DEILD

Get Ready

• Have good recall. If you don't remember your lucid dreams, what use are they?

• Find a way to wake up after a dream. This may include:

  • An alarm, which should shut itself off after a few seconds. It should be more like a nudge. Set it for 3-6 hours after you normally fall asleep. You might need to experiment with what time(s) work best for you.

  • Recognizing your closed eyelids. Study the backs of your eyelids for a little while every night. Eventually you'll be able to recognize it as a sign you've just woken up from a dream.

  • Autosuggestion. Decide upon it, repeat it, make it a mantra. Use something such as "I will be aware of waking after every dream." Autosuggestion can be done at any time, but prefer a frequent time or activity to recite your mantra (in your head), such as while you use the bathroom, wait in line, while you're brushing your teeth, and while you're lying in bed.

Procedure

1. Don't move a whole lot so that you don't wake yourself up too much. Keep yourself "half-asleep."

2. Like WILD, ignore hypnagogia and sleep paralysis if they appear. Remember, sleep paralysis is a medical condition and does not affect lucid dreaming in any way.

3. Drift back to sleep. Since you're already half-asleep, you're shortcutting the anchor step of WILD!

4. If you want, incubate your dream. A great way to use this is to recall your previous dream to re-enter it.

Notes

• Chaining: while you're nearing the end of a lucid dream, take in your surroundings and the plot, and keep in mind your intention to get right back to sleep and perform DEILD.

• Be wary of false awakenings. If you think you've woken up, perform a reality check!

• DEILD is mutually exclusive with all other WBTB techniques and actions, including journaling.

Further information

• Dreamviews Wiki