d.e.i.l.d advice

[urbanmilitia]

respect to the community ;] i could use some advice after reading the d.e.i.l.d tutorial ive realised that maybe 4-5 times a week ive been exiting dreams straight into heavy hallucnegic imagery after 5-7 hrs sleep and my only lucid came from this technique after i came out of a 1 second lucid during a d.i.l.d but ive been clearing my mind as in a w.i.l.d trying to do mantras and or waking to right in my dream diary when i should be trying to remember my last dream i feel as though this could be a potential breakthrough for me if i get it right would like some views on these methods and if they would work ;] 1.rembering last dream [it takes me 5-10 seconds for them to come- is this too long 2.remebering another dream you liked 3.incubting a dream to visualise 4.remembering a real life memory[ive good long term memory respect

[cyanidebaby]

Firstly, I'm at the same level as you, so my view isn't the most helpful in the world, but it sounds like you're trying to do MILD, WILD and DEILD at the same time from what you said in the beginning of your post. It's very tempting to try to get as many things in as possible to try and ensure an LD, but the thing is with all the mantras and mind-clearing, you might be in danger of ruining your DEILD by allowing your brain to become to awake. As long as you don't try all these four emboldened steps at once, you'll most likely be all OK, but anything to taxing is going to wake your brain up. Good luck.

[urbanmilitia]

good luck cyanide ;] hopefully we will pass this hurdle together respect

[cyanidebaby]

Thanks, I hope one of the experts here will help you soon