Thread: best method for longer lucid dreams.

WILD... Because you are lucid from the very beginning of your REM cycle.

see im intrested in WILD does anyone know of an in deph tutorial? i like to have very specific instructions on these sorts of things.

Here, this is from the tutorial section.

http://www.dreamviews.com/f25/wild-tutorial-66238/

I've had long WILDs and I've had Long DILDs. I've had a lot more short WILDs than DILDs though. Theres just something about lying in a bed for nearly an hour only to dream for about five minutes that makes me want to stop doing them all together sometimes.

Yea I would rather DILD then DEILD if needed.

DEILD is the way to go.

Specially if you have a lucid, you will know you are waking up, so start DEILDing from the lucid. I try it five times, and guess what? Worked five times.

I would suggest not worrying about waking up. I try not to anyway

Good luck. Oh and I'd recommend WBTB with any technique.

i tried to WTBT dint work so im gnna have to try something else i even tried to use a vibrating alarm but it woke me up ....

many sources suggest:
-rubbing your hands together, or anything else to absorb your sense into the dream
-remaining calm
-already having chosen a lucid task ahead of time
-spinning (to enter a new scene and stay in dream)
-and do a RC when you awaken, as it may often be a false awakening

i am not a pro, but your first two lucid dreams were ten minutes?! i'd say that's pretty awesome. my longest has been maybe 3 minutes, and most beginner's seem to last only seconds.

and you "tried to WTBT" but it "dint work?"

you tried once? twice? WBTB is a supplement to any other techniques you find (such as MILD, WILD etc), not a technique in and of itself. even if you are a talented natural dreamer these are things you must make a practice of and try many, many times to gain consistency.

Originally Posted by renzokuken

i tried to WTBT dint work so im gnna have to try something else i even tried to use a vibrating alarm but it woke me up ....

How many times did you try the WBTB method? Would you give up painting because the brush wouldn't work? Lucid dreaming is a craft like any other and with a steep learning curve for most. It may take months of waking up in the middle of the night until you have your breakthrough, but the thing is, you WILL have a breakthrough. Just be consistent and determined.

Originally Posted by Feick

How many times did you try the WBTB method? Would you give up painting because the brush wouldn't work? Lucid dreaming is a craft like any other and with a steep learning curve for most. It may take months of waking up in the middle of the night until you have your breakthrough, but the thing is, you WILL have a breakthrough. Just be consistent and determined.

Yeah, I hear the WBTB has around a 60% success rate.

For some it could be 0%, it's a matter of practice, you don't have to give up!

Try using my tutorial posted in my signature. It seems to have helped many people.

Becoming more aware of your surroundings helps, I find touching objects around me helps make the dream more vivid and last longer

Originally Posted by renzokuken

anybody have an idea of the best LD inducing technique for longer dreams. i know that different people react differently but id like to try any reccomendations anyway. my other lds only lasted mabe 10 minutes tops and i dint have time to do anything i wanted becayse all i could think of is "this is fun but im probably going to wake up any second now" anyway any advice on longer LD's would be appriciated

I find everytime i remember to do this i have long LDs.

Pick up and object feel the texture of it and focus on what it feels like. Usually this stabalizes you into the dream, it has worked better than other techniques i have tried.

^^^^^
Lol i didn't know someone said the same thing above my post.