Thread: Natural LDs with almost no technique

wow. this topic seems full of sucess.
It really goes to show what all it comes down to is inner belief.
IM HAVING A LUCID TONIGHT!.

I'm doing this technique tonight. One more LD for me

That's the way the technique works, not "I'm trying to do this technique tonight." but as "I"m doing this tonight and will pass."


Clever thinking

I think Stephen LaBerge coined the MILD technique well:

3. Focus your intent:
While returning to sleep, concentrate singlemindedly on your intention to remember to recognize that you’re
dreaming. Tell yourself: “Next time I’m dreaming, I want to remember I’m dreaming.” Really try to feel that you
mean it. Narrow your thoughts to this idea alone. If you find yourself thinking about anything else, just let go of
these thoughts and bring your mind back to your intention to remember.

4. See yourself becoming lucid
At the same time, imagine that you are back in the dream from which you have just awakened, but this time you
recognize that it is a dream. Find a dreamsign in the experience; when you see it say to yourself: “I’m dreaming!”
and continue your fantasy. For example, you might decide that when you are lucid you want to fly. In that
case, imagine yourself taking off and flying as soon as you come to the point in your fantasy that you “’realize”
you are dreaming.

5. Repeat
Repeat Steps 3 and 4 until your intention is set, then let yourself fall asleep. If, while falling asleep, you find
yourself thinking of anything else, repeat the procedure so that the last thing in your mind before falling asleep is
your intention to remember to recognize the next time you are dreaming.

Originally Posted by ThreeLetterSyndrom

I'm doing this technique tonight. One more LD for me

That's the way the technique works, not "I'm trying to do this technique tonight." but as "I"m doing this tonight and will pass."


Clever thinking

M-M-Massive BUMP!

This technique really works for me, and I had a lucid dream last night. Also I showed this to a friend who had never even heard of lucid dreams before and he said he thinks it worked for him. This IS the holy grail of lucid dreaming!

HOLY CRAP! D: this is just what i did last night! i had no doubts i was going to lucid dream and then i fell asleep right away and had a lucid dream! dude... so weird! i found this right after it happened too O_o

Originally Posted by lvlindless

So here's my... NON-technique, if you will.

1) Imagine yourself becoming lucid, and imagine it as a future event. Imagine that it really IS happening tonight, and that you can't do anything about it or stop it.

2) Go to sleep with this same confidence right away, before you begin to lose it through negative self talk (inner dialogue). Once you've got the idea in your head that you're becoming lucid no matter what, don't dwell on it. Just let it go, and go to sleep. Don't come back to this idea, no matter what. Empty your mind and sleep away. You'll fall asleep pretty fast.

This is not a "NON-technique". 1 is exactly what MILD stands for: Remembering a future event, using prospective memory. 2 is an example for autosuggestion. Those resemble the main techniques of most lucid dreamers, even if they don't know the exact terms. What you described here is pretty much identical with the way LaBerge explained it in "Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming". MILD is largely misunderstood, that's why I wrote this article. Anyway, congrats, it seems you grasped the principle of MILD and confirmed it's usefulness. Of course one should avoid building up mental barriers, as you also realized, but that's a common issue.

That sounds like crazy shit

I'll give it a try tonight, going to post results tomorrow after I had a lucid dream

Why are you guys surprised that this works? Being confidence that you will become lucid is a must if you plan to have LDs. I was pretty confidence a couple of days ago that I will be having a LD soon. I ended up having a moment of lucidity in one of my current dreams that night

I like this simple method, i will tell you how it goes tomorrow morning

Thank you so much.
I was able to induce my first lucid dream by using this.
I got kicked out of my dream because of my excitement.

This seems a very good Help!
Tonigh I'll try!
I WILL HAVE A LD AND I WILL MEET NIGHTS!!!!
WAIT FOR ME!!!

I had a really good feeling about this technique when i read up on it and it turns out that the feeling was RIGHT! becuase i had my second lucid last night after using this technique thank you lvlindless for your post. now that i know how to induce a lucid dream i have to work on dream control. im gonna try the "calling my sub-consious" method and see if it works if it does im going to the moon to see if i can find nomad

Wow, I don't know how many of my lucids have been due to using this Confidence Induced Lucid Dream method (yes, I think it deserves to be called a real method, not a non-method ), and yet for a long time I disregarded it just because there were so many other methods out there that didn't really suggest to do this.

But then I saw this thread, tried it again, and had the first LD I've had in a long time! I didn't RC or do anything, even...all of a sudden, in the middle of a dream, I just said, "Hey, this is a dream! Cool!" and off I went

Originally Posted by LiveInTheDream

I didn't RC or do anything, even...all of a sudden, in the middle of a dream, I just said, "Hey, this is a dream! Cool!" and off I went

that is exactly how mine went to i honestly didn't think it would be that easy.

Originally Posted by the dream Dragon

I like this simple method, i will tell you how it goes tomorrow morning

Well i did not have a proper lucid dream, but i think it was semi lucid though!

But then again i am not sure, but it felt like it

Two year bump?

well, I tried it last night, and I must say that my recall sucked this mornging
I'll have to get my recall up again a bit, then I'll post again

Originally Posted by Loaf

Two year bump?

My question is how it died for 2 years with this sort of success rate.

I could have seen this tech working for seasoned naturals..... but the fact it works so well for non-naturals as well! VERY interesting. It points towards LDs being even more mental and situational then before. I didn't think MILD could be this light weight of a tech.

I just got back to work. Now I'm going to bed and I will have a lucid Dream!!!
I'LL HAVE A LUCID DREAM!!! I SWEAR IT TO EVERYTHING!!!

Originally Posted by Thorim

well, I tried it last night, and I must say that my recall sucked this mornging
I'll have to get my recall up again a bit, then I'll post again

So in the last few days I set my recall up again, and when I tried this again last night I had a lucid dream I even rememberd to wake myself up and write it down! Thanks a LOT for presenting this wonderfull method!

Cheers
Thorim

son guys, how do i do it let me just clarify. i imagine myself becoming lucid in a dream? or i imagine me being successful or what? i'm a little bit confused as to exactly how i should go about this.

how am i to truly make myself believe im going to have an ld with no possible way i wont?

Well, I've been using a technique for 4 or so months. I started to not bother using a technique, and now I get lucid just by being more aware of my surroundings and expecting to get lucid each night.

excellent post. too often i get discouraged by not having had an ld last night... but look how many i have had! I like the idea of reading old ld's. the mind can be an asset or foe.