Quote Originally Posted by pdunc View Post
I'm thinking of trying this method using Alarm Clock Xtreme. That way I can use one app for any number of alarms. What I intend to do is set a sound like "water" or a "bell" on the alarm and during the day before the LD attempt, play that sound many times and set a mantra such as, "when I hear the sound of...., I will realize I'm dreaming." I think that I will use a different alarm sound to initially slightly wake up, then use the sound I've conditioned myself to realize I'm dreaming as the second "going back into REM" sound that I hope will make me aware I'm dreaming. The nice thing about the app I mentioned is, you can have the sound turn off after any amount of time you'd like so you can make sure the alarm does not keep going and wake you up if you do become lucid. It seems to me that once you have the times and sounds fine tuned, this method could be a lot less disruptive to your sleep than WBTB or WILD. Unfortunately, this method could be disruptive to my wife's sleep, so I may have to try it while sleeping in the guest room.
One of the Rausis's point is that once you hear the sound and understand that you are dreaming, if you go away from the oniric source of the sound, you won't hear the sound anymore.
This point is something interesting to test, I don't know if it really works, but if it does, you don't need the real sound to be turned off. your subconscious is supposed to ignore it.

Also you don't need to train yourself during the day if you strongly think about it just before you go back to sleep after the first Alarm sound has awoken you.
you have to tell to yourself that you will fall asleep soon and will hear the sound in the incoming dream, and that if you do, you'll know you're dreaming.
here is where I found the sounds I used on my phone.