Audio-induced DILD

[InnerVision]

EDIT: After another read through the Interrupted Sleep Audio Method thread in this same subforum, I realise many will find it to be too similar; therefore I'd like to point out that the key difference is that I do not aim to wake up during the process. Also, you do not need to sleep with a phone in your hand or wear a vibrating wristband. Where his method is a form of DEILD, this is DILD. Hello all, First of all, this is in no way a complete method yet, even though I plan on expanding and improving it. For now it's just some ideas I wanted to jot down before losing them; I do believe they could be quite valuable, especially with your input. Also, I do not think my ideas are completely original, and very similar techniques might have been introduced on these forums before, but I think my ideas provide a simple method that can be used by anyone with little effort. Lastly I would like to add that this will probably turn out to be a mostly supportive technique to other DILD methods; I have yet to put it to practice myself and have no idea about its consistency and reliability. The technique: Audio-induced DILD or AIDILD Reports have shown that in (lucid or non-lucid) dreams, dreamers can sometimes hear sounds or voices from the real world, as opposed to the other senses (apart maybe from touch). As a consequence, it is common for these external sounds to be incorporated into our dreams, especially but not exclusively near the end of REM periods. I think we can make much more use of this phenomenon in our lucid dreaming efforts. Anyone who has the opportunity to play music while he or she is asleep can participate. Now, you don't have to hook up your mp3-player/cellphone to your speaker system necessarily; if you live with other people who do not want to be awoken in the middle of the night, there are other options. I myself, for example, will put my earphones in my pillow case close to my ears. Of course, if you can sleep with headphones on that's even better. Now there is only one act of preparation needed for this method. Record your own voice, saying (in your preferred language) "I am dreaming" (or anything else you think will work). Either say this 20 times or whatever or find a way to make it loop. Make sure the final audio file is at least 4 or 5 minutes long. Now set this audio file as an alarm to play after 6 hours of sleep. Either make it snooze automatically or manually set an alarm for every 5 minutes after your 6 hours of sleep. Say you fall asleep at 11pm. This is what your alarm settings would look like: Alarm - 5:00 AM - Voice recording 01 Alarm - 5:05 AM - Voice recording 01 Alarm - 5:10 AM - Voice recording 01 Alarm - 5:15 AM - Voice recording 01 Etc... Make it continue as long as you like to. Set the volume to something comfortable beforehand; make sure it doesn't wake you up (at least not that abruptly), but you have to be able to clearly understand it. Now just go asleep at your predetermined time (approximately of course) and do whatever you normally do. Be aware that this method does not combine with WBTB before the designated REM period; if you want to do a WBTB after 6 hours of sleep, set these alarms after 4.5 hours of sleep or make them play when you're asleep after your WBTB. The goal of this method is that you start hearing your own voice telling you "I am dreaming" from within your dream. Depending on your awareness in the dream, this can trigger lucidity. Chances are that you wake up from the alarm, especially the first couple nights; if so, stay still and attempt a DEILD. If you lose consciousness while attempting the DEILD, you have another chance at DILD. If there are any questions, necessary additions, criticisms or anything feel free to reply. As mentioned, this is far from complete or optimal and I'm open to all suggestions! Thanks for reading and good luck, InnerVision