Important Reply - Bang Your Head on the Wall Induced Lucid Dream (BYHOTW-ILD)

[mcwillis]

I wanted to make an important reply and found that the thread had been incorrectly locked so I have had to start a new thread to make my reply. I could message Gab to unlock the thread but I haven't got time to waste today. This is actually a very effective and advanced form of MILD, but not in the way that Venryx intended, so I shall explain. Venryx Bang Your Head on the Wall Induced Lucid Dream (BYHOTW-ILD) I know that there are only two kinds of techniques on here... DILD and WILD. Everything else is just a variation of these two. Take, for example, this spin-off of regular DILD: 1) Before bed, spend an hour and a half banging your head against the wall. This will get the parts of your brain involved in lucid dreaming more activated, and increase your chances later on... just like doing reality checks. 2) Go to bed. 3) You will find yourself in a dream, (due to your increased awareness from the incessant head banging), and viola, you are ready to explore your dream world. I call this technique "Bang Your Head on the Wall Induced Lucid Dream", or BYHOTW-ILD for short. I admit that this is nothing special. It results in one's realizing that he's dreaming, just like with regular DILD. So it must just be a variant, then. Bobblehat This is basically MILD. MrOMGWTF What does banging your head on the wall has to do with repeating a mantra? M.I.L.D. stands for Mnemonic Induced Lucid Dream. The Oxford English dictionary describes a mnemonic as a system such as a pattern of letters, ideas, or associations which assists in remembering something. Wikipedia also states that mnemonics can also be in visual or kinesthetic forms. An affirmative mantra is nothing more than an instruction to the subconscious mind to remind us that we are dreaming when we dream. This is one of the most basic forms of MILD. It is the kinesthetic form that we are using here. This method is a powerful method to program the subconscious mind to remind us that we are dreaming. In my view it is highly unlikely that banging one's head against a wall alone is going to induce lucid dreams. However, certain kinesthetic actions combined with the intention to have lucid dreams has been shown to have a very powerful effect in ordering one's subconscious mind to obediently provide phenomenal changes in consciousness. The chapter on consciousness focusing in Ken Keyes book, 'Handboook to Higher Consciousness' describes this very process in great detail and explains why enak101 had great success with this (page 83 - online PDF) Banging one's head for 90 minutes is probably not good for one's brain health so a much better method (Ken Keyes method) would be to do this for at least one hour: - Crouch down on the ground (moderate kinesthetic pain will entice the subconscious mind to pay attention) - Put your head in a bucket (to amplify and distort the sound of your voice) - Repeat - 'When I dream I will realise that I'm dreaming' - Bang your fists on the floor (More kinesthetic action and moderate pain to further entice full attention from the subconscious mind so that it takes note of the affirmative mantra)