In the midst of many unsuccessful attempts at WILD and MILD, I've stumbled accross a "technique" which, for me, has a 100% chance of producing a lucid dream. It's so simple, though.

Basically, I wake up naturally sometime during the night, RC to confirm that I am awake, note the time and note that I will probably be dreaming very shortly. I close my eyes, I feel my vision blink over and I'm immediately in a dream - no lapse in consciousness. The dream that appears is extremely vivid and often has no correlation to other dreams that night. Because I went straight from waking to dream, I immediately note I am dreaming.

This is where my difficulty comes in. As soon as I note I am dreaming and become lucid, it instantly fades (this happens if I become lucid through this method or even by a RC mid-dream). I have about five seconds before it fades and I wake back up. I've tried every technique I could find on maintaining lucidity, to little avail. The only one that even works at all is rubbing hands together or feeling and concentrating on the texture of what I happen to be holding on to in the dream (and I'm almost always holding on to something). This prolongs the dream somewhat, but just sitting there constantly concentrating on the object makes it difficult to do anything else.

Now what I can't quite figure out is what type of induction this is. It is somewhat like a WILD in that I go straight from waking to dream, but also has some hints of MILD. So then, any insights as to this type of induction, and any ideas on how to hold on to my lucid dreams for at least an appreciable amount of time.