Random WILD tips

I'm looking to learn to WILD, and I've come across alot of good advice on dreamviews. But I can't concentrate on any particular tips. I've read the tutorials and all, but I still have problems WILDing, mostly because it either takes way too long, or after I feel any sort of "jolt" or "shift" I snap out of it and no longer feel tired in the least.

There might already be a thread for this, but I think it would be helpful for me or anyone trying to achieve a WILD if people could post random WILD tips or sep-wise explanations that have helped them personally achieve a WILD.

Hey there,

Well, I'm by no means an expert on WILD, I've had only a very few. But for me, the key to WILD is by consciously drawing your attention away from your waking state (particularly your body).

This is what happens when you go to sleep. Whether you count sheep, or focus on your breathing, or try to 'think of nothing', or try to visualize a dream, it all follows the same underlying principle. Basically you stop paying attention to the millions of impulses and stimuli your body is sending your brain. You shut yourself off from your senses.

The different between WILD and normal sleep/dream is that in the first, you try to do this consciously (and remain conscious), whereas in the second, your consciousness sorts of shuts down along with it.

The trick is finding the right balance. Too much and you simply fall asleep and dream normally. Too little and you get constantly 'pulled' back into your waking state by the sensations your body is still sending to your mind (like the feeling of lying in bed, like the temperature, like the sensation of your muscles relaxing, etc etc).

Anyways, that's my 2 wildcents :)

-Redrivertears-

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Originally Posted by Redrivertears

Hey there,

Well, I'm by no means an expert on WILD, I've had only a very few. But for me, the key to WILD is by consciously drawing your attention away from your waking state (particularly your body).

This is what happens when you go to sleep. Whether you count sheep, or focus on your breathing, or try to 'think of nothing', or try to visualize a dream, it all follows the same underlying principle. Basically you stop paying attention to the millions of impulses and stimuli your body is sending your brain. You shut yourself off from your senses.

The different between WILD and normal sleep/dream is that in the first, you try to do this consciously (and remain conscious), whereas in the second, your consciousness sorts of shuts down along with it.

The trick is finding the right balance. Too much and you simply fall asleep and dream normally. Too little and you get constantly 'pulled' back into your waking state by the sensations your body is still sending to your mind (like the feeling of lying in bed, like the temperature, like the sensation of your muscles relaxing, etc etc).

Anyways, that's my 2 wildcents :)

-Redrivertears-

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actually, though it seems obvious, that's a very helpful idea. For a while now I've been paying alot of attention to my body. I try to imagine moving my dream limbs, but I would bet I would be better off doing that once I start to enter sleep paralysis.

Even in sleep paralysis though don't move your limbs yet. I find that I cant get into a dream if I do.

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Originally Posted by iwishicouldld

Even in sleep paralysis though don't move your limbs yet. I find that I cant get into a dream if I do.

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I mean I imagine moving my limbs and see if I move my dream limbs so to speak. I don't physically move at all

I think I read somewhere that if you suddenly feel a shift and you're not tired anymore.. you're could be dreaming. Do you RC after you feel that?