Thread: New Dreamer. Question about the (MILD) technique.

Try Stephen Laberge's mnemonic induction of lucid dreaming (MILD) technique.

* Set your alarm clock to wake you up 4 1/2, 6, or 7 1/2 hours after falling asleep.
* When you are awakened by your alarm clock, try to remember the dream as much as possible.
* When you think you have remembered as much as you can, return to your place of rest, imagining that you are in your previous dream, and becoming aware that you are dreaming. Say to yourself, "I will be aware that I'm dreaming," or something similar. Do this until you think that it has "sunk in." Then go to sleep.
* If random thoughts pop up when you are trying to fall asleep, repeat the imagining, self-suggestion part, and try again. Don't worry if you think it's taking a long time. The longer it takes, the more likely it will 'sink in,' and the more likely you will have a lucid dream.

This is the guide that I used. Re reading it I think that I may have misinterpreted it a bit. I thought that I was supposed to carry my consciousness into my dream when it looks like I was really supposed to go to sleep naturally and count on being lucid when I got into my dream.

Thanks for the feedback I have tried WILD before without knowing exactly what it was and I kept encountering the problem above. I would start to enter sleep paralysis and the sensation would either frighten me or exhilirate me to the point that I could not hold my focus. The next time I try wild I will use some theta binatural beats to soothe me.

I would love to compare notes going forward Origami. Good luck!

Thanks again.

Are you serious? I too thought I had to slip into my dream but still be awake for that to work! Argh! I only did a few chants of "I will realize I'm dreaming" then I lay still and tried to wait for me to fall asleep, but remain awake! No wonder it never worked! I'm going to try that tonight, or Friday night.

Not using the above technique mind you but since I have been recording my dreams and practicing mindfulness while awake I have had a lucid dream. It was quite amazing. I felt the weight of the dream above me like I was 1000 miles beneath the surface of the ocean. I could move and feel and look around like I was in another body. The only thing that I regret is that I began to worry that I wouldn't wake up so I kept trying to wake up only to find myself in another dream. I wish I would have just stayed calm enough to enjoy it. It felt like a solid hour of dream time. If I had slowed down and tried not to wake up I feel like I could have enjoyed the dream for quite some time.

Thanks for the help so far everybody.