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    1. 07-29-2008 04:59 PM #1
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      Very close... I think.

      Last night was one of the closest times I have ever come to a lucid dream.

      After seeing some thread earlier that day, I had tied a cell phone around my leg with a vibrating alarm on it to try and give myself an artificial dream sign.

      Anyhow, way before the alarm was supposed to go off, I woke up but in the middle of REM. I was able to sustain it for a while but the only problem was I never saw any images no matter how hard I tried.

      My legs, feet, hands, and arms were all numb and I could feel my eyes moving faster than I could possibly do voluntarily. However, whenever I tried to think of any place to go to (a deserted island, my condo, an old house I grew up in, etc), the best that would happen would be the similar effect of a day dream. I could see a faint image in the back of my head but it was nothing like a dream which I see through my eyes and seem more realistic.

      My eyelids would also try to open themselves a couple of times but even then I could still manage to stay in REM after closing them again. I even tried to just let it do its thing and think about nothing but it also did not work.

      Eventually (after 20 minutes or so) I gave up and got out of REM and went back to sleep normally. I had a dream but just like every other night, it wasn't lucid.

      I also remember that even though I had just been asleep I felt wide awake (which never happens) during this whole event. I feel that I was very close but I must be doing something wrong.

      What did I do wrong?
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    2. 07-29-2008 10:30 PM #2
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      How do you know you were in REM? REM is the dream. If there is no dream, you are not in REM. If you can feel sleep paralysis, you are not in REM (in a dream, one can't feel sleep paralysis unless they think about it). A misuse of terms, this is.

      WILD is a hard technique for some. If you were focusing the mind, and stayed relaxed (note: staying relaxed doesn't mean you have to stay completely still), you are on your way to a successful WILD. Don't give up after one try! Keep at it, and don't forget to reality check even when you fail.
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    3. 07-30-2008 04:44 AM #3
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      Quote Originally Posted by Abra View Post
      How do you know you were in REM? REM is the dream. If there is no dream, you are not in REM. If you can feel sleep paralysis, you are not in REM (in a dream, one can't feel sleep paralysis unless they think about it). A misuse of terms, this is.

      WILD is a hard technique for some. If you were focusing the mind, and stayed relaxed (note: staying relaxed doesn't mean you have to stay completely still), you are on your way to a successful WILD. Don't give up after one try! Keep at it, and don't forget to reality check even when you fail.
      I just guessed I was in REM because my eyes were moving rapidly.

      I had only tried WILD once before and did manage to get the paralysis to work but I just never can seem to get the rest of it down.

      Should I be trying to focus on coming up with an image or a "place" to go? Or should I just kind of let things happen and not try to think?
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