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This technique has been successful in
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WILD
stands for “Wake-Initiated Lucid Dream”,
or “Wake-Initiation of Lucid Dreams”
to refer to any technique that involves falling
asleep consciously. These techniques are similar
to self-hypnosis. Some people believe that WILDs
are not actual dreams, but are instead astral
projection. Various detailed resources are
available under that moniker.
For most people, they are far easier to induce
in the early morning after waking up or in
afternoon naps, as the sleep cycle will continue
with an REM period. Once you are experienced
with inducing WILDs, you can try to induce them
at other times.
For WILDs to occur, it is best for your body to
be completely relaxed. When you go back to bed,
lie down comfortably. Now tense and relax your
body, starting from your shoulders and working
downwards, then back up to the face. This (or
similar relaxation, meditation, or trance
techniques) should make your body feel slightly
heavy and relaxed.
There are many different ways to induce WILDs,
but they all involve doing something to keep the
mind awake as the body falls asleep. A few
techniques are detailed below.
If you pay attention to your physical body while
using these techniques, then you will likely
enter sleep paralysis (which usually happens
after you're already asleep) without losing
conscious awareness of your body. You will get a
tingling and buzzing sensation (this might be
unpleasant). These sensations might be so strong
that you feel that you will die (e.g., you might
feel a choking sensation), but don't worry, this
is perfectly safe! Sometimes you can simply wait
until you fall asleep straight into a lucid
dream.
However, if you don't fall asleep, and you
become completely paralysed (with the exception
of your eyes), don't try to move. Imagine your
dream hand (or spirit hand if you prefer) going
up and leaving your physical hand behind. Now
you should have two separate bodies, a dream one
and a real one. Control your dream body only —
if you control your real one, you will wake up.
Now you can try to roll out of bed into your
dream world (alternatively, you can get up and
walk through a mirror, or sink into your bed).
