This might help if you're confused about WILD, This may be more easily understood by a Virgo @_@

[modoro]

Alright, I'm here to share some wisdom that I have gathered by listening, reading, studying, practicing for more than a couple months now. If you have not had a real lucid dream where you have been consciously awake (You're in your dream , and your like "whoah dude, I'm dreaming" or thought of it , and having fun doing whatever you want for at least what would seem a minute) Then PLEASE , as Monks would say, EMPTY YOUR CUP. I've been there, where it seems . Oh I got this now makes so much more sense, Now I definately know what I need to do, but when you try for a couple of nights, you're LOST again.I'm here to help you find yourself, and fully understand the concepts, so you can find yourself on your own! and hopefully you can understand my jumble. Sleep Paralysis : Alright, unless you got some problem where you hit this every now and then on accident and it's a life problem, this should be almost IGNORED. What exactly Do I DO to WILD? Well I've got most of this figured What you want to do, is to fall asleep! Basic. But also you want to stay awake Perplexing? Contradicting? We are all different I will give you that, so you might find more methods and ways to do this But the basic idea, is to drift off to sleep , without letting your focus go completely free Otherwise you lose yourself in a sea of dreams Usually if you Don't remember falling asleep, it's because you lost focus had a thought that had nothing to do with your focus, and from their on you became a rampant fairy in the woods with no focus, thinking any thought that comes to mind YOu'll catch yourself doing this now, if you feel like it was important Also, you're trying to fall asleep Understanding that their are cycles involved may help 1: basic resting your eyes, not really feeling like moving much 2: deeper,accompanied with slight numbness might feel an itch or too, ignore it, ways to ignore that help think of anything else, your toes, feet, thoughts, breathes 3: Even DEEPER, even more numbness and loss of where things are, I usually put my hands right on the bottom of my ribcage by my stomache, my hands are crossed ontop of each other, and I feel like they are intercepting at this stage. 4: REM, here is where you actually are dreaming, you'll be in a strange world by then. you'll notice if you hit it. If you've fallen asleep by then and let your focus wander, you will not. Some people can wake up to a rem or become more aware of it by a feeling. But to actually hit 4:rem you have to have as little focus as possible, thoughts, doing anything mental, or physical can effect this. This is where ANCHOR comes into play. I'm at this step, and it's an ass kicker Sometimes you have no idea if it will work, or if your just gonna wake up in the morning thinking "SHIT" BUT, the more you work on your anchor and figuring a good one for you. the better you become It's a slow progression But after awhile you get deeper and deeper into sleep before you fall. and the more you think about it the better your dream recall becomes.

[Iapetos]

Good guide =) I totally agree with you sleep paralysis should be ignored, although what do you mean by "This may be more easily understood by a Virgo", I'm a Libra =(

[Tucane]

Yep, that's a sum-up alright... sucks to be a capricorn. Anyways, seems like you made some good points. Above guy always seems to make sense. Cheers! Tucane PS. Yup, we drink at these hours.

[xpin2winx]

everytime i wake up then fall back asleep. i never seem tired enough so i just rest a few seconds and bam im asleep. I cant focus enough!

[Tucane]

everytime i wake up then fall back asleep. i never seem tired enough so i just rest a few seconds and bam im asleep. I cant focus enough! Falling asleep obviously is a good thing, what makes you lucid is the mindstate you are in while falling asleep. I see that you have experienced LD at least once. Do you remember the feeling of lucidity? I'm not talking about the excited feeling of "Yes! I'm Dreaming!", but the pure feeling of awareness that is lucidity. If you have that feeling and fall asleep without losing it, you will enter the dream lucid. It's actually that simple... i'm not saying it's easy though. Greetings, Tucane

[cmind]

WILD is like riding a bike, it's dead simple if you know how to do it, but it's extremely complicated if you try to learn just by listening to other people. That's why I always emphasize practice. Practice is infinitely more important than knowing "what to do" from a guide.

[modoro]

Thankx tucane, that helps me put into words what I was looking for, I'm playing with it until I get it. I've had it once, but right now I have to play with how far I push my sleep so I can learn this feeling( or state of mind ) And the guide I was hoping, would help others understand "Practice" it's a slight shortcut into finding your own insight, if you comprehend it as similar as I do.