Today, I've worked my butt off. Presenting a brand new YouTube series on WILD, that I have only produced today, covering 10 new episodes on topics like training, meditation, the bedroom and much more!

Check out all new episodes: Lucidipedia YouTube channel



It is now 3 'o clock in the morning, here in the Netherlands, and I'm just starting to upload all the episodes which is going to take a while. I gues I won't be off to bed soon...

PS. Naturally, in the near future (this time, it won't be the next morning ), we will add a new training program to the learning section which will be integrating this new WILD series.

Long time no blogging. In all this time we have been regrouping and restructuring Lucidipedia's goals and are starting to bring Lucidipedia up to the next level. The site has grown so much in the last few months that we felt we needed to calibrate our aims for the project. Keep a close watch on the news to know what we are up to.

One of my new projects is going to be to upgrade the learning section with an elaborate training program for WILD (Wake Induced Lucid Dreams). I have come to understand that many users and lucid dreamers elsewhere on the internet are searching for the techniques to pull off WILDs. To my surprise, there is still a lot of misunderstanding surrounding these kinds of lucid dreams, even on lucid dreaming itself. That is why it felt to me that we need to expand the learning section with a dedicated program on WILD.

Of course, we currently cover MILD with the Lucidipedia Matrix. So how are we going to integrate WILD into this? Well, the learning section is going to be divided into a beginners route, which concerns the current program on MILD, and into a expert route, which will be concerning WILD. Naturally with a brand new YouTube series, lessons, techniques and information to get the most out of your dreams. This time, I would also like to include dream control as part of this expert program: discussing how to learn how to fly, performing the spinning technique and exploring the dream world.

In short, something to look forward to! I don't know when I am able to finish this project, but I am sure to let you know when that time comes.

Interestingly, I had a lot of trouble sustaining lucidity when I just started to learn lucid dreaming. I often experienced that I woke up, or dreamt I woke up, after just simply orientating in the dream world. Somehow it felt like I could not use many cognitive resources/thinking to prevent myself from waking up. Every time I tried to reflect on my attained lucidity, reflect on what I wanted to do in the lucid dream, or even thought about my lucid dream plan, I felt like loosing "touch" with dream reality ... which led to waking up. Very frustrating, because reflection is an integral part of lucid dreaming! Recognize these symptoms? Well, here's the solution.

After some experimentation in my own lucid dreams, I discovered the golden principle of the dream world. Anything you pay attention to, will grow. This means that your focus of attention is a crucial factor in establishing an enjoybale stable dream world. If you pay more attention to yourself ("reflecting on MY attained lucidity, reflecting on what I wanted to do in the lucid dream, or even thought about MY lucid dream plan"), you as yourself will grow ... resulting in the dissolvement of the dream world ... because you don't pay any attention to it anymore. Hence, the trick for longer lucid dreams, is to pay more attention to your experience of the DREAM WORLD, instead of paying attention to what YOU are experiencing. Doesn't that sound natural? Keep your interaction with the dream world alive as much as possible.

This is why many novice lucid dreamers who are experiencing their first lucid dreams, have trouble sustaining lucidity. They are (obviously) more concerned with THEIR (first) experience of lucid dreaming ... than the experience of the DREAM WORLD itself. This lack of attention leads naturally to the dissolvement of the dream. They are more interested in themselves than they are to the dream world.

For advanced lucid dreamers, notice how The Spinning Technique would not solve this inherent problem. Although the Spinning Technique stimulates the generation of REM-sleep, it does not guarantee stability. It's a tool for prolonging dream sleep, not inducing dream stability. At least that is what I'm experiencing.

The big challenge is therefore to maintain a balance between your involvement in the dream world (doing things, interacting, etc) to keep the dream "alive", and reflecting on your experience of the lucid dream state. I would recommend, to seriously PLAN your lucid dream prior to inducing the lucid dream itself (revisit my learning program on the site!), so you don't have to reflect on your lucid dream intentions WHILE dreaming lucid. Seriously rehearse your lucid dream plan before you go to bed! Then, while you are having your lucid dream, don't pay too much attention to your lucid dream plan anymore, but most of all stick to the flow of the dreamplot. Integrate your lucid dream plan with the dreamplot that you are experiencing... don't interrupt it and induce your own lucid dream from the start. This will most likely lead to waking up. Keep paying attention to the dream (by walking, interacting and doing stuff; keep yourself busy) and naturally implement your lucid dream plan step by step when possible.

If you don't pay any attention to your dreams, your dreams won't pay any attention to you!

Have fun!
Tim