Thread: Sibyline's workbook

I messed up this morning. I remembered two dreams when I woke up, as well as one failed DEILD attempt. I tried to commit keywords to memory and thought my recall was good enough to wait a little while before writing them down (because I had so much to do before leaving for work), but once I tried to write them down, they were 100% gone. I have absolutely no idea!

Awww that sucks! Many a time do I do the exact same thing. Biggest lie I tell myself: "You don't need to write that down, you'll remember it later." haha.

Congrats on the lucid btw! Sorry I haven't replied for a bit, my internet died. Anywhoo it looks like you're doing okay despite the recall problem. I noticed you have plenty of established dream signs. One tip I can give you is that when you are trying to recall your dreams, sift through your known dream signs. Since you have a lot, you might have better chances. Just thik of your dream signs one by one and try to remember if it was in your dreams. Many times, the answer is yes since they manifest a lot in your dreams every night (being dream signs ofc). Once you remember if it was indeed present in a dream, you can start connecting the dots to remember other parts.

Hope this helps, good luck!

Originally Posted by Sibyline

I'm ditching the MILD. That is so not me, LOL! I'm going to work on SSILD for a couple of weeks now, and of course continue with WBTB. I'm really pleased with the DILD I had this weekend although the lucidity trigger was a bit unsexy and probably not reproducible now that I'm on the mend. I have always had more WILDs and DEILDs than DILDs, so if this is a developing skill, I'm more than happy.

Ah yes, SSILD! That was actually the first tech that legitimately got me LDing with regularity. Even though I do more MILD than anything these days, SSILD's always the "first love". Now's an especially good time to find yourself a new technique now that your "Phlegm-Induced Lucid Dream" tech is slipping away from you.

CosmicIron (the guy who invented SSILD) published an updated version of the tech here that is worth checking out. I think that this cycling strategy is an improvement over the original. Feels very natural and seems to be well-suited for settling me into the rhythm. Here it is: 宇宙の铁: Senses Initiated Lucid Dream (SSILD) Official Tutorial

Originally Posted by Sibyline

I messed up this morning. I remembered two dreams when I woke up, as well as one failed DEILD attempt. I tried to commit keywords to memory and thought my recall was good enough to wait a little while before writing them down (because I had so much to do before leaving for work), but once I tried to write them down, they were 100% gone. I have absolutely no idea!

Ahh, sorry about that! We've all been there. If I can get at least a few tags/keywords written down I am normally okay for a while. But yeah if the day really gets rolling and the kids need things from me and life starts happening at warp-speed... gah! Yeah, you know how that is.

Originally Posted by CanisLucidus

Ah yes, SSILD! That was actually the first tech that legitimately got me LDing with regularity. Even though I do more MILD than anything these days, SSILD's always the "first love". Now's an especially good time to find yourself a new technique now that your "Phlegm-Induced Lucid Dream" tech is slipping away from you.

CosmicIron (the guy who invented SSILD) published an updated version of the tech here that is worth checking out. I think that this cycling strategy is an improvement over the original. Feels very natural and seems to be well-suited for settling me into the rhythm. Here it is: 宇宙の铁: Senses Initiated Lucid Dream (SSILD) Official Tutorial

Thanks! I found that a couple of days ago, and I'm trying to settle into the routine of doing it now. Turns out I have a wee bit of tinnitus that I never noticed before. Normally I'm a bit wary of "... and nobody knows why" claims, but there are so many people reporting above-average results with this tech that I'm going to give it a really serious try.

Originally Posted by Sibyline

Thanks! I found that a couple of days ago, and I'm trying to settle into the routine of doing it now. Turns out I have a wee bit of tinnitus that I never noticed before. Normally I'm a bit wary of "... and nobody knows why" claims, but there are so many people reporting above-average results with this tech that I'm going to give it a really serious try.

Heh, I've got a little bit of tinnitus going on as well and SSILD made it really obvious. Funny you noticed the same thing.

And yeah, I totally get you on the "and nobody knows why!!" thing. That is the single thing that bothered me most about the tech, and still does. The serious downside is that when things aren't going as well, it's more difficult to debug because it's harder to have that intuitive understanding of what might need adjusting. I tended to just fiddle with WBTB duration and intent/awareness work rather than worrying too much about the "rituals" themselves.

I basically view it as SSILD priming the brain in a way enhances your already-existing intent and awareness. Kind of like a Super-WBTB. I have some theories on what might be going on but they're a bit half-baked and premature.

Good luck!