Thread: How can some people WILD before sleep?

hey all,

I have read a few things about people who WILD, when first going to bed.

How is this possible? I would presume any dreams at the start of the sleep cycle would be very brief and really unclear?. What makes it possible to go straight into REM at the very start of a sleep, and how can I do this? and id rather not go for polyphasic sleep.

also:

--> does HI = entering a dream. very rarely before sleep, Ill get sights/sounds like H.I. Is this a sign that I am entering REM sleep and can try WILD?

any help would be appreciated...so I can make better use of nights I feel HI.

Hi James,

I've tried the WILD right at sleep onset quite a few times. Unless you are deprived of sleep and your mind is in dire need of powering down and starting the sleep cycle, you're likely to just lay there for quite a while.

WILDing before the first cycle is technically not WILDing - you're not "waking up, then going back to bed". What you are doing is more like a meditation technique and trying to maintain that meditation through 4 stages of sleep and right into REM. Very difficult (but I guess possible for meditation masters).

When you try WILD at the onset of sleep, you need to lay still and keep your awareness all throughout your first cycle - that takes a long time. When you WILD after a cycle or two, the time it takes for you to go through the cycles drastically decreases, making it easier to hold your awareness and slip through the threshold of dreamland.

Originally Posted by Tornado Joe

Hi James,

I've tried the WILD right at sleep onset quite a few times. Unless you are deprived of sleep and your mind is in dire need of powering down and starting the sleep cycle, you're likely to just lay there for quite a while.

WILDing before the first cycle is technically not WILDing - you're not "waking up, then going back to bed". What you are doing is more like a meditation technique and trying to maintain that meditation through 4 stages of sleep and right into REM. Very difficult (but I guess possible for meditation masters).

When you try WILD at the onset of sleep, you need to lay still and keep your awareness all throughout your first cycle - that takes a long time. When you WILD after a cycle or two, the time it takes for you to go through the cycles drastically decreases, making it easier to hold your awareness and slip through the threshold of dreamland.

This waking up, then going back to bed part you are talking about is not WILD - is WBTB. I am pretty sure if you've done a lot of ld-ing with WBTB you would be able to do it right before sleep. Or if you fall asleep really quick, have a technique or some shit like that. It is possible to enter the sleep at REM, but its mostly happening when you really need sleep, but if you can induce it by WILD-ing you would probably sleep better with the same amount of energy. Probably..

Originally Posted by TG

This waking up, then going back to bed part you are talking about is not WILD - is WBTB

That is correct, TempleGuard - and as you noted:

It is possible to enter the sleep at REM, but its mostly happening when you really need sleep

Which is why I believe WILD and WBTB are both parts of one technique, really. WBTB makes WILDing easier to do. When you WBTB, you are essentially preparing yourself for the WILD procedure.

I am pretty sure if you've done a lot of ld-ing with WBTB you would be able to do it right before sleep

Sure, if one had the ability to control their mind's brain-waves (such as those who are highly skilled in meditation) this would be one way to do it. I'm not saying it ISN'T possible either, because I was able to do it once, and I've seen many others on here say they do it as well. I'm just saying it's more difficult.

If you really want to try it, check out our tutorials section - there's a couple techniques which can help. I think one called FILD is actually for those wanting to try WILD at sleep onset.

Heya,

Firstly, in my honest opinion, you're better of forgetting about the concept of REM altogether. REM is a laboratory term, used in scientific research, or in extremis in sleep-therapy. In my experience, REM has almost no real bearing on the inner exploration of your sleep and your dreams that a lucid dreamer does.

In short, it doesn't help, it only hinders.

That said, realise that scientifically dreams are NOT directly related to REM. The idea that dreams happen only during REM sleep is long since outdated. NON-REM dreams are a common concept is almost all sleep-research done in present times. So yes, it is possible to go directly into a WILD dream when going to sleep.

That said, for most people, its harder to do. But you're not most people, you're you. What applies to most people does not necessarily apply to you. Dreams and sleep is funny that way. Just because someone else can do it doesn't necessarily mean you can. And vice versa, just because you can do it doesn't necessarily mean someone else can.

So try it out for yourself, see if its your cup of tea. If not, then not. If so, then so much the better

Finding out what works for you is a part of the process every dreamer who's serious about lucid dreaming is going to have to go through.

-Redrivertears-

That said, realise that scientifically dreams are NOT directly related to REM. The idea that dreams happen only during REM sleep is long since outdated. NON-REM dreams are a common concept is almost all sleep-research done in present times. So yes, it is possible to go directly into a WILD dream when going to sleep.

This may be the case, but dreams which occur in the non-REM stage are far shorter, fragmented, and less likely to be be remembered. If you were to somehow have a 5 second non-REM lucid, you'd be likely to forget it anyway. Scientifically possible? Perhaps. Rewarding? eh.....