my 100% effective LD method

[viking-45]

my 100% effective LD method: it is like a MILD but much easier to achieve ! when you are going to sleep you start thinking things automatically without intention and you don't realize most of the times. if you make sure that the topic is going to be LD when you think with out intention in your bed you are gonna get an LD, and you do this by just mind-saying lucid dream or something related to LD, then your mind will think about that unconciosly until falling asleeep this method works 100% present of the times for me , (i can have LD's every day now) yay!!!!

[ThePhilosopher]

viking i dont understand... you just think of lucid dreaming and it happens?

[little nemo]

I have started paying attention to the self-perpetuating thought threads that take over as I drift off to sleep. I like the idea of inserting thought threads of LUCID DREAMING while I drift away... I will have to give this a try tonight.

[Revan256]

Viking, this is irony at its best. Last night as I was going to bed I looked at the clock and it was around 4. Usually going to bed that late at night takes the place (if not is a better replacement) of WBTB. So I just relaxed and thought about MILD, that of which I've never tried. I laid there and didn't auto-suggest lucid dreaming, I decided things like what I was going to do when I became lucid, how I'm going to feel, and the first measures to maintain lucidity. Even though the post on your personal method isn't very lengthy or descriptive, I believe I know EXACTLY what you're talking about, because last night I had a Lucid Dream...the first in weeks...by doing exactly what you mentioned. For those of you beginners torn between which induction method to take up first, try this one out for a spin. I've had a successful WILD, DEILD, and now a MILD, and I have to say that MILD was the easiest. Of course this is a personal preference, and lucid dreaming is different for each person, but I'm just trying to share my observations to the community . Good luck everyone!

[westonci]

please explain more thoroughly! I reaally want to try out this method.

[viking-45]

please explain more thoroughly! I reaally want to try out this method. in the night when you are about to sleep, you start thinking about stuff automatically and you dont realize it, just happens to get you distracted while you fall asleep. if you can make this to happen with your mind unconciosly thinking about lucid dream, then you will have an LD. My way to make this happen is just thinking about lucid dreaming (you dont have to repeat a mantra or anything) and then relax and let your mind continue thinking about LDreaming stuff without intention! and there you go

[Richter]

I think I get what you're trying to say! All our minds "drift" to things, seeming random things, while going to sleep. This phenomenom seems even more noticeable when trying an induction technique that uses focus and concentration, as you're trying NOT to think of anything but lucid dreaming. I think the trick is to make lucid dreaming what the mind drifts TO, and not what we focus on. If LDing is so ingrained into the subconscious that we naturally think about it without trying, then it's sure to happen in a dream, and thus we become lucid! You know, that's really simple, but it makes a TON of sense, and I've never thought about it that way! This should be called "Zen Lucid Dreaming"; we can only attain that which we don't desire. Kinda like Murphy's law... lol. I wonder what the best/easiest way to accomplish this would be, though... just randomly thinking about LDing throughout the day doesn't seem to be enough, personally...

[DarThDreAmeR]

Hm at first I thought it was stupid but I read through the thread and it definitely makes sense now. The only problem is how to make your mind wander to LDs..

[Snowy Egypt]

That's....that's so.... BRILLIANT!!!! I would've never thought of something like that to try. Yes!! Now I have something to practice for the rest of the summer. And Richter, I love the bottom of you sig. It's sooo true; It's only difficult if you believe it so.

[cachero]

its harder than it sounds, you can't just automatically think about Lding, i've tried that method many times, and most the time i end of forgetting and not having a ld. Its harder than it sounds.

[viking-45]

I think I get what you're trying to say! All our minds "drift" to things, seeming random things, while going to sleep. This phenomenom seems even more noticeable when trying an induction technique that uses focus and concentration, as you're trying NOT to think of anything but lucid dreaming. I think the trick is to make lucid dreaming what the mind drifts TO, and not what we focus on. If LDing is so ingrained into the subconscious that we naturally think about it without trying, then it's sure to happen in a dream, and thus we become lucid! You know, that's really simple, but it makes a TON of sense, and I've never thought about it that way! This should be called "Zen Lucid Dreaming"; we can only attain that which we don't desire. Kinda like Murphy's law... lol. I wonder what the best/easiest way to accomplish this would be, though... just randomly thinking about LDing throughout the day doesn't seem to be enough, personally... yea thats what im talking about, you explain it very very well