Thread: I H8 Reality's VILD Technique

So I just tried this technique this morning and I was able to string together around 10-15lucids in a row with it. I've never had anything be so successful for dream re-entry.

I went to bed around 1-2am after drinking heavily. Woke up around 6:30 (my normal wake up time on week days). My heart was racing from all the booz I drank, so I took about 10 minutes to calm myself down. I then lied down on my back and tried to WILD. I did a combination of deep breathing and reverse blinking to really try to slow my racing heart. My girlfriend interrupted me by sitting up and screaming from some dream. I gave up and rolled to my side. I just fell asleep attentively, watching my thoughts and HI until I felt myself start to enter sleep.

Right when I was on the border of sleep, dipping in and out, I started to imagine myself getting out of bed, opening the bedroom door paying attention to the feel of the door handle. Then I walked through the living room, opened the front door, againg paying attention to the feel of the metal knob. Then I imagined closing the door, locking it with my keys, opening the gate, and then closing it behind me paying attention to the sound it makes when it closes.

I think really paying attention to the sounds of the doors closing and the feel of the handles helped increase the vividness. By the time I reached the stoplight on our street corner, I was fully dreaming, and went from there.

I woke up from the LD after only a few minutes, knowing I was still half asleep, and did the exact same visualization again. It worked again, giving me another 5 minute lucid. I did this about 10-15 times, having short lucid dreams. They were very unstable, and it seemed like the environments changed very easily for some reason. Like I could just think of where I wanted to be, and I was there.

I will definitely be trying this again tomorrow morning.

congratulations! This technique is great its been working well for me. As you said the key is to be in the border of awake/asleep ans then to start visulaizing.

You know, I have to say that I'm quite jealous of the creator! I can really see that this is a good technique. I did try it last night, and it didn't work, because I was imagining a place not so tied to my memory. I also got distracted by my Television, which I leave on at night. But I was really close to attaining Lucidity, I could tell.

Originally Posted by Robot_Butler

So I just tried this technique this morning and I was able to string together around 10-15lucids in a row with it. I've never had anything be so successful for dream re-entry.

I went to bed around 1-2am after drinking heavily. Woke up around 6:30 (my normal wake up time on week days). My heart was racing from all the booz I drank, so I took about 10 minutes to calm myself down. I then lied down on my back and tried to WILD. I did a combination of deep breathing and reverse blinking to really try to slow my racing heart. My girlfriend interrupted me by sitting up and screaming from some dream. I gave up and rolled to my side. I just fell asleep attentively, watching my thoughts and HI until I felt myself start to enter sleep.

Right when I was on the border of sleep, dipping in and out, I started to imagine myself getting out of bed, opening the bedroom door paying attention to the feel of the door handle. Then I walked through the living room, opened the front door, againg paying attention to the feel of the metal knob. Then I imagined closing the door, locking it with my keys, opening the gate, and then closing it behind me paying attention to the sound it makes when it closes.

I think really paying attention to the sounds of the doors closing and the feel of the handles helped increase the vividness. By the time I reached the stoplight on our street corner, I was fully dreaming, and went from there.

I woke up from the LD after only a few minutes, knowing I was still half asleep, and did the exact same visualization again. It worked again, giving me another 5 minute lucid. I did this about 10-15 times, having short lucid dreams. They were very unstable, and it seemed like the environments changed very easily for some reason. Like I could just think of where I wanted to be, and I was there.

I will definitely be trying this again tomorrow morning.

You mentioned something really important point. You said, "Right when I was on the border of sleep, dipping in and out, I started to imagine myself getting out of bed..."

Thats something I really want to emphasize, you should visualize when your flirting with border of wakefullness and sleep.

For those of you who say "Im too awake during a brief awakening" i would suggest that you just lay there for about 1 minute after youve awoken and hopefully if you dont fall asleep by then, youll hopefully be at the border of wakefulness and sleep and once you start visualizing I can almost guarantee youll be lucid

Originally Posted by Robot_Butler

So I just tried this technique this morning and I was able to string together around 10-15lucids in a row with it. I've never had anything be so successful for dream re-entry.

I went to bed around 1-2am after drinking heavily. Woke up around 6:30 (my normal wake up time on week days). My heart was racing from all the booz I drank, so I took about 10 minutes to calm myself down. I then lied down on my back and tried to WILD. I did a combination of deep breathing and reverse blinking to really try to slow my racing heart. My girlfriend interrupted me by sitting up and screaming from some dream. I gave up and rolled to my side. I just fell asleep attentively, watching my thoughts and HI until I felt myself start to enter sleep.

Right when I was on the border of sleep, dipping in and out, I started to imagine myself getting out of bed, opening the bedroom door paying attention to the feel of the door handle. Then I walked through the living room, opened the front door, againg paying attention to the feel of the metal knob. Then I imagined closing the door, locking it with my keys, opening the gate, and then closing it behind me paying attention to the sound it makes when it closes.

I think really paying attention to the sounds of the doors closing and the feel of the handles helped increase the vividness. By the time I reached the stoplight on our street corner, I was fully dreaming, and went from there.

I woke up from the LD after only a few minutes, knowing I was still half asleep, and did the exact same visualization again. It worked again, giving me another 5 minute lucid. I did this about 10-15 times, having short lucid dreams. They were very unstable, and it seemed like the environments changed very easily for some reason. Like I could just think of where I wanted to be, and I was there.

I will definitely be trying this again tomorrow morning.

Awesome. I decide earlier i would be using this technique and after reading this i am quite optimistic. (hopefully i will get as many) I am planning on imagining i am being in a house in my old street which i am very familiar with so i think it should work.

I'm definitely trying this.

This method sounds good, i'm gonne try this tonight, i'll keep you guys posted.

L8ers

So are people experiencing SP effects with this? Because I'm not. I feel like I just end up going straight into the dream without any notice of paralysis or vibrations at all.

Originally Posted by StJohnny

So are people experiencing SP effects with this? Because I'm not. I feel like I just end up going straight into the dream without any notice of paralysis or vibrations at all.

No, you shouldn't feel SP. For some reason you skip it and just go directly into a dream

I can't fall asleep using this technique.

It is frustrating.

Originally Posted by I H8 Reality

No, you shouldn't feel SP. For some reason you skip it and just go directly into a dream

Just to correct you slightly: your body will always go into paralysis when sleeping. Visualizing just means you'll never notice it. SP before sleep will occur when you are keeping your conscious attention on the outside and on your body while falling asleep.

Originally Posted by Robot_Butler

I did a combination of deep breathing and reverse blinking to really try to slow my racing heart.

I'm not farmiliar with this "reverse blinking" technique and I can't find anything about it. Please can someone tell me what it means?

Its quite simple. Instead of keeping your eyes open for a long time then having a short period where they're closed, you keep them closed for a while then briefly open then close them again.

Thanks... I'd have though that would distract you though.

i'm going to try this running out the door thing when i go to sleep. does it work if you do it as you are drifting off to sleep or does it have to be when you wake up for a bit?

Originally Posted by lizmunchausen

i'm going to try this running out the door thing when i go to sleep. does it work if you do it as you are drifting off to sleep or does it have to be when you wake up for a bit?

It has to be after a few hours sleep.

Originally Posted by mylucidworld

It has to be after a few hours sleep.

oh thats why it didnt work...i tried to do this when i was falling asleep but i couldnt do it. and after a while i couldnt go to sleep either i think i was thinking too much

1. How can you wake up during the night remembering because i fall asleep and wake up at 8am so how can i teach myself to remain awake during a brief awakening because i never remember waking up in the night.