主题:Ssild Or The PhaseThere is a long-standing series of accusations that cosmic_iron ripped off Raduga.
Note that SSILD is actually nothing like The Phase, though. SSILD is a series of specific going-to-sleep mental attention-shifting cycles, meant to induce lucid dreams while falling asleep and/or FAs by raising awareness (so the claim is). The Phase's indirect methods are different, and focused on the moment of waking instead, in order to "separate" from your body and enter the dream. So they're quite different in practice.
To me, SSILD is just one of a large number of WILD anchors, meant to allow the dreamer to hold on to awareness while the body falls towards sleep.
I respect The Phase directions because they are so clear, and Raduga gives such detailed instructions on how to perform the direct/indirect approaches. While in general there may be "nothing new," in specific form The Phase is a major contribution to LD practice instruction and well worth reading.
I was unaware there had been previous accusations.
Well not around here, on other forums, and I myself heard about them indirectly.
"Direct" methods are basically WILD. Sort of hard to claim ownership of WILD.
I've skimmed through the direct method portion of the The Phase pdf and still see only vague similarities. Raduga does not specifically recommend that I can see a "vision, aural, body" cycle of attention like SSILD does. The Phase offers many more options than SSILD. I respect Raduga's writing because while the generalities may not be new, what's so helpful is that he gives clear, explicit directions and prescriptions for performing the indirect and direct methods. The Phase is definitely worth a read through by every LD practitioner, it's actually very motivating. I plan to incorporate elements of The Phase into my practice. Just the other morning on a lark I tried an indirect phantom wiggling after waking, not expecting anything really to happen, and instantly REM atonia began to occur! Very exciting stuff.