Am I doing MILD right?

Hi everyone Im not sure If im posting in the right section but I’ll just post here.

So everynight I try MILD and repeat these words, “Tonight I will realize I am dreaming”
does anyone know if im doing this right? I’ve only became lucid once and I’ve been doing MILD for three weeks. The only thing I do realize is I can remember my dream longer. And I can remember more dreams.

Moved from General Lucidness. :dragon:

Well here’s a good start:

Guide - under the section How you have MILD technique!

Here’s the modified version from LaBerge’s book:

[spoiler]3.2.4 Mnemonic Induction of Lucid Dreams (MILD)

The MILD technique employs prospective memory, remembering to do something (notice you’re dreaming) in the future. Dr. LaBerge developed this technique for his doctoral dissertation and used it to achieve lucid dreaming at will. The proper time to practice MILD is after awakening from a dream, before returning to sleep. (Modified from EWLD, p. 78)

Setup dream recall.
Set your mind to awaken from dreams and recall them. When you awaken from a dream, recall it as completely as you can.

Focus your intent.
While returning to sleep, concentrate single-mindedly on your intention to remember to recognize that you’re dreaming. Tell yourself: “Next time I’m dreaming, I will remember I’m dreaming,” repeatedly, like a mantra. Put real meaning into the words and focus on this idea alone. If you find yourself thinking about anything else, let it go and bring your mind back to your intention.

See yourself becoming lucid.
As you continue to focus on your intention to remember when you’re dreaming, imagine that you are back in the dream from which you just awakened (or another one you have had recently if you didn’t remember a dream on awakening). Imagine that this time you recognize that you are dreaming. Look for a dreamsign–something in the dream that demonstrates plainly that it is a dream. When you see it say to yourself: “I’m dreaming!” and continue your fantasy. Imagine yourself carrying out your plans for your next lucid dream. For example, if you want to fly in your lucid dream, imagine yourself flying after you come to the point in your fantasy when you become lucid.

Repeat until your intention is set.
Repeat steps 2 and 3 until either you fall asleep or are sure that your intention is set. If, while falling asleep, you find yourself thinking of anything else, repeat the procedure so that the last thing in your mind before falling asleep is your intention to remember to recognize the next time you are dreaming.[/spoiler]

And here are targets that are used in MILD technique:

[spoiler]Monday

The next time I see myself in the mirror.

The next time I see a red car.

The next time I see an animal.

The next time I smell food.

The next time I hear music.

Tuesday

The next time I see a beautiful woman.

The next time I hear a man speaking.

The next time I write something on paper.

The next time I take off my shirt.

The next time I turn on a light.

Wednesday

The next time I feel the wind.

The next time I see a dog.

The next time I feel upset.

The next time I hear my name.

The next time I see my reflection in something other than a mirror.

Thursday

The next time I laugh.

The next time I eat lunch.

The next time I eat dinner.

The next time I push a button.

The next time I use the restroom.

Friday

The next time I take socks off.

The next time I lock a door.

The next time I feel fear.

The next time I hear music.

The next time I lay down in bed.[/spoiler]

Feel free to adjust technique to yourself because there is no the right or wrong way to perform technique.

can you explain the second part? its mantras? :eh:

No, those are daily targets that you have to memorized but only memorise targets for each day at the time and when ever you see a target do a RC and ask yourself where are you and what you were doing…

oh! nice, i didnt know that! i just randomly RC during the day!

The next time I push a button. ← “the RCs are over 9000!!!”

[mod]Double posts edited together. :mattias:[/mod]

So for the targets…

Do I memorize a handful per day then a different handful the next day? Or do they all carry over from day to day? For instance, lets say on monday i tell myself that every time i write something, I do a RC. Do i do that for only monday? Or does that carry over to tuesday as well, along with whatever other targets i do for tuesday and so on…Sorry just a little confused. This is great info through, because I always just did this sporadically and whenever i saw my DS.

Thanks everyone!

Well you can do them however you want it’s not determined how exactly but advice was usually to do targets that are for specific day for some time let’s say 2 or 3 weeks and when you memorize those very well and when you do RC every time you see a target or “do” a target then you can combine targets from each day. Also you can make your targets…

It’s ok to do randomly RC those targets are like a help in MILD… You can do RC however you want…