Hi Tradl3s,
mantras are words or phrases you repeat to yourself to set your intent. To let your mind know, what you want.
You can say them out loud, whisper, in your mind, write them, draw them... But most often you just say them out loud or silently, in your mind. You can use them to wake yourself up at certain time (for WBTB), to remember your dreams, or pretty much anything. And of course, to have a lucid dream.
Mantras are a huge part of MILD induction. But if you ad awareness and RCs to it, you will have a better chance at having a LD. That would be DILD.
You can say them throughout the day, together with your awareness and RCs, and also when you ogoing to bed. Then, as you falling asleep, just repeat your mantra in your mind, until you fall asleep. Our mind is most susceptible to suggestions just before we fall asleep, so that's the best time for the mantra. But if it keeps you awake, just say it a few times and then go to sleep. Btw, it's ok to lose track of what you saying. Don't keep your mind too much on it. Allow your mind to drift and if you remember, come back to saying your mantra and drift away again, until you fall asleep.
Here is my short version of awareness question+RC+mantra.
During day, pause what you doing and ask yourself a question "Wow, am I dreaming?" that jolts your attention and makes you stop doing whatever you doing. For a moment, entertain the idea, that you are sure this is a dream or false awakening and feel the excitement in the pit of your stomach. Just pretend, that you have had a lucid dream before that was indistinguishable from waking reality, so this moment could also be a dream and you don't know for sure until you RC. Really believe, that you are in a dream.
Look around and notice details. Look at your hands and count your fingers. Do you have the right amount? Do they look normal? Do a reality check. Try to gently push your thumb through your palm and expect it to go through. Is it going through? Pinch your nose and expect to be able to breathe. Can you? Can you levitate? If not, tell yourself "Next time I'm dreaming, I look at my hands and realize I'm dreaming". Repeat this mantra a few times while looking at your hands.
Pretty soon, this behavior will start manifesting itself in your dreams and you'll be asking yourself if you dreaming, while in regular dream. That will make you lucid. You will do a couple of RCs to make sure.
You can of course pick different mantra and different RCs. What's important is that you believe you are in a dream and that RCs will work, because you are in a dream.
Good luck
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