Thread: Why WILD is uncertain method

Originally Posted by Nfri

I'm glad that you said this guys. Do you see the catch? Some people like you have the ability to stay aware during NREM barriers - light sleep mostly. For wild expert like you, there isn't much a problem to be lucid in NREM barriers. For wild noobs like me it is almost impossible to stay awake during this phase. I fall asleep (lose awareness) or stay awake.

So basicaly I'm saying that if you not an expert in wild, or budhist monk or profound meditator or I don't know what else, staying lucid during NREM barriers is not attainable for lucid dreamers like myself.

These are levels of WILD according to difficulty from the easiest (not full list):

1. remLUCID-AWAKEorNOT-DEILD-remLUCID

2. AWAKE-anyWILDtechnique-REM = this is what I'm capable of and I think there is lots of oneironauts who rarely hit this lucky condition and succeed in WILD

3. AWAKE-anyWILDtechnique-LUCIDlightsleep-LUCIDrem = this is like to want from someone to draw beautiful picture when he's can't draw a circle for example

Hi,

I belive i might have in past accidently stayed conscious in NREM due to 'Prospective Memory' or unintentional MILD Practice.

I guess it happend due to long falling asleep mixed with repetitive counting. Counting for more than thirty-minutes resulted in solidifying my intention to keep on counting.
And after that long time i had moments when i suddenly lose consciousness and due to that stopped to count. After few seconds or maybe even minutes i've regained consciousness by suddenly getting some kind of reminder from brain? That i stopped counting and i need to start counting again.

My theory might be correct or it might be just coincidence.
I belive it might be correct since i had same sensation with MILD Tech some time ago
I had intention set to reality check every 15 minutes and i've repeated words 'I'il remember to do reality check every 15 minutes' and then i fell asleep.
As the time of around 15 minutes passed in dream world i've gotten that sudden shock reminder about reality checking and so i decided to do rc in dream and yet it failed due to me thinking that i can breathe thru nose due to having some wound

Maybe Prospective Memory/MILD could do a job as an anchor in WILDs finely on it's own?
It's just a little theory of mine tho

Edit:

This article is also interesting about 'Prospective Memory':
http://www.world-of-lucid-dreaming.c...ve-memory.html