1. I think it may have been I that said that. Let me explain it to you:
When I WILD, I don't think of it as *tricking something* into falling asleep. Because quite frankly, WILD's are just that, falling asleep. The difference is that you need to stay aware during the process.
All this *resisting the urge to move* and similar is all BS to me. Those messages you are ignoring mean something: you are uncomfortable, move now or suffer tense and aching muscles. This is why you move around before falling asleep. Eventually, you find a nice position and don't need to move anymore.
In order to pass the time, there are a number of things you can do. It's really up to you. Just make sure you can stay conscious throughout the process. This is the trickiest part, but if you can get this, you can WILD fairly easily. One thing you can do is imagine a cool lucid scenario. Something along those lines would be ideal. IF you end up failing the WILD, at least there's a good chance you'll have a DILD.
2. As I said in number one, do it in any position that is comfortable to you.
3. I'm sure you think about SOMETHING before falling asleep. I think it's quite impossing to think about "nothing". Really it's just a state of mental relaxation and calmness. Again, as I stated before this is the hardest part of the WILD: finding a good balance between awareness and mental relaxation. It takes a few night's experimenting.
4. There could be a number of things affecting your recall: how you wake up, how much sleep you get, how much thought you put into it.
A good thing to try is autosuggestion. Tell yourself you will wake up after every dream. One thing to avoid, especially at early recall stages, is an alarm of some sort. Those can kill recall due to the abrupt awakening. Though, it is not impossible to remember dreams after an alarm call, but it IS harder.
For now, record what you THINK happened. Write emotions, feelings, maybe colours, even if it all seems insignificant now. Your recall will come with time, trust me.
Hope that helps.
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