I hope to eventually be able to utilize WILD as well.
I voted for DILD, since it wins for me by sheer number of LD's, but it seems that HILD works a lot better for me, personally.
I picked wild, but it's really deild which is a type of wild, plus I think wild is a very good technique but probably the hardest.
LucidDreamGod:What method do you use to induce lucid dreams? I know you can chain the lucid dreams using DIELD, but what technique do you use to actually use to induce the first lucid dream of the night?
what is mild?
http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...ead.php?t=1885Quote:
Originally Posted by vikings v2
Only one I could find.
Rhythmic napping works the best for me. Im not sure which option this would be, WILD I suppose, but its really just a combination of a few techniques. Though it can be done at any time, I find that it works best 3 hours after going to bed. The quick and dirty version of this technique is as follows;
1.) Go to bed at a normal time for you
2.) Have your alarm wake you up 3 hours later
3.) Gather your senses, and reset you alarm to go off in "x" amount of minutes (x = however long it takes for you to reach sleep paralysis, varies per individual)
4.) Go back to bed, lying still with eyes closed in a comfortable position, and just "wait for it".
5.) Repeat steps 3 and 4 as much as necessary until you are able to stay conscious when SP sets in, or as much a desired to continue to having multiple lucid dreams.
From SP it's a snap.
The best thing about this technique is that, not only can you regulate how many LDs you have and for how long you have them in a given night, but it takes relatively little effort and time to do. Unlike more conventional means of lucid dreaming, this technique doesn't require that you struggle with your body to reach a trance like state, which is taxing and can take a long time for less experienced dreamers. This technique is like Judo in the sense that it "redirects" the "opposing" force of our body's natural inclinations to help you achieve a lucid dream.
If anyone is interested, I can write up a more detailed explanation complete with the science behind why it works so well. Im very passionate about this technique.
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Originally Posted by ethen
Ethan: If you could write up a tutorial that would be great. I've been having trouble reaching sleep paralysis and very much like what I hear so far.
Thanks,
Tom
DEILD, I don't need to have a ld to start chaining I can wake up from a normal dream and do deild.Quote:
Originally Posted by DCK7
Ethan: I'm not sure if that technique would work or not, but I would like to know the science behind your technique.
There are many ways to invoke lucid dreams, most requiring that the individual “override” their body’s natural processes through lengthy meditations and such. However, the most efficient way to have a lucid dream is to work with your body as opposed to against it. You can do this by exploiting the way your body is already designed to work, which is why it’s important to have the necessary background information on sleep (stages of sleep as well as basic information about sleep paralysis). The key to success is in knowing that, should a sleep cycle be interrupted, the brain will naturally be inclined to resume where it left off, within a given amount of time that is. Normally, the average sleep cycle lasts anywhere between 90 and 120 minutes, start to finish. Considering this, if you have ever hit the snooze button on your alarm several times in a row, and somehow managed to fall sound asleep within those 4 minute intervals of silence (especially if experiencing dreams during these intervals), you have already experimented with this phenomenon.
The idea is that, if done in a timely manner, this same phenomenon can be used as a sort of shortcut to a lucid dream. Its invaluable because it bypasses the need to maintain one’s lucidity throughout the first four phases of sleep, and long enough to be coherent when one’s body enters REM sleep. This can make the difference between it taking 90 minutes or more to achieve a lucid dream, and it only requiring 10 minutes or less. The general goal, therefore, is to make it a point to interrupt a sleep cycle by waking up at an abnormal hour, with the intention of going back to bed and experiencing a lucid dream.
There are a few ways to do this, some preferable to others depending on your sleeping arrangements (spouses, roommates, family, etc.). If you need not worry about disturbing others, do the following technique step by step. To begin, go to bed roughly at the same time you would normally go to bed. Make sure to set an alarm clock to awaken yourself somewhere in the area of 3 hours after the time you go to bed. When the alarm goes off, you will most likely be tired, groggy, and otherwise “out of it”… but it’s important to gather your senses at this time. Get a drink, go to the bathroom, or anything else that will sober you up a bit, but stay away from watching TV or going on the internet as it floods the mind with distracting thoughts. Use this time to remind yourself of what you are doing, and to reset you alarm to go off X minutes (45 for me) from then. Go back to bed, but make sure to lie on your back (the supine position) as it is the most common position to have a lucid dream. Attempt to stay awake as long as you can this way, with your eyes closed and your body relaxed, still and comfortable, almost as if pretending to sleep. The goal is to wait for the onset of sleep paralysis.
Ideally this happens the first time but it often doesn’t, even with seasoned oneironauts. This is where a technique called “Rhythmic Napping” comes into play, which is basically what happens when you try to catch extra “Z’s” by hitting the snooze button over and over again. A byproduct of doing this is that it trains the mind to fall asleep quickly, to alter its sleep cycles as to adapt to the frequent interruptions caused by the alarm. generally, this causes them to be "faster". To do this, set the alarm to go off in X minutes (15 for me), and once again, attempt to faux-sleep in the supine position until the onset of sleep paralysis. Repeat these X minute naps as necessary until finding yourself lucid when sleep paralysis begins to set in. If you are in a sleeping arrangement that doesn’t allow for such a disturbance, you can use the vibrate function of a cell phone or pager instead of an alarm clock.
The X vaules can be changed and should be experimented with to find what works best for you as an individual. Other than that, from sleep paralysis I just slowly sit up, my dreamself that is, and wait for the dreamscape to solidify a bit before walking around and such. There is a thread here on dream views that has a link to the original website where this technique was developed. I believe its under the name of "Rhytm napping", or something similar. The website should have something to do with "saltcube" if i recall correctly.
I voted WILD even if I have more DILDs in total, because they feel less "random".
I'm lucky to be able to WILD in less than a minute, but only with the right conditions (enough hours of sleep before) which means only on week-ends. Very close to the DEILD method in fact.