Originally Posted by
Sageous
So true. I often wish while reading many posts here that people would be required to have that initial LD, plus one more brought on by their own independent efforts, before being allowed to look at this site (or talk to their friends about LD'ing).
I know that's impossible, and truly undesirable to those who've never had an LD but want one because of what they've heard about them. But it would help people new to the art to understand that it's the dream -- and the desire/intent to be lucid within it -- that matters, and not the technique used to get there. So much time seems spent prioritizing technique here -- especially WILD, which as I've said before is hands-down the most difficult to use -- that I worry that newbies are thinking that the technique is the goal, rather than the dream; that if they just master WILDing, then the LD's will begin to pour in. That, sadly, is not true -- if you are not mentally prepared to be in a LD, you can be the best WILDer in the world and still only have five minute LD's, if any. And of course, the only prep necessary are those fundamentals, mixed with clear intent and expectation before sleep. What is equally sad is that, even once lucid, people caught up in the "techniques" may tend to forget while spinning or rubbing or whatever that they are in a wonderful, fantastic place, and prolonging often comes simply by enjoying -- rather than worrying about -- the moment. At least, that is what I think!