Thread: MILD visualization

So, analysing the first and only time I had an LD so far, I came to realize that I performed a WBTB by accident. More than that, I can also see it had some more unplanned MILD in it. I woke up, had breakfast, thought about watching the pilot episode of a new series, fantasized a little about the series' content, felt too tired and decided to go back to sleep. Then I had a lucid dream in wich I was a character of the mentioned series.

So I decided that combining WBTB with MILD would be a good starting point for me. My question is whether I should try to perform the MILD when going back to bed in the morning as part of the WBTB, or if besides that I should also perform MILD when going to bed for the first time at night. Do you guys think it matters at all? Or would doing that be too much MILD for just one night?

Thanks a lot, guys.

Originally Posted by lucsande

So, analysing the first and only time I had an LD so far, I came to realize that I performed a WBTB by accident. More than that, I can also see it had some more unplanned MILD in it. I woke up, had breakfast, thought about watching the pilot episode of a new series, fantasized a little about the series' content, felt too tired and decided to go back to sleep. Then I had a lucid dream in wich I was a character of the mentioned series.

So I decided that combining WBTB with MILD would be a good starting point for me. My question is whether I should try to perform the MILD when going back to bed in the morning as part of the WBTB, or if besides that I should also perform MILD when going to bed for the first time at night. Do you guys think it matters at all? Or would doing that be too much MILD for just one night?

Thanks a lot, guys.

I think it's best you do the WBTB + MILD. It may seem like it takes more effort, but it's going to prove to have more practical results for you. There's a Lucid Dreaming Survery somewhere that I'm too lazy to find, but generally, WBTB is king for combining other lucid dreaming techniques.

If you try to do a MILD before you sleep at night, its success depends on many factors, but generally, whatever mantra you decide to utilize before sleeping might get diluted into your subconscious, and things will be skewed. Also, how you go about saying the mantra might affect your success rate.

All I can say is, be specific in your mantra, and be practical in saying it as well.

Example:

"As I'm drifting to sleep, I am going to realize that I'm dreaming."

This implies that you're going to be aware if you condition yourself to that response for a few days or even a week rather than saying "I will have a lucid dream" (which is a bit too generalized and might make things more conflicting for your subconscious to process it all). Combine that with WBTB, the chances of it working if definitely augmented.


Hope this helps.

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You can still do the mantra before you sleep at night, and for the WBTB as well, might as well take advantage of the time.