主题:How Does It Work And Self Awarnessim just wondering on how does it work ? does it raise your self awareness ? can i use it as a form of meditation for self awareness practice ?
I believe it does. This increased self-awareness may be the reason why failed SSILD attempts often result in dreams within which one receives supernatural abilities such as flying and telekinesis. My speculation is that in normal dreams we have very low level self-awareness, to the point we are more or less just following a "script." However, once our self-awareness begins to rise, we start to have thoughts occurring outside of the script. For example, you see something and you begin to wonder, hey, I want that. Whereas in the "script" you are not supposed to think like that. Given that dream world is very volatile that thought may just suddenly result in the object flying toward you, thus the telekinesis! SSILD cycles are an excellent tool to condition your mind and body for altered state of consciousness, I believe. Thus I see no reason why it can't be used as a part of your meditation routines!
Thanks ! now im trying to do them in afternoon naps but no luck i cant fall a sleep do you know anything that will make you fall asleep faster?
Afternoon naps may be too short for SSILD to work properly. On our forum I have seen a few people doing it successfully, but they usually get up very early in the morning so their afternoon naps are probably filled with loads of REM due to the rebound effect. For short naps you might want to do SSILD cycles followed by some dream entry techniques to induce WILD. The cycles will make it a lot easier for you to perform the dream entry techniques effectively.
I find it is often harder to fall asleep if you desire it to happen. That thought alone can keep you awake! I'd say you should not think about falling asleep. Keep your mind occupied instead of trying to empty it. Fill it with wandering thoughts, maybe role playing a little bit. See if that works for you.
i did it today but couldn't fall a sleep but here's the strange thing what happened i couldn't fall a sleep because i was to awake when i did WBTB also i got interrupted but the strange thing is i was trying to fall asleep for 3 hours which they passed by so fast and i felt very rested today why is that did i fall asleep and don't know about it but i did a few RC or just trying to sleep also counts kinda like sleep ?
It's actually quite common. SSILD does tend to create this kind of state... which I wouldn't call it FA because normal RC can indeed fail. It's something that borders on real awakening. If you think you are awake then you truly are; otherwise you enter the dream by gently and mentally raise your hand.