Thread: A [WILD] technique that may help to get you great results

Hi Semja,

Have you had any Lucid's from WILD or meditation before?, if not its sounds like you're on the very threshold. Just try not to engage with the images keep the focus on the breath and don't give up trying, the results will be well worth the effort.

There is one thing I forgot to mention in the original post.

When I am totally relaxed my eyelids seem to have a habit of opening very slightly, so I made a kind of sleep mask. Its actually a lenth of dark cotton material knotted to make a loop (high tech stuff) and worn over my head. The slight pressure helps to keep my eyelids closed and also cuts out more of the light from my window in the mornings, it could also help with preventing premature awakenings from LDing where there is some light entering the room.

I've never had any lucids from meditation before nor WILD that I can remember. It would be cool to be able to WILD at will from meditation. Thanks for the encouragement and advice, I will be practising this starting tonight!

Good tip about wearing a mask. I actually own a Mindfold mask...http://www.mindfold.com/ Its looks ridiculous but is really comfortable and completely cuts out all light!

Reality checking is not for me. I never did that becouse it makes me unconcentrated in job I do.

In my opinion it is much better to transfer the mind into state, which is more receptive and more concentrated using some kind of meditation. The way doesnt really matter.

I often use a little modification into this technique, which seems to work for me, and which is starting to yield some results.

1. Slight, not long relaxation, to kick off the process of letting go
2. Some imaging. Induction of some images, tactile visualization, or in another words... Something funny {interesting}, which keeps the mind occupied while body gets more and more relaxed
3. As it gets WILDer -> some technique, to stabilize awareness {counting, breath focusing}

I am going to try a slight change to my technique as the last three mornings have not given me any lucids. One night I did have a pint of beer and got bed late though, I am hoping eventually for 100% success but I really don't know if this is achievable or not. I suppose the trouble is even when you have a regular sleep pattern, your mind is going to be in a different state every night and will have different sleep requirements. Even when things go well and you manage to fall asleep consciously, you are still not guaranteed a lucid. In Stephen LaBerge's book he says that the reason we don't normally become aware in our dreams is that the rational part of our brains is not active, or is only marginally active.

I will now try setting the alarm for 5 o'clock as usual, getting up and staying up for a little longer maybe have a quick cup of tea before returning to bed, with the idea that my rational mind may be more awake, I don't want to make it too much of a WBTB because of time restrictions. I will post my results.

I tried this last night and had the same thought today. I got up and splashed some cold water on my face and went straight back to bed. My body felt really relaxed but I kept losing count and awareness. I haven't got time to do a full WBTB either but I'm going to try waking up a bit more and then do standard sitting meditation for about 20 minutes and then go back to bed.

Lol I hate how it takes a whole day before you can try again!!! WHY CAN'T DREAMS BE REALITY!!! lol