Is my technique not *really* a technique?

**Techno** · 04-15-2008 07:50 PM

Recently I've been trying to become good at LDing again, since when I was a little kid I would get them all the time. However, a common trait of the majority of my LDs as a kid were not caused by me rationalizing or doing reality checks. In fact, it was all based on memory and experience. If one night I had an LD, the next night I would also have one, just because the memory of being in a dream was fresh in my mind and made me become lucid. I recently brought back this technique, because as I remembered my experiences with LDs, I also figured out that with my technique I could create situations where I would have a lucid dream every night for even up to a week straight! I dubbed the technique: "SODILD" or "Sensation of Dreaming Induced Lucid Dream". Unlike the majority of techniques that use reality checking and so forth to make you become lucid, SODILD requires no physical effort at all, except for your desire to remember the sensation of dreaming itself.

That's why I'm asking you for 3 things: 1) Tell me if this actually sounds like a technique at all, and not just a mental trick that will get people lucid. 2) In your opinion, does this sound like an EFFECTIVE technique, assuming you believe it qualifies as one? 3) And finally, if you agreed with the previous two things, tell me: do you think I should make a tutorial on the SODILD technique?

**The Tao** · 04-15-2008 08:06 PM

To me, a technique is more or less defined as "A series of steps used to achieve a result". Thats what yours falls under, and so I would call it a technique, no matter how minimal effort is required.

Anyway, to answer your other questions:

1) Tell me if this actually sounds like a technique at all, and not just a mental trick that will get people lucid. - Yes, its a technique. Even Mental tricks are techniques.

2) In your opinion, does this sound like an EFFECTIVE technique, assuming you believe it qualifies as one? - Anyone who is good with Auto-Suggestion should find this one effective. I personally use Auto-Suggestion for a majority of my Lucids, so I'll give this one a go.

3) And finally, if you agreed with the previous two things, tell me: do you think I should make a tutorial on the SODILD technique? - Any new technique should have an accompanying tutorial for new users to learn how to do it, so I would suggest you write one up, even if its a basic one.

**seeker28** · 04-15-2008 10:47 PM

This sounds similar to using a DJ (and reading in it before going to bed) to induce LDs. I do the DJ thing all the time and works great. And nights that I don't have time I do your SODILD. I'm not sure how you do it, but I just spend some time remembering dreams from last night and how they felt. Works really well.To answer your questions:

1) Tell me if this actually sounds like a technique at all, and not just a mental trick that will get people lucid. Yes. It has steps and it induces lucidity.
2) In your opinion, does this sound like an EFFECTIVE technique, assuming you believe it qualifies as one? Works great for me!
3) And finally, if you agreed with the previous two things, tell me: do you think I should make a tutorial on the SODILD technique? Absolutely. Newbs need all the help they can get, and since this is an easy technique to do, it probably will be very popular.

Kudos!