Originally Posted by djpatch999:
I've been trying to have LDs now for about a month all with little success. I normally use the DILD method but I always end up forgetting that I need to realize I'm in a dream. I've tried the WILD method a couple of times including just now. I have been laying here for well over half an hour in sleep paralysis and keeping my mind conscious. This only results in me getting bored because it normally takes me no longer than ten minutes to fall asleep. Can anybody help me? Like I said I'm getting tired of trying.

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Trying to WILD as the first thing you do when you go to sleep is like begging for trouble. You will rarely succeed. Most WILD methods also require you to perform a lot of relaxation techniques, which are often derived from traditional spiritual practices, but these in reality are mostly waste of time. Relaxation techniques, if performed unsccessfully, typically result in more anxieties and tension. Even if correctly executed, they do not put your mind/body into the correct state demanded by phase entrance either. Please realize this -- meditations are NOT the same as WILD!

I just posted a tutorial which I believe may help you learn how to WILD more effectively. The steps described in that tutorial have been tested by hundreds of people, and many of them had success the first time they tried it. Hope it will work for you too.

You can find the article under the title "A Practical Recipe for Inducing LDs and OBEs".