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So my long dry spell is finally over! I had my third LD last night, but unfortunately it only lasted a little bit. I was able to attempt DEILD, so I guess I haven't lost the ability to be in that position when I wake up. I sort of felt myself drifting in to the dream, but not really.
Nice work mate, just stick with it. You'll either fall asleep aware, or unaware. It's very rare that you'll stay awake though, so try to DEILD the whole time.
I'm going to try this technique! I'll start off tonight with identifying waking up after dreams and trying to stay still. I'll keep you updated on this thread.
That's great news!
Excellent idea, this is how I started :)
Please do keep my updated :D
- Yuppie
Would this be made even more effective if combined with WBTB? Also, is there not a risk of forgetting and not being able to record the dream you have just awakened from should the DEILD attempt fail?
Hmm, no luck last night. I didn't recognize waking up. I'll try repeating the mantras more and looking at black of eyelids.
Fox - I couldn't tell you from personal experience about the WBTB, but alot people find this effective.
As for the recall whilst attempting to DEILD, really there's a risk of forgetting your previous dream, even if you do suceed. That's why it's a good idea to get your recall up to scratch, because one of the few negatives about DEILD, is the journalling aspect. I wish you luck, tell me how it goes :)
Nak - Sounds good, try to make a mantra focused on your goal. I went through this stage, and I used "I will realise when I'm awake."
"I will be aware when I awake"
Or even put two problems together. "I will stay still, when I awake"
Mantra's are pretty great :)
Good luck man! Tell me how it works out.
I will for sure. I'll try out, "I will realise when I'm awake." and let you know how it goes. Once I get past that stage I'll see how movement goes.
Also, another note about journalling is that. For people that wouldn't normally wake up during the middle of the night like me and many others I presume you aren't missing out on anything. If you have a look at the tags thread in dream recall under attaining lucidity you can do DEILD for some of your waking up periods and journalling or 'tagging' for others. If you really wake up after each dream that's 5+ wake periods a night you can use.
Yeah, I DEILD at every oppurtuntity, thats x 5 succes chance really :P
But yeah, if you want to do that, go for it :)
Yeah, depends on what you can recall and how much you want to I suppose.
I just wanted to let you know that "I realise I'm awake after dreams" seems to have worked, I remember waking up probably 3 or 4 times last night. I couldn't really stay still or remember to DEILD but that's the next step! Great progress so far.
Also, I had a dream that I posted this to the forums. Weird, huh?
Hahaha, that happens to alot of people, me included!
Actually, it's normally a sign that a lucid dream is to come, whenever I have a dream about lucidity (For eg, once I dreamt I was teaching my class how to lucid dream)
I nearly ALWAYS have a lucid dream!
Keep at it!
Aw man. I woke up and was laying perfectly still. I was about to snap into a dream and then... alarm clock -.-
Hahahaah!
Alarm clocks, wrecking your lucid dreams since the dawn of time ;)
I like your guide I'm going to try to commit to this method because it seems more convenient then some others.
Just out of curiosity my samsung phone has a ring tone called "into my dream" O_o and it's the shortest melody it has being 6 seconds long... for a second i considered it to be a great alarm to ring once at night since i dont have any program to do it for me, i can set it for one ring too. but i am a heavy sleeper, these past few nights i haven't even recognized my alarm going off, i know it is since in the morning my phone's alarm is "off" and i reset it but it's kinda funny how that happens i don't want to make it suuper loud eitther =/
Hahahah thanks heaps!
And yes, I'm not to sure how alarm clocks are, but you can try if you like. Don't get your hopes up though, The method is all about fallling straight back to sleep, and for this to happen you need to be in a good state. Especially when you're a heavy sleeper, then you'll need a longer duration to wake you up. I think six seconds is even to long.
No harm in trying, but if it doesn't work in two weeks, I'd move on to mantra's.
wow. hmm, as an added note, being a heavy sleeper i don't snore nor wake up late, which in my mind can be connotative with "heavy sleepers". but you're right, no harm in trying.:hrm:Quote:
Originally Posted by yuppie11975
Hey i have a problem here when i had DILDs they were low level lucid now that i moved to DEILD i though that i will get high level lucid but even in DEILDs and WILDs i get low level lucid the problem is i couldnt remember goals or even to fly in LD.
Hello nice tutorial man last night i try this and i must say for first time i use autossugestion and its very work i set alarm like 5 morning just for case if dont work and i wake up like 4 morn witout alarm and stay still with closed eyes this is frist time to success and i fail :( when i woke up with eyes closed i try to remember what i dream and then i just have blacknes lying about 5min nothing have sp or some of HI and i give up maybe not hit rem?
Hazma - Methods don't normally change your levels or lucidty (or at least to my knowledge)
Are these your first few lucids? Generally you seem to experience low level lucidity when you first start out, maybe this could be the problem. It's no big deal, and is to be expected. I suggest you see if there is an change in your next few lucids, and then we'll see what we can do if the problem persists. Good luck!
Sale - Cheers man :)
Don't be upset, this is excellent progress for your first try! Remember that it's not necessary for you to re-enter your previous dream. If anything, you'd probably find more success by creating anohter scenario for yourself if you can't recall your dream in the first few seconds. It's all about falling asleep quickly so your awareness just flows through. Remember that everything doesn't have to be perfect! Try again, and tell me how it goes :)
Nice, but one problem. What if I don't wake up? I usually don't wake up without an alarm.
Everyone wakes up multiple times per night. However, we fall back asleep VERY fast, en don't remember ever having woken. Realize this, and tell yourself to recognize your awakenings. Within a manner of days you should start noticing that you wake up a few times per night.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheModernNinja
^^^
This guy.
I definitely realize every time I awake after a dream, I believe once I learn how to keep my body still and eyes closed, I should have no problem having a DEILD.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spyguy