Thread: Camdave's Workbook

What is the best thing to do with your mind whilst attempting a WILD

Unforunately, there is no best practice as the process is very subjective and experiences vary for people and even with the same individual. One very important thing to keep in mind is not to get overexcited when getting closer to an ld. It's about finding the perfect mix of awareness and relaxation. Personally, since I tend to sway more towards the wakefulness side, I rely more on simply relaxing and following my breathing. I may repeat the occasional mantra to make sure I'm focused on lding and don't drift off into normal dreams. The best thing is that even if you fall asleep as usual and miss the transition, all the effort and expectation might translate into a DILD later on. I think it's best if you try out different things to see which one works best for you. Here's a very good link with our wild class, don't hesitate to also ask sageous for some more tips on this.

WILD

Also, there's this quite nice technique that works well for both dilds and wilds, it's called SSILD. You can try doing a few of these cycles - they help you maintain awareness while keeping you relaxed at the same time.

http://www.dreamviews.com/induction-...eam-ssild.html

Is the FILD technique better to do immediately after waking without "waking up" your conscious mind as much

I haven't used this tech but from what I read is that you need be more sleepy, yes.

As an aside, I saw someone this morning at work walking into the office looking around and pinching his nose. I think I spotted a fellow lucid dreamer

Awww! That's awesome!

Thanks for pointing out the SSILD technique - I hadn't come across it before. I gave it a go last night but haven't been successful for the past 3 days in dream recall; I seem to wake up with nothing in my mind, not even a small fragment. I've been a bit busy at work and my wife came home last night from abroad so maybe I was more distracted than usual; when I woke up after 5 hours sleep last night, for example, I did a few SSILD cycles and fell asleep straight away!

I've read quite a lot about people having "nights off" from lucid dreaming and recollection. Do you think that the poor/zero recollection of the last 2-3 days is just my brain taking a rest? I've been going at things pretty hard (in terms of research, trying techniques, all-day awareness etc.) for the last two weeks with pretty good success.