Thread: Help me with WILD please. What am I doing wrong?

Since this is the active WILD thread I will chime in with my own question. I WILD naturally, meaning I become aware of the sensation that arises moments before the transition into sleep and then just ride the tide.

But, this happens randomly, and I can only increase the chance of it happening.

I need to get rid of a specific, extremely intense itch/tickle on my nose that arises almost every time, lasts an eternity... and then, when I think it has stopped... it comes back! At some point I run out of willpower, scratch and give up for the night.

This tickle is the only thing that keeps me from doing intentional, scheduled WILD.
It is so intense that I can't ignore it. So then my only other strategy would be to focus on it meditatively. This removes the discomfort of it, but doesn't make it go away. And because the sensation is so strong the state of mind that comes from mindful observation of the tickle is not inductive to sleep... The tickle twarts most my scheduled WILD attempts.
What can I do?


For OP: About your active and passive variants... Combine them. The main goal is to fall asleep. But you can do this while doing techniques that incubate a lucid dream. Boring repetition of mantras, counting breaths, and visualization of a beautiful, calm and uneventful stage for the dream to take place will both incubate the lucid and make you sleepy at the same time. Just flow calmly through the sensation and try to remember what you are supposed to be doing. Don't turn into a Stone of Focus... just drift and relax and really feel it all while trying to somewhat follow you plan. You don't need to carry all your awareness all the way through. I often loose consciousness right before it starts, but the physical sensations that accompany the transition brings me back.