Thread: My Technique keeps working

Ive had no recent luck with naturally getting lucid so I might try this the next few nights. My only problem with using the brief awakenings is that I usually forget to try the technique when I get them, and just go back to sleep. Any ideas people?

Autosuggestion doesnt seem to work too well for me!

Originally Posted by Swank

Ive had no recent luck with naturally getting lucid so I might try this the next few nights. My only problem with using the brief awakenings is that I usually forget to try the technique when I get them, and just go back to sleep. Any ideas people?

Autosuggestion doesnt seem to work too well for me!

I think we're in the same boat. I'm gonna try what westonci told me - plan out what you're going to touch before you go to bed. Also, I think I'm going to chant while I'm visualizing like "One, I'm dreaming..." etc. I think that will keep my mind focused so I don't just immediately drift off.

Good luck!

Originally Posted by kaeraz

I think we're in the same boat. I'm gonna try what westonci told me - plan out what you're going to touch before you go to bed. Also, I think I'm going to chant while I'm visualizing like "One, I'm dreaming..." etc. I think that will keep my mind focused so I don't just immediately drift off.

Good luck!

Yeah I might as well try a bit of that, I havnt really given the autosuggestion a good go yet

I wonder if its hard to be focusing on visualising and feeling the sensations of touch and smell etc while also counting up and reminding yourself youre dreaming! I'll try it more tonight, and let you know how I go. PM me if you have any success with this

Originally Posted by Swank

Yeah I might as well try a bit of that, I havnt really given the autosuggestion a good go yet

I wonder if its hard to be focusing on visualising and feeling the sensations of touch and smell etc while also counting up and reminding yourself youre dreaming! I'll try it more tonight, and let you know how I go. PM me if you have any success with this

I don't think they'll interfere with each other. It's just visualizing while keeping an inner dialogue.

I'll post results tomorrow. I'm also eating a couple gobs of peanut butter... >.> We'll see how that pans out.

I find it difficult to have a brief awakening. Does it work if you just wake up after 6 hours of sleep and then do the backyard visualisation like an ordinary WBTB? Why do you have to do it after a brief awakening?

Originally Posted by DreamQueen

I find it difficult to have a brief awakening. Does it work if you just wake up after 6 hours of sleep and then do the backyard visualisation like an ordinary WBTB? Why do you have to do it after a brief awakening?

I tried this last night after a fairly long dry spell of lucids. I woke up after 6 or so hours and just tried the visualisation then (so basically a WBTB) and it worked. It worked extremely well actually, as in the LD was very vivid and I remember all of it afterwards.

Good stuff, Ill keep experimenting

OK, so I tried this again last night after my brief awakening, but I couldn't stay focused on it - again! Instead, I ended up having a VILD, completely by accident. I started imagining being in Halo-world and suddenly I was and then I flew and stuff. It was fun, if unintentional.

I'm interested in this technique though so I'm going to keep trying. I'm going to try what you did, Swank, and just start visualizing as soon as I wake up rather than fall back asleep, etc. I'll probably try to get 7 hours instead of 6 like wombat suggested.

I'll post results tomorrow.