WILD According to Sageous Q & A

**Sivason** · 08-24-2013 11:31 PM

Originally Posted by Sageous

I don't think they really need one, since, because of their extremely ephemeral nature, they really don't amount to any more than the rest of the "noise" you experience on the way to your dream. So try not to take them too seriously; just let them slide on by, or, at the most, try to use them to form your actual dream (this is harder than you might think, because you're still a bit to close to wakefulness, and risk waking up if you attempt to prolong or control a dreamlet).

This is great advice. I often joke that H.H and H.I. hate to be looked at directly. You are still too close to awake, and the very act of paying direct attention can move you towards the awake side of things. It is a bit of an art to learn to let them slide past as Sageous says,,, but it is an art worth developing. The stuff that happens too early may seem neat, but in order to observe it, and not harm your chance at an LD it is going to take a subtle frame of mind. The stuff is there,,, you are there,,, that is witnessing in a way, but to focus is a mistake.

**OpheliaBlue** · 08-25-2013 01:17 AM

Originally Posted by sivason

I often joke that H.H and H.I. hate to be looked at directly.

Haha! It's funny because it's so true. I'll sometimes get little chains of dreamlets like this as well. And I agree, it's all just part of the transition process. I rarely if ever even record them in my journal (bad, I know, I should).. but it's for the simple reason that it is just part of transitioning.

I tend to agree with fogelbise, that there is a modicum of awareness going on there. Again, all signs pointing the way for a lucid dream. The trick to these dreamlets (or any other transitional element), is NOT to treat them as things that you have to grab and forcefully form into a lucid dream, but rather, treat them as phases and let them slide on by. Later on, when you attempt WILD again, you'll be able to note these mini aware dreams as milestones, which will guide you on to lucidity.

All that said, yoh @ Sageous! Do you want me to merge this thread into the WILD Q&A thread?