Thread: Practicing self-awareness and SSILD for 10 weeks

summery of week 11=

I did RC+self awareness every hour and whenever i remembered to do. Every section, it took me 2 minutes.

result= I had 4 LDs in this week i never had such a result!!!!

the key for me was WBTB. if i did a proper WBTB (30 mins) + some affirmations (such as: i will RC in my dreams) then i had a guaranteed LD.

but if i eliminated WBTB, then i was doomed to fail.

Originally Posted by yaya

summery of week 11=

I did RC+self awareness every hour and whenever i remembered to do. Every section, it took me 2 minutes.

result= I had 4 LDs in this week i never had such a result!!!!

the key for me was WBTB. if i did a proper WBTB (30 mins) + some affirmations (such as: i will RC in my dreams) then i had a guaranteed LD.

but if i eliminated WBTB, then i was doomed to fail.

This. I think many LDers make the mistake of trying to LD at the wrong time, at bedtime or even during the day. You should be trying to LD during your late REM periods, at least until experience starts getting you DILDs regardless of REM period/nighttime awakenings. This is one of biggest problems in how we teach lucid dreaming. Beginners forego supposedly 'advanced' techniques and only RC during the day to induce lucid dreams when that alone will only yield DILDs with experience. The most effective approach is some kind of state awareness combined with techniques to raise general dream awareness (see Sensei's guides), ie. building dream recall, WBTB, microWBTB, MILD, SSILD.