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Had a lucid dream this morning. Yes, all it takes is 18 minutes of doing SSILD for me to successfully lucid dream. 6 cycles of SSILD. 3 senses per cycle. 1 minute per sense equals a lucid dream. However, I do run into the problem of losing lucidity in the dream or waking up and falling back to sleep without lucidity. I remember walking around in my neighborhood looking for something to do and that's about it.

Anyway to lucid dream the way I do:


1. Wake up after 4-6 hours of sleep. Find a place to sit in a half-lotus position or any comfortable position as if you were trying to meditate.
2. Go to https://fitlb.com/tabata-timer and set up your timer. For me, it is 18 rounds of 1:00 minute intervals. 1:00 minute per sense. Sight->Hearing->Touch repeat. If you are paying attention, you should end on the exercise focusing on touch. If not, then you missed a transition somewhere and that is okay. Just complete that cycle you are on without the timer.
3. Lie down and go to sleep. During the time between lying down and actually falling asleep, the best thing you can do is preoccupy your mind with extra SSILD cycles. Don't pay attention to the time spent on each sense. Focus for a good 30 seconds or 10 breaths then move on. THE OBJECTIVE HERE IS TO FALL ASLEEP. Do not try to anchor, mantra, or try to catch the transition. If you do catch the transition into the dream world, cool; if not, then don't get fixated on it. We are looking for a DILD not a WILD. The expectation to lucid dream is enough.

Following these steps, a lucid dream will happen.