Thread: why I will never be able to lucid dream~

Moocowgoesmoo, I think that you can really think of whatever you normally think of when you fall asleep. In my opinion, WILD takes the same amount of time to do as falling asleep (with WBTB), so whatever you normally think about when falling asleep plus an anchor should be just enough awareness, which shouldn't be any more boring than it normally is falling asleep. Though I do agree with Sivason that things like this and meditation are boring depending on the individual.

This is my favorite WILD tutorial:
Mzzkcs Comprehensive WILD Guide - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

I do something pretty similar, but what I do incorporated MILD a lot more.

Good luck.

Originally Posted by BrandonBoss

Moocowgoesmoo, I think that you can really think of whatever you normally think of when you fall asleep. In my opinion, WILD takes the same amount of time to do as falling asleep (with WBTB), so whatever you normally think about when falling asleep plus an anchor should be just enough awareness, which shouldn't be any more boring than it normally is falling asleep. Though I do agree with Sivason that things like this and meditation are boring depending on the individual.

This is my favorite WILD tutorial:
Mzzkcs Comprehensive WILD Guide - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

I do something pretty similar, but what I do incorporated MILD a lot more.

Good luck.

The reason I suggest not thinking about your real life or other complex thoughts is that to many people that is the opposite of falling asleep. If you were simply coaching someone on how to fall asleep, then the advice would be the same. Often thinking about your job, homework and so on results in laying in bed unable to sleep. By reducing the amount of thought it becomes easier to fall asleep. Nothing more mysterious or complex than that. The less active thought the quicker sleep will hit, in my experience.
However, being an art and not a science, there are many ways to the same end, and no one of them is going to be right for every person.

Originally Posted by BrandonBoss

Moocowgoesmoo, I think that you can really think of whatever you normally think of when you fall asleep. In my opinion, WILD takes the same amount of time to do as falling asleep (with WBTB), so whatever you normally think about when falling asleep plus an anchor should be just enough awareness, which shouldn't be any more boring than it normally is falling asleep. Though I do agree with Sivason that things like this and meditation are boring depending on the individual.

This is my favorite WILD tutorial:
Mzzkcs Comprehensive WILD Guide - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

I do something pretty similar, but what I do incorporated MILD a lot more.

Good luck.

Great link, thanks. There is so much great stuff buried in the corners of this site. I am *definitely* the hunter on high alert for the approaching dream, so much so that I'm not going back to sleep! What I need now are concrete techniques to squash this alertness.