Too many techniques?

**Frishert** · 10-16-2008 06:53 PM

Yes! Indeed! I've been gone the last two months, and in the time I was away it seems there's been some sort of technique...explosion going on here at DVs. Wouldn't surprise me if we'd have RDALOAJILDs (Rubber Ducky And Lots Of Apple Juice Induced Lucid Dreams) in a couple of weeks >_>

**Bonsay** · 10-16-2008 07:23 PM

Well, since the human psyche differs so much from person to person this is to be expected, so this doesn't bother me. I think it's nice to see how people do it. You get new ideas and insight on how things are done. The only thing that bothers me are the RDALOAJILDs. It's ok to share a technique, but I think it's a bit too much to compare them with well tested and commonly used or traditional techniques, especially if these RDALOILDs are just some preexisting ones with a slight difference. As SKA allready protested for the past year or so, the forums need to be cleaned up and a certain system for "creating techniques" should be made to organize the whole thing.

**DuB** · 10-16-2008 08:44 PM

Originally Posted by Bonsay

and a certain system for "creating techniques" should be made to organize the whole thing.

There has been for a long time, in the Research forum. Of course, since most new members nowadays can't even be bothered to read the Dream Views home page, let alone the Research forum, it's no wonder that we have gems like "Guitar Riff Induced Lucid Dream" floating around.

**Caradon** · 10-16-2008 09:03 PM

Yes there is too many. I just stick to what I taught myself before reading any technique at all.

It's very simple really, stay aware and question your reality so often that you do it in your dreams. That's basically all you need to know.

Unless your WILDING of course. But the idea behind that is still pretty basic.

**Shift** · 10-16-2008 09:23 PM

I voted yes. But there aren't too many techniques. There are too many people who do not understand the basic, fundamental techniques or even the two kinds of lucid dreams (WILD vs DILD). Because of this, they run around claiming to have discovered new techniques, naming them, eager to slap *ILD (except for the people who are even better, and decide not to use ILD, just becuase it makes them that much cooler) onto just about anything and everything. We're going to have to start making up new letters to accommodate these people, when the fact of the matter is that all they are doing is tweaking silly little things about techniques and claiming to be the next mad lucid dreaming scientist. Even though they have no empirical evidence. Even though they are just plagiarizing other peoples' work and ideas.

It's like breeding dogs, and putting collars on dogs. These people adopt a pure bred herding dog, say a border collie, from someone who spent time breeding the lineage for the strongest traits like intelligence, swiftness, the best physical characteristics, obedience, the ability to work well with stock. Then someone comes along, slaps on a spiked collar, and claims that their dog is a rottweiler. No. The breed of dog hasn't changed. Just the way you attach your leash to it. And you aren't the one who bred it. You're just the adopter. But these people love to run around claiming to be the president of the AKC, and all the attention it gets them. When all they did was rip off someone else's hard work. Or even common knowledge. They could pick up a mutt off the street, attach a collar, and claim that it's a pedigree whatever. A strange analogy, I know. I randomly came up with it, but it does the job.

**Shift** · 10-16-2008 09:34 PM

Originally Posted by DuB

There has been for a long time, in the Research forum. Of course, since most new members nowadays can't even be bothered to read the Dream Views home page, let alone the Research forum, it's no wonder that we have gems like "Guitar Riff Induced Lucid Dream" floating around.

OMG GUISE. I SWEAR. DO THIS IN BED AT NIGHT WITH YOUR HI AND YOU WILL HAVE LUCIDS 100% OF THE TIME! THIS IS A NEW TECHNIQUE CALLED GRILD. HAHA GRILLED. BUT IT'S NOT HIT! BECAUSE THEN THIS WOULDN'T BE A BRAND NEW TECH!!!

Originally Posted by stenny

Yes! Indeed! I've been gone the last two months, and in the time I was away it seems there's been some sort of technique...explosion going on here at DVs. Wouldn't surprise me if we'd have RDALOAJILDs (Rubber Ducky And Lots Of Apple Juice Induced Lucid Dreams) in a couple of weeks >_>

I don't wanna know what the rubber ducky is for....

**ninja9578** · 10-16-2008 09:52 PM

The DV Staff officially only recognizes DILD, MILD, WBTB, CAT, WILD, DEILD, and EILD. That's not too many

**Tweek** · 10-16-2008 10:10 PM

I definitely agree that creating too many specialized techniques is creating a mental block. When I was first trying to WILD, when I woke up I was confused as to what I was supposed to do. I woke up and after reading through all the different techs, they all kinda melted togeather and I just fell asleep trying to figure out what I was "supposed to be doing."

I think we need to have the original inductions created by other sources, and make a guid to helping yourself and just throw out some ideas what help some people more than others.

It's too confusing the way it is now.

It definitely should be changed asap.

**Tweek** · 10-16-2008 10:12 PM

Originally Posted by ninja9578

The DV Staff officially only recognizes DILD, MILD, WBTB, CAT, WILD, DEILD, and EILD. That's not too many

I've never even heard of two of those. I think we need to clean up a little bit around here.

Everyone else think so?

**DuB** · 10-16-2008 10:28 PM

Originally Posted by Shift

OMG GUISE. I SWEAR. DO THIS IN BED AT NIGHT WITH YOUR HI AND YOU WILL HAVE LUCIDS 100% OF THE TIME! THIS IS A NEW TECHNIQUE CALLED GRILD. HAHA GRILLED. BUT IT'S NOT HIT! BECAUSE THEN THIS WOULDN'T BE A BRAND NEW TECH!!!

Sadly, I didn't make this acronym up. Try doing a search on "GRILD"...