I’m a DILD-oh

Not as easy as it looks

I’ll admit it: Any lucid dream I’ve ever had has been accidental. Up until recently I never went to bed with the intention of having a lucid dream — it’s always just kind of happened. One minute I’ll be blissfully unaware I’m dreaming — the next minute, I’m all, “WTF??? I’m FLYING!”

… That’s usually when the lucid hammer hits me on the head.

However, I’d like to experience lucid dreaming more often than just once every month or two. I’d like to increase that number to once or twice a week, even once or twice a day.

But to do that I need to know how to have lucid dreams on command — or at least train my brain to more easily recognize I’m dreaming. I shouldn’t have to be a mile high in the sky to figure out I’m asleep — lots of really weird crap happens down at ground level, too.

So, how do I make that happen?

According to my recent research, there are three main categories of lucid dreams, each defined by the method that it used to trigger them:

• DILD: Dream-Initiated Lucid Dream — A dream that starts off normally but turns into a lucid dream when dreamer becomes aware that he or she is dreaming.
• MILD: Mnemonic-Initiated Lucid Dream — A lucid dream that’s triggered when someone repeats a phrase or focuses on a particular “dream sign” that will cause the sleeper to become aware that he or she is dreaming.
• WILD: Wake-Initiated Lucid Dream — A lucid dream that happens when someone goes directly from being awake to falling asleep and immediately entering a conscious dream state.

So far the only kind of lucid dream I’ve ever had has been of the DILD variety. However, this week I’m going to start making a concentrated effort to achieve lucid dreams via the MILD technique. MILD –  seems so easy, so peaceful and relaxing, don’t you think?

… Something tells me it’s going to be tougher than it sounds.

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