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    1. 08-27-2009 05:00 AM #1
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      Lucid dream feels more like normal thoughts

      First of all: I've been practicing the WILD technique for the past few weeks. I can never conciously enter SP because I think I get too excited. When I feel that drastic transition into SP, my mind suddenly wants to be fully aware of whats going on.. thus I feel the SP slip away as soon as it arrives.

      As soon as my mind becomes aware that SP is coming on, my breathing usually gets more erradic, it becomes harder to breathe, and sometimes I get an erection. It seems the only way for me to enter SP is to be totally unaware of it.

      If I am to WILD without focusing on SP, how will I be able to transition into a dream?

      Since the only way to fall asleep when WILDing is to not focus on it at all, I can never tell when I am sleeping. When I become lucid it feels as though I'm dreaming, but still awake. In other words, it feels as though my dream is just a normal thought as I am laying in my bed struggling to sleep. I don't feel submersed in a dream world. When I mistake my dream for a normal thought, I avoid reality checking because that would involve opening my eyes and making sure I am in my bed (thus moving and breaking the WILD attempt).

      For example: a couple nights ago I had an LD where I was struggling to fall asleep, thinking about a Judd Apatow film about Ecco the Dolphin starring Seth Rogan. Only after I opened my eyes and looked back on the thoughts did I realize I wasn't thinking, but instead dreaming.

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    2. 08-27-2009 07:08 AM #2
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      Quote Originally Posted by Aspartamebraintumor View Post
      When I feel that drastic transition into SP, my mind suddenly wants to be fully aware of whats going on.. thus I feel the SP slip away as soon as it arrives.

      If I am to WILD without focusing on SP, how will I be able to transition into a dream?

      When I'm attempting any WILD technique, and SP starts coming, I don't think about anything. I clear my thoughts for those seconds or minutes it may last, and when it's over, that's when I start thinking about the actual dream. Most of the time, the dream starts automatically, so you don't have to worry about transitioning. Just try to relax during SP, and the rest should take care of itself.

      And as for that LD you had....just be glad you got lucid. Sometimes WILDs fail, but they still can turn into DILDs.


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    3. 08-27-2009 07:45 AM #3
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      You should never concentrate on the outside but more of the inside. So, don't mind about SP or your body's feelings, rather try to focus on what your mind does. Because then you will feel when is the right moment to jump into the dream and thus succeed in WILD.

      It is very much based on feeling, knowing when you are in different state of consciousness.
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    4. 08-28-2009 06:43 AM #4
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      A string of thoughts

      I have had that exactly with both lucid and non lucid dreams. It's more like daydreaming than an actual dream.

      I can remember the 'dream', but there are no visuals. It's more like thinking something through rather than an experience. It's usually when I've been preoccupied or intently involved in solving a problem that I experience that.
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