Originally posted by Asclepius
I think MILD is much easier than WILD. *Within 4 days of learning technique I had an LD.

I don't personally need an alarm clock. If I want to try a WBTB, I'll just wake up automatically after 6 hours of sleep.
That's excellent. Now instead of telling yourself to wake up, set your intent to recognize you are dreaming when you are dreaming.

I've had 2 LDs now, where there was no trigger, I just managed to carry through the intent.

good luck[/b]
Well, I am doing good with the recognizing that I'm dreaming when I AM dreaming. As I stated above, I just can't get from seeing the little image to being IN the image and when I see my room with my eyes closed, I'm not entirely sure how long I should be waiting until I can be sure I am dreaming. I think there might have been a couple times where I jumped the gun last night and didn't let the image of my room fully form. And now I just got an idea. Instead of trying to move my hands to pinch my nose or move my head to check clocks twice and risk having the movement ruin my state of mind (if I'm not dreaming), maybe I'll try to turn the lights on slowly with my mind. If that works, that would be a good sign.