Thread: Finger Induced Lucid Dream (fild)

Doing this finger movements just before falling asleep doesn't seem to be working for me. I fall asleep. Should I start doing the movements before feeling close to the falling asleep threshold?

I tryed again! It made me have a very vivid Non-lucid dream, But other than that nothing happend.


EDIT: I can't get this to work

I'll try this tonight if I'm too lazy to WILD during my WBTB, and will report results in the morning

Ive tried this twice already but my fingers get stiff and I always end up just falling asleep. Im also afraid of sleep paralysis so maybe that is one thing. But I do end up knowing Im dreaming while asleep. I just havent gotten to the controling them yet.

Any luck anyone?

This always works 100% with me. I also find it hard to get to the point of no return ( giggles) and move my fingers. But when I do manage to do it, it works. Transitions are the smoothest EVER. I don't feel any changes.

If i'm going to bed considerably later than normal, and take out the WBTB part, would this still work?

i keep trying, but i'm not sure when i should do it.
i never realize if i'm tired enough.
i always wait a few mins till i get more tired,
then just end up falling asleep.

heeeelp

Works for me! I had 2 lucid dream this morning by this technique, but both of them were very short and unstable. I am happy becouse i finally found technique that is working for me! I guess i need more practice now. I was just about to stop moving my fingers and go to sleep becouse i thought that it didnt work. But i did RC to be sure AND YEAH! I AM DREAMING!!! I was kinda shocked

Originally Posted by Leprekonas

Works for me! I had 2 lucid dream this morning by this technique, but both of them were very short and unstable. I am happy becouse i finally found technique that is working for me! I guess i need more practice now. I was just about to stop moving my fingers and go to sleep becouse i thought that it didnt work. But i did RC to be sure AND YEAH! I AM DREAMING!!! I was kinda shocked

You should be really surprised.

I am trying this technique as well but I can't understand when exactly to start moving my fingers. As far as I know, I should start it just before falling asleep but I can't figure out when I am about to fall asleep; I just fall asleep.

I need advises on this.

Yes its pretty hard to figure out when you are about to fall asleep, so I did something a little bit differently. When i felt that i am realy sleepy i started moving my fingers. And i moved them not jus for 30sec. but till when i got realy bored That was about 10-15mins. When i said ok, thats not working and did RC

So you were lucky.

I suppose I'll give this a try tomorrow. I've tried it before, but I've always been too tired to follow up on it.

I was going to try this last night... But woke up and forgot XD.

Uhm.

Someone said they did this before going to sleep... Has anyone else attempted this?

Also, do you have to go through SP during this method?

Because SP sounds pretty freaking scary.

12 tries and still no luck, Im going back to wilds

tried this last night but no luck for some reason i was really awake tho, even after WBTB im not gonna give up on it just yet tho, gonna post results again tomorrow

Originally Posted by Smuds

I was going to try this last night... But woke up and forgot XD.

Uhm.

Someone said they did this before going to sleep... Has anyone else attempted this?

Also, do you have to go through SP during this method?

Because SP sounds pretty freaking scary.

No, you won't go through SP. You will be continously tapping till you fall asleep, and in the dream, you'll still be tapping in your bed. So you better RC after a minute or so. Just try not to wonder if your dreaming or awake, that will make you more awake, so I recommend attempting this during a brief awakening, so that you won't be too awake.

Originally Posted by Scwigglie

Sure.

1) Go to sleep. Any ol' way.

2) Wake up when you're *very* tired. You can set an alarm for say like 4 hours after you fall asleep, or if you happen to accidentally wake up in the middle of the night, that works too.

3) Start tapping two fingers very gently, so you use minimum energy. Keep tapping and tell yourself that you'll do a RC in about 10-30 seconds. Or even 1-5 minutes, it depends on how fast you think you'll fall asleep.

The result *should* be that when you do a RC, you'll still be tapping your fingers but will be in a dream.. and become lucid.

But if you try a couple of times and you're still not in a dream, stop doing it and just fall asleep and try a different time.

cool i'll be trying this

ok tried it and realized this is one of those things for people who have the ability to retain some consciousness as they fall asleep. i cannot do this, i was asleep before i even tried holding my nose. i always fall into a deep sleep that does not connect with my waking state. i'm one of those "asleep before my head hit the pillow." type people. i've had a little success with 1 i'm dreaming 2 i'm dreaming 3 i'm dreaming throughout the years but thats it. worth a shot though

i really liked this!
thanks

This method seems fantastic because of its ease and because you dont have to be awake a lot of time. Im gonna try it tonight and Il post my results... Just some questions: Which position do you have to be? I sleep better on my stomach. And your hand must be on its back or on its front? Sorry if this question has already been asked but this topic has a lot of pages xD

Ok tried this three times during the night and nothing. Probably because I wasnt tired :S gonna try it tonight again

someone please tell me, when it says Nose RC...

does it mean to try and use your physical arm to perform an rc and hope its a dreambody???

or imagine your arm coming up and doing an rc???

I'm pretty sure they mean to move your 2 fingers up and down like they described then after about 10-30 secs slowly move your left arm (it may feel like your real arm) and do the nose RC... So im saying Yes move your real arm and it may turn out to be your dream arm