Thread: How to get into a lucid dream through sleep paralysis more gentle

I have tried a few times to get to LD through SP and have failed every time. I've not REALLY had an LD yet. My issue seems to be that I get so bloody uncomfortable that I am forced to move and break it. I suppose it may not be full SP since I am able to break it and move so easily... :/

Originally Posted by 5timeslucid

Hey, I have had sleep paralysis since I was 12, now I can more or less just let whatever wierd happenings come and go as they like and then return to an awakened state. I think, 2 weeks ago I had my first aware lucid dream (I have started going to bed at 8 around some time ago and get more or less 12 hours of sleep some nights, I think that's one reason to it happening). It was awesome, and now I know how to prolong it and change some scenery. Since I have been reading about lucid dreaming I have also stumbled across the possibility of entering a lucid dream through sleep paralysis, I tried this tonight and I actually was successful. I awoke flying over a big green field with red and yellow flowers, bright and cool. However, as I tried to pass to the lucid dream from the sleep paralysis, this is how I did it:

1. I relaxed and let whatever sensations that came come and let them ride out, this made the SP much more gentle. I became relaxed.
2. I imagined a dream scene or that I wanted to become lucid while in that state and more shaky sensations came along, however when I just let them pass through I suddenly realised I was flying over the green field. Success.

What I wonder is, is there someway to pass to a lucid dream more gentle without the need for so many uncomfortable sensations? I think I had at least 5 times over that the not so nice bodily things happened and first then I came into the dream.

Is there anybody else with SP or that practice this way of getting into lucid dreams through perhaps WILDs where I have understood that sleep paralysis sometimes happens as a middle stage to lucid dreaming (such as in my case)?

5times

I think each WILD is different. Some will be violent, some gentle. I don't know if you can necessarily control how you will transition. Maybe you will be able to later, after you've gotten more practice? I would imagine though that focusing on how you will transition, as opposed to just letting things happen, may lessen the effectiveness of your WILD. Just my two cents.

I think it's awesome, BTW, that you're having such success! Keep it up!

Awesome, thanks. The night before I actually got into SP again, and this time just through a gentle rush I imagined myself getting into a LD and I got there! Hurray, lol.

5times that is awesome. That's really amazing progress. Did you post your LD on the site?

Originally Posted by ThreeCat

5times that is awesome. That's really amazing progress. Did you post your LD on the site?

Ah, I haven't. Basically when in a SP I just let whatever sensations, feelings or thoughts just be there, this mildens whatever wierd stuff that happens, sounds or vibrations, and then when it's really mild or relatively I just imagine myself going to a lucid dream and usually this creates some sensations (that I don't want of course) but they last a relatively short time, not even 15 seconds, and then I'm inside the lucid dream and just ground myself.

Originally Posted by 5timeslucid

Ah, I haven't. Basically when in a SP I just let whatever sensations, feelings or thoughts just be there, this mildens whatever wierd stuff that happens, sounds or vibrations, and then when it's really mild or relatively I just imagine myself going to a lucid dream

I definitely need to try this as soon as I learn how to get in SP. I've never experienced SP before though, but from what I've read, I'll recognize it when I have it for sure.

I've heard focusing on these vibrations makes the transition smooth.