WILD attempt, near-success or failure?

Hey there.

I've been trying WILD for some weeks now, and last night i experienced something odd.

First some background story:

I recently began to sleep 9 hours a night in hope of better dream recall and as such found myself well rested, even after a hard day at work. But some days i just crash HARD when i get home and sometimes i sleep 4-5 hours if i am not woken up during this "nap", so as you can probably guess, i am having trouble sleeping at night on these days.

This was the case last night.
As i went to sleep i thought i should practice WILD, and after an hour of lying completely still, i gave up, checked my watch, rolled over, and went to sleep.
However, i did not fall asleep and after 30 mins i felt the sensations (if you know what i mean) crawling up on me. Shortly thereafter i began seeing scenes EXTREMELY vividly, and the only way i can describe it is if you imagine standing in front of a portal only putting your face inside, leaving your body out. So seeing it from your own perspective, but unable to enter and still feeling you physical body.

The thing is, i was lying like this for 3 hours, not feeling ANY tiredness at all, and still able to hear anything happening in the house (father snoring, drinking water, brother playing games downstairs with a friend etc.)

So, to sum it up.

• What i experienced was purely visual

• I could hear anything and i didn't lose consciousness

• I could alter and manipulate the scene just by thinking it

• It was like watching a lucid dream from a stationary position

• I could cancel the process anytime i wanted to by moving, as i did after 3 hours

So, can anyone clarify if i am doing it right or wrong? Do i need to engage the imagery in a different way? More or less sleep? etc?

I felt like i wasn't making any progress using WILD, but after this experience i got renewed hope, so any feedback or advice is greatly appreciated.

I don't think this is classified as a lucid experience so i'm posting this in the general discussion. But please feel free to move it if needed.

Getting HH - the images - is always a good sign. I think the problem in this case was, that you were not sleepy and you were not falling asleep. Even when you already have dreamlets but you don't fall asleep, they can't develop into a lucid dream, since for you to dream you have to be asleep.

So I would do the same thing, but be sleepy this time and time it so you fall asleep at the right time. If you have not read this tutorial yet, I recommend you check it out WILD (sageous). And here is an article about sensations and types of entry into WILD.

Moved to WILD

You got stuck in one of the many WILD pitfalls my friend. You need to engage in the dream scene. Slowly incorporate each and every one of your senses. Use your imagination to BRING yourself into the scene. I sometimes find the best way to WILD is by developing your own technique over time instead of trying to read tutorial after tutorial. Not saying they dont offer helpful tips and checkpoint markers, but if you focus too much on doing it a certain way, you will surely fail. Every body and mind is different. Make a technique that caters to YOU.

Thanks for the feedback! I was a little confused about the whole process, but after reading up on WILD tutorials all day i will be sure to incorporate the useful information and develop my own technique. :)