Thread: Ebtn's cookbook

First off, I'm well aware of the idea that just sticking to a particular method for months will eventually trigger consistent lucid dreams. However, I am impatient.

The reason I chose a DILD technique and not a WILD technique was because of ADA. The last time I attempted to establish LD-routines I tried ADA. That same night I had an LD. However, I never had another one for weeks. Then waking life stuff came and I put LDing on hold.

My latest attempt on trying to establish LD-routines started 2015-10-10. Here's the interesting part. I tried ADA again and that very first night I had an LD. I also didn't have another LD for 2 weeks. I've have a total of 5 LD-routine establishing attempts and no other technique has done this for me and especially not any WILDS. So I figure there's at least something to DILDS. If not, I still gain by working the habit I've already started vs jumping to a MILD technique. I'm also not interested in mindfulness meditation. Because again, months.

I don't use ADA now since it requires months of practice to pull off without making huge waking life sacrifices. Who knows how much time it takes to trigger LDs consistently. So I read a bunch of threads to try to find more fundamental and effective. I refuse affirmation/intention techniques. So far Sageous' memory thread fits my experience the most. The reason I don't question the dream is because according to my dream memory there's nothing to question. So my current focus is devising a method for improving my dream memory or regaining my waking life memory.

That's why I'm using the method in the OP. It's the only method so far that has actually made me question whether im dreaming or not. Remembering that you ate some really delicious meat but having a hard time remembering what kind of meat it actually was is an interesting experience. I'm still adding specifications to the method in the OP, reading Laberge's book about similar methods and other's people experiences with memory improvement.