Quote Originally Posted by sivason View Post
This may seem contrary to your first instincts. The very most important thing is to fall asleep! You say struggle to stay focused, but you must not struggle or even stay focused. The very first way to 100% make sure a WILD or DEILD fail is to not fall asleep.

Thanks for your response. That was very concise and cleared a few things up for me. I maybe used the wrong word when I said “focus” I understand the main goal is to fall asleep but I felt there was a need to prep my mind before doing so. I usually remind myself of my intention, recall my last dream and then repeat my mantra before I fall asleep but after doing so I’m usually wide awake and unable to do so. You suggest to focus on something minor and less stimulating instead. I’ve tried this with my breathing, a mantra and counting but all seem to keep me awake and too focused. This morning I tried repeating a simple mantra but I didn’t focus on it too heavily. It worked as I fell asleep whilst doing so but I fell asleep without lucidity. I understand it’s a balancing act and needs practice. So I will stick at it.

As mentioned I’ve had two seemingly spontaneous DEILDs during my time and no idea how I achieved them? They both occurred in my first month of lucid dream practice but 5 months later, with more experience I’m yet to have another though there are a couple of my DILDs that are up for debate as I seemed to pop straight into the dream with full waking awareness which may have been a result of an unintentional WILD? I guess my question is do you always know when you’ve had a successful WILD? My two DEILDs I entered into the dream fully aware of the process with no doubt at all and felt the usual audible, visual and physical hallucinations that come with a successful transition. I guess I expected WILD to always feel this way but is it more common to not experience these things?