I’ve mentioned this in a post but I think I should make a topic as well.
When you wake up in the middle of the night, stay in a comfortable position and keep your eyes open. They should close by themselves. Every time they do, open them again. Keep repeating for as long as possible. This has helped me carry some awareness into my dreams and has resulted in lucidity many times!
If your eyes don’t close by themselves you’re probably too awake so this might not work.
If you have had little experiance of ld’s before then you may have trouble stabalizing it and may lose it quickly. However it would work no matter what your experiance is.
What happens with me is I end up realizing I’m dreaming once I do fall back asleep.
When you’re trying to WILD and you’re counting, for example, you’re trying to keep your mind awake untill you enter the dream. This is a bit like that. You can’t fall asleep with your eyes open so that helps in the same way: increasing awareness
Actually I got this from Erin Pavlina, who seems to be a great LD’er. I read this tip some time ago, but just tried it “recently”. The first time I tried it I had a LD on a week night! And that’s usually rare for me, so I thought it’s worth trying out. Possibly, the only times when I try this and don’t get lucid is when I don’t really try hard enough. you know how that goes
Can’t remember, sorry I was just happy to get lucid at all But I’m sure it wasn’t just a few seconds. It was medium/low lucidity, though, if I’m not mistaken. But I believe it’s just a matter of practice… and it’s possible to carry in more and more consiousness into the dream.
the transition into dreaming is veiled by the semi unconscio9usness of sleep and a general inactivity in the mind, any vigilance , in any way , including saying I WILL NOT ROLL OVER UNTIL I AM DREAMING works,
the transition OUT of dreaming is also the way back in which is easier to notice but then you’ve had, who knows how long of dream that may not have been lucid.
is this a dream ? yes it is, followed by thinking about the RC and saying “If i am dreaming, the RC will do…” then TRYING to see if your RC shows that you are lucid, it really requires a to of awareness of the RC.
i still do the plug your nose and breathe through it and i am still often surprised when i am dreaming and do it, that i can breathe through my plugged nose, and the thought processes are crucial, i am wondering “wait, , does that mean i am dreaming? oh yes it does.”
I did by alarm. But yeah my eyelids felt heavy. Ha i don’t know if this one will be good for me but it will be a great technique to try after i get more experienced at lucid dreams!!