Yuppie's DEILD guide - The easiest way to lucid dream.

What happened to This thread ? I lost my computer for a week and not one new post.....:(

It's just gone dead man.
No one really stops by any more :/

I guess we'll just have to bump it :P
When I did not have a computer working for a week that I lost out on editing my dream journal from the digital recorder for a week on it and that caused me to miss out on a lot of recall and in the end set me back on dreaming of all kinds by two months. Also just staying in touch with it here on DV adds a lot to success. Funny how much we depend on junk,

I'm here :) . After a long time of not focusing on Lucid Dreaming, I've returned. Right now I'm working on a combination of this, DEILD, and WILD!

The thread just needed a little nudge to get it going again, At any rate I had an excellent DEILD this morning after getting back here, It seems that reading and writing about dreams creates a mindset in that direction.
Now I need to go bump some of my other old standby's to get them going too. I was subscribed to several threads and only two came back so far..

Dragon - That's great man! You know the drill, I'm going to incessantly demand you report back for the activity! Haha :P
That sounds interesting, do you intend to use the two together, or alternate?

Woblybil - You're too kind! xD
It's a shame how this forum is panning out, isn't it? I think the website is starting to die out a bit, to be honest.
I've always found lucid dreaming related activities seem to put you in a great mindset. It's funny, when I first started, I had numerous dreams about being on this very site. I never clicked until I woke up though. :(

The website may be slowing down for the holiday season when lots of peoples minds are on something else, It's 4:30 am and I just got up to motivate for 40 minutes and read some on here and fix my journal. Then its back off to dreamland... (I hope :P )

Best of luck!
Please do tell me how it goes :)

Reading and doing dream related stuff turned the trick. The first dream was lucid toward the end and a stupid dream too but fun.
I use MILD almost exclusively and Its sometimes hard to recognize lucidity in a dream where there's nothing that I would change anyways.
I will DEILD after if I get the chance because I will recall the whole works, It's actually hard not to remember a good vivid lucid dream.

I plan on using the two together. If I wake up and attempt to DEILD, and it doesn't work then I can attempt a WILD. Also, if I wake up and I'm very hungry or have to go to the bathroom, I can WILD then, and when I am able to DEILD, do that.

DragonMaster - That's a very clever incorporation of two somewhat diverse methods. You're really getting the best out of the two there :)
Bill - Congratulations once again, it seems that you're become a very accomplished lucid dreamer. I had a really great dream last night, I wasn't lucid, but it was everything I'd normally do in a lucid, if that makes sense?! Like I was with four people, and we discovered we could do extraordinary things. We had to reach a certain place, so we were running super fast, using massive jumps to clear obstacles, turning invisible, and flying. I recall there was this bus, and we had to move it. So while we were running, a friend used like, this force thing to push it down. It wasn't strong enough, so it was just hanging off the edge of a cliff. I tried next, and it fell down and exploded. Then we all jumped over the really wide cliff. Best dream I've had in a while!

Is this method really the easiest way to lucid dream? I might have to try this technique this week.

I have not successfully had a DEILD yet, however I think this is a very good method. I don't really have any tips though, other than don't feel discouraged if you are having trouble either becoming aware after waking up naturally during the night or keeping your eyes closed. Since it's a natural thing for us to open our eyes when we wake up, it can take us a while to adjust since we have been doing that since we were born. It took me about 2 weeks back when I was first working on this to be able to keep my eyes closed. For some it may be shorter and others it may be longer :) .
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I'm very excited to be working on this again. I feel like this is it. I feel like I will be able to accomplish both the DEILD and WILD fairly soon and that these are the methods that will work best. I know that I will be successful with this :) . Thank you for writing this guide and everything you have done now and back when I first was working on it.

Extrasour - That's a matter of opinion mate. Different things work for different people, but I'm sure many people can vouch for what a great technique this is!
There's nothing to lose by giving it a shot; I'm sure you'll receive some great results! Please give it a go, and tell me how it goes.

Dragon - Don't mention it bro! Exactly, never get discouraged! :)
I worked months before I had my first lucid, it was definitely worth it! As I said, once you get the hang of it, you'll be set.
Best of luck man, I have great faith in you. Ensure you report back :D
I look forward to the day I can congratulate you on your first DEILD! We're going to get there.

I am happy that this thread is still somewhat active! ;)

I have always thought that DEILD would be the easiest LD technique but I never actually tried it. After reading your guide I am now going to start training myself to wake up with my eyes closed. I wear a sleep mask so would that give be an advantage? I would think it would, so I am going to focus more on staying still! :D

I have found that each kind of induction has its own kind of experience. (I wonder what to do tonite)
I use Mnemonic almost exclusively, But if I do manage to WILD it comes out different, And to DEILD I just add it on to it before I go to sleep, One of my seldom used but a real goodie is a " Sleep Hypnosis for lucid dreaming for beginners" mp3 and use it with sleep phones from Youtube. Its pretty awsome to set back and watch yourself sleeping in another bed. I have found that each kind of induction has its own kind of experience.

Has anyone else noticed that the Edit buttons dont work

Recon - The point of keeping your eyes shut is to enable you to remain in your sleepy state. Opening your eyes wakes you up a fair bit, which goes against the concept of DEILD entirely. DEILD aims to place the lucid dreamer back into their dream, whilst they're still in a viable state. A sleep mask may make this easier however, as it prevents any light from pouring into your eyes, which is another contributing factor to being aware. However, there's also a mental aspect towards DEILD, you have to be confident that you can go back to sleep, and waking up with your eyes closed is an excellent way to do this. In short, a sleep mask will help, but it's best to spend that portion of time just ensuring you're capable of awakening, with your eyes closed. I definitely suggest you give DEILD a crack, there's nothing to lose, and I can personally vouch for it. You won't regret taking it on board, please tell me how it goes!

Bill - I think they get locked after 24 hours? :)

The Edit button works ok and you can edit the post but when you click save or delete they dont work so you wind up with the same thing you had :(

Lacking progress lately, really getting back in the game now. I have been pumping up some motivation, so time to get back to my daily lucids :D I didn't get lucid last night, but my dreams were very vivid and I did enjoy them, so that's progress I guess. What I need to work on most is my general awareness for the DILD-aspect of my method. I still use DEILD as well, but there is not much more to do than practice. I'm currently working on finding the balance between awareness and falling asleep.

I think I had some great results from my first night attempting DEILD! I forgot to wear the sleep mask so that is not a factor in last nights success. Firstly, I woke up after nearly every dream! The only thing that I did though every single time was move...One time I was sitting straight up before I even realized I was awake! :D

The only thing I really have to work on now is staying still. I pretty much got the eyes closed thing and waking up after every dream down. I can't wait to try again tonight!

That's excellent, recon! Looks like you're a natural.
May I suggest mantras to help keep you still.
Try chanting "I will awake, motionless" a fair few times, prior to falling asleep.
Make sure you think about every word, and what it's going to do for you.
Make sure you imagine what you're going to accomplish, due to the mantra.
I'm really happy that you're making fantastic progress already, congratulations! Good luck with your next attempt :)

It does get better for sure, I have had a sort of crappy dream life lately because of outside interests like plumbers cutting up the floor, Car worries etc: but I kind of made up for some of it this morning.
Sometimes, Not always, If my eyes stay closed I have learned to push the recorder button in my hand moving very little and record one dream and then DEILD afterward, I didnt sleep good last night so I napped this morning and recorded the first dream then did TWO Delid's one after the other and the final one I cant post without being a pig :P

Thanks yuppie for your support! You're right, repeating a mantra is probably the best option for me now to keep me from moving upon awakening. Thanks for your guide! In the meantime I'm going to practice and hope DEILD will pay off in the near future :)

On the other hand there are those (these) nights,
Like tonight when I was a good boy went to bed on time and used 2 Melatonin that did nothing so I tried the hypnosis recording and finally slid downhill into the darkness where there was a box I reached for to see what was in it and my stomach gurgled and it was gone but I lay there perfectly still until sleep started to come back and a fair blonde with bright red lipstick was kissing me it gurgled again, Four times I went thru this in an hour and a half and now here I sit watching old black and white John Wayne cowboy movies on at 3 am....... :P