Thread: How to VILD effectively

I've got another question - you wrote that when I'm already dreaming, I can tell that I'm dreaming because the dream isn't gonna be controlled by me anymore(you imagine everything in the dream and suddenly there's something you didn't imagine.).
Well the problem is, whenever I try to Vild ,I almost don't imagine anything - everything appears sort of unconsciously. So I don't really know how to notice that I'm already dreaming
Sorry if that sounded confusing.

i like this technique im going to use it in my afternoon nap!
ill pin you in on the results when i wake up!!

Hmm, your VILD method raises a question for me.

When you create the scene in your head, can you add in a song in some sort and start dancing to it when you see fit?

*Dances to some music*

Hey, thanks for this tut. Im just confused as to turning around. After you create your dreamscape then turn around, do you have to imagine what it will look like before you turn around or will you dream mind create it- if that makes sense.

Also, do you get the sensations of SP like when doing a WILD?

Do you need to be in REM, or be able to fall asleep into it, to do this technique? Or is anytime good?

EDIT: I'm talking about if you have a lot of experience in this technique, not a beginner.

I still havn't given up on visualization, I keep refining my thoughts of it too, they don't change much but I'm able to grasp the concept better. I'd have to say it is like imagining the experience of physically seeing something reather then just trying to build it in your mind peice by peice. This makes sense to me because it is easier to visualize with your eyes open, basically your mind is able to grasp the experience of seeing something when your actually in the experience, in the same way that when you walk into a house even though you don't see the whole house your memory of it can come back because it unlocks memory connections in the brain. I mean this might be obvious to some of us, but some people just think of a house in the form of the details it makes up and don't see anything, because they have got to think of the experience of seeing, not the little details, and drawing it all out.