Breaking illusions: Focus on something you cannot change...

[adraw]

Most of the time, when you fail wild, it is becouse one of these two reasons: 1. You are too bored, or distracted by bodily sensations, you give up 2. You fall asleep within an attempt lost in your hypnagogic imagery Most of the successfull WILDers have methods which they use to cross transitional stage of WILD as described in seekers five stages of wild: http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...ead.php?t=9806 Some people use counting, some people construct their dream scene and some people just passively observe coming imagery. Today I readed an interesting topic written by Billybob, where he mentions using an anchor, which holds the consciousness stable, when transition stage occurs. He recommends using pain. http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...ad.php?t=62282 After reading this article and thinking about it a little, one big illusion was broken: Why to focus on something volatile, if there are more stable places to focus on I usually focused on counting, but well. As counting is created by consciousness, everytime consciousness wanders, counting wanders too. Everytime i focused on imagery, it made me loose consciousness. Every guide writes the same thing: be Passive observer. But you cannot be passive observer, when you cannot hold yourself on something more stable, and even better: External.. I can clearly recall one of my unintentional WILDs, when i was really tired,and was travelling by train. The only think which held my consciousness aware was that tiny little back ache, caused by sitting in uncomfortable chair. Next time, when you will be doing WILD, please think carefully what you will use as your anchor in wild transition stage, where everything internal collapses. After reading Billys guide, I would recommend something what does not fall asleep with you.

[allensig3654]

I agree. It can be tough to hold an image or thought in your head while falling asleep, especially after a WBTB

[DreamChaser]

Yes I have a thread where i use an MP3 with 4 hours silence and then beeps every 15 mins, not to wake you but to anchor and trigger a link to the real world from the dream world to alert you to RC and go Lucid. This is in synch with Adraw and BillyBob's anchor techniques. Here is the link: http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...ad.php?t=61604 Have a look.

[10,000days]

I'm trying to use Binaurals as my anchor, it works well for me. The beats are soothing enough to sleep too, but prominent enough to hold my focus. Just don't use those useless/rip-off Idozer mp3s! P.S Dreamchaser I've been useing your mp3 for about a week now. I haven't had much success yet but I have faith that the idea is sound.

[DreamChaser]

I'm trying to use Binaurals as my anchor, it works well for me. The beats are soothing enough to sleep too, but prominent enough to hold my focus. Just don't use those useless/rip-off Idozer mp3s! P.S Dreamchaser I've been useing your mp3 for about a week now. I haven't had much success yet but I have faith that the idea is sound. No problem 10K. Thanks for giving it a go so far. It takes getting used to whatever stimuli you use, on a regular basis. And if one method worked for everyone, we wouldn't need this forum.

[adraw]

No problem 10K. Thanks for giving it a go so far. It takes getting used to whatever stimuli you use, on a regular basis. And if one method worked for everyone, we wouldn't need this forum. You should use something you are most receptible towards. If you are more of Image type person or more of tactile type person, it wont have as much power. But who knows exactly. Seems finding out is Hit and Miss.