Thread: WILD - Wake Initiated Lucid Dream

I can't remember where I got the idea from but what do you think about nudging on the vibrations once they start? After a few tries where I nudged too hard and woke myself up, I feel like I have gotten pretty good at nudging on the vibrations whenever I notice them. The last two times I found myself being able to see through my closed eyelids and entered (something similar to?) a false awakening where I am in my room but knew it was a dream due to the transition and the fact that I could see through my closed eyelids. The nudging for me is hard to describe but is kind of a similar action/feeling to the way a little kid might wish really hard for something(or thinking really hard), with their eyes closed using similar muscles used when squinting but using the whole front of the head around the eyes...but not too hard of course.

Maybe wait for confirmation from someone else before trying in case I am leading you away from the techniques you should be using. Anyone else use something similar?

Originally Posted by fogelbise

I can't remember where I got the idea from but what do you think about nudging on the vibrations once they start? After a few tries where I nudged too hard and woke myself up, I feel like I have gotten pretty good at nudging on the vibrations whenever I notice them. The last two times I found myself being able to see through my closed eyelids and entered (something similar to?) a false awakening where I am in my room but knew it was a dream due to the transition and the fact that I could see through my closed eyelids. The nudging for me is hard to describe but is kind of a similar action/feeling to the way a little kid might wish really hard for something(or thinking really hard), with their eyes closed using similar muscles used when squinting but using the whole front of the head around the eyes...but not too hard of course.

Maybe wait for confirmation from someone else before trying in case I am leading you away from the techniques you should be using. Anyone else use something similar?

I would suggest trying this coming out of a dream first (DEILD). As soon as you feel yourself waking up, try your technique; if you get vibrations, that is; otherwise try something similar. When I was a beginner this was easiest, yet I was not able to do this on a cold WILD until I had a feel for it and some experience. I alter different methods depending on the situation; for example if I hear sounds I concentrate on them and amplify them. Other times I just focus on the space between my eyebrows until I feel my dream body, and this works extremely well, especially if I had inadvertently opened my eyes or sat up beforehand. Timing is of course the issue here, and it is easier to get the timing if you are half asleep already. I have never tried to control vibrations, as mine are usually very violent and brief to start with; but I have read of others using this method to exit and to maintain.

Keep it simple as Sivason says, but if you have some experience toying with DEILD or a lot of experience with concentration meditation (highly recommended), you will have some measure of control on a regular WILD, but you will know this to be the case when the opportunity presents itself (having felt it before).