Thread: Lady Loki's Workbook

Welcome LadyLoki

Great start to your workbook, I find that it's an awesome tool for going back and tracking your progress. Also a fantastic way to get advice from DVs awesome staff, as you have already noticed above. A piece of advice Ophelia gave me helped me snag a Lucid not too long ago

Not being able to use your voice to scream seems to be pretty common with people in dreams. Personally, I can't make contact when I try to hit something in a dream - similar to if you have ever tried to punch something underwater. lol

I see you have adopted one of the Task of the Month tasks as a goal, looking forward to seeing your updates on that

Great decision in my opinion to stick to a method for about a month, that's a good amount of time to get a feel for whatever you chose to use.

Originally Posted by PennyRoyal

Welcome LadyLoki

Thanks!

Originally Posted by PennyRoyal

Not being able to use your voice to scream seems to be pretty common with people in dreams. Personally, I can't make contact when I try to hit something in a dream - similar to if you have ever tried to punch something underwater.

So I've gathered after looking around the forum for a few days. Luckily, I managed to survive well over two decades without one. Now I have them almost every night.

Originally Posted by LadyLoki

So I've gathered after looking around the forum for a few days. Luckily, I managed to survive well over two decades without one. Now I have them almost every night.

That's frustrating, but if it's a frequent dream sign hopefully you'll learn to catch it for frequent lucids

I like to keep a paper Dream Journal at home so I can write down goals, dreamsigns, or anything else that I want to 'commit to memory'. Find a way that works for you to remind yourself to RC when you're having trouble using your voice

Good luck!

Need to reinforce my intention to try DEILD. I feel like it would be a great method for me, but I forgot about it until it was time to get up this morning.

I have a question about SSILD. As I understand it, you do the cycles during your WBTB, and then you just allow yourself to fall back asleep... and you don't have to worry about DILD/MILD/WILD? The reason I ask is because it seems like that would make everything so much easier. I didn't want to rule anything out-- I think I might have an innate talent for WILD, as I'm good at being aware of HHs, but I didn't want to rule out he other types as well. With WILD, if you lose consciousness, the night is lost. However, leaving things open has left me feeling a bit like I don have a set technique.

I know I said I'd stick to me routine for the rest of the month, but I just discovered SSILD yesterday, and it's only the 5th...

Anyone familiar with this method who can offer some insight? Seems like doing ADA during the day and the SSILD cycles during WBTB would really simplify things.

Originally Posted by LadyLoki

I have a question about SSILD. As I understand it, you do the cycles during your WBTB, and then you just allow yourself to fall back asleep... and you don't have to worry about DILD/MILD/WILD? The reason I ask is because it seems like that would make everything so much easier. I didn't want to rule anything out-- I think I might have an innate talent for WILD, as I'm good at being aware of HHs, but I didn't want to rule out he other types as well. With WILD, if you lose consciousness, the night is lost. However, leaving things open has left me feeling a bit like I don have a set technique.

I know I said I'd stick to me routine for the rest of the month, but I just discovered SSILD yesterday, and it's only the 5th...

Anyone familiar with this method who can offer some insight? Seems like doing ADA during the day and the SSILD cycles during WBTB would really simplify things.

Hey LadyLoki! Great workbook, BTW!

Yeah, I'm very familiar with SSILD. That was the first technique that really worked for me with lucid dreaming and even though for the last couple of months I've stuck with MILD/WILD, the majority of my LDs were from SSILD. I highly recommend checking out the latest version of the tech here: 宇宙��: Senses Initiated Lucid Dream (SSILD) Official Tutorial These tweaks, particularly leading off with shorter cycles, seem to make the technique work even better and become more natural to execute.

Your understanding is completely correct. SSILD is primarily a technique for inducing DILDs, especially via false awakening. Some people wind up "feeling" the WILD coming when they're performing their cycles and that's perfectly fine. But under normal circumstances, the idea is to complete the cycles and then simply fall back asleep, ready to have a lucid dream. The steps really are that simple.

There are couple of important things that I'd keep in mind for SSILD.

First, watch out for false awakenings! If you've never experienced a really convincing false awakening before, SSILD has a tendency to bring them on. That's a good thing but you do need to be ready to catch them. It's good to get into the habit of performing a reality check when you first wake up or before you get out of bed. On SSILD, I used to have long false awakenings where I'd play with my kids, wander around the house, check Facebook, etc.

Second, since the technique is a bit more "magical" than others, it's easy to fall into the trap of thinking the tech is making you lucid. But when you hit that first LD with it, remember that it's you that succeeded. SSILD just amps up your natural levels of awareness and opens the door a little wider. You're the one who finds it, walks through it, and does awesome stuff once you're past it. Awareness work and even more importantly intent and belief that you will have a lucid dream are as crucial as ever. Once you start believing that you are simply a person who has lots of lucid dreams, you'll find yourself getting lucid more and more regularly.

Good luck!!

Originally Posted by CanisLucidus

Hey LadyLoki! Great workbook, BTW!

Yeah, I'm very familiar with SSILD. That was the first technique that really worked for me with lucid dreaming and even though for the last couple of months I've stuck with MILD/WILD, the majority of my LDs were from SSILD. I highly recommend checking out the latest version of the tech here: These tweaks, particularly leading off with shorter cycles, seem to make the technique work even better and become more natural to execute.

Your understanding is completely correct. SSILD is primarily a technique for inducing DILDs, especially via false awakening. Some people wind up "feeling" the WILD coming when they're performing their cycles and that's perfectly fine. But under normal circumstances, the idea is to complete the cycles and then simply fall back asleep, ready to have a lucid dream. The steps really are that simple.

There are couple of important things that I'd keep in mind for SSILD.

First, watch out for false awakenings! If you've never experienced a really convincing false awakening before, SSILD has a tendency to bring them on. That's a good thing but you do need to be ready to catch them. It's good to get into the habit of performing a reality check when you first wake up or before you get out of bed. On SSILD, I used to have long false awakenings where I'd play with my kids, wander around the house, check Facebook, etc.

Second, since the technique is a bit more "magical" than others, it's easy to fall into the trap of thinking the tech is making you lucid. But when you hit that first LD with it, remember that it's you that succeeded. SSILD just amps up your natural levels of awareness and opens the door a little wider. You're the one who finds it, walks through it, and does awesome stuff once you're past it. Awareness work and even more importantly intent and belief that you will have a lucid dream are as crucial as ever. Once you start believing that you are simply a person who has lots of lucid dreams, you'll find yourself getting lucid more and more regularly.

Good luck!!

That's actually the manual I read.

It's interesting that this technique causes so many false awakenings. I think I may have actually had one a few nights ago. I was having a sleepless (I thought?) night and naturally did something similar to SSILD, just without the cycles. At one point I even thought of doing an RC but was afraid I'd fail. But when I looked at my clock later, more time had passed than it felt like. Hmm.

Thanks for the advice. I think I'll give this technique a try.