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My first lucid dream experience was by WILD technique ! I was so excited! I simply closed my eyes and analysing everything a see and hear and I talked to my self (in my head) saying "ok, I see this, I see that ,ok I must to concentrate ok I'm not dreaming... Ok I see many colours lights... ". I tried to be conscious very very hard to the point that instantly I see two little buildings and empty road between them! And I understand immediately that I was in dream, I was so excited and shocked in the same time and I knew that I can easly wake up (because I watched some videos explaining that we can loose control easy because of emotions) so I run for searching a car for driving because it was my dream to drive a car so I drive a car it was weird and exciting than I wake up! 😂😂 I believe in WILD because it was my first lucid dream experience than I was more in WBTB and finally I use no technique because I get lucid easly in my dreams when I (often) see my hands. Thanks for your vidéos very like your channel!

When I first heard about maintained awareness dreams I thought this will be easy as I’ve been meditating daily for 4 years, so I was quite surprised that 5 attempts in I’m still laying in bed wide awake, untilL someone told me aim more for sleep with some awareness rather than unwavering awareness. So what you have said in this video mirrors my experience. Many thanks once again.

thanks again. I'll check later. i still have dry spell in my lucid dreams. I used to have several a week. what I do notice is that I don't wake up repenting and that lucidity is getting higher. Maintained awareness lucid dream still failing. I'm going to try with music to get a MAD

@LucidDreamPortal

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Jim, hugely appreciated. Hopefully this video will help you with MADs, but don't sweat the "dry spell" (in fact, don't use that term, it can be counter productive for negative expectations, see each night as its own unique entity). Consider sleep and dreams like weather, there can be a lot of variations, but storms pass.

@jimvanhall217

Жыл бұрын

​@@LucidDreamPortalokay thank you. i'm gonna try that. and I'm watching your video now🎉

I, as a beginner, already tried to induce WILDs several times, but I also started questioning how it is even possible. Because whenever I try it, I only fall asleep when my mind starts to wander, and whenever I bring my focus back, everything that could be considered as a rudimentary dream immediately disappears. It seems to me that maintaining focus works in the exact opposite direction than what I need to start dreaming and that it is impossible to do both at the same time. But because I'm only a beginner I thought that I'm just wrong and that I just have to keep on trying, just not too hard, whatever that meant. Thanks a lot for this video, it all makes so much more sense now. I'm that type of guy who needs perfectly clear instructions lol.

I have had one WILD, and this was exactly how it went. I had a momentary lapse in focus and then I was in the dream. Great video!

this video is under rated af, amazing advice

I have been practicing (but unsuccessful) with WILD for the last 2 weeks wondering how WILD makes sense, how impossible it sounds. Also I have been hyperfocused on my anchor and have stayed awake for way too long. This makes so much more sense and gives me a better approach.

@joshz4770

Жыл бұрын

Also I have one question about how it works. After I let my thoughts wonder and then return to my anchor, at some point I will enter a dream in that gap. So my question is, does lucidity form because I have entered a dream and now I am attempting to return to my anchor?

@LucidDreamPortal

Жыл бұрын

I think the problem here is the word "lucidity". Swap it out for something like "understanding my situation", and it makes a little more sense. So really what's happening is you temporarily lose you train of thought, and then regain it with the understanding that what you're experiencing is a dream. So you need a balance between critical thinking and prospective memory. Think of it in similar terms as to when you pop to the shop to buy milk, when you remember to buy it, that "aha" moment is the same as the aha moment of lucidity... "ah yes, that's what I was doing..." The word lucidity makes things sound a little more mysterious than needs be, really it's just a case of remembering, recognising, and understanding your situation with a critical clear mind.

@joshz4770

Жыл бұрын

@@LucidDreamPortal Thank you for the reply! That's very helpful for my approach to WILD practice. Also I appreciate how you explain the science behind lucid dreaming topics and many methods in your videos. A lot of other channels come with a lot of misinformation and I can always rely on this channel for accurate information👍

I can do WILD naturally!! The first time I did it was when I was a little kid and I felt confused, not knowing what I was doing. But since then I could just do that a couple of times each year and get better and more control. It is only recently I realized that this is actually a “technique” that people are practicing.

Hello Daniel, i am proud to tell you today that i finally had my first fully lucid dream and all thanks to you. Here it is: ( MY FIRST FULLY LUCID DREAM EXPERIENCE ) My lucid dream started exactly where the end of my previous dream had ended. My previous dream had ended with me waking up in my bed. The strange thing is that i was in my bed like right now and i knew i only were taking a morning nap. But i realised that i had not really woked up, it was a false awakening and i said in my head, wait i am still dreaming. So i immediataly wanted to do a reality check because i have never been in a fully lucid dream before so i said in my head, GO DO A REALITY CHECK as if by the thought of it, the reality check would happen. But then i remembered that i actually have to physically do the reality check so i physically pinched my nose and i was in fact still able to breath through my nose and i could even hear me my breathing through my nose even though it was pinched. It felt soooo damn cool. So i let go my nose and i breath again through my nose then i pinched it again to confirm again i was in my dream and i was still able to perfectly breath through my nose but this time i was a little scared to let go so i did not. I said in my head: wow so THAT is how it feels to breath through my nose while it is pinched. Then i wanted to get off my bed so i could get out my bedroom because i could not see anything because it was so dark. So i stay layed in my bed and i started to remove the blankets from on top of me. It worked but it also did not work. As i was removing the blankets, there was still blankets on me so i kept removing blankets and there was still blankets on me. So i said to myself what is going on, i want to get off my bed so i let go my nose that i was stillholding with my left hand and i took my blankets with my 2 hand to remove them but there were still blankets on me so i sat in my bed. My eyes were still closed because in wake world i sleep with a sleeping mask on and i felt that it was still on my face and i felt like i also were wering a hoody so i remove the head part of the hoody from my head but i still kept my eyes closed. I kept trying to get off my bed by taking the blankets off me but i had blankets forever somehow. So i got upset that i were unable to get off my damn bed and that emotion woked me up in wake world. I was still wearing my sleeping face mask when i woked up but i was not wearing any hoody but i was freaking happy to have just lived my very first fully lucid dream experience

@carltonsoo829

5 ай бұрын

Holy crap this is SO relatable! I went to sleep with my sleeping mask on and kept trying to remove it, only to find ANOTHER sleeping mask on, tried to remove that one, and ANOTHER sleeping mask! It was SO frustrating! Glad I'm not the only one here lol! Hope you've had more lucid dreams since then!

The timing on this video couldn't be more perfect. I always wondered if there was an altered form of meditation to prepare for WILDs, and this makes perfect sense. I actually just got out of a WILD literally this morning, and I find that letting my mind wander around into possible dream scenarios before reeling it back to focus on my anchor (in this case a small rock in my hand) makes the experience much smoother. It also makes it way more fun because you get to plan things out in a sort of preflight for the dream. I also noticed that the times I've lost focus and fallen asleep during a WILD will usually result in me snapping back into awareness out of habit, very early into the dream. Sometimes you even get to skip the dream forming sequence where it can be tricky to keep calm and let it all come together. This video is a little gem and I think you're touching on something I haven't heard talked about much. Great job! Today I had my 19th lucid dream since stumbling across your videos 10 months ago. 17 have been from WILDs lol but that's totally fine. Building those regained awareness habits is a lifetime pursuit which I enjoy, but it's such a gift to have the maintained awareness dreams whenever I plan for them. Thanks Daniel!

@LucidDreamPortal

Жыл бұрын

Hey Tyrel, thanks for the lovely comment and insights into your experiences. Seems like you're doing pretty well! - I'm glad the ideas here match your experiences, and hopefully will help push them forward a little. You're right, people become very evangelical about terminology, forgetting that nature is far less tidy than the boundaries we set using language!

@michaelmoore7975

Жыл бұрын

@@LucidDreamPortal I haven't watched this video. I wanted to convey my experience 1st without influence. Simply wow. I heard about WILD just not too long ago. Never even knew it was a thing. I thought maybe I was the only one that had the ability to do that. I called it "dreaming while awake" or "wake dream" or "conscious dreaming". I've been doing it for well over 10 years now. I've told my friends numerous times. Asked everyone in my circle. Not me or anybody I knew was even aware of WILD or anyone else that could do it But I have accomplished it by my own methods. And at 1st it was accidental. And a bit unsettling. Let me tell you my history: I started very young. At about 10 yrs. old or so I learned to _quiet my mind_ with a little self-hypnosis/meditation trick I learned from a TM book. A side effect was I can sleep any time anywhere in just about any conditions except cold. It has also taught me to _empty my mind completely_ and think of nothing. And I mean absolutely nothing. And able to do it where there is noise. I still hear the noise, but in that state my mind just doesn't register or interpret it. It becomes a drone of sorts. I believe these techniques helped me to become aware in my dreams. Not long after learning to quiet my mind I began to have lucid dreams. At 1st it was accidental. Shortly it wasn't. I did it easily and every time in all the dreams I remember. I focused on quieting my mind, recognize the dream, then control the dream. I practiced and practiced. By the time I was 15 I was in complete control of almost every part of the dream. I considered myself to be very, very good at it. At about 20 I learned how to use methods of suggestion to "recommend" a dream or type of dream I like. And I got real good at that. I had my choice of dream, and able to manipulate it. It was mostly a "Superman" type scenario but sometimes it would a driver in Top Fuel Drag Racing or flying unassisted or fighting a Godzilla like enemy. My recurring dreams could only be altered after they had initiated. Years go by and I kept getting better up until the point I became bored with it. It didn't satisfy anymore. There was no surprise, no anticipation of not knowing. So I started to just let the dream happen. I still would dream lucidly, but now in my dream I would just tell myself, "Alright, now let's see what happens." And just let it happen. I still do that method nowadays because I find the surprise of the unknown much more thrilling...while still being in control. Then 1 afternoon I was really fatigued and wanted to get horizontal to relax my body and empty my mind of the day. I was just on the cusp of consciousness and all of a sudden, _with absolutely no impetus a dream _*_jumped_*_ into my thoughts while still awake. And get this: _*__even though I immediately recognized it as a dream, it was an unsettling and strange experience to have it occur without any suggestion or influence._* A bit disturbing and shocking as well. The reason is up to that point everything, and I mean _everything_ was initiated and interpreted by my choices via my conscious mind. And all of a sudden *_my mind was initiating and interpreting without me guiding, or telling, or suggesting anything._* Not cool at all. Sounds dumb to say but it seemed like my mind had a mind of its own and it decided it wanted to have a dream without my permission That's really the only way I can describe it. Or think of it like you're standing next to a car. And all of a sudden it starts up all by itself. It was quite a while before I had a second WILD encounter. I had gotten over my unease and started trying to duplicate the event but was unsuccessful for a number of months. And then it happened again. I would have to say it was accidental too, but I had been trying to "set it up" in order for it to occur more easily. Now they happen more frequently. But to be completely truthful, I cannot induce or cause it to happen as of yet. All I can do is create the circumstances that allow it to happen and hopefully it will. It is interesting to me but no matter what it is still a bit unsettling initially, mostly because you don't expect it. It also seems the dreams are shorter in duration, but that may be because of time dialysis differentiation of wake and sleep, because some of my recurring dreams are the same length, meaning they begin and end in roughly the same manner as asleep, but my waking mind interprets them as much faster. That's my story. I thought I was the only one that this has happened to. I had never run across anyone who had the same experience. Just like I haven't run across anyone who can completely blank out their mind, either. Not only am I _not_ the only one, but it has a name and acronym. Now I'm going to watch the video and see if my experience is similar. Any questions please ask. And subbed.

@virattomar6952

5 ай бұрын

@@michaelmoore7975 what was the technique to quiet mind? ( i am a overthinker)

@michaelmoore7975

5 ай бұрын

@@virattomar6952 There was this book my mom had back in the 1970's about TM. I don't remember the title but in letters "TM" on the front. There was a chapter on self-hypnosis, Zen Buddhism, and other forms of meditation. It talked about mixing different practices. But the one method that stood out was by German psychiatrist _Johannes Heinrich Schultz._ He devised a relaxation technique called _Autogenic training._ Keep in mind I was young and just starting to read "adult books." I wasn't particularly interested in TM, that was the 1st I heard of it. But I read it with time to understand what I was reading. Then, I tried AT....and lemme tellya...nothing works better, nothing. IMO.....for me, anyway. I have never got to #1. It's like anesthesia when they put the mask on and tell you to count to 10...you never make it. AT is the same. But AT is only as effective as your mind is less cluttered. Like in my 1st post I've had the ability to _remove everything from my mind._ You're an overthinker so there will be some difficulty. But believe it or not, the better you get with AT, the better you clean your mind. It works both ways. If you try it, the 1st thing you do is clean your mind of frustration on any unsuccessful attempts. Remove it. Say, "This is the one." I guarantee success if you take it seriously. Each step of AT has different but similar instructions. Follow them as honestly as you can. Notice I say honestly instead of strictly? _You never want to impose a mandate/directive/goal with perceived objectives on yourself._ Never tell yourself you _have_ to do this. You've got to. You must. Those are the invisible stressors that make a shortened, unhappy life. Good luck! And thank you for your reply.

@michaelmoore7975

5 ай бұрын

​@@virattomar6952 It's called _Autogenic Training._ It's a form of self-hypnosis. Devised by psychiatrist Johannes Heinrich Schultz. And it works fantastic...for me anyway. You say you overthink? It might be a bit frustrating at 1st, but if you follow the steps I guarantee success. The more you do it the easier it becomes to clear your mind. The less cluttered your mind makes it easier for AT to be effective. It works both ways. Good luck! And thank you for your reply.

That explains my challenge perfectly with Wilds so far. I'm a long time meditator and I can relate to the feeling of insomnia as I meditate away the hours attempting to initiate a Wild.

Pre-watch comment to boost!

This finally made WILDs click for me. I'll be trying it tonight around 4 if I don't DILD first (which has been happening around 2am for the past few weeks, so it's possible!)

Thanks for this critical missing information in most teaching on lucid dreams. I've read many books on lucid dreaming and never had it spelled out like this. I truly learned something valuable and new from this video. I've spent hours at night maintaining awareness and waiting for lucid dreaming to begin. Insomnia was what I got. The distraction part was what I needed as a balance. You are so ahead of your game so to speak. Blessings.

I came upon maintained awareness dreams by accident about seven months ago. I've only had a handful of WILD's and with every one, I've experience hypnogogia. It's absolutely mind blowing. Love it! I find I slip into them easier than the MILD's. Unfortunately, I have not been able to LD at all now for quite a while. I think maybe I'm trying too hard? I enjoy your channel very much! You are awesome and the best LD expert out there!🤗

Well, thank you Daniel for getting a song stuck in my head! After a few minutes in, I started thinking of the lyrics "hold on loosely, but don't let go; if you cling too tightly, you're gonna lose control." It was quite a distraction while I was trying to watch the video but I found that those lyrics somewhat related to the process of trying to achieve this sort of lucid dream - you have to let some awareness go but you still need to be there to notice it fading and bring it back! I've only ever had one MAD in my journey and it was accidental. I wasn't trying to have a lucid dream but the situation was right. This video explains why I haven't had one when I've tried. I do tend to over-think a lot and that can often lead to my brain being too alert and aware of things (which leads to insomnia). This is definitely easier said than done but seems a lot more achievable than just trying to keep perfect awareness! Thanks for the great video as always! These are the types of videos where I go in not thinking much of it but leaving with great insights!

@LucidDreamPortal

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Stumped, now I'm going to have to Google that song! (edit: ok this is straight out of an 80s movie, love it - and yes, perfect MAD/WILD anthem)

@LucidDreamPortal

Жыл бұрын

Oh and just noticed, the song comes from an album called "Wild Eyed Southern Boys"

@StumpedSlicken

Жыл бұрын

@@LucidDreamPortal That's a heck of a coincidence! It's truly the perfect WILD/MAD anthem now!

Thanks so much for this I can actually do wilds now and even created my own technique

Nice video! This reflects my recent experiences really well. A often find myself too focused trying a "wild". But been noticing that my mind needs to wonder a little to let myself to go to sleep again. My lucid dreams always comes a few minutes after i go to sleep again after a WBTB. But honestly been trying to achieve a maintained awareness and thought i would magically be teleported to a dream. But understand now that our mind need to be distracted a little.

Finally someone says this! I am so grateful, Daniel! This helps so much and makes things much clearer.

WILD and DILD are my favorite lucid dreaming induction techniques...

WILD is hard!

WILDs are MAD!

@LucidDreamPortal

Жыл бұрын

And DILDs are RAD :P

@mikkareads

Жыл бұрын

🥁

@beastieboy6327

Жыл бұрын

@@LucidDreamPortalWOW! Not gonna lie but this is kind of WILD! Get it? What i meant!?………..huh? ok i am extremely sorry for my dad joke :’c

@Perfectalert2545

7 ай бұрын

Hehe

@Perfectalert2545

7 ай бұрын

Not bad I got it

I never thought of it this way. I have only had maybe a couple "MADs" ever, and never considered that they might technically not be *literally* that. Interesting.

Thank you very much for this. What you mention here definitely lines up with my own experiences. Strangely enough, I’ve been the closest I’ve ever been to a maintained awareness dream a couple of times very recently - and I think that was because I didn’t hold onto awareness too tightly.

That's exactly what I wrote to you in a comment 2 years ago, this is how my WILD dreams play out when I do SSILD, it's like falling asleep for a very short time and then suddenly like a finger snap/or turning on the light switch and I am lucid in a dream ! At that time I was unsure whether it was a WILD because I had never noticed the process of falling asleep. Thank you for this great video!

Great, this video is exactly what I needed right now. Thank you! Almost 50% of my LDs are WILDs, and the way they happen in this second year of practice is different from what it was in the first year. Before, either I ended up sleeping and had no LD (or had a classic a-ha moment DILD later), or experienced the whole transition. Lately however, I've been more relaxed, not trying so hard to stay awake. And most often, it feels like I drift off (there's a missing piece in my experience or memory), but suddenly find myself on bed my experiencing hypnagogic hallucinations which then lead to a fully formed dream. I had no idea of what to make of this and wondered if it was a sign of improvement or decay of my practice. So it is very interesting to learn that we always drift off anyway. I'm still confused about what this change means for my progress though.

@LucidDreamPortal

5 ай бұрын

Very glad you found it helpful Karine! Some of these things are enduring mysteries that will only genuinely be answered when this subject generates more robust research. For the time being, my intuition (based on the observation of many students) is of a couple of things: Initial experiences tend to be outliers - or in other words, our first lucid dreams are not representative of the middle of the bell curve. This explains why there's so much confusion and silliness surrounding this subject - as most people are experiencing extremes. Passive/apathetic mindset does seem to be a quality that develops with more experience, as it's considerably more effective - albeit a strange balance. Over the decades I have come to believe that while LaBerge meant well, the DILD WILD dichotomy is more of a linguistic convenience than an accurate map of the territory. It seems all lucid dreams require a moment of distraction, but the length of that distraction varies considerably - but technically all lucid dreams are DILD, only WILDs would fall in the micro-distraction end of the spectrum. It's a fascinating subject, here's hoping for considerably more rational research in the future!

Is it better to practice WILD when you fall asleep initially or after WBTB? I heard that its difficult to maintain awareness initially when falling asleep as the mind enters the phase of deep sleep or something. Also thank you Daniel, after 297 days i finally had a long LD with full control. Without your videos i would of not had the right tools to maintain it

@LucidDreamPortal

Жыл бұрын

Hey Fizzy, sorry for taking a while to reply, KZread hid your comment in the spam filter (insane for a super thanks!). Firstly, thank you for being so kind and supporting my work. Just to be clear, one does not practice WILD - WILD is just a synonym for "lucid dream" (as is DILD), they are just ways of saying "lucid dream" depending on how that particular lucid dream starts. This is why I ditch that terminology and instead call them Maintained Awareness Dreams and Regained Awareness Dreams. But, I suppose the question you're asking is, should one attempt to induce a WILD at the start of sleep or after a WBTB. You'll certainly not have a WILD at the start of the night, as REM is about 90 minutes away from when your head hits the pillow. The best timing for attempts at inducing WILDs is in the second half of the night. So any time after 4 hours sleep. The data shows that waking up normally in the morning and returning to bed for a nap after about 30-60 minutes is the best time. And congratulations on your long fully lucid dream, your persistence has paid off and is exactly what it takes to really master this subject in the long run. Stick at it!!

@shadowx6378

9 ай бұрын

Nice glad to hear you had a long LD I'm on day 155 and had just a bunch of fake lucid dreams but I'm going to keep going till I master how has your lucid dreaming been since you had your first long lucid dream?

@TheRebel-ml6sy

7 ай бұрын

@@LucidDreamPortal I need someone to help me. Why is it that for me i get vague almost lucid dream it never gets more clear. Its just weak non vivid and in my imagination its not a dream. Its like that for 3-4 hours and it never gets more vivid until i have to wake up and go about my day. Its like the lucid dream its loading up then it gets stuck at 85% and i dont progress into it. its very frustrating. I feel my body getting numb but it never progresses to full body paralysis just numbness in every part of my body except for my head and diaphragm.

@TheRebel-ml6sy

7 ай бұрын

@@LucidDreamPortalyour video is very informative i feel it already answers my question. I just feel i am doing what you said “wandering in passive nature and coming back” but i feel I stay doing this properly. Could you provide personalized advice based on the info provided

I wanted to know this exact information since I could never fall asleep until I started drifting away, you make awesome videos!

I really like this video, thank you very much. It is super useful information I haven't seen anywhere else so far. I think you already mentioned that secret in one of the live streams I was attending, but regarding the importance of it making a concrete video is a really good idea. And not only that, but I also like the thumbnail a lot. Hopefully the cat(s) will attract a lot of views 🐱🐆

Floating in water is a very good example. I allow myself to fall asleep after focusing for a while and sometimes i get my attention back with my ears ringing. If I reach that point, a dream usually follows soon after. Im still experimenting with this approach

Fantastic end credits scene. Also I want to mention that language itself is like the game of telephone, terminology means something different to everyone. Which I believe is why you said you use analogies a lot. As it's the best way to get unique information across.

@LucidDreamPortal

Жыл бұрын

You're spot on regarding analogies - it really is the only tool that helps us sidestep (a little!) the subjective nature of words/terminology.

This is a very good video! Luckily I got this exact advice from a website before I started trying out WILD last night, and I actually succeeded because I didn't hold too tightly to consciousness! This is very good advice :)

That was very interesting! I've had a few WILDs in the past, and they felt to me like I went from wakefulness into the dream seamlessly, but I've wondered if that was even possible or just a gap in my perception.

@LucidDreamPortal

Жыл бұрын

There are some exceptions, such as extreme sleep deprivation - but in those cases one's attention is more prone to wander - so the baseline is already closer to daydreaming. It's not so much that attention is entirely lost, it just deviates from a firm hold, there needs to be a "crack in the door" for dreams to enter, and that cannot happen if one holds too firmly. Micro distractions can be almost imperceptible, but we have them continuously throughout the day. What I want people to ponder as a result of this video is "what is attention?"

Makes sense ! But I think it is a very delicate balance indeed... Somewhat comparable, I have been able to pull myself out of hynagogic imagery, but on the other hand, I recorded myself talking until sleeping and I just began snoring midst a sentence !!

Very true, Daniel. That's my experience too. Thanks for the video. ❤

I want to check if the following is a WILD (I know, I know, it should be black & white, but I'm not 100% sure because it doesn't fit anything you've described): Lately I've been waking up in the middle of the night (in my bed and in my room, can't see anything because lights off and my sleep mask is on, and confident it's not a false awakening because sometimes I've purposely stopped it to make sure). Almost immediately that I wake up then I start to hear a loud ringing / roaring noise that builds and I feel a vibration through my body that builds. If I focus on the sound then it builds to the point where I start to roll over, and I can only describe it that it feels like I roll out of my body (every time I'm certain that I'm about to crash out of the bed onto the floor!). Once I've completed a full 360 degree roll, I can actually get up and walk around, and when I open my eyes I'm somewhere new in a lucid dream (although sometimes it feels "more real" than a lucid dream). I'm not sure if it is a WILD, since I don't actively aim for it or induce it - I wake up naturally and it kind of happens to me (accept I have to focus on the sound, else it just fades away and I won't enter a dream and eventually just go back to sleep). But on the other hand I am fully aware and awake when it starts andI fully maintain the awareness through to the dream (and I don't really enter any kind of sleepy state, I'd confidently say that I don't lose the slightest bit of awareness throughout not even for a split second, if anything I'm really wide awake as the whole experience is actually quite shocking to me!)

That definitely makes some sense! 🥔🧠

I haven't watched this video. I wanted to convey my experience 1st without influence. Simply wow. I heard about WILD just not too long ago. Never even knew it was a thing. I thought maybe I was the only one that had the ability to do that. I called it "dreaming while awake" or "wake dream" or "conscious dreaming". I've been doing it for well over 10 years now. I've told my friends numerous times. Asked everyone in my circle. Not me or anybody I knew was even aware of WILD or anyone else that could do it But I have accomplished it by my own methods. And at 1st it was accidental. And a bit unsettling. Let me tell you my history: I started very young. At about 10 yrs. old or so I learned to _quiet my mind_ with a little self-hypnosis trick I learned from a TM book. A side effect was I can sleep any time anywhere in just about any conditions except cold. It has also taught me to _empty my mind completely_ and think of nothing. And I mean absolutely nothing. And able to do it where there is noise. I still hear the noise, but in that state my mind just doesn't register or interpret it. It becomes a drone of sorts. I believe these techniques helped me to become aware in my dreams. Not long after learning to quiet my mind I began to have lucid dreams. At 1st it was accidental. Shortly it wasn't. I did it easily and every time in all the dreams I remember. I focused on quieting my mind, recognize the dream, then control the dream. I practiced and practiced. By the time I was 15 I was in complete control of almost every part of the dream. I considered myself to be very, very good at it. At about 20 I learned how to use methods of suggestion to "recommend" a dream or type of dream I like. And I got real good at that. I had my choice of dream, and able to manipulate it. It was mostly a "Superman" type scenario but sometimes it would a driver in Top Fuel Drag Racing or flying unassisted or fighting a Godzilla like enemy. My recurring dreams could only be altered after they had initiated. Years go by and I kept getting better up until the point I became bored with it. It didn't satisfy anymore. There was no surprise, no anticipation of not knowing. So I started to just let the dream happen. I still would dream lucidly, but now in my dream I would just tell myself, "Alright, now let's see what happens." And just let it happen. I still do that method nowadays because I find the surprise of the unknown much more thrilling...while still being in control. Then 1 afternoon I was really fatigued and wanted to get horizontal to relax my body and empty my mind of the day. I was just on the cusp of consciousness and all of a sudden, _with absolutely no impetus a dream _*_jumped_*_ into my thoughts while still awake. And get this: _*__even though I immediately recognized it as a dream, it was an unsettling and strange experience to have it occur without any suggestion or influence._* A bit disturbing and shocking as well. The reason is up to that point everything, and I mean _everything_ was initiated and interpreted by my choices via my conscious mind. And all of a sudden *_my mind was initiating and interpreting without me guiding, or telling, or suggesting anything._* Not cool at all. Sounds dumb to say but it seemed like my mind had a mind of its own and it decided it wanted to have a dream without my permission That's really the only way I can describe it. Or think of it like you're standing next to a car. And all of a sudden it starts up all by itself. It was quite a while before I had a second WILD encounter. I had gotten over my unease and stared trying to duplicate the event but was unsuccessful for a number of months. And then it happened again. I would have to say it was accidental too, but I had been trying to "set it up" in order for it to occur more easily. Now they happen more frequently. But to be completely truthful, I cannot induce or cause it to happen as of yet. All I can do is create the circumstances that allow it to happen and hopefully it will. It is interesting to me but no matter what it is still a bit unsettling initially, mostly because you don't expect it. It also seems the dreams are shorter in duration, but that may be because of time dialysis differentiation of wake and sleep, because some of my recurring dreams are the same length, meaning they begin and end in roughly the same manner as asleep, but my waking mind interprets them as much faster. That's my story. I thought I was the only one that this has happened to. I had never run across anyone who had the same experience. Just like I haven't run across anyone who can completely blank out their mind, either. Not only am I _not_ the only one, but it has a name and acronym. Now I'm going to watch the video and see if my experience is similar. Any questions please ask.

Consciousness is sometimes focused and other times drifting. Well, why is that? The reason is because constant focus is exhausting. We do not have the stamina to be focused all the time. That's why we need sleep, daydreaming and lapses of attention. Dreaming is a regeneration mechanism.

Hey Daniel it's been awhile I kinda put my lucid dreaming on hold because school sucks right now. I had a lucid dream a few nights ago and it sparked my passion for the subject and practice again ! Let's goo;

@LucidDreamPortal

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Hey BanKan, great to see you again, and thank you for the kind super thanks!! (hugely appreciated!) - It's always good to prioritize things, and I'm glad you're putting education first as lucid dreaming is always here! But also, wishing you many lucids!

Thanks for this. I thought I wasn’t doing WILD right because I wouldn’t be lucid at first.

@LucidDreamPortal

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Just to be clear, one does not "do" WILD, because WILD is the outcome. People who call WILD a technique, are basically saying something that is as silly as calling lucid dreaming a technique. WILD and DILD are the two categories of lucid dream... in other words, when people say WILD or DILD, imagine they are just saying "lucid dream" - because it comes in two flavours.

@thethousandthhaunt3129

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@@LucidDreamPortal Ok thanks!

How dare you, telling me to have a good nights sleep 😤😂

Hey Daniel!!! I really loved this video, it really resonates with my overthinking tendencies haha if you think about it, lucid dreams are a nature “glitch”, right? You’re naturally not supposed to have awareness and distraction meshed together but somehow our brains can do it LOL it’s really hard for me to balance these two, I’m a very radical person: too focused or too dreamy

that would be so cool, i hope i will get some wild

The perfect method for adhd ppl

Maybe this is why it's easier for me to enter a maintained awareness dream after I accidentally wake up in the middle of a REM cycle. My brain is mostly blurry and ready to go back asleep, but that awakening got me just focussed enough to get lucid. However, waking up in the middle of REM only happens once in a blue moon if I am disturbed in some way. So I will have to try this tip with my insomnia-filled morning naps.

I'm afraid I've not much to add to this one. I haven't had a maintained awareness dream, just regained, and I can't float on my back either

Oh thanks this was very interesting and usefull:)

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Hello it’s been a bit of time since I have been on KZread but I am back. When I took my break from most things. I was not in the best state of mind I am not wanting to go into detail but I have not tried to lucid dream for that time frame but I hope can come back to lucidity. Thank you for everything.

That what's happened with me I try hard,too hard during wild or mild And then just couldn't fall asleep Thanks for your guidance sir

Ah i thought it was actually possible to fall asleep while never losing awareness. Now that makes more sense

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As someone who has had only 1 WILD. I see this as an absolute loss.

Nice post credits scene. I wonder if this will become a common thing in the DCU (Daniel Cinematic Universe) ;-)

Briefly Lost Awareness Dream? BLAD? ;-)

Thanks for the info, very helpful. From my 🌊xperience, my daydreaming thoughts become unusually vivid when I enter the dream world, as if I'm watching random events from a third person perspective. Recently, I had an experience when a dream began when I was spontaneously and randomly thinking about the environments of a game that I played many years ago. Is it more likely for these experiences to have something to do with situational memory, or are these beginning dream thoughts more likely to be completely random, seemingly independent from situational memory?

@LucidDreamPortal

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Thank you for your kind support dimabean, really appreciate it! Very little is truly random with the mind, it is possible that your mind retrieved the memory of the game environment due to a subconscious association or trigger. Our dreaming minds are somewhat more fluid and "poetic" in nature, and it seems that the brain is more prone to association in this state. You may notice that often when you wake from dreams your mind is a little more creative than usual. While we don't fully understand the dream state, the evidence points to it being vital for memory consolidation. Now how the brain does that, nobody can be certain, but it's likely that in order to do so certain waking restrictions are temporarily relaxed, allowing associative connections to form between disparate memories. The important thing to remember is that in the dream world everything is the nature of mind, so there is really no distinction between your inner dialogue, your "day dreams" and the dream environment. It's a fluid world of though playing out in multiple formats (thought, emotions, instincts, perception, imagination etc.) I hope that helps! (and yes, reality test initiated!)

Explore lucid dreaming has returned to youtube. What are your thoughts?

@LucidDreamPortal

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I don't really have the time to stay up to date with the various comings and goings of KZreadrs or enthusiasts, as my primary sources of information are fellow experts, scientists, and scholarly articles. But it's always good to hear that people are using KZread and social media to share their hobbies and interests.

Dont know were to asknthis question, so here it is. I researched about wild's and one thing is to know what it is (process) and another is to talk about the experience itself. Now, i know that experiences are personal, but i want to share mine. It started with me returning back to bed after a trip to a bathroom. I had hipnagogic imagery formed innthe back of my eyelids. I started interecting with it. It gained color and some realism, but remained a blurry image, and i suddenly snapped out of it. Is this an indication that im on a right path?

WOW! Not gonna lie but this is kind of WILD get it?! What i meant………. I am extremely sorry for my dad joke. :’c

Sometimes when I Meditate and I'm tired I get into this state of almost being asleep where little "thought dreams" occur, which is basically my thoughts evolving into a dreamy scenario and getting more vivid as I'm getting more unaware. When I become aware of one I usually snap out of it and the memory fades very quickly but sometimes I don't completely do so, without really being in the thought dream .And some other times, after doing it a few times, the shifting my focus back to the breath appears somehow in the thought dream. Could this be related to the process of trying to initiate a maintained awareness dream? It looks like it could be to me

Hey Daniel, I know you mentioned having vision issues. For me I do to and they end up always appearing in my lucid dreams. Has that happened to you and if so were you able to fix it?

@LucidDreamPortal

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Hi Anthony, I've seen your email regarding this - I'll get back to you when I have spare moment... not ignoring you :)

@mikkareads

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Oh, that's interesting! I have visual impairments, but they tend to not be there in my dreams, which is why I can use them as an added reality test.

@Antwon167

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@@LucidDreamPortal thank you sir,sorry for bugging you about it

@Antwon167

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@@mikkareads they seem to be there on once I bring attention to it in the dream. I get lucid and then I wonder if it’ll be there and then I see it in. Kinda like in real life for me. It slips my mind then I wonder oh is it there still and boom.

I had heard somewhere (and am not sure whether it is true or not), that supposedly our minds in some sense essentially "reboot" at the moment of entering sleep, with our "selves" dissolving and then "relaunching" again like a computer being restarted. Is this at all accurate? It would seem to line up with what you are describing here.

@LucidDreamPortal

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It's an interesting metaphor, but not quite right. Our minds don't exactly 'reboot' like a computer when we sleep. Our brain goes through various stages, each with different levels of brain activity. Although our consciousness and sense of self may seem to fade, they don't entirely dissolve or relaunch. The real question (as yet unanswered) is "what is the nature of self/consciousness?", is it a singular state that can be "rebooted" (certain anaesthetics suggest this might be the case), or is it more like the music produced by the complexity of the various elements of an orchestra, that can vary in intensity and combinations. All fascinating stuff, all still very much little understood.

@Carl_Frank

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@@LucidDreamPortal Thank you for the insight!

Polish oneironaut / obenaut (yeah they connected it together, I'm not) made a technique (or rather connected two techniques WBTB and WILD) in 2007 - you go to bed for 4 - 6 hour after waking up and staying for 30 min you go back and then for a while (1-3s) you fall asleep and then focus on blackness (10s) and again again until you fall asleep. He also advices to sleep in other position than usual. What do you think?

@LucidDreamPortal

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That's absolutely nothing new, and certainly not invented by that particular Polish person. WILD isn't a technique for a start, it's a category of lucid dream (see this video for details: kzread.info/dash/bejne/mYKj25NxmJrbgbQ.html ) - so all they've really done is made a fundamental error regarding what WILD is, and then claimed to have "invented" WBTB in a particular position. WBTB itself isn't even particularly valid, as it's a misrepresentation of research from LaBerge which actually focused on morning naps. As for specific sleeping positions, that's pretty much irrelevant - you can experience lucidity sitting up, laying on your front, back, side, and probably (for astronauts) floating in space.

@robercik101

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@@LucidDreamPortal I know he didn't invite this, he just connected two techniques and claims it works for him ;) For this WBTB part that I agree I read those research and I could tell it is a true. But is this part focus - sleep woudl work?

For a while now every night when going to sleep in my dark room with a sleep mask on which is total darkness it feels like cars with foglights are driving by its almost painful is this how wild techniques feel? Just wondering if this is just soemthinv random or happens (my sleep type is just laying in bed and thinking to myself slightly until this starts happening and soon it just goes dark til my first rem)

loll i did staay to the very end of that video loll :P

Would MILDs or WILDs be easier for someone with ADHD to induct? Ive been trying for abt a month, nothing has worked yet.

Hi daniel i would like to ask you for help. I just had a "lucid dream" but as soon as i did a reality test my vision became immediately worse and the only way i could see was through the middle of my vision since the sides were completely blacked out (this has happened once or twice before) and when i tried leaving my room it was weird so then i did a movement and woke up un my normal bed. I wonder if i did something wrong or if there is a problem with my sleep

@vickagememes6214

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Summon some glasses

Wow Daniel what a time i was just wondering if wild is a good technique or not thank you for the clarification 😉

@LucidDreamPortal

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Technically it's not a technique at all, it's a category. There are techniques to induce WILDs but WILD is the outcome. Glad to help!

Hello, this is awesome. I have been often trying WILD and in most case i also do MILD at same time. My issue is that i know i have to let myself fall asleep and i kinda do also but as soon as i am drifting away, my brain remembers that i am doing MILD and it brings me back to full consciousness. In my MILD technic i would repeat to myself something like: i will become aware in my dream because i can easily notice my dream cues and anomalies. And i repeat that over and over in my head. So when i drift away, my brain bring me back becaus ei had stop saying that in my head i thnik. So my question is: how do i do WILD and/or MILD at same time without keep coming back to full consciousness and end up too tired to even try to keep consciousness and then i stop and just fall asleep ? I'm i doing something wrong or i just keep practicing and it will even tually work ?

And then there's the timing.... I wonder if you could clarify something for me. I've got it into my head that if you wake up in the night groggy you've woken from NREM and if you've woken clearer headed it's from REM. Now, because I can't remember where I got this idea from I can't go back and check if I've got it right....maybe I've even made it up or dreamt it 🙄

@LucidDreamPortal

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That's generally the case, yes. It's something I talk about in my books and elsewhere. It's not 100% black and white, but a good yardstick.

@Aeowyn23

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@@LucidDreamPortal ah right thanks! That'll be where I got it from then ...doh 😬

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