http://www.dreamviews.com/f12/sivaso...pics-q-129943/
Here is a link to a thread I put together. It gives answers to both questions. Here is one important fact though. SP is not a total paralysis. If you felt 30% paralysed you were probably there. Think about it like this, if someone is dreaming and you poke them with a hot needle, they will be able to jump up and slap you in no time flat. SP keeps you from jerking around and trying to act out your dreams. It can always (for most people) be broken by exerting your will. If you keep trying to confirm you are in SP by attempting to move, you are constantly going to break the SP. What you need to look for is that state where you would have to focus in order to move. You get a general heavy feeling, you also generally start feeling strange. The strange will be different for everyone. Just do not try to move or you will loose it. After a lot of practice you can gently move, say to switch positions and not really break SP. You will always break SP if you try to test it by making yourself move.
I want to point out that most (all?) advanced dreamers need to try a few WILD attempts that fail before getting an awesome LD. If any one does not, then tell me. Most people have only a one in a handful of WILDs work if they have not slept yet. Even master level dreamers using WBTB have WILDs that get no further than intense hypnogogic stuff say half or more of the time. I am probably considered very advanced or master level by some members, but my success rate with WILDs that are WBTB is only about 1 in 3, so if I am dead set on having an LD, I make multiple attempts in the same night.
I also suggest that beginers look into MILD techniques. WILD is a very advance meditative art. Go ahead and keep trying it, but you will find MILD to be an effective way to bring about a DILD aand if you are really working your RC you will get lucid that way in no time.
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