Thread: Scild

I have a technique that I use that has probably been used by others, but I thought I would post it anyway. I call this technique "SCILD" or Subject Content Induced Lucid Dreaming, but I have found this works great for non-lucid dreaming as well.

Simply put, if there's a particular theme/subject/person you are trying to dream about, try to focus on that thing, whatever it is, at some point during the day. If you think about it, our dreams are recycled ideas and images of our waking experiences, and if we concentrate on something we want to dream about during the day, it will most likely show up in our dreams.

Now, I am not suggesting spending a huge amount of time on this. Maybe spend 5 - 10 minutes maximum at some point throughout the day. I find shortly before going to sleep works best.

Here are some examples of what I am talking about:

1. Watch something related to what you want to dream about: If it's a celebrity, watch a movie, tv show, or a Youtube video that the celebrity stars in. If it's a musician, listen to their music, etc. You get the idea. Using this technique, I have had about eight dreams, about 1/4 lucid and 3/4 non-lucid, about a celeb in the past month!

2. Dream Incubation: I realize this is another technique used by many dreamers but, when combined with SCILD, the effectiveness can be multiplied. Simply think about what you want to dream about, and create a scenario, or a plot for your dream. This can be done in conjunction with #1.

thedogsmeow, I've tried something similar to this but never got it to work.

I think I'll give it another try using what you've suggested.

Great, let me know how it goes

Basically, this is just concetration with visual incubation, am I right?

Are you using dream incubation as a way to achieve lucidity? I do this sometimes.

I will incubate a certain subject, say, The Beach. Then, I will use The Beach as my dreamsign. So you end up creating your own dreamsigns.

I play Xbox a lot before I go to bed. The night that I didn't play it, I had a dream about it. Hmm.

As for the technique, sounds pretty simple, I don't think it would work for me. I usually don't dream about what I did the previous day.