I had a dream last night, and i woke up, as i was drifting back off i tried to keep awareness of the process but i lost it somewhere along the line, BUT i ended up back in the dream at the scene where i first left off(woken up), i have done this a couple of times in my life. Now, if i concentrate hard enough tonight on said dream scene again i might be able to induce it and become lucid
just wondering if anyone has succeeded in doing this.
Yes, it’s actually a very reliable technique called DEILD. There are two ways to do it; one, you don’t move at all and just wait for a dream to appear (like an express WILD); two, you actually begin thinking of a dream scene while keeping the awareness that it is a dream. Don’t be discouraged if you fall back into a regular dream from time to time, it takes some practice to keep your awareness up.
The trick for me is to engage my dream hands. This seems to work only when I just woke up and have not moved at all; all it takes is to imagine that I am moving them. I try to make them feel as strong sensations as possible. This encourages the dreamworld to come back. Usually I fall back into whatever I was dreaming before I woke up.
Well, for me, DEILDs usually go into a different dream. However, I have woken up and wanted to go back to a dream, fallen asleep again, then continued in the same ND, or sometimes without even trying. I did that more when I was younger, but it could still happen. (Would certainly be nice sometimes!) I have attempted DEILD + reentering my previous dream. It may have worked once or twice, but I can’t remember. Still is nice to try if I’m able though.
I have to say that when I consciously do DEILD I always end up in the previous dream and it’s very cool… Then I have opportunity to make everything all right!