DEILD (Dream Exit Induced Lucid Dream) is an almost perfect method for becoming lucid. Because of the way it works, if you do it just right you will be pretty much assured a lucid dream. It is basically just an abbreviated WILD, without the ride of sleep paralysis.

Why it works:

Immediately after waking up, the dreaming section of the brain is still turned on and will stay that way for a few moments or until you move. This is why it is not uncommon for hallucinations to follow waking up. On a similar note, what you perceive is still being written to your dream memory, which is largely erased after waking up. This is why it is not uncommon to get up during the night and have no recollection of it the next morning.

If you’ve ever been talking to someone and they asked you if you had been sleeping when they called you the previous night and you didn’t remember being on the phone at all, then you’ve experienced this phenomenon. These are rare because the real memory usually kicks back on after only a few seconds, but certain conditions can cause it to stay dormant. Lack of sleep is one; your mind is still sorting itself out and needs more time before turning on again.

Since you are still technically in REM brainwaves then you can immediately fall back into a dream without tricking your body to sleep.

How to do it:

When you wake up, don’t move! You probably wake up after every dream, but you don’t remember it. Try and catch it, most of the time at the very end of a dream you will start to get senses from outside of your dream so you momentarily become lucid (it may be a fraction of a second.) If you open your eyes or move any part of you then the odds are good that you have chased away your chances at DEILDing until your next REM cycle.

If you recognize that a dream is ending stay still so that a hypnogogic jerk doesn’t force you to move and remind yourself to DEILD.

You can use an external device to wake you up, such as an alarm (I use a watch,) but you can’t move to get up and turn it off, so find one that goes off after a second or two. The shorter the duration, the better.

Now, if you haven’t moved you are almost guaranteed a lucid dream. The only way that you will not have a lucid dream is if you were at the very end of the REM cycle and your mind wants to go back to deep sleep, or you chase it away with too much complexity.

Now, you can either imagine the dream scenario that you want to go into, or re-enter the dream that you were just in. The first method may be more difficult… no, it is more difficult and here is why: Your brain then has to produce a whole new dream. This means rendering a scene, adding the surroundings, adding light, shadows, everything else. This is hard to do all at once and the brain might panic and wake up completely, losing your lucid dream.

Dream re-entry is better for beginners, and probably better for everyone. You can fly away or change scenery once you already have the dream locked in. Visualize the dream that you were just in, if you can’t remember it, then you’re too awake and won’t be able to DEILD. Don’t just focus on visuals, but also the sensations and the sounds as well. Within a short period of time (it should be less than a minute) you will see your last dream and enter it.

This is very useful for continuing lucid dreams that you lost. Many of us do it. You may notice that my DEILD count in my signature is fairly low, so why would I be writing about DEILDs? Well, whenever I’m feeling that I’m losing a lucid dream I don’t spin or rub my hands or anything like that. I find that I get better results by allowing myself to wake up and then re-entering it with the DEILD technique. If I counted each time I’ve done that, then my DEILD count would be very much higher.

Something to note:

It is likely that when you re-enter your dream you can still feel your body in your bed. You may not want to move in fears that you might lose your sleep paralysis and wake up. This is a trick that your mind is playing on you. If you are in the dream then your body is paralysis and you are asleep. You can do one of two things in this situation, you can do something in your dream that is very senses oriented or you can allow yourself to have a false awakening.

By very senses oriented I mean: Do something that will allow you to feel your dream body and forget about the one that it’s your bed. I always discourage sex in lucid dreams, but it may be a good way to forget your real body.

To do a false awakening, close your dream eyes and you will find yourself in your bed. Do a reality check, you are more than likely still dreaming. Almost all WILD (and DEILD is a type of WILD,) begin with a false awakening.

I consider myself well versed in DEILDs and if there are any questions do not hesitate to PM me, I always respond.

-ninja9578