Thread: **CrazyInSane's WILD tutorial!!**

CrazyInSane's
WILD TECHNIQUE!
CUSTOM ALARM NOISE Wake-initiated Lucid Dream (CANWILD)
——A very easy and successful alternative to WBTB and DEILD——

Three (3) easy steps to an almost-guaranteed WILD every morning using a special technique that doesn't require a disruptive WBTB!

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Yes, you CAN-WILD!!!
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Introduction:

Hey all. I've been a member here since 2006, but haven't posted much lately. I've recently gotten back into the habit of LDing, and am now at a stage where I can have a WILD every night if I choose to do so. I've dubbed this WILD method the CANWILD (custom alarm noise wake-induced lucid dream) technique, because it uses a custom version of an alarm clock to induce almost guaranteed WILDs. This method does not incorporate WBTB (wake-back to bed). This method follows the same idea as the DEILD (dream-exit induced lucid dream) technique, but doesn't rely on the rare occurrence of a conscious exiting from a dream; it relies instead on the rock-solid custom alarm clock method, resulting in success almost every time if you follow the steps listed below.

The method is simple: after being asleep for most of the night, you will wake up the mind, but not the body. This is done by a setting a "custom alarm clock" to ring an hour or so before you usually wake up. The "custom alarm" (detailed below) stops ringing automatically, without the user needing to move at all to turn it off. The best part about this method is that it usually only takes up to 1 minute or less to enter a WILD dream after you wake up from the alarm and start the technique. This is because your body will still be in sleep paralysis, allowing for you to skip the entire relaxation phase you would normally do in a WBTB WILD.

To clarify: the difference between the custom alarm clock and a normal alarm clock is that the normal alarm clock will continue ringing until you move and shut it off (or press the "snooze" button), but since the CANWILD method requires that you NOT MOVE AT ALL (or at least as little as possible) when the alarm rings, you will need a "custom alarm clock", which is an alarm that will ring a sound for about 3 seconds, then fall completely silent. It's basically like replicating a random noise that wakes you up, except this is an intentional noise.

There is only one prerequisite to my method that is required. Instead of a normal alarm clock, you will need a custom alarm clock that will go off like a normal alarm, but will stop on its own without you having to move to get up and turn it off. It is very important to this technique that you not move (or move as little as possible) after the alarm goes off, meaning it has to stop on its own. It is thus required that you have either a PC or iPod* in your bedroom to play the custom alarm. Or, if you can find an actual physical alarm clock that has this feature, all the better. I've been unable to find one thus far. **As an alternative to this prerequisite, you can ask your bed partner to turn off your regular alarm when it sounds off. Also ask them to avoid moving or making any noise after doing so.**

(PC users, click here for my recommended custom alarm software "Easy MP3 Alarm Clock", and you can also right-click here for the MP3 audio file I use as the alarm sound. Ensure that you adjust your PC's settings so that it doesn't go into "sleep" mode during the night, as this will prevent the alarm from going off.)

(iPod users... see the bottom of this post for more information)

So, without further ado... here's my technique:

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STEP 1 — Set your custom alarm clock (such as the "Easy MP3 Alarm Clock" or an iPod auto-stop alarm) to wake you up about 15–60 minutes before you normally wake up. Alternatively, set your normal alarm and ask your bed partner to be the one to turn it off.


In this step, you simply want to set your custom alarm so that it wakes you up approximately 15–60 minutes before you normally have to wake up. You can set it for earlier, but this period is best to guarantee that you are in an active REM sleep period, which is very important to dreams and WILDing. Your REMs are their most active in the morning when you wake up (as you can probably tell from the almost-guaranteed dreams you have if you hit the snooze button). Anyway, when waking up to the alarm, it is best if nobody else will be shuffling about when the alarm goes off, because we do not want any sound disruptions to hamper your efforts.

If you have the "Easy MP3" clock, follow these instructions to set it up:

1. Open the program

2. Click "Browse..."

3. Select the MP3 file from your desktop or use your own custom MP3/WAV file that is preferably 4 seconds or less long (MP3 download link here) <--right click

4. Click "Test" to test it out. The audio file will open in your default media player. The file may automatically loop itself, but just change the "repeat" or "loop" settings in your media player to prevent this. (In Windows Media Player, go to the "Play" tab, and uncheck the "Repeat" option)

5. Set the alarm to wake you up preferably about 15 minutes to 1 hour before you normally wake up in the morning (i.e. 7:00 if you need to wake up at 8:00) and voila!


STEP 2 — Wake up from your custom alarm. It is vital in this step that you do not move, or move as little as possible, as you do not want to exit sleep paralysis. If you move too much, you will need to WILD from the very beginning like in WBTB, which may take up to an hour to complete.

Once your alarm goes off and it hopefully stops ringing within 3 seconds (if the settings are all correct), you will be conscious in your head, but you must intentionally prevent your body from moving. As soon as you become conscious, make sure to immediately remember not to move your body. It may take a few nights to get this down, or you might get it the first time (I did). Within seconds after the alarm stops and you stay completely still, your body should start to tingle and you will be re-entering sleep. This is the same thing that happens when you normally wake up from an alarm and then go back for a quick "snooze" and fall asleep dreaming within seconds, except this time you're intentionally staying conscious, meaning you will basically be WILDing with the ability to skip the hardest step (the relaxation phase).

Many have pointed out to me that it must be hard to keep the body almost completely still when the alarm wakes you up. The truth is, it's very easy. Your body will be so relaxed that you will not have any itch to move it whatsoever. Think of it this way — when your alarm goes off on a normal morning do you ever really want to move at all to turn it off? No? Well the custom alarm prevents you from needing to move, meaning you'll be happy all-around not to have to move. And your LDing efforts will be all the easier because of it. Trust me, you will reach the transition phase within seconds if you follow these instructions. The key is to keep your mind fully conscious, while limiting bodily movement. This will "trick" your body into re-entering the sleep/dream state almost immediately because not only are you still in sleep paralysis because you haven't moved yet, but your body also thinks you are unconscious because you haven't moved.

STEP 3 — Transitioning to the sleep/dream state. This is obviously the rewarding part, yet, as with any other WILD method, is probably the hardest part to get through without failing (especially in your first few attempts). But as long as you can get to this stage, you're doing excellent.

Although this step can still be somewhat difficult for beginners, it's usually not near as hard as most other WILD methods (such as WBTB) because you're already relaxed and ready to sleep. Additionally with my method (as opposed to WBTB), you don't need to go through the entire relaxation phase and waste about 1 hour only to fail. At least with my method, if you fail, you've only wasted a few minutes and you didn't need to wake up in the middle of the night and screw up your sleep pattern.

Okay. So the alarm has gone off, you've "woken up" in your head, you have ensured not to move your physical body, and you wait. Within a minute or less, if all goes well, you should begin to feel the signs of transitioning. You may get tingling sensations, a feeling of swirling into oblivion, or a variety of other sensations you probably know all about by now.

From this point, there are various ways to complete the transition. You can "roll over" your dream body into the dream world, you can "sit up" in your dream bed, you can jump into the dream scene, or you can even transition your way into the dream world through tinnitus, which is how I often do it (tinnitus is the ringing noise in your ears that often intensifies at the point of transition).

If for some reason you never reach the transition phase, it would usually mean one of three (3) things: Either you've moved too much since the alarm went off, you're too excited and pumped up, or you're not in REM sleep (usually this would happen if you didn't get enough sleep or set the alarm too early... I'd recommend at least 6 hours sleep before waking).

Once you've gotten past this point, you've made it! Now it's just a matter of mastering stabilization and dream control, both of which are outlined in various other great tutorials on this site. In particular, see this post-transition stabilization tutorial from Dreamview.com's Dream Guide Team.

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Benefits of CANWILD over other methods:

Benefits over other WILD methods:

— No WBTB, meaning no disruptive waking up in the middle of the night. The main reason people avoid WILDing (or lucid dreaming in general) is because it disrupts their sleep pattern and requires too much effort. The CANWILD method avoids these nuisances altogether, allowing you to wake up almost right on schedule as you normally would.
— Takes advantage of the REM-heavy pre-wake morning period. Your REM cycles are at their longest near morning, thus increasing dream vividness and likelihood.
— Repeatable each and every night, because you’re not losing any sleep, wasting any time, nor doing anything that requires special pre-planned activity. CANWILD allows for easy application of trial-and-error on a nightly basis without disruption.
— Increased likelihood that you will remember your WILDs more vividly long-term, because you will be waking up permanently for the day shortly after you experience them. This is opposed to WBTB WILDs, where you would likely be going back to sleep for several more hours after your WILD, meaning you may forget the dream when you wake up later in the morning. Doing WILDs during a daytime nap has the same benefit.
— Allows you to skip the infamous and difficult “relaxation phase” of WILDing, and gets you right to the important part: the wake/sleep transition. The relaxation phase is often cited as the biggest obstacle to successful WILDing, with things as simple as throat swallowing impeding progress.

Benefits over the similar DEILD method:

— The CANWILD method, unlike with DEILD, is reliable in that it will do what it needs to do every time you attempt. DEILD’s exiting from a dream consciously is unreliable; it might happen, it might not. CANWILD’s alarm ensures that you will wake up when you need to, and that you will become consciously aware.
— DEILD can have bad timing. Let’s say you awaken from a dream 2 minutes before your normal alarm is ready to ring in the morning. If you get into a LD successfully, your alarm will wake you from it. With CANWILD, the only alarm that will be going off is the one involved in the technique itself.
— CANWILD is better than DEILD for people who more interested in achieving effortless and on-demand WILDs. With the DEILD method, you must work on DILD-related dream recall, reality checks, and other pre-sleep methods to increase the likelihood that you will consciously exit a dream. With CANWILD, the alarm does all the work; you don’t need to do any advanced preparation.

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**iPod users — there may be an alarm clock app that allows for the auto-stop alarm feature, but this hasn't been confirmed yet. The built-in alarm does not have this feature. For the time being, I recommend searching the app store to see if you can find an alarm app that would allow for a non-infinite loop alarm sound to go off. There is a $0.99 app that may have the feature (called "Alarm Clock Pro"), but I haven't tested it out yet. If you're willing to pay for and test it, let us know the results. Otherwise, we need to get someone to create an LD iPod app for us!

I hope you've all enjoyed this tutorial, and I invite you to PLEASE ask me if you have any questions, or if there are any corrections you think are necessary to the tutorial.

Thank you very much for reading, and good luck to all!

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OMG.... This is the Best tech. Ive heard of, i might actually get my first LD Thanks to this, ill post my results in the morning!

Thanks for the reply, Bearwrestler! Looking forward to hearing about your results in the morning. Keep us posted.

Oh, and while I'm posting, I'll just remind all new users that I'll be happy to answer any questions about LDing, even if they're not related to this technique. I've been LDing for years now and haven't really had the chance to share the knowledge I've gained through the years. So just ask if you have any questions about anything LD-related.

Well now, i have to find a different alarm for my comp cause the one you linked wont play any sound files, so ill download a new one and try it.

Did you follow the instructions listed above? What is your default music player? The audio should open up in your default player; I would recommend setting Windows Media Player as the default. It's a bit inconvenient that the audio file doesn't just play natively in the Alarm Clock software itself, but it was the only software I could find with an option to NOT have the audio loop infinitely, which is what we definitely need to avoid.

It works fine for me, let me know if you need more help getting it to work.

Ahh i got it, it opens in my windows media player, i turn loop off and bingo, one time only alarm clock. Now the real question will i wake up to this when it only goes off one time?

This sounds great I really think this is the technique that will get me my first LD! I really wish I knew this last night. I'm really anxious for a LD.

Thanks for the great tutorial!

This alarm clock might be something. I've read about it here (scroll down to center), and it said that it has an auto-stop function. I have no idea if you can set it to 3 seconds though, but I'm thinking about buying it.

Originally Posted by AngelZlayer

This alarm clock might be something. I've read about it here (scroll down to center), and it said that it has an auto-stop function. I have no idea if you can set it to 3 seconds though, but I'm thinking about buying it.

Have been checking out all the Seiko alarm clocks with this "alarm auto-stop function". Unfortunately most of their adverts say; "Automatic alarm stop function, stops alarm after 5 minutes".
I can't find a clock where I can set the alarm time to 3 secs at the moment, but trying to figure out if I can mod a cheap digital.

Alright I kind of messed up because I thought I had my alarm set for 4 am but turns out I had it set for 7:30 (my usual wake up time).

Since the alarm on the watch ain't that loud I only noticed it was going off about 45 seconds in to the 1 minute duration. And the good news is...I didn't open my eyes as I usually do and I had great dream recall.

I couldn't get the technique to work because it was too late in the morning but I actually did see some minor HI before I got up.

Gonna try again tonight (properly), fingers crossed.

Originally Posted by Watchman

Have been checking out all the Seiko alarm clocks with this "alarm auto-stop function". Unfortunately most of their adverts say; "Automatic alarm stop function, stops alarm after 5 minutes".
I can't find a clock where I can set the alarm time to 3 secs at the moment, but trying to figure out if I can mod a cheap digital.

Yeah, it's too bad that there literally aren't any alarms that offer this type of option. But good luck on modding one; keep us updated.

Originally Posted by The Dreaming Zombie

Alright I kind of messed up because I thought I had my alarm set for 4 am but turns out I had it set for 7:30 (my usual wake up time).

Since the alarm on the watch ain't that loud I only noticed it was going off about 45 seconds in to the 1 minute duration. And the good news is...I didn't open my eyes as I usually do and I had great dream recall. For example, I had a big lack of sleep within the past week and I tried CANWILD last night by setting the alarm for when I usually get up, but I wasn't in REM yet because my body was catching up on sleep. I fell back asleep for four more hours (a total of 11 hours) and I was into some serious REM near the end of my sleep, but unfortunately I didn't have the alarm set up.

I couldn't get the technique to work because it was too late in the morning but I actually did see some minor HI before I got up.

Gonna try again tonight (properly), fingers crossed.

Yeah, at the very least the alarm technique will give you better dream recall and will make you more aware of your sleeping patterns.

I didn't include anything about this in the main tutorial text (I can't edit it anymore) but I wanted to add that you also need to find your own personal timeframe for setting the alarm, by trial and error. For some people, 15 minutes before normal waking is when they will need to set the alarm, and for others it could be 30 minutes. Or for days where you don't have to get up at all, you could try setting it a bit later than normal. It's all about experimentation; everyone is different. Whether you will have success also depends a lot on what time you go to sleep and whether you've had any lack of sleep recently. For example, this past week I had a severe lack of sleep and I went to try CANWILD last night, but when I woke up at my normal 8-hour sleep time I wasn't even in REM sleep, because my body was catching up on sleep. I fell back asleep for 4 more hours (a total of 12 hours) and I was in serious REM by the end of it.

I'll also add that this technique can be used in combination with WBTB, whereas you can set the alarm for the middle of the night and try THIS technique first, and if it doesn't work, get up and try WBTB.

I will try this later thank you it seems good

Thanks.

I got an interesting idea.
Maybe, since you have to wake up a bit earlier than you normally do, you could subtract 30-40 minutes off of the amount of sleep you get.

ex. I sleep from 10:00 PM to 7:00 AM every night. So, this is 9 hours of sleep. Subtract 30 minutes = 8:30 minutes.

Create a quiet, no-sound song (in this case it'd be 8 hours and 30 minutes) for your ipod, and in the last 3-4 seconds of the song, put your personal alarm in (ex. using windows movie maker and making it an mp3).

Could that work? =/ Or is it too long to fit on an ipod?

1) The alram function alows you to sepcify a PLAYLIST instead of a sound/beep. Therefore all we need is a short 3-5 second audio file to place in the play list.

Does ipod touch 1st gen have the alarm function? I'm looking over my ipod and can't find it ;~;

Sounds really good. I have a watch that has an alarm that I use every morning. It requires me to turn it off, however, after 1 minute it turns the alarm off automatically. It's not particularly loud, just some beeps.

Would this minute be too long do you think?

Originally Posted by DreamBaby

I will try this later thank you it seems good

Thank you for the compliment, and good luck in your attempt! Keep us posted.

Originally Posted by luke

Gave it a try this morning. However, I had had an afternoon nap so I really wasn't tired at all when the 4 second alarm sounded, but I could feel that feeling of being on the verge of a WILD almost straight away so I'm sure there's some truth in this.
Tonight i'll get a proper night's sleep and see how we go...

Thanks for the feedback Luke! Great to hear that you felt on the verge of a WILD on the first try! You're getting there! The afternoon nap you had may have had an effect, but as long as you have had at least 6 or 7 hours of sleep, it should work. The fact that you weren't tired was probably the damper.

Originally Posted by luke

...so I'm sure there's some truth in this (method)

There's definitely truth to it. I use it all the time and it usually works like a charm each time. So there's no reason why it shouldn't work for most other people, as long as all the variables come together. Hopefully we see some major success across-the-board with this method.

Wow. . .

This is tech is beautiful.

I just need to find a way to set it up without killing the battery on my iPod.

Thanks man. You've just made my day. ^.^

Two small bits of criticism, though. Your format makes the content "hard" to read, what with having to side-scroll to see it all. Also, I'm wondering if this has hit the Research Forum yet, because you're doing yourself a discredit if it hasn't.

Can we get another sound file? It pisses my brother off to no end.

Originally Posted by Mzzkc

Wow. . .

This is tech is beautiful.

I just need to find a way to set it up without killing the battery on my iPod.

Thanks man. You've just made my day. ^.^

Two small bits of criticism, though. Your format makes the content "hard" to read, what with having to side-scroll to see it all. Also, I'm wondering if this has hit the Research Forum yet, because you're doing yourself a discredit if it hasn't.

Wow. Thanks so much for the praise! It's very much appreciated; it's great to know my tutorial is being appreciated in the community.

Sorry about the format, it fits in my screen but I have a 17" monitor. Unfortunately for the time being I can't change it, because I can no longer edit my original post. I think it's because I've edited it too many times. I'm trying to contact an administrator get that fixed now, because I need to add new additions.

Thanks for recommending this for the Research Forum; I'll definitely look into adding some of the information from this tutorial there. There are definitely some ideas about sleep paralysis and DEILD that I would like to bring into question there.

Originally Posted by Leonix

Can we get another sound file? It pisses my brother off to no end.

Yeah dude it's a very annoying sound, but it works for me. You can use any sound you want; you can search for short audio alarm clips online, specifically at http://www.findsounds.com/. If you're using the Easy MP3 Alarm Clock make sure to get an MP3 file, not a WAV file, as I'm not sure if they support WAV files.

Alright, thanks a lot. Tested last night with no luck, probably because it wasn't loud enough to wake me up. If I set it loud enough, it would wake my brother up too


Looks like I found something even more annoying:
http://www.medc.com/catalog/Wav%20Files/tone12.wav

Geeeh I awoke before the alarm was due to go off, kind of throwing off everything and I wasn't in the mood to do a WBTB 'cause I had to be up for 8am.

However, got the weekend to try this out with my watch as an alarm. Sheesh it's kind of difficult to find something that has an auto-stop feature and doesn't ring for too long (not keeping my computer on all night).

Originally Posted by The Dreaming Zombie

Geeeh I awoke before the alarm was due to go off, kind of throwing off everything and I wasn't in the mood to do a WBTB 'cause I had to be up for 8am.

However, got the weekend to try this out with my watch as an alarm. Sheesh it's kind of difficult to find something that has an auto-stop feature and doesn't ring for too long (not keeping my computer on all night).

You can try to buy the alarm clock AngelZlayer recommended if you're willing to invest in it, but we're still not sure whether it actually has the function we're looking for, although the page description does suggest so.

It's unfortunate that these types of alarm clocks are not manufacturered more broadly, but I guess there wouldn't be much use for this feature for anything other than what we want it for.

If you have a laptop you shouldn't have to worry about keeping it on all night, you can just adjust the battery to "power saver" so it uses the least amount of energy possible. It also will be very quiet in this mode. But if you have a desktop I can understand your concerns.

Isn't this basically just DEILD?

I didn't read the post but it seems like it.. Also what I do is plug my iPod into my speakers and have the alarm set to play a playlist, and on the playlist there is one song that is 40 seconds long.. So it has pretty much the same purpose.

I have a 16 GB iPod btw, I don't think touches have the alarm feature.

Originally Posted by Sora

Wow! That tech is amazing! I tried it and entered SP Extremly fast, but I failed to enter the dream. I think it's because of my parents making to much noise in the house or maybe I waited to much. Anyway I'm going to try it again. For a first try I think it's great. I wasn't able to reach SP so easily with any other techniques!!!

Congrats on that! Keep on truckin' and you'll eventually get it. Happy I could help you make progress in your LDing!!

Originally Posted by Tarsier

Isn't this basically just DEILD?

I didn't read the post but it seems like it.. Also what I do is plug my iPod into my speakers and have the alarm set to play a playlist, and on the playlist there is one song that is 40 seconds long.. So it has pretty much the same purpose.

I have a 16 GB iPod btw, I don't think touches have the alarm feature.

Yes, what you do with your iPod is basically the same as what this tutorial aims for.

As I outline in the original post, CANWILD is basically a more direct and guaranteed way of WILDing through DEILD-induced means (though I shouldn't say "DEILD-induced" specifically, it's more like "REM exit-induced"; CANWILD still works if it awakens you when you're not in the middle of a dream). I list what I believe to be the advantages of this method over DEILD in the original post. I'll list them here:

— The CANWILD method, unlike with DEILD, is reliable in that it will do what it needs to do every time you attempt. DEILD’s exiting from a dream consciously is unreliable; it might happen, it might not. CANWILD’s alarm ensures that you will wake up when you need to, and the alarm will remind you of what you're trying to do: WILD.

— DEILD can have bad timing. Let’s say you awaken from a dream 2 minutes before your normal alarm is ready to ring in the morning. If you get into a LD successfully, your alarm will wake you from it. With CANWILD, the only alarm that will be going off is the one involved in the technique itself.

— CANWILD is better than DEILD for people who more interested in achieving effortless and on-demand WILDs. With the DEILD method, you must work on DILD-related dream recall, reality checks, and other pre-sleep methods to increase the likelihood that you will consciously exit a dream. With CANWILD, the alarm does all the work; you don’t need to do any advanced preparation.

and I'll add one more:

— CANWILD can often help with likelihood of DILDs. Every time you hear the alarm it wakes you from a likely REM period, so even if you fail at WILDing, you'll likely become lucid through a DILD later in the dream state because of the conscious awareness-raising that CANWILD enforces (this happened to me the other night).

This sounds awesomely promising, and it's SO right up my alley.

My problem with DEILDs is that I'm the kind of person who relies on as small an amount of random chance as possible, and I hated that I was left to simply HOPE I would wake up after an REM phase.

Like I said this sounds awesome...
I have a very quiet laptop in my room so I will install the Easy Alarm Cock software and post my results at the end of this week.

Thumbs up and thanks for publishing the guide!

Originally Posted by CrazyInSane

As I outline in the original post, CANWILD is basically a more direct and guaranteed way of WILDing through DEILD-induced means (though I shouldn't say "DEILD-induced" specifically, it's more like "REM exit-induced"

Dream exit induced lucid dream induced lucid dream?