Thread: I H8 Reality's VILD Technique

Originally Posted by Timothy Paradox

So, I sleep for 9 hours(), wake up (without moving), close my eyes - imagine moving through a very familiar landscape; and that's it?

You only need a minimum of 6 hours of sleep not 9 hours.

Once youve had your 6 hours of sleep the next time you have a brief awakening you should relax and close your eyes.

Then as vividly as possible try to imagine walking out of your house and then walking around your house. Its really important that while your visualizing you should try to feel things as you go, for example as your leaving your house feel the door knobs and the floor as your walking.

Keep trying and it will work.

Also a big problem that i noticed is that for some people they may be too tired or too awake during the brief awakening. You need to be not to tired or not to awake during the brief awaking for it to work perfectly.

Can I set an alarm? I've noticed that when I have to wake up at 7AM for school I'm usually still REALLY tired. It makes me get those amusing hypnagogic hallucinations... Doesn't that mean that I'm tired enough to do this technique?

Originally Posted by westonci

You only need a minimum of 6 hours of sleep not 9 hours.

Once youve had your 6 hours of sleep the next time you have a brief awakening you should relax and close your eyes.

Then as vividly as possible try to imagine walking out of your house and then walking around your house. Its really important that while your visualizing you should try to feel things as you go, for example as your leaving your house feel the door knobs and the floor as your walking.

Keep trying and it will work.

Also a big problem that i noticed is that for some people they may be too tired or too awake during the brief awakening. You need to be not to tired or not to awake during the brief awaking for it to work perfectly.

Originally Posted by Timothy Paradox

Can I set an alarm? I've noticed that when I have to wake up at 7AM for school I'm usually still REALLY tired. It makes me get those amusing hypnagogic hallucinations... Doesn't that mean that I'm tired enough to do this technique?

I tried that once and it didnt work to well for me. Try it and see what happens, maybe it will work for you.

The great thing about this technique (actually, this type of technique) is that, unlike HIT, it is possible to force it. What I mean is, if you find it isn't working, all you need to do is keep it up, and your brain will have basically no choice but to comply. In my experience using this technique (which I would classify as DEILD), it has never failed after forcing it, ever. The only times it has failed were when I gave up prematurely.

This type of technique, not necessarily the OP's version, but this type, is pretty much fool proof, which is hard to come by in the field of lucid dreaming.

We'll see. I'm gonna try this in a few moments

Originally Posted by drewmandan

The great thing about this technique (actually, this type of technique) is that, unlike HIT, it is possible to force it. What I mean is, if you find it isn't working, all you need to do is keep it up, and your brain will have basically no choice but to comply. In my experience using this technique (which I would classify as DEILD), it has never failed after forcing it, ever. The only times it has failed were when I gave up prematurely.

This type of technique, not necessarily the OP's version, but this type, is pretty much fool proof, which is hard to come by in the field of lucid dreaming.

I woke up one time and got a drink of water then tried it. I just can't visualize enough. If I try and imagine myself running through the backyard to the fence, I imagine it too fast. Nothing happened.

Is walking ok too? Or do you have to run?

Originally Posted by Venomblood

I woke up one time and got a drink of water then tried it. I just can't visualize enough. If I try and imagine myself running through the backyard to the fence, I imagine it too fast. Nothing happened.

Originally Posted by Venomblood

I woke up one time and got a drink of water then tried it. I just can't visualize enough. If I try and imagine myself running through the backyard to the fence, I imagine it too fast. Nothing happened.

No, no, you can't move at all when you wake up. If you move a muscle, you have just broken your SP, which means you have to wait another 20 minutes to get back to SP before you can try visualizing.

Originally Posted by Timothy Paradox

Is walking ok too? Or do you have to run?

You don't have to run, but movement does seem to help. Movement of your visualized self, not in real life, that is.

Huh? you have to be in SP before you can start imagining?
That's something new for me