The easiest way to a LD?

This is my first post so

Hi everybody:D

I am an newbie on LD's and have no experience with it. Today I will begin a dreamjournal and realitychecks and hope to get a LD a soon as posible. I also read about a lot of differend techniques to attain lucidity and wich one is the easiest to begin with?

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Originally Posted by krantenbezorger

This is my first post so

Hi everybody:D

I am an newbie on LD's and have no experience with it. Today I will begin a dreamjournal and realitychecks and hope to get a LD a soon as posible. I also read about a lot of differend techniques to attain lucidity and wich one is the easiest to begin with?

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I would recommend you to try thinking a lot about how it should all look like in a dream. I is best, when you wake up at night and think about it a lot. This helped me to achieve nearly all of my lucid dreams :D

I'm doing everything pretty much like adraw said

I'd say go for the MILD technique and do some auto-suggestion as you fall asleep. For example, when you're laying there with you're eyes closed, say something like,"I'm remember my dreams," or "I know when I'm dreaming." But make sure you do it in a very relaxed, hakuna matata kind of way.

I'll give you the general catch-all answer that pops up in any thread where basically any question is asked.

IT VARIES FROM PERSON TO PERSON

Well there you have it. If you're a newbie here with lots of questions, prepare to hear that answer a lot. The most annoying part of that answer is that it's usually the correct answer, as everyone responding has a wildly different actual answer based their experience. :disconcerted:

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Originally Posted by Forrest

I'll give you the general catch-all answer that pops up in any thread where basically any question is asked.

IT VARIES FROM PERSON TO PERSON

Well there you have it. If you're a newbie here with lots of questions, prepare to hear that answer a lot. The most annoying part of that answer is that it's usually the correct answer, as everyone responding has a wildly different actual answer based their experience. :disconcerted:

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Ditto.

Even if it varies, what you can do is pick one that seems right for you. One that goes with your sleep schedule or sleeping habits, for example.

:welcome: to DV. :)

do some reading before you post something so blatent like that

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Originally Posted by Forrest

I'll give you the general catch-all answer that pops up in any thread where basically any question is asked.

IT VARIES FROM PERSON TO PERSON

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I completely agree.

However, there are three things that everyone who is serious about learning to LD should do. These are:
Keep a dream journal
practice reality checks
use autosuggestion

Beyond this, I remember how confusing it was to try to choose a LD technique. So I'll point out a few things.
DILD or MILD are good if your mind is highly suggestible and you don't want to go for a more direct technique.
WILD with WBTB is good if you fall asleep easily and don't mind missing some sleep to get a LD. You will probably feel SP and may have some HI, so if either of these freak you out, this isn't a good technique for you.
DEILD is good if you are willing to put in some prepreration. DEILD is the only technique I'm aware of that has a nearly 100% success rate if done correctly. You won't loose any sleep with DEILD, but you may have HI or SP.

I hope this helps!