Ambience - The Ultimate Dream Sign

**Molder** · 05-23-2010 01:19 PM

Last night I attempted to WILD, and made it... twice. I decided to go for it after reading Mzzkc's topic. I gotta say, his "Don't WILD" rule has got to be the most accurate and reliable piece of advice there is on the subject.

I figured that he was right because the only time I had successfully WILDed was by accident, after hours of trying to fall asleep. All my later attempts failed because I was way too cautious and wouldn't allow myself to fall asleep. All that stuff about not moving and not swallowing made it worse.

But last night, I got it. Twice. And it was so simple that it's laughable. What's weird is that I'm not sure if it was a MILD or a WILD (Hell, it could also have been a DILD since I performed a reality check). Maybe a mixture of the two (three), since I suggested to myself that I stay aware and then immediately focused on falling asleep. After falsely awakening in my room I performed a reality check and realized I was dreaming.

The best part about all of this? I worked out my very own technique. Haven't you ever noticed how the atmosphere in the dream, the overall feel, the ambience of it is significntly different than in the waking world? You're in your house and you know it, but it's somehow different, isn't it? As if you're in a house you've never visited before? Usually you notice this after you wake up and not during the actual dream, but then again all sorts of crazy stuff can happen in a dream without you thinking it's strange. That's where awareness comes in.

Normally you’d be aware only when it comes to recognizing dream signs and keep your eyes peeled for anything weird that might happen and perform a reality check. But why not take it a bit further? Why not keep track of the ambience of your environment in general? When you come to think of it, it’s not at all hard to tell the difference between a dream ambience and reality. You’ll find that they are significantly different.

Make it your task to be aware of the ambience every time before you go to sleep, and if you seem to have awakened, be sure to perform a RC. You never know.

I hope you guys find this topic useful. The concept sure helped me.

**Emkinator** · 05-23-2010 01:33 PM

Good idea! I'm definitely trying this when I have time.

**Daydreamer14** · 05-23-2010 01:44 PM

I'll try this too. Thanks.

**jarrhead** · 05-23-2010 02:13 PM

I do this. I like to call it...

air pressure.

:p

**Hukif** · 05-23-2010 06:33 PM

Actually, dream feeling, this technique already exists, and is on the tutorials:
http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...ad.php?t=10941

Cool you got to it on your own though, easier that way.

**Molder** · 05-23-2010 08:04 PM

Originally Posted by Walms

Actually, dream feeling, this technique already exists, and is on the tutorials:
http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...ad.php?t=10941

Cool you got to it on your own though, easier that way.

Ah, that "hazy feeling" is precisely what I'm talking about. A CDFILD then, huh? Nice.

Thanks man.

**Invader** · 05-23-2010 08:33 PM

I always called it the "mood" of whatever reality you were in.

Nice read though, I think it's one of the better ways to attain lucidity as it promotes overall awareness of one's surroundings.

**Molder** · 05-23-2010 08:36 PM

Definitely.

**Clyde Machine** · 05-24-2010 07:22 PM

Very cool, never thought about using the dream's atmosphere as a dream sign, and never knew about that being in the tutorials. Congrats on finding that!

**BigFan** · 05-24-2010 08:29 PM

Well written post. I find the problem with WILDing that I've encountered is that whenever I did get up to WILD, I am always too aware and would end up keeping myself awake thinking about staying aware during the transition until I decided to fall asleep. My only close WILD attempt(saw dream hands) was accidential and occurred when I awoke due to fear of height in a dream and was in SP at which point I continued with it until I broke it off. My point was that it happened when I didn't want to fall asleep and this caused me to stay somewhat aware in my dream followed by the transition. Anyways, ambience is definitely a good dream sign

**ExitReality** · 06-09-2010 03:33 AM

The only time I've WILD'd was very similar to your first example. It was when I couldn't sleep. Eventually after 2 hours of trying to sleep at 4 in the morning I figure screw it I'll try to WILD but I was so tired that I pretty much just relaxed myself and went straight to the dream.