Best Technique for quicker results

**cjc2040** · 12-04-2015 07:16 PM

Ok so I have read extensively on lucid dreaming ever since I saw a video on hyper-realistic dreams you can control. I am %100 dedicated to learning how to have a lucid dream. If you have a technique that is well known, I probably know it. I really would like to have a lucid dream fairly soon. When I put my mind to an objective, it gets done fairly quickly. To give an example, in my entire life I remembered a total of about 10 or so dreams. Me recalling a dream is like finding a bit of gold, its extremely rare. After I started a dream journal, I remembered a total of 4 dreams within a 3 days. So my question is, what technique gives fast results. I know that people have varying lengths of time from when they start to when they get their first lucid dream but what has work best for you guys. I am asking this because there are just so many techniques you can do. I have tried a typical WILD before and a FILD. I know you aren't supposed to try multiple techniques at one time, but I am just experimenting. I am about ready to stick to one technique and practice it constantly, I just want to know what one tends to have the fastest results. No need to describe them, I can just look on guides on this forum.

**Goldenspark** · 12-05-2015 05:31 PM

Hi cjc2040,
Welcome to DV.
MILD is always reckoned to be the best technique to start with.
I will say that slow and steady gets the prize, so maybe expecting fast results is the wrong approach.
It obviously depends on you. Maybe you'll drop straight in as a natural. If you do, be sure to come on here and tell us how you did it!

**cjc2040** · 12-06-2015 12:04 PM

Well ive been attepmting wild because it seems like a really interesting technique and Ive been making progress day by day. So hopefully i can get it really down and get lucid.

**FryingMan** · 12-06-2015 12:41 PM

My $0.02: dedication is good, it is in fact required. The best long-term results are to be found in realizing that dreaming practice is not a destination, but a journey. Harness your motivation to maintain a steady practice. Don't let a strong desire for quick results turn into frustration and anxiety, which themselves will also impair progress. LD practice is a journey of self-discovery and self-transformation. Enjoy the journey! There will be plenty of awesome dreams along the way. If you never quit, they will come more and more frequently, until you have so much recall every night that it feels like you're living two lives instead of just one.

A nugget of wisdom: in LD practice you're not really looking for "that perfect technique that works fast." You're instead transforming your mind to become highly aware of yourself and your experiences, and to remember them very well. That takes time and steady effort. Let me tell you: it's worth it

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**How** · 12-13-2015 05:03 PM

I don't think any technique is better than the rest. It really depends on the person, but as Frying man said dedication is required for anything to work.

**RebelSeven** · 12-13-2015 06:37 PM

Re-read frying man's post, he knows what he's talking about.

The only other thing I might add is that WILDing without a few lucids under your belt might be quite a bit more difficult than starting with a DILD approach. Though definitely not impossible.