Thread: Why are my WILD attempts unsuccessful?

From what I'm reading here, the problem seems to be the way you're going about this. It sounds to me like you're simply laying there awake, expecting a dream to randomly form in front of you, and what you actually need to do is fall asleep but not lose total consciousness. Practice retaining awareness each time you go to sleep at night - it will most likely help.

Originally Posted by Graves

From what I'm reading here, the problem seems to be the way you're going about this. It sounds to me like you're simply laying there awake, expecting a dream to randomly form in front of you, and what you actually need to do is fall asleep but not lose total consciousness. Practice retaining awareness each time you go to sleep at night - it will most likely help.

ok. I'll try doing that.

By the way, how can I fall asleep while not losing total consciousness? Does counting breaths help? Will imagining listening to a song keep me too awake?

Originally Posted by Chevaughn

ok. I'll try doing that.

By the way, how can I fall asleep while not losing total consciousness? Does counting breaths help? Will imagining listening to a song keep me too awake?

Basically let yourself drift off but while doing such remain alert of what's happening. Don't force anything as it will only keep you awake. Just let it all come and go as it pleases and you'll find yourself drifting deeper and deeper into an altered state of consciousness. It's important to let yourself drop to the point where only a shred of consciousness has been retained, because then the body will think the mind is asleep and switch into theta, which is where dreams occur mostly.

Originally Posted by Graves

Basically let yourself drift off but while doing such remain alert of what's happening. Don't force anything as it will only keep you awake. Just let it all come and go as it pleases and you'll find yourself drifting deeper and deeper into an altered state of consciousness. It's important to let yourself drop to the point where only a shred of consciousness has been retained, because then the body will think the mind is asleep and switch into theta, which is where dreams occur mostly.

Oh, it's all coming to me now. Are you saying that I should let my mind wander off, but while doing that, I should get those sudden "shocks" of consciousness, like when I am going to bed at night, drifting off, then someone in the same room suddenly speak loudly, and I get that "shock" of awareness? I hope I am making sense

Originally Posted by Chevaughn

Oh, it's all coming to me now. Are you saying that I should let my mind wander off, but while doing that, I should get those sudden "shocks" of consciousness, like when I am going to bed at night, drifting off, then someone in the same room suddenly speak loudly, and I get that "shock" of awareness? I hope I am making sense

Yes. That shock is when you suddenly become aware, and what I mean is something sort of like that but at a more subtle and relaxed level.

Originally Posted by Graves

Yes. That shock is when you suddenly become aware, and what I mean is something sort of like that but at a more subtle and relaxed level.

OK. I'll try it tonight and get back to you.
Thank you

One more thing. Its either sleep paralysis experience or dream experience. You might have both, but not at the same time. One after another, it would work, ... But hey. Who would waste time on obserwing his own body getting numb, when he could have a lucid dream