What is the Best Method to do after WBTB Method.

Quest for Lucidity
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Hi Guys…I am Lakshminarayan from India…I am new to this site…I am greatly interested in lucid dreaming and the potential solution it can offer to problems…
Ok, Here’s my first Query…
I usually go to sleep around 11:30 PM and gets up at 5:30…I have no problem in remembering my dreams, But what i find intriguing is that i get some of the dreams relating to lucid dreaming, like for example, on the other day i had a dream in which i was in a class and the professor was explaining to me how to have a lucid dream…Upon awakening i could vaguely remember what he said but i could remember the dream…
I had a series of small LDs lasting for few seconds…

Ok, now my query is, suppose i get up at 5:30 in the morning and goes to sleep (WBTB) at 7:30, What is the best thing to do in the interim period which will increase the likeliness of LD? And what to do in bed right before drowsing off?
And how to exactly do LD incubation in the bed? What is MILD? How to do it correctly?

Sorry for the barriage of questions…I am Very Enthusiastic…

Thanks Guys…

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When you’re awake in that period, keep doing plenty of reality checks, act as if you were dreaming and question everything. Reading anything about lucid dreaming may help too.

Other than hoping you do a reality check in one of your dreams, there are several different techniques.

WILD, which is trying to keep your mind focused and aware while your body is still, so that your body falls asleep before your mind and you either enter a dream immediately, or when you do dream, you are more aware and so more likely to question if you’re dreaming.

DEILD, waking up from a dream, staying perfectly still and focusing on entering another dream straight away. You’ll be lucid as soon as you start dreaming.

FILD, as you’re going to sleep, move your index and middle finger up and down like you’re tapping something for 30 seconds, not counting, just guessing 30 seconds. While you do that, tell yourself you’re going to do a reality check. After the 30 seconds or so are up, do the check and see if you’re dreaming. If not, wait two minutes and try it again. You have to be pretty tired for this one to work.

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MILD, while falling sleep, repeat a short sentence in your head over and over, something like “The next time I’m dreaming, I’ll realize I’m dreaming.” It doesn’t matter what it is, or what language it’s in, as long as you use it to convince yourself that you will have a lucid dream. Once you fall asleep, if it’s the last thing on your mind, you’ll have a chance of realizing you’re dreaming.

There a few others, and some more in-depth explanations of some of the techniques in the Tutorials section of this forum.

Have fun, and good luck.

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Hey thx dude…I ll do reality checks, also i hope chakra meditation can help…

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Just wondering, why do you wake up for 2 hours? It seems quite a long time for WBTB. If you can still fall asleep easily after that it’s not really a problem, but otherwise 20-45 minutes would sound more logical.

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Dear friend,
I was wondering whether there is any ‘correct level of sleeping’ reqd to induce LD…Like if i sleep very lightly then i may not have dreams and if i sleep deeply i will hv dreams but may not become lucid…Today i had a dream after WBTB but i did nt recognise its a dream…What according to u is the best method to recognise a dream?

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I’m not an expert on that, because I also fail to recognize most dream signs, but the method I use is writing down my dreams and marking any missed dream signs. After having a whole list of those (dozens), I map them into categories to see what my most common dream signs are. When that’s done I try to visualize myself encountering those dream signs and recognizing I’m dreaming and doing a RC.