Thread: I Can't WILD with WBTB! WTF?!

Within the first like 10-15 minutes of laying still, eyes closed and earplugs in my entire body is numb... It feels cool but I can't enter SP. I KNOW what SP feels like but I can't go in. I can be numb for an hour and a half and constantly repeat to myself "I will have a lucid dream. I will move from waking to lucidity." The whole time but I can't enter SP what am I doing wrong?!

I've read that mantras can keep you too awake. Try having the mantra in the back of your head, without actually focusing on it.

Also, a lot of people say that it takes longer than 15 minutes for SP to kick in (1 or 2 hours for many).
Some say that they don't experience any signs of SP, so they do a RC and hope for the best.

You don't even need SP for some WILD-techniques [appearently].

I wasn't expecting SP to kick in in 15 minutes thats just when my body becomes numb. I've been numb for an hour and a half at most but then I give up... Also... Mantras?

Oh I just googled it. I guess it's my "I will have a lucid dream. I will move from waking to lucidity.". What do you suggest I say to keep my mind awake then?

Try counting every breath, like "*inhale* 1 *exhale* i'm dreaming." and so on so forth.

Try to not even focus on the fact that you are WILDing, if it is possible for you to just zone out do so. Focus is really a killer in this sort of thing. I suggest meditating before hand if you really want to do your mantra.