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

Originally Posted by yuppie11975

I haven't spoken to you in ages! I remember talking to you when I was in highschool, and now I'm about to finish my first year at university.
Hope you're doing well, I'm sure I'll eventually visit America one day

I'm still here and doing ok, (I think ) I been wondering about you down under with the ravages of nature and other things lately.
Visiting America is a good thing, Maybe for a year of school but I would certainly go back home after.. I really missed not getting to Australia but there are only so many places one can go in just one lifetime and I have certainly got my share..You have such a great country to explore !
Stay on here, It's a good place to keep up with the rest of the world.....

Ha, I remember how you used to like my dream stories so I'll send this one along for entertainment...

Spoiler for Cannabis Salad:

12/16
8:00pm Black Nick and I were leaving "Joe Fields" Bar and he said "Wait, I gotta stop at Andy Kicks to say hi" and as we flew across the street I said "You must mean Andy Jr, Sr's been dead for a long time" (Now I realized this was twenty years ago)
Nick said "I don't know, wait and see" He knocked on a house door and a tall man with a mustache opened it and said "Come on in, He looked familiar and not wanting to let him know I had forgotten I said "I bet you don't remember me do you?" and he said "Oh yeah, I owe you two bucks" I said "I don't remember" and he said "We were pretty drunk!".. "We were just getting ready to eat, Come join us"
He led us down a darkened hallway to a sort of indoor/outdoor dining area to a large table with overhanging vines and six seats, His kids added 2 plates and filled them all with salad, I sat on one side with the woman next to me on the end. She was beautiful with much long red hair that hung on the table over both of our plates
I brushed it aside and began to munch the salad, It was the best I ever tasted, It seemed to resemble bunches of thin cannabis leaves with tomato and things in it and it was so good I ate and ate while brushing her hair away and she was getting heated up from me playing in it, (My plate seemed to become lost under it and I really wanted more of that delicious salad!) I brushed it aside until I could see her reddening face and said "I'm almost eating your salad under here" And realizing nobody could see us under here the beast turned and planted a kiss on me sticking her tongue halfway down my throat and squeezed my knee under the table..That dunnit! She led me back down the hall to a bedroom and after we did our thing almost as good as the salad we went back out to the table where nobody even noticed we were gone..
As we started to leave Nick said, "You didn't get your two bucks out of him"
I replied "Oh-Yeah I did" as we flew down the street toward the Valley Inn and I woke up

The idea of DEILD sounds pretty good, except when I feel like I'm waking up from a dream (lucid or not), I always feel the need to do a RC afterwards. Or write something in a dream diary. Or walk around to wake up a little bit to then try a WILD. Sorry for all the acronyms, but all involve doing something - and not lying as still as possible. So how to choose?

I have managed to awaken from a dream a few times and remain completely still, without even opening my eyes. Nothing really happens. I waited a few minutes last night, but I didn't suddenly enter a dream. Did I do something wrong?

There's more to it than that. Instead of just waiting, start recalling the dream as accurately as you can. Concurrently, imagine yourself being lucid in that dream, if you weren't already.

I barely feel qualified to answer questions anymore to be honest. I wrote the guide virtually 5 years ago.
I haven't practiced lucid dreaming in quite some time.

Originally Posted by yuppie11975

I barely feel qualified to answer questions anymore to be honest. I wrote the guide virtually 5 years ago.
I haven't practiced lucid dreaming in quite some time.

I can only say that means you better get busy

DEILD Has moved into new realms. Using an alarm during the night to rouse you from a dream is incredibly easy to fall back asleep into a lucid dream. When Yuppie wrote the tutorial there wasnt any real option to do it this way but now there are apps that will sound any alrm of your choosing for any amount of time and repeat however often you like

I set my alarm to do the following: It goes off after 6 hours of sleep and sounds for just 2 seconds before switching off automatically and then it repeats 20 mins later - all automatically. This allow for a least one attempt per night where it goes off in REM sleep. As soon as it goes off, simply remain dead still. I dont even bother trying to recall the previous dream and sometimes i dont even bother creating a new scene, i simply keep still and within a few seconds start vibrating. At this point I simply seperate from my body and start my lucid off in my dream bedroom

Soon the Aurora will be launched and then every alarm will be bang on REM sleep = nearly 100% success rate

Ezzo

Just clarifying that despite not having time to lucid dream these days, I'm still available to answer questions.
I still very much enjoy the lucid dreaming community, and it's always satisfying to point someone in the right direction.

Originally Posted by yuppie11975

Just clarifying that despite not having time to lucid dream these days, I'm still available to answer questions.
I still very much enjoy the lucid dreaming community, and it's always satisfying to point someone in the right direction.

Great! This tutorial ia awesome! You got straight to the point. I let myself wake up nautrally as using alarm usually tends to keep me awake.

Hope you will stick around!

I was about 14 when I made this guide. Now 5 years later, at 19, I'm still here to answer any questions you may have.

On a side note, I have considered getting back into lucid dreaming recently, and if I decide to go through with it, I would like to engage with the community on a more regular basis again, just like I did when I was much younger and actively lucid dreaming.

Anyway, good luck, and happy dreaming!

Welcome back, you'll pick it up in no time!

Originally Posted by yuppie11975

I was about 14 when I made this guide. Now 5 years later, at 19, I'm still here to answer any questions you may have.

On a side note, I have considered getting back into lucid dreaming recently, and if I decide to go through with it, I would like to engage with the community on a more regular basis again, just like I did when I was much younger and actively lucid dreaming.

Anyway, good luck, and happy dreaming!

Addictive, Aint it?
Anyways, It's about damn time you showed up!..... We all missed you and especially me,
Every so often when I get one of those adventure dreams you liked I think about you.
Welcome home

Originally Posted by yuppie11975

I was about 14 when I made this guide. Now 5 years later, at 19, I'm still here to answer any questions you may have.

On a side note, I have considered getting back into lucid dreaming recently, and if I decide to go through with it, I would like to engage with the community on a more regular basis again, just like I did when I was much younger and actively lucid dreaming.

Anyway, good luck, and happy dreaming!

I find this rather spooky. I too have only recently decided to come back to DV and LDing after about 4 years of being away. I remember reading your guide back when I was 15 and it had just come out. I had a lot of success with it later.
At first, I was skeptical about the idea of being able to wake up and not move or open my eyes but it really was a lot easier than it sounded. Especially with the help of mantras. I've never been able to do a WILD so DEILD was perfect for me. I miss the sounds and visuals I'd see when going from that wakeful state into lucidity. I'll be doing a mixture of DILD, WBTB and DEILD to try to get back into the game.
Anyway, I'm glad to see you back

Bumping for old time's sake!
Also wishing a very merry Christmas to all

Decided to get back into lucid dreaming recently.
For the most part, I have to work on my recall before I can even begin trying to induce a lucid.
Anyway, just for fun I decided to give DEILD a shot last night (despite the fact that I knew I'd be unlikely to remember my dream even if I did manage to DEILD.)
I remember doing the same thing I used to do years ago (and that many others struggle with) where I was so apprehensive about not being able to fall asleep, that I completely forgot what I was doing and fell asleep. How ironic.

I lied. I don't have the motivation or discipline to juggle lucid dreaming with my university studies. My erratic sleep cycle and busy life style makes things very difficult.
Regardless, I hope everyone is well. Happy lucid dreaming!

Originally Posted by yuppie11975

I lied. I don't have the motivation or discipline to juggle lucid dreaming with my university studies. My erratic sleep cycle and busy life style makes things very difficult.
Regardless, I hope everyone is well. Happy lucid dreaming!

Yabut. We need you too

Man 14 and such a great guide I'm 13 and still haven't LD but once. Congrats but I won't be far behind to long I'm super close to getting more LDs just A bit more maybe tonight or the next day but it will be soon

Just keep at it mate, I remember when I was around your age, working relentlessly towards my first lucid dream. Soon enough, your time will come, and you will be absolutely elated!

Best of luck

Just keep at it mate, I remember when I was around your age, working relentlessly towards my first lucid dream. Soon enough, your time will come, and you will be absolutely elated!

Best of luck

Thank you this has given me even more courage. Also yes this guide is great I got every bit of the info Memorized greatly.

I've decided to take up lucid dreaming again. I know in the past I've floated this idea before and it hasn't really come to fruition. Because of that, this time around I'm going to refrain from making any grandiose intentions and instead calmly say that I am interested in getting back into the hobby. I really enjoyed it back in the day, and for no real good reason, I got lazy about it and let it go. Anyway, I don't even think I'm really qualified to mentor prospective lucid dreamers anymore, I'm basically a beginner again myself at this point. However, if anyone is interested in having a go together, I'd be happy to communicate

Here's another obligatory post where I check in a couple more years down the line. Time sure does go quickly, huh? Surprisingly this guide still seems to be quite frequently linked around various parts of the internet, so hopefully it's still of use. I've always been kind of self conscious about this guide because I wrote it when I was so young, but I suppose it is at least serviceable. I have nothing of value to say right now, I just feel kind of reminiscent whenever I remember this thread - in a way it's like an archive of my life. How's my lucid dreaming going these days? I've been trying to get back into it, but it's pretty hard to find time when you're an adult. I'm having a bit of a go again, but I won't make any promises. Anyway, I look at when I last posted and I think wow, that was a long time ago, but in two years from now I'll think the same thing about this moment. I'll see you all then.