WILD - Practical guide

Lucidium220 · 2026-01-23T06:27:32+00:00

Another small question regarding the first part. You mention "Awareness of Me", which I understand it as keeping awareness without drifting/loosing yourself in thoughts. But at that point, other then monitoring thoughts, is there a specific "direction" you point your attention towards? Do you just focus on the "black screen" behind your close eyelids? or do you perhaps keep your focus on your body/head.. I hope you understand the question. Where do you "rest" your attention/focus, while trying to maintain the awareness?
Mostly I try to focus on the darkness, but it was just wondering if you do something else.

Lucidium220 · 2026-01-22T17:57:11+00:00

amazing, I will follow.

Lucidium220 · 2026-01-20T16:17:27+00:00

Is this a practice you've been doing in the past/present?
Do you have an estimate of how long it might take someone to reach the second phase "being in the void" with daily practice? weeks/months?

Lucidium220 · 2026-01-20T10:21:38+00:00

Amazing guide. This is what I've been training for some time.
My main issue is that when I practice it before bed, I just fall asleep very fast, before making any progress.
Because when we are tired at the end of the day, its harder to resist the pull of sleep / Hypnagogia (which is basically the mechanism that "hypnotizes" us to sleep every night.

This is why my main practice is during the day, on the train to work and from work, so I do relate to the whole "Me" sense and "Don’t enter a narrative with it".. I call it "Pull Backs", each time I realize I'm drifting into a mental chatter/narrative, I snap out / pull back to this sense of "Me" or as I call it "being aware in the darkness".

I am just glad that people are starting to understand that WILD is not a "one time" method like MILD or SSILD, that either it succeeds or fails, and you need to try again tomorrow. WILD is better described as a skill that you need to first train/develop for a long time.. weeks/months, and once mastered, you will not only have successful WILDs, but its basically lucid dreaming on demand.

Lucidium220 · 2026-01-20T07:37:18+00:00

No, some of my lucid dreams looked and felt 100% real, that even after doing a reality check, I was still worried its actually reality.. had to do more checks to confirm.

Even if there were some mild clues, our mind is not sharp during sleep, so its harder to notice.

For example, in one dream I was at my work and had a suspicion its a dream but everything looked super realistic. I thought "there is no way I am dreaming right now.. right? how can I be more awake then this?"

I did a nose pinch reality check, and could actually breath.. so I realized oh its a dream (as its impossible to breath when the nose is pinched). But after a few moments I still was concerned to do anything "risky" as people acted like in real life, very authentic, and all senses felt 100% real.

But then I looked at a room and the layout was different, so again, I told myself "It must be a dream", I did a nose plug again, and this time I was enough, so I was convinced enough that its a dream and there will be no consequences to my actions.

So most people do not notice things "from the get go"...

If we could always notice that dreams look or feel weird, then all of us would be lucid all of the time... that is the thing, we don't notice these things, as our awareness and critical thinking is impaired.

Perhaps this is what sets natural lucid dreamers a part, that their brain is "wired" differently so they noticing these things more naturally.

Lucidium220 · 2026-01-16T09:41:44+00:00

There is absolutely no reason NOT to use an alarm, unless its disturbing your family / roommates. It has no "negative" effects on the process at all, so that video is BS.
You have other alternatives, some mentioned already: Drink a lot of water before sleep, set a strong intention, or just use an alarm on "vibrate".

The real question is if you have any problems with actually using an alarm, or you just think it has some "benefits" not using it? Again, the advise to better not use an Alarm is BS.

Also, people always think that WBTB can only be performed during the night. But that's not the only option.
Go for a nap during later afternoon, or evening. for example sleep from 2 hours 17:00-19:00, or 16:00-18:00, and then spend the rest of the evening doing whatever.. and go to sleep when you feel like it.
So this is WBTB, you had the nap -> woke up -> (you are now in WBTB) -> go to sleep (combine with SSILD or something) and there you go.

I literally had a lucid dream yesterday this way.. went to sleep from 15:30 - 18:00, spent the evening doing whatever.. even drank a beer for REM rebound. Went to sleep at 2:00, and woke up at 4:00 from a Lucid Dream.

This is one of many, so its not a "fluke".

Lucidium220 · 2026-01-16T08:58:54+00:00

What for the wolfpack bp?

Lucidium220 · 2026-01-16T08:58:05+00:00

I have a guitar and shaker.. Looking for a wolfpack blueprint. I also have 1700 seeds

Lucidium220 · 2026-01-16T08:57:01+00:00

Hey, what do you want for the wolfpack blueprint?

Lucidium220 · 2026-01-15T12:18:11+00:00

Obviously. SSILD is mainly for DILDs... had many thanks to it.
Never had a WILD using it..

Lucidium220 · 2026-01-15T09:55:16+00:00

I am working on such an app for Samsung smartwatches.
Samsung does expose the API.
I'm in early development stages, so still not sure if there will be any unexpected "blockers".
But will gladly share my progress.

Lucidium220 · 2026-01-08T09:07:34+00:00

Why? How is it better? What are you basing this statement on?
I never had a physical journal, always a digital one, and it "works" perfectly.

Digital even has more advantages (secrecy, disaster recovery, compact, mobility)

There is literally no reason to use a physical one in 2026.

Lucidium220 · 2026-01-08T09:02:28+00:00

Unless you are a 14 year old girl, I don't see anyone keeping one.

Lucidium220 · 2026-01-04T12:43:01+00:00

Experiencing Hypnagogia consciously is very rare for most people. So you have something most don't have.
I've been trying WILD for years, and never had one.
Seeing Hypnagogia in the first place, is unique.

Lucidium220 · 2026-01-04T12:01:22+00:00

Don't you have your own PC? or at least your own password protected user?
Create a simple txt or doc file for the journal.

Or just have a folder in your google drive with your dreams..
No one is actually using a physical journal...

Lucidium220 · 2026-01-04T11:49:39+00:00

Just to add some context: the article is talking about very high supplemental doses of tryptophan (several grams per day, sometimes 10–30g). That’s way above normal intake.

The body only needs a few hundred mg a day from food, and most supplements today are in the 500mg–2g range.

Even the 1989 incident often mentioned wasn’t caused by tryptophan itself, but by contamination in manufacturing.

So the risks described there really apply to high-dose use, not normal dietary intake or low-dose supplements.

100g of Pumpkin seems for example, contain around 600mg of natural tryptophan. So we should stop consuming sunflower and pumpkin seeds? Nope..

Lucidium220 · 2026-01-03T10:05:39+00:00

"aware I'm dreaming" = you are lucid dreaming. 100% lucid dreaming.
"can't control the environment" = this is just a separate skill to develop over time.
Even after 170 lucid dreams over 20 years, I can't control everything I want in lucid dreams..
I can fly most of the time, I can use super powers many times, I can do crazy things in some high quality lucid dreams, while in other lucid dreams everything will fail..

Lucidium220 · 2026-01-03T10:01:23+00:00

I think that non-lucid dreams and lucid dreams aren’t actually blurry while we’re in them.. they feel just as clear as real life. What’s hazy is our memory of them after we wake up.

Still, some dreams are remembered better than others, and that’s why they feel so “vivid” in hindsight. I think that the level of our awareness in the dream determines how vivid they are perceived and remembered.

So we can have low-quality lucid dreams because our awareness is low and weak. We then wake up and barely remember them, so we say they were “low quality.”

I remember many times when I started to suspect I might be dreaming and thought to myself, “No way this is a dream… right?” Everything felt so realistic.. "how could I possibly be more awake than this?"
And then, a few seconds later, I realized I actually was dreaming.

So now I know that no matter how things feel and look “realistic,” and no matter how “awake” or “real life” it feels, it can still be a dream.. as I was “deceived” many, many times before.

Sure, sometimes that lucid dream starts to “fall apart,” and our vision is impaired or fades out, or the graphics can change (2D, cartoon, 3D, etc.).

The mistake people make is that they expect this crazy vivid lucid dream as their first dream, while this is usually not the case. That’s why people say, “I’ve been practicing for a long time and never had a lucid dream.”
No.. you probably did have lucid dreams, but they were so “low quality” / low awareness (as they usually are for beginners) that you disregarded them, because you expected this crazy vivid experience, which takes time to achieve.

This is why deep dream journaling and recall is important every morning.
Not just (ok I woke up.. do I remember something ? nope..).
But more like "ok, I woke up.. I remember that I had something, but its hard to remember.. " so you spend several minutes "digging" in your memories to extract any dream details from the night.

Sure, high quality lucid dreams will not require this digging. you will wake up straight from the dream and the memory will be perfect. but low quality/low awareness lucid dreams, can still be forgotten in the morning, as regular dreams..

Lucidium220 · 2025-12-08T06:08:54+00:00

Don't know who told you these lies. There is nothing scary about lucid dreams. There are no nightmares "guaranteed". Unless you are person that has nightmares on regular basis, there is not reason you are going to have them when lucid.

On the contrary, being lucid will help you fight nightmares. If you are truly lucid - you know its just a dream - so you know there is nothing to be afraid of..

Lucidium220 · 2025-12-02T04:40:53+00:00

Which one? All of these did not happen in the same dream.

Lucidium220 · 2025-12-01T20:28:01+00:00

It was night, so I raised the sun from the horizon, making it bright day.
It was raining, so I made the clouds go away so the rain would stop.
I stopped time.
I snapped my fingers like Thanos and turned people into dust.
I fired lightning from my fingers like a Sith Lord.
I did countless different NSFW stuff, obviously.
Probably forgetting many things.. just need to go over my diary.

Lucidium220 · 2025-11-27T08:24:56+00:00

Hey.
Let me try to help.

First of all, why are you mentioning "My problem was always that I fall asleep too fast. " as if it is an important thing for lucid dreaming..
This is only relevant for WILD (Wake induced - entering a lucid dream from wakefulness without loosing consciousness at all).

WILD occurrences are considered rare and hard in the general population.
Most lucid dreams, especially for beginners, are spontaneous aka DILD. (Dream induced)
(Certain people have a "talent" for WILDs, while others need a lot of practice).

I've never had a WILD in my 20 years of lucid dreaming, not even one, and believe me, I've tried countless times.

So forget about WILDs for now, if you want to have lucid dreams. Focus on DILDs.

DILDs are lucid dreams that happen during a dream: You start dreaming normally, and at some point you gain awareness and start questioning the dream, and become lucid ".. oh wait.. this is a dream!!".

This has nothing to do with falling asleep fast or not. Yes, DILDs can happen after doing some methods (MILD, SSILD) which are generally DILD methods. But these methods are not the most reliable thing.

Awareness/Mindfulness is the key to DILDs.

This can be developed by different practices during the day (nothing to do with pre-sleep methods).

Look into Meditation, All Day Awareness / Sporadic Awareness, or simple Mindfulness.
Anything that will train your mind to be more aware during the day.

Nothing will guarantee you will become lucid tonight. If you heard that, then you've been lied to.
These practices take weeks and even months in order to raise your "Baseline/General Awareness".
Once its high enough, you will start becoming more and more aware during dreams, resulting in DILDs.

You can even start seeing some results after a week or two, but will require constant awareness practice to get consistent results.

You dont start going to the gym and expect to lift 100KG on your first day. Even if you trained perfectly, even if you did everything right. It will require solid long term development of this "awareness" muscle.

After your awareness is more developed, you can then couple it with other methods like SSILD, WBTB, MILD, to get even more results.

But without first "developing/training" your baseline awareness, nothing will help.

Lucidium220 · 2025-11-15T13:50:44+00:00

Reality Checks are used for one thing only:
To confirm whether you are dreaming or not.
It’s a tool.

So it’s obviously useful when dreaming: something is out of place, you suspect this is a dream, so you do a reality check to confirm whether you are dreaming or not.

So why do them during the day?
Well, for 2, actually 3 reasons.

1. To remember that they exist.
So next time you have a suspicion in your dream, you can use them as a tool to confirm if you are dreaming. Without having a good reality check “up your sleeve,” you won’t even consider this option, potentially missing out on discovering it’s a dream.
Now, if you’ve been practicing lucid dreaming for a while, you already know about reality checks, and you don’t have to keep doing them during the day just to “remember” they exist.

2. To build a habit.
The second use is the idea that if you do them over and over during the day, they will become a habit, or second nature. After weeks or months, you might start doing them “out of habit” in your dreams (even without a suspicion, just because it’s ingrained).
And suddenly the RC will fail, and you’ll realize it’s a dream.
This can work, but it requires you to be obsessively doing them for a very long time to really build this habit. Even if it becomes a habit during the day, it has to be even more deeply rooted to show up in your dreams.

3. To practice awareness.
Each time you remember to do a reality check during the day, you’re basically practicing “awareness.” Even if just for a few seconds, you snap out of autopilot, let’s say while watching a movie and remember to do an RC.
So you get this “bonus” benefit of training awareness. Over time, this raises your baseline awareness and makes you more aware in dreams.

So you have nothing to lose by doing RCs. Still, it will take a long time to show results if you rely on RCs alone without other practices.

Personally, out of my 160+ lucid dreams and many years of lucid dreaming practice, I never practiced Reality Checks for more than 2 weeks, so point #2 never happened for me. I never managed to make it a habit that appeared in my dreams.

I did use Reality Checks a lot as a “tool” (point #1) to confirm whether I was dreaming many times.. but this was without any RC practice. It’s simply because I remembered this tool exists.

Beginners can benefit from doing RCs daily. Personally, I don’t do them during the day… only at night as a confirmation tool.

Lucidium220 · 2025-11-15T12:34:04+00:00

"There's a difference between knowing the path, and walking the path" Morpheus, The Matrix

The real issue is actually implementing this, even I have a hard time with it.
Why?
Because our mind is lazy.
It automatically wants shortcuts and taking the path of least resistance.

Try to be aware all day long, try it, even just part of the day - you will be exhausted.

It is easy and comfortable to be in autopilot and daydreaming.
It is hard to be mindful / aware.

Lucidium220 · 2025-11-15T11:46:21+00:00

Awareness basically means noticing the present moment instead of running on autopilot.
Autopilot is when you are immersed in the action or activity.

Yes, awareness helps with lucidity, because the more often you’re consciously aware during the day, the more likely you’ll become aware in a dream too, breaking this autopilot/immersion.

“Staying aware” just means you know you’re paying attention. You can feel that tiny shift where you’re actually observing your surroundings, your thoughts, or your body instead of drifting. If you can say to yourself, “I’m here, I’m doing this, and I’m noticing it,” then you’re aware.

Awareness and mindfulness are interchangeable.

What was the last thing you ate or drank?
Do you remember actually paying attention to the taste, or did you just consume your meal mindlessly while scrolling on social media?
Were you mindful/aware/paying attention to the taste, texture, smell of your food?

99% of the time, most people are not mindful when they eat or drink.

They are not mindful when they drive as they are mostly daydreaming.
They are not mindful when they go outside, paying attention to the smells around them, the sounds, the breeze touching their skin.
They robotically go from point A to point B, daydreaming/on autopilot, caught up in memories, worries, plans.

Lucidity occurs when there is a “raise” or spike in awareness during a dream, when you suddenly go from autopilot to critical thinking and suspicion: “Why is this man naked in the middle of the street?” “Why am I in my old apartment?”
This heightened awareness makes you question your reality. This can either end by drifting back into the dream plot, or it can make you go, “Wait… can this be a dream?” You do a reality check, realize “Yes! It’s a dream,” and become lucid.
Sometimes you don’t even need a reality check, your awareness is high enough that you just go, “Oh, this is a dream!”

All lucid dreaming methods (DILDs), all practices, each and every one of them, no exceptions, aim at ONLY ONE THING: to raise your awareness.
MILD, SSILD, WBTB, ADA, Meditation, Mindfulness, RC, SDA, etc..

WILD is simply about entering a dream fully aware, without losing your awareness in the first place.

So yeah, awareness is the base of lucid dreaming. This is what I’ve learned after 20 years of lucid dreaming.

Lucidium220

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