Well, at least it was on your mind, Taffy! It was good that you gave up quickly, because, given the circumstances -- no prep an attempting long after your last sleep cycle ended -- a successful WILD likely wasn't in your stars. |
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Well, at least it was on your mind, Taffy! It was good that you gave up quickly, because, given the circumstances -- no prep an attempting long after your last sleep cycle ended -- a successful WILD likely wasn't in your stars. |
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So i tried to WILD today about 10 minutes after i woke up since i was still a bit drowsy (not WBTB, just waking up for the day). I'm not sure it was a very good time for it since i heard you should attempt WILD either during WBTB or during an afternoon nap a while after you've awakened for the day. Anyways i started out by getting comfortable on my back and saying my mantra "I am lucid, the world is vivid"(too long?). After about 5-10 mins of laying still i started to feel my legs and my arms tingle and after a while longer they become heavy and numb. Soon i start to feel multiple sensations. I felt things like i was about to start floating and every now and then i lose concentration and start to daydream. When i do i start to hear this ringing, or maybe more of buzzing in my ears. Whenever i feel these things i always snap back into attention but i get too excited because i feel like I'm about to enter SP and the feeling ends up going away. |
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^^ Yes, you may have done a few things wrong, kmrada, but at least your heart was in the right place, and that's half the battle! |
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Thanks for the helpful suggestions Sageous! I'll take in everything you said and review your sessions then make a more prepared attempt when time allows. |
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Well I am not sure if it is a WILD or a DEILD ,but for the first time I was able to go from wake state to dream state while being aware. So I WBTB 3 times this night (and morning ). The first time was something like after 4 hours I guess and I didn't even remember any dream at all (maybe just a fragment) , the second was something like after 5-6 hours and I am not quite sure about the last one. So at the last time I woke up after a short lucid dream . I decided to change my position and after moving a little between my back to my side I found a position I was comfortable with and stayed with it. I affixed my mantra : "know where you came from , and where you are going" (in my language it is quite shorter) to my breath (the first part on the inhalation and the second on the exhalation). I remember having a little itch ,but I decided to ignore it. Now that was the first part. On the second part I completely ignored everything around me. Maybe 'ignored' is the wrong word since it was more like I didn't care. My mind was completely blank without any inner monologue or random thought and my focus on anything around me was finally almost an absolute zero (credit for Sivason's diffuse vision). Even though, I knew I was there , I knew I existed through the whole process (I guess the RRCs payed well ). Now I didn't get much HI at all ,but I remember hearing HoN's music like before the battle starts (HoN is an online game that I play ,similar to Dota). Then I was sitting near a computer that didn't belong to me talking to a friend who snubs from computers about playing a video game. It was not really a high quality lucid dream and I even lost lucidity later after a false awakening and a RC which for some reason didn't work , but it is fine since I got what I wanted. I am not sure if it is a WILD or a DEILD since the time I waited seemed to be quite short so I am not sure if it just seemed that way or maybe it really was short. I also maybe exaggerating since I was conscious I was there so my mind was not completely blank ,but it kind of felt this way so in my term it was almost empty. |
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Last edited by Beefer; 06-26-2012 at 05:27 PM.
"Dream your dreams with your eyes closed, but live your dreams with your eyes open."
Hey so i thought about what you said regarding me paying too much attention to the physical sensations and i thought to change my mantra to "I'm in control" to remind myself that everything I'm experiencing is normal and a product of my mind and body. Let me know what you think! |
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Failed WILD attempt this morning, think I got close again because I experienced the onset of sleep paralysis but I just ended up falling asleep, I went to bed quite late last night so I think I was just too tired. |
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The best reason for having dreams is that in dreams no reasons are necessary.
No sailor controls the sea. Only a foolish sailor would say such a thing. Similarly, no lucid dreamer controls the dream.
Like a sailor on the sea, we lucid dreamers direct our perceptual awareness within the larger state of dreaming.
Last night, I'm certain I was close. Laid down after a 20 minute WBTB (writing down dreams) and layed there for about.. 20 minutes. I remember feeling an odd warmness spreading up my left leg, and also some other small sensations (not vibrations though) like heaviness. But then I got to the point where I thought, "Gosh I wanna move so bad. I hate staying in this position. I wish I could move my neck a little, and swallow, and move my feet a little so it's in the coolness.." |
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Follow your dreams.
DILD - 50 | DEILD - 3 | WILD - 1 | MILD - 1
Previous Goal: Air bendMain Goal: Find my Dream Guide
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Great work, Beefer; way to hold everything together! I would say that this was a WILD, because DEILD doesn't involve fully waking up, or shifting positions, or mantra. The real point here, I think, is that you kept your priorities straight and were rewarded with a LD... hopefully the next one will be a better time for you! |
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I have been following this thread for a little while, however I have not 'signed up' for a full committal to the course due to personal reasons at the moment. I have made a copy of the notes Sageous made and been doing a WILD routine for the last week or two (as a sort of 'relaxation exercise') after WBTB to give me a chance of a DILD if you know what I mean. So Sageous, I hope you don't mind me 'earwigging'. (An old CB phrase!) |
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Last edited by UToo; 06-26-2012 at 05:38 PM.
Here's the thing: you had a Lucid Dream! How you got there doesn't really matter; just that you arrived. And, since DEILD is a form of WILD, you sort of succeeded at WILD after all. |
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Sydney, maybe you should take some time during waking life to find a position that you can comfortably sustain for a long time. Do a little experimenting simply by holding still in a few different positions to find the one that "holds still" longest before your body gets anxious. |
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Welcome, RobStar! |
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Thanks for the reply Sageous. Thanks for reading my post. |
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Last edited by UToo; 06-26-2012 at 07:51 PM.
Hi Sageous and fellow students |
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^^ Those were both fine attempts, Strit. Though you didn't get lucid, those dreams about being lucid (I hate it when that happens!) are sure signs that your head is in the right place. Also, it was good to see your mantra doing its job in your second attempt. Aside from what you already pointed out -- that you still need to work on concentration and awareness (definitely the hardest bits), it seems you're on the right path. |
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I didn't actually dream that I was lucid, maybe that was unclear. I just dreamt about unsuccessful WILD attempts |
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Yes. With WILD, if you naturally fall asleep quickly, you're definitely ahead of the game! The less time it takes to fall asleep means the less time you have to work to hold together your awareness. In a sense, if you fall asleep quickly, WILD's are that much closer to you than if it takes a while. That may sound simplistic, but it is true. |
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Every morning at 4am, I wake up and I go back to sleep. Is there anything that can help movitate me? I never feel refreshed early in the morning, and I just go back to sleep. Am I waking up too early? It's 5 hours after I sleep, so I guess I have found a decent WBTB time. |
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Hey guys. I had my first successful WILD last night. I have attempted it many times, sometimes getting SP but never a lucid dream. |
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My Dream Journal = http://www.dreamviews.com/blogs/isthisit/ DILDs - 9 WILDs - 5
Ooh, their breath is warm
And they smell like sleep
And they say they take me home
Like poppies heavy with seed
They take me deeper and deeper
Fairly sure I had a WILD last night - the reason why I say 'fairly' is because of lack of recall. I do strongly remember having a high level of awareness and prior to sleeping (I woke up during the night) I was attempting to induce a WILD through tactile senses (waving my arm around). |
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