 Originally Posted by Oneironaught
Isn't that what regular WILD is all about, keeping your mind focused on a given thing in order to keep up mental activity?
 Originally Posted by Richter
Oh, Oneironaught, I think many individuals believe WILD is more like meditation... i..e totally clearing the mind of all thought, except maybe focusing on breathing. I know I haven't had much success with this sort of anti-focus.
Yes, what I meant is pretty much what Richter said. In many WILD types you are supposed to focus on something ( Counting, visualizations etc ), and use that to stop thinking about normal, everyday things such as stuff that happened to you during the day, or things you are planning to do tomorrow. The problem with this kind everyday, unintentional thoughts is that they are too random. It's a stream of consciousness, thoughts progressing from one to the other quite randomly, and after a while you forget that you are trying to WILD and fall asleep.
This technique is like fighting fire with fire, instead of using meditation techniques to stop your mind from wondering randomly, you intentionally think, but on a specific topic that interest you, and you keep thinking about this same topic.
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