Extreemly Fast Lucidity

[KingRoyw]

Ok, well I just tried out the steps here http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...ead.php?t=8534 And when I got to about the 10th point, I got that weird feeling of weightlessnesses and ticklishness (wasn't strong, it was light but I felt it'd become more evident if I continued). I also, for the 1st time, started to hear this odd tone that'd get loud, then soft, loud, then soft. I really felt like something was going to happen, but then I just stopped. To let you know, I was in a pretty well lit area with my computer buzzing, and not really expecting for anything to happen but have my pulse go down a bit. I also had this scene clearly in my mind too during that time. Is it possible that I got relaxed so fast that I had some sort of WILD? I'm curious because it happened so fast in such an environment that I thought didn't allow those sorta of sensations.

[FarSeeker]

This would support my current theory that one of the main requirements for achieving WILDs is to fall asleep quickly so as to improve one's odds of maintaining a minimal level of awareness through the process. Although my few successful WILDs involved long periods of wakefulness after going back to bed, I think that the wakefulness in the middle of the night just primed me to fall asleep that much faster when I did finally fall asleep.

[Jeff777]

Congratulations!

[KingRoyw]

So when I try this again when sleeping (which I have done once before, got to the transition stage of the WILD then stopped) should I do when Im trying to go to bed, which is usually like 10 or 11 pm, or should I sleep till about 4 or 5 am and try it then? I hear sleeping 1st makes u more likely to have a dream faster because of something about REM. If I try it before I go to bed, will I just see a wall of blackness and have no real dream?

[FarSeeker]

I would definitely sleep 4 or 5 hours first. That's the common advice, and it certainly works for me.