Thread: Anchor key to WILD?

Originally Posted by isthisit

Forgive me, but what do you mean by anchor? (I'm new to this )

Ok, it is fine to ask, as we use terms specific to the hobby. The term is used in WILD attempts. You may need to understand WILD first. Wake Induced Lucid Dream is the results of putting yourself into a trance like state. You create a strange middle ground between wake and sleep. The goal is to trick the body into falling asleep, without the mind falling asleep. If you can do it (not easy) then you wait through the stages of sleep until you get to a point where you can dream. As you are aware it will be a LD.

Anchor: You will get drifty and spaced out on a serious level while trying this. It is not very natural and you go through states that seem drug induced and confusing. An anchor is something you use (can be any trick) to keep you from getting so spaced out or caught up in the "high" that you forget what you are doing and fall into true sleep.
The case mention above of counting is one I use. By counting until I space off, I can tell if I am spacing off too much. I count to say 20 and space off for a second, so I go back to 1, soon I space off by the time I reach 8 or 9. If however, I space off and it takes me a moment to remeber I need to count, then I know I am getting to far gone and can take a moment to wake my mind up a bit. You do not want to bew fully aware, so reviewing your school work would be a bad thing. An anchor allows you to know if you space off to much, but should not be gruelling and mind engaging.

Originally Posted by sivason

Ok, it is fine to ask, as we use terms specific to the hobby. The term is used in WILD attempts. You may need to understand WILD first. Wake Induced Lucid Dream is the results of putting yourself into a trance like state. You create a strange middle ground between wake and sleep. The goal is to trick the body into falling asleep, without the mind falling asleep. If you can do it (not easy) then you wait through the stages of sleep until you get to a point where you can dream. As you are aware it will be a LD.

Anchor: You will get drifty and spaced out on a serious level while trying this. It is not very natural and you go through states that seem drug induced and confusing. An anchor is something you use (can be any trick) to keep you from getting so spaced out or caught up in the "high" that you forget what you are doing and fall into true sleep.
The case mention above of counting is one I use. By counting until I space off, I can tell if I am spacing off too much. I count to say 20 and space off for a second, so I go back to 1, soon I space off by the time I reach 8 or 9. If however, I space off and it takes me a moment to remeber I need to count, then I know I am getting to far gone and can take a moment to wake my mind up a bit. You do not want to bew fully aware, so reviewing your school work would be a bad thing. An anchor allows you to know if you space off to much, but should not be gruelling and mind engaging.

Wow, thankyou! I really appreciate the time it took to write that, and I understood it! I have been reading up about WILD methods so this was really helpful. Big thumbs up from me!!

What are some good anchors? Which do you think are the best? Thanks!

Originally Posted by sivason

Anchor: You will get drifty and spaced out on a serious level while trying this. It is not very natural and you go through states that seem drug induced and confusing. An anchor is something you use (can be any trick) to keep you from getting so spaced out or caught up in the "high" that you forget what you are doing and fall into true sleep.
The case mention above of counting is one I use. By counting until I space off, I can tell if I am spacing off too much. I count to say 20 and space off for a second, so I go back to 1, soon I space off by the time I reach 8 or 9. If however, I space off and it takes me a moment to remeber I need to count, then I know I am getting to far gone and can take a moment to wake my mind up a bit. You do not want to bew fully aware, so reviewing your school work would be a bad thing. An anchor allows you to know if you space off to much, but should not be gruelling and mind engaging.

I have literally referenced this idea several times this past week. I think it's a great idea.