Thread: Need other WILD entry techniques besides opening eyes.

Any help would be appreciated. I've spent numerous hours in aware sleep (more than I can count) in the last few months, but have never fully transitioned into a Lucid dream. I go through many levels of WILD progression very easily (body falling asleep, extreme relaxation / comfort, very focused thoughts, blotches of red moving around under my eyes, etc.) but I always either fail entry because I open my eyes and wake myself fully up not in a dream or I'm afraid to open my eyes after so much time fostering the right situation because I know, chances are, I'll wake up not in a dream and have to start over or call the morning a loss. Don't get me wrong... I've enjoyed this state very much. Time flies in it and it has plenty of interesting experiences with it. However I long to produce a WILD and it's getting frustrating. However I've spent so many hours in this state (hours feel like minutes) that I'm sure there have been times I was lucid while laying there and just never took advantage of it. I don't see many visuals so it's hard to use that as a guide. Most of them are blotches and red spots and if there is any type of scene it's usually very dark and hard to spot.

I've tried a few other things, like trying to will myself to sit up, will my arms up, will myself to rock back and forth, etc. This morning I was soooooooo close. I tried imagining myself rubbing my hands together and at one point I could tell it almost felt like I really was. Ironically that's when my alarm went off.

Any suggestions would be helpful. Thanks!

PS - unrelated to this I did have my first WBTB DILD last night! At some point when trying to WIlD I fell into a full non lucid dream; during which I had a false awakening. As soon as I noticed I didn't own a big green canvas picture like the one I viewed from my bed to my hallway I got overly excited and lost it! Soooo frustrating but sooo cool to have some progress.