Thread: Lucidity Power Trials Club

Originally Posted by Wristblade56

I'm STILL trying to figure out an LDing technique that works... i tried MILD, which worked on and off but then didn't work for like 3 days so i'm looking for another technique... thinking about the constant RC thing but that seems near-impossible... tried WILD but i only made it into SP once... Tried DEILD/CAN-WILD but that didn't work either... any suggestions?

I have a few WILDs when I wake up then go right back to sleep but most of the time I just have DILDs where I simply realize I'm dreaming as soon as the dream starts.

It may be hard at first to do a constant RC but the hardest part is to just stay focused. After a while you can get used to monitoring your awareness in the background without a whole lot of focus required though. It's as simple as paying close attention to what you are doing and what is happening you. You just need to pay attention to a lot of boring things you normally do not pay much attention to. For example things like breathing or blinking or the feeling of your heartbeat that can just happen without you paying any attention at all. Ever counted how many times you have inhaled/exhaled during a day?

I have also noticed that when a person becomes more used to a certain environment like the room you live in for example a person tends to analyze things less over time. You get used to stuff always being the way it is so you stop questioning things. I have had a blue recliner in my room that has been here in the same spot for years. There is really no need to analyze it too deeply every day because I can easily predict it will still be the exact same 2moro and the day after ect. Things like this we just get used to being the way they are so we stop questioning things which can also carry over into our dreams. Then in our dreams a lot of time we and up merely accepting that things are the way they are even if my chair is now green for some reason which could prevent you from become lucid even if big clues are staring you in the face. Remain always skeptical as to whether you are awake or dreaming, pay constant attention whenever you can to what you are doing and what is around you, and at least for me that way of thinking and analyzing things carries over into my dreams allowing me to usually become instantly lucid.

To go along with the constant RC there have been a bunch of exercises I like to do to keep my mind sharp and be able to better control my dreams. I do a lot of practice while awake which carries over to the dream state.

For example try walking around your house looking around at everything and creating a 3d map in your mind of where everything is. Then try to navigate around the house either blindfolded or with your eyes closed and interact with various objects like maybe go get something from the fridge then turn on your tv ect. For something more difficult you could try looking around a messy room briefly and then cleaning up the room putting everything up while blindfolded.

When that gets easier maybe try going to a friends house or place you aren't too familiar with and only briefly look around and create the map. Then in a state where you can't see with your eyes try to navigate around using only the map you made of the environment around you.

Another thing I love to do for visual control training when riding around in a vehicle is to change the scenery as we pass by places. For example I could be riding through the woods on a warm summer day but see everything as being white and snow covered.

If you can create and maintain your own environments in your mind good enough to walk around and remember where stuff is in the real world without being able to see then you should also be able to create and maintain various environments while asleep.