Thread: What was your longest DEILD-chain?

I think I tend to measure these differently. Rather than count how many DEILD's I did (and I would lose track of that anyway), I think of all that chaining as a single LD event. In other words, I didn't chain together a bunch of separate LD's with as many DEILD's, but instead I got one single LD to spread across many awakenings/REM periods. So I guess I would say that the longest DEILD chain I had lasted at least 4 hours (maybe more), with probably a half-dozen or so DEILDs, but it was, to me, all one single dream.

Because I didn't count -- and didn't care about counting -- separate LD's and DEILD's, I guess I don't really qualify to post here, but I wanted to do so anyway, just to say that for me chaining DEILD's isn't about having as many LD's as possible, but having an opportunity to stay in one single excellent dream for an extended amount of time that vastly exceeds that provided by nature and my allotted REM periods. This is especially true when the dream has great value to me; quality trumps quantity every time, for me.

Originally Posted by Sageous

Because I didn't count -- and didn't care about counting -- separate LD's and DEILD's, I guess I don't really qualify to post here, but I wanted to do so anyway, just to say that for me chaining DEILD's isn't about having as many LD's as possible, but having an opportunity to stay in one single excellent dream for an extended amount of time that vastly exceeds that provided by nature and my allotted REM periods. This is especially true when the dream has great value to me; quality trumps quantity every time, for me.

I agree. Very well said.