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I think I must have read just about every thread on Dreamviews about new techniques. So often, I read a reply along the lines of, "I'm going to try that tonight!" and the poster never replies on their success with the technique.
What I'd like to ask people is: what techniques have you read about (can be from Dreamviews or elsewhere) that, when applied, gave you positive (and hopefully consistent) results?
Well, I'm not sure of one technique that works consistently for me, but I have had success with the Wake Back To Bed technique WBTB which is very popular among other Lucid Dreamers. However this technique in my experience isn't really suitable for someone who needs to get up for work or Uni the next day.
I'm working on the Finger Induced Lucid Dreaming technique at the moment, I've made two attempts two nights in a row. The first night was unsuccessful, and although the second night was also unsuccessful I did have some profound dreams where I actually become Lucid in a dream I was having inside my actual Dream! I'll be continuing to practice this technique to see if I can actually achieve full Lucidity with it.
Something I've noticed is that in most of my Lucid dreams it's been my hands which have made me realize I'm dreaming. If you look at your hands in a dream it's like a switch to activate lucidity in your dream as a lot of the time they don't look right. It's an almost instant realization in my experience. So my advice? Start doing lots of reality checks, I look at my hands a lot so that if I have a false awakening (which often happens) I'll look at them whether I think I'm dreaming or not.
The NLP Mp3 from Mosh did sth. for me after the second night (yesterday) so lets see how this progresses
Hey tulamidan, you don't happen to have a link to that MP3 do you?Quote:
Originally Posted by tulamidan
A WBTB with reality checks and a lot of reading/thinking about lucid dreaming to help induce a DILD was always what worked best for me. The only WILD induction technique I ever had any luck with was FILD...and only once. All other WILDs have been the result of spontaneously, by virtue of just being very tired, falling asleep and going into REM almost right away. I've also had a few DILDs resulting from WILD attempts, where I "fell asleep" in a nonlucid dream and had a lucid dream. They usually ended in a nonlucid false awakening. I call those faux-WILDs.
Try VILD when you go to bed at night.
I just tried it last night - Got relaxed, and then just started imagining I was washing my car. It was reallly easy to visualise.
It wasn't vivid like a dream, but it was just really easy to do.
Then in wake up like 5 hours after you go to bed and get the Lucid timer.swf going on preset #4.
Now just fall asleep and let the timer do the work. To give you a boost you could do some more visualising while you're falling asleep. This helps alot.
Maybe learn a small yoga routine and visualise yourself doing it as you drift off.
You'll find it on the thread in the induction forum http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...ad.php?t=33187. It keeps changing so you better have a look there directly.
Btw. last night it didn't do much for me...
Well, I'll give it a go tonight and see how it works out. I'll keep you guys posted if I have any success with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by tulamidan
no one thing consistenly for me
naiya says that you have to do MILD for a while, weeks to months... so i am doing that. it's good to know that you don't have to have results every time in order to be building a great base.
apparently once you build a MILD base you can LD a lot!
and i do LD some... but i'd love to get to where I LD every night.
meanwhile i try this and that...
WBTB has always worked pretty well for me. Otherwise, though, I'm still experimenting with different things. I think it's different for every person.
I've been attempting for about 3 weeks now. I've tried all the WBTB's, FILD, MILD, WILD, and DEILD. However, I would recommend this advice to a person with great patience.
If you are like me and have just joined the forums recently, you may seem overwhelmed and confused by all these techniques.
Now, when you read about WILD's, you immediately think it is scary because of the Sleep Paralysis.
Take my word, if you think it will be scary, to hell, it will be. But you need a positive attitude towards it.
Now, if you ask me, I think WILD's are the easiest and probably most successful methods for starters.
I myself have not lucid dreamed yet, however I have been on the borderline during SP. If you want my method, here it is:
Variation 1:
Relax, Stretch before going to bed.
Lie down on the floor (yes it sounds crazy) and lay there uncomfortably for
3-6 minutes.
Then go lie down in my bed, VERY IMPORTANT: *on my back*
Close my eyes, and relax, and lay very still not even moving or swallowing.
Wait for SP for however long it takes for you.
The reason I lie on the floor, is so that my body becomes more likely to be tired and relax easier when I lay down comfortably.
Variation 2:
Same as method one, however I do not lay down on the floor.
Also, I wake up 3-5 hours after I go to sleep.
Method 1 is a first time sleep-into lucidity awake.
If anyone gets success with these methods, then maybe it actually works...
o.O
Wow, I posted a lot.. Didn't even notice.. Hope I helped some guys out.
I am a novice at this, so don't flame me if I said something wrong.
Good Luck guys,
-Dave
That sounds like the answer I've been looking for! The part about washing your car. When ever I try and visualize things before bed, I try to invent some beautiful forest that I've never been to and its hard to continue the image resulting in another failed attempt. But now thinking about it, if i visualize something simple that I've done 100+ times it would be easy to become lucid in that scene and then just use the "spinning" technique to create the forest I want to go to. Why didn't I think of that sooner! Thank you!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by bushi