Thread: Please help.. WILD question..

Imagine this, you step on a land mine, but you don't step off. You know the second you step off the thing will explode. So at first you are a little bit jiggly but you get used to the sensation of holding your foot in one place on the ground. Sometimes it takes awhile of just standing there trying to maintain that position/feeling. You must verify you have a sure footing before moving anything else.

Now, bring in the table, the sink, and the dirty dishes, right up next to you while you still have one foot on the mine...you must wash the dishes and put them in the dish drainer. one at a time you do it slowly because you're still unsure of your footing, but you're getting faster, and better, and able to do more things at once than before. Now answer the phone, and talk to someone while washing dishes, drying them, and putting them in the dish drainer, all the while that you have one foot on the landmine.

Next, someone starts tossing tennis balls at you, and you have to catch them while talking, washing, keeping your foot on the mine, etc...

The whole point to this analogy is that you have to maintain the feeling and be comfortable with it. It takes time of course...once you can master the "feeling" of it then you can take on more in your dream without waking up.

SR

Originally Posted by SkeletalRemains

Imagine this, you step on a land mine, but you don't step off. You know the second you step off the thing will explode. So at first you are a little bit jiggly but you get used to the sensation of holding your foot in one place on the ground. Sometimes it takes awhile of just standing there trying to maintain that position/feeling. You must verify you have a sure footing before moving anything else.

Now, bring in the table, the sink, and the dirty dishes, right up next to you while you still have one foot on the mine...you must wash the dishes and put them in the dish drainer. one at a time you do it slowly because you're still unsure of your footing, but you're getting faster, and better, and able to do more things at once than before. Now answer the phone, and talk to someone while washing dishes, drying them, and putting them in the dish drainer, all the while that you have one foot on the landmine.

Next, someone starts tossing tennis balls at you, and you have to catch them while talking, washing, keeping your foot on the mine, etc...

The whole point to this analogy is that you have to maintain the feeling and be comfortable with it. It takes time of course...once you can master the "feeling" of it then you can take on more in your dream without waking up.

SR

From the way you explain it, you make it seem impossible. I would not describe it like that any way But I've only had a few LD's, so I may be wrong.

So the dream flashes I see, are what will bring the lucid?? But when I flash into them, I don't even know I'm dreaming until I flash back out!

Please explain more

I guess I am just trying to convey that there is a certain 'feeling' to a lucid dream. The land mine analogy was just trying to help understand this feeling. It is overwhelming, but sustainable after a while. There are a hundred other ways to analogize it, I usually pick the worst analogies though! Most of my lucid dreams are WILDs, so I get used to jumping into them, and almost have prepared myself for that feeling when I go in, so it seems normal when I get there. It is so tough to explain, I would do a better job if I could think of a way...

If you are popping back out before you realize it, then try to remember what it felt like, and try to 'feel' that same way when attempting to get back in.

Does anyone else see what I am getting at in the land mine analogy?

SR

Any other advice ?