To some degree or other, our dreams are all made up of things on our mind, and things that we’ve been thinking about that particular day. The closer you get to sleep, the more your thoughts have an effect on your dreams. This makes setting up dreamscapes, or “dream scenes” very simple to do. Much …
Category Archive: Induction Techniques
Sep 04
Prospective Memory and Trickery
Another induction technique that can be useful for generating DILDs, is by using your prospective memory. Have you even been lying in bed at night, and thought to yourself, “don’t forget to remember so-and-so tomorrow”? Chances are, you remembered it in the morning. Here’s an experiment. Think of something that you’ll be doing later that …
Sep 03
Sleep Patterns, History and Wake Back To Bed (WBTB)
A Wake Back To Bed (WBTB) involves purposely waking up during your sleep period at a time optimal to perform lucid dream induction techniques. First, it would be good to discuss a little about sleep patterns. An average person’s sleep cycle is 90 minutes long. This is not a set rule for everyone, and sleep …
Sep 03
Wake Induced Lucid Dream (WILD) #1
Wake Induced Lucid Dreams (WILD) are moving from waking consciousness to dream consciousness directly and without losing awareness or ‘falling asleep/unconscious’. It’s generally ‘ok’ to lose awareness for a few seconds, but any more than that, or if you start to recall regular dreams before you become aware again, it becomes a DILD. Ultimately, although …
Sep 03
Mnemonic Induced Lucid Dream (MILD) Tutorial
MILD stands for Mnemonic Induced Lucid Dream. The idea here, is that you set your intention and focus as clearly as possible on your goal of dreaming, and that you then repeat a phrase or ‘mantra’ affirming this, over and over again. Not just on autopilot, but retaining awareness and clear intention throughout. Clear and …
Sep 02
Dream Induced Lucid Dream (DILD)
I’ve already discussed reality checks (RCs) and recall, which should now be enough to allow you to have your own dream induced lucid dream or DILD. To recap, this occurs from within a dream, by realizing that you are in fact dreaming. Keep practicing the reality checks as often as possible each day, and keep …
Sep 01
Basic Reality Checks (RCs) and DILDs
Reality Checks or RCs are a key part of lucid dreaming. A reality check involves questioning “Am I dreaming?” A reality check is really an extension of awareness, i.e. becoming aware. The reason why we spend most of our dreams just dreaming our way through them, is because we do exactly the same in real …
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