Quote Originally Posted by SKA View Post
Maybe can you help us all by going into more detail as to HOW exactly you can stay aware while falling asleep?[/b]
That's basically what WILD is, SKA. I can personally vouch for this being possible. Continuous stream of consciousness through wake to sleep to dream.

Quote Originally Posted by SKA View Post
In the WILD technique you wake up and get out of bed

In the WILD technique you stay up for 30-90 minutes[/b]
Nope and nope. That's WBTB, which isn't so much of a technique, as an enhancer component that can be used with either DILD, MILD or WILD to enhance results. With WILD it's almost neccessary, but it;s not the WILD technique.

Quote Originally Posted by SKA View Post
In the WILD technique there are no instructions on the best way to fall asleep and stay aware[/b]
Yes, and that's for a VERY GOOD REASON. WILD is a very touch-and-go, trial-and-error process. A variation of WILD that works for one person may not work for another. If you want to be a successful WILD-user, you have to pretty much figure out the right procedure for you. The process includes so many possible factors, including:
  • Amount of time you sleep before waking up to perform WBTB
    • Time spent awake during WBTB
    • Whether or not you do WILD during the night or during an afternoon nap
  • Whether or not you get/feel SP
    • If you DO feel SP, whether you ignore it, or focus on it, or try to induce it
  • Whether you use a relaxation technique
    • If so, which one.
  • Whether you experience hypnogogic imagery
    • If so, whether focussing on your HI helps or hinders the WILD attempt
    • If focussing on it does help, HOW you focus.
    • Same again for hypnogogic sounds.
    • Same again for spatial and gravitational hallucinations (I get a rising from my bed sensation, for instance)
  • Whether you use any substance such as chocolate or caffeine or drink water or B6 or melatonin or calea before you go back to attempt your wild.
    • If so, what quantities, how taken, and when taken.
  • What sleeping position you use.
    • Whether it helps to have blankets or not.
    • Room temperature.
    • An animal in the room, liek a cat, can help sometimes if it helps you calm and concentrate.
  • Music playing? Or quiet? Earplugs? Sleep mask? Light? Dark? Dark with a nightlight?
  • Does focussing on your breathing help or hinder?
  • If help, how do you concentrate?
  • Do you count and use visualisation? Self-hypnosis?
Look, honestly, I could go on and on. The point is, that learning to induce WILDs is a very very complicated process. Some find it much easier than others, this is true. I myself am still learning. Very slowly, but learning nonetheless. But, it;s a very personalised process.



Blueman 18: What you've described is a very lengthy and detailed guide for a WILD variation, or at least, for what works for YOU. It is very helpful as a case study, but people reading it should beware that it just might not work for them. For instance, I don't usually get noticeable HI or SP. Neither are neccessary.

The exact reason why WILD guides are so vague, is exactly that - they need to be, to give people room to deviate and figure out what works for them. The best wild guides, (one of which is BillyBob's WILD guide in the tutorials forum, in my opinion), are the ones which give general help but not specific "do this" etc.