Does WILD continue through all REM cycles?

[murchizon2]

If you WILD when you go to sleep, do you remain lucid as you enter the next REM cycles?

[Luminous]

Well, you will not be able to have a WILD when you go to sleep in the evening, because it takes around 90 minutes to reach the first REM cycle. But, when you do a WILD, it won't guarantee that you will be lucid in the next REM cycle, too, assuming that you don't do a WILD then.

[Adam]

Well, you will not be able to have a WILD when you go to sleep in the evening, because it takes around 90 minutes to reach the first REM cycle. But, when you do a WILD, it won't guarantee that you will be lucid in the next REM cycle, too, assuming that you don't do a WILD then. You don't have to be in REM sleep to WILD. And in answer to the original questions I doubt your lucid dream would last long enough to last through the transitional stages of sleep. You go from REM to non-REM anyway, as I understand it you are saying from REM to REM - which doesn't happen.

[Luminous]

You don't have to be in REM sleep to WILD. And in answer to the original questions I doubt your lucid dream would last long enough to last through the transitional stages of sleep. You go from REM to non-REM anyway, as I understand it you are saying from REM to REM - which doesn't happen. Sorry, I must have worded myself wrong. I meant that it's not really possible to successfully do a WILD until after at least 90 minutes of sleep.

[Adam]

Sorry, I must have worded myself wrong. I meant that it's not really possible to successfully do a WILD until after at least 90 minutes of sleep. It is...

[Luminous]

It is... How? I've never heard of anyone being able to pull that off, and many people that I know (online) have tried...

[Adam]

How? I've never heard of anyone being able to pull that off, and many people that I know (online) have tried... Just the same as any normal WILD - I have done it many times, as have others on this forum. You dream as soon as you go to sleep. You don't need to be in REM to dream, or WILD. So WILDing when doing straight to sleep is very much possible, and something I, and many others do.

[Luminous]

Just the same as any normal WILD - I have done it many times, as have others on this forum. You dream as soon as you go to sleep. You don't need to be in REM to dream, or WILD. So WILDing when doing straight to sleep is very much possible, and something I, and many others do. This is new to me, and goes against everything I've read and heard from experts. I know I don't dream until after around half an hour, I've timed it.

[Adam]

This is new to me, and goes against everything I've read and heard from experts. I know I don't dream until after around half an hour, I've timed it. Where have you read it, and what experts have told you that you cannot WILD straight from going to sleep? Would be interested to read it

[Luminous]

Where have you read it, and what experts have told you that you cannot WILD straight from going to sleep? Would be interested to read it Several websites that I regarded as trustful (don't remember URLs, sorry), I thought EWOLD stated that, and Dominick from the Lucidity Institute. All claim that you rarely dream in non-REM sleep. I'm only saying what I've read/heard, and personal experience. I guess they were wrong, then.