 Originally Posted by Paradox-db3
I'm new to this thread, and new to the forums in general. But as I was skimming through this thread, I noticed the general mood change. Read the first page and see all the positive posts contributing. Then skip to the second last page and start seeing insults and, what I see as jealousy.
Okay, spaceexplorer, I'm picking on you because your posts sounds like something a 15 year old would say with a 5 year old brain. So, let's get technical, shall we!
The method cannot be deemed a 10 second method because it requires "quite a few hours" which "itself immediately wipes out the 10 second claim". Right? But wait, even you are wrong! Because the method actually requires you to be born first, and then reach an age in which you can read the method, and then reach a mental level of competence in order to actually carry out the method, and THEN several hours of sleep! So, maybe we should actually call this the life-long method! But doesn't a WBTB WILD require several hours of sleep also? Would you deem that a long and drawn-out process? Probably not!
Next childish comment.
"Also what here is really new and not just a rewording or hashing together of things that are already well known?"
Well, I for one (and being a noob, you should be ashamed that I noticed this and not you) noticed the use of reaching out with your real hands to be new. I haven't seen this before. I've read more about a WILD where you DON'T try to move, and it can take up to 30 minutes to fully enter the dream.
So, why does it bother you that someone has come up with a method you didn't think up? Why? You should be thankful! I haven't actually tried this method, but I will. And as long as I keep a positive attitude, it'll probably work for me. As for you, it may require an attitude adjustment first. Let go of the jealousy and put your big girl panties on. Just give the guy and his method the time of day at least. And if it still doesn't work for you, then that's all...it didn't work for you. Do you bash LaBerge for developing techniques that don't work for you? Suck it up, man!
As for malac...good job. I like seeing fresh ideas. Even the slightest alteration can be a whole new spin off something old and worn.
Disagree completely.
I'm not jealous at all, because I have no urge whatsoever to write methods to gain some kind of "Rezpectz" in an internet forum. Also if i did I wouldn't write it as some kind of arrogant rant with a challenge for everyone to do better (which implys that Malak thinks his is the best method... which is arrogant and is disrespectful for all the other techniques developed - especially considering some were designed by people like Stephen LaBerge PHD who has done full scientific research on such matters. )
I have the world of respect for people who have dedicated careers and research time to developing real proven methods, and write them in clear no-contradictory and humble ways. I also have big respect for people who develop home-grown techniques and share them with a humble, open attitude, who are not claiming to be gods-gift to lucid dreaming. There are many many good techniques in this forum, non of them mine, which i respect fully. Do you see me being critical of those in the forums releated to them? no.
Your argument about the length of the technique is, i'm afraid to say, nonsense. It is taking a point, and then streching it to beyond it's reasonable level. In Malacs own words:
The technique:
1. Sleep for at least 4-6 hours, so that you're at REM.
Call me old fashioned but if the very first line of instruction, under the title "Technique" is to tell you to sleep 4 to 6 hours, that is where the technique starts, and is thus, as described by Malac himself, a technique that requires 4-6 hours of sleep to be successful. A ten second technique, would require no more than 10 seconds to use, and also implys that you should be able to start the technique whenever you wish (with no prerequirements of sleep).
Also, just one point...
The idea in this technique is not to use your real hands, it is to think as if you are going to use your real hands, at which point if you are dreaming youre dream hands would move instead. Because if not then how on earth could you grab hold of a dream object with a physical hand. You simply cannot do this. In fact this is one of my main criticisms for Malac and this "technique" in particular. It is worded badly, and causes confusion. He should never have mentioned moving real hands, because real hands implys physical hands, which clearly makes no sense. He should have said
"Concentrate as if you are going to move your real hands, if the dream has formed fully, then your dream hands will be the ones that move, and thus grab the dream object. If the dream is not stable, then you will move your real hands, which will of course lead to you waking from the dream"
That in itself is the key to this so called "technique", and is Ok in theory. It is however not new, and very similar versions of the same basic principle have been published in lucid dreaming literature since the early 1980s.
Why do I bother being critical?
Because Lucid Dreaming is a subject that has been dear to my heart since childhood (i am now in my mid 30s), I hate to see misinformation on the subject. I also cant stand arse kissing for what is clearly a rehashed version of existing techniques, which is written in poor unclear English, and full of arrogance.
I also think Malac is on a huge self promotion campaign, mentioning his technique in any other threads he possibly can, and even including links to this thread in his own signature (the fact that he even has to include his name in the techniques name says it all, should we be calling MILD the SLBMILD (SLB for Stephen LaBerge) now too? no, because it's not about the ego of the creator, it's about the technique)
All of which I think is misleading, ego driven, and gives this forum and lucid dreaming a bad name.
I would challenge Malac to remove the links from his signature, and stop constantly posting links in other threads. And to let the technique stand its own ground. See how many people keep coming to post without the advertising!
The method itself is an ok mediocre rehash of other much older and published techniques, which could work for some in some cases, but certainly isnt a 10 second lucid dream induction.
Jealous has no part to play. I could rattle up several techniques in the same way Malac has, if i so wished to come across as a "Dream Guru". I could advertise them in my own signature, and post links in endless threads.
I don't see why Malac should get praise for rewording (badly) ideas which anyone with the most basic understanding of lucid dreaming would probably have thought of themselves.
In a nutshell his so called technique is this basic piece of common sense:
When performing a WILD, and the Visual element of the dream starts to form, try to engage your dream body in the dream by attempting to grab some of the dream scenery and pull yourself into it (which will feel like you are using your real hands, but of course cannot be because your awareness has moved to your dreambody)
Of course any million of variations on this idea could be thought up in a few second... try running into the dream scenery. Try spinning into the scenery. Jump into the scene etc. etc. etc.
This is not Malacs invention, it has been thought of by millions of lucid dreamers worldwide, over and over, when they simply think to themselves "this Hypnogogic imagery is getting clear, maybe the dream is stable enough to move now, lets try and move..."
It's all been done before, can be written in one paragraph. And is not original nor is it anything extraordinary. It is common sense, written in poor english and with a whole lot of Malacs Ego thrown in for good measure.
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