Why is WILDing considered so difficult?
I don't get why people say WILD is so "elusive" and "difficult" to do. Granted, I haven't succeeded in WILDing because of all the noisy toddlers abound in my house, but the concept doesn't seem very hard at all. I mean... all you do, apparently, is focus until you induce SP on yourself. I've actually succeeded in doing that a few times before, but I'm so scared of SP that I forced myself out of it before the dream started, but it was so easy to accomplish that I'm having trouble believing that the concept is that hard to do. It is a bit hard in that you have to have absolute focus, but once you have that down, what's so hard about WILDing?
It's easy, if it happens...
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In reality, everybody here saying "patience is the key" is right. One must be patient and focused enough to actually sit through an ENTIRE wild attempt and not quit, yes. However, one must also be patient in that the VAST majority of people are not going to be successful every night, at least at first, even if they do focus and do nothing wrong during the WILD on a conscious level. One needs to be patient enough to KEEP ATTEMPTING wild, daily, until it "works".
I've lied motionless for three hours with a tranquil but attentive mind, (I would've tried longer, if not for my evil bladder...) and haven't even entered SP or seen HI.
I've also lied down on the couch with horrible back pain and a headache, with no intention of sleeping or WILD. I entered SP in five minutes and had an extremely short but vivid WILD.
The trick is not only consciously wanting to LD and WILD, but making the subconscious want it as well. Problem: the subconscious doesn't speak the same language as the conscious. Desperately wanting to LD for whatever reason doesn't translate into anything for the subconscious. That is of course unless you're a natural LDer, where the subconscious has learned to interpret that when the conscious has WILD/LD-specific thoughts and the body lays motionless in the mornings, it's time to dream!
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For all of those out there that worry that they somehow don't have the skill or the body or the chemistry to LD and WILD, and despair: Just forget it. If you can sleep, even a little, you can do it. If you're serious about WILDing, take on oath right now to attempt it every single day. Make room for it. Have the mindset of: "I'm going to stay conscious and aware while I lay here, and one of these days my body will enter a dream while I do so!" It might be this day, it might be the next... It's GOING to happen. I need to catch it.
You will be ecstatic the day that you succeed. Don't stop attempting WILDs every day at this point, however!!!!!!!! That would be the most stupid and illogical action possible. You've just made a BREAKTHROUGH. If you don't reward and continue this "WILD", (a still relatively new process to both the subconscious AND conscious) you're subconscious will think it unimportant, or worse... something negative!
Repeat the WILD, again and again, until you have yet another success. After a few of these successes, the subconscious WILL make the connection. You're brain will cooperate with you; you're body too.
Then, WILDs won't require anything but lying down in the mornings and being aware. They really WILL be as easy as "they" say. You'll look back and say "Why didn't I just suck it up and do the noob-work sooner?" :roll:
