WILDs, Wake Initiated Lucid Dreams, they're one of the stranger aspects of lucid dreaming and
they're hugely misunderstood, so in today's video we're going to explore the amazing
world of wilds so that you know exactly what's in store so let's get started
Hi there you crazy bunch of dream exploring lunatics, today we're going to look into
the wonderful world of wake initiated lucid dreams and yes that's the first myth they're
not called wake induced lucid dreams they are wake initiated lucid dreams today's tutorial
is designed to prepare you for wilds they are one of the two types of lucid dreams and
something that is vital for you to understand unfortunately as with most things in lucid
dreaming there's a huge amount of misinformation here on YouTube on the internet etc so this
video will hopefully declutter the twaddle in your brain so let's jump straight in
so first things first what on earth is with the name wild or wake initiated lucid dream
well it comes down to this guy here Dr Stephen LaBerge back when he wrote his book exploring the
world of lucid dreaming LaBerge maybe he'd had a glass of wine or something that night when he was
writing wanted to come up with some acronyms to define the two ways to enter a lucid dream
now these were falling asleep consciously or realizing that you're dreaming within a dream so
one is wake initiated the lucid dream starts or initiates from wakefulness and the other one
initiates within the dream so you've got dream initiated lucid dream it initiates
during the dream you become aware that you're dreaming during the dream and then you have wake
initiated lucid dream it's the lucid dream starts from wakefulness what does that mean it means you
go to bed or normally you wake up in the middle of the night and you return to sleep
but you're conscious and you fall into this into the dream consciously the lucid
dream starts from wakefulness and enters into sleep pretty straightforward stuff
but so many people get confused about this a lot of people seem to think that wild is a technique
but no wild and dialed are just the two types of lucid dream the two doorways into a lucid dream
so let's talk about the experience of a wild itself we understand the name now we understand
that it's just an acronym made up by a researcher back in the 90s but what does it feel like to have
a wild well most of you will be aware of dream initiated lucid dreams that's the common idea
of a lucid dream you go to bed normally you go into rem sleep and then you have a dream
you don't realize you're dreaming for a while then something makes you realize that you're dreaming
that's what most people think is a lucid dream but that is actually just a dream initiated
lucid dream it's only one of the two types so a wild is nothing like the standard view
of lucid dreaming you're not realizing you're dreaming suddenly when you're already in a dream
a wild actually does fit its name pretty well it's pretty strange it can be pretty
crazy falling asleep consciously comes with a whole bunch of strange and unusual experiences
and this is where we have a few myths surrounding wilds and it's where some of the main confusions
about lucid dreaming come from because people who don't know that wilds exist often mistake them
for something else sometimes they think they're leaving their body and going to the astral realm
some people might even think they're shifting realities and going to a different dimension
because it feels like you're falling into another world like you're floating out of your body
but it gets a lot more in depth than that the experience of falling into a wild is very strange
indeed so let's get a little bit more high resolution and look at the details of the wild
so most importantly and the number one myth surrounding wilds is it's not a technique
there are techniques to induce the wild but wild is just a means to enter a lucid dream
now how you enter the dream can vary hugely so there are some obvious details that you need to
to realize first you have to be awake you can't have a wake initiated lucid dream without being
awake first so normally a wild will follow a natural awakening in the night or if you've
done the wake back to bed technique wilds require wakefulness so you're awake in the
middle of the night and you decide i'm going to try and induce a wake-initiated lucid dream
so what happens next while you get back into bed if you're not already in bed and you just allow
yourself to fall into a dream consciously sounds very easy it isn't that easy what do you expect
a lot of people expect sleep paralysis this is one of the most mind-numbing and pervasive myths
surrounding wilds you do not need to experience sleep paralysis to have a wild unnecessary highly
unlikely it's not part of the process so you're lying in bed and you're normally focusing on some
some point of interest some mantra some move imagined movement some visualization whatever
the technique is to maintain your awareness you're focusing on that and you're just waiting for the
dream to form around you for you to fall asleep while maintaining awareness it's really very
straightforward and the techniques to get you there really all do the same thing they're just
trying to keep your awareness intact because normally when you fall asleep into a dream
your consciousness dissolves and then you have a non-lucid dream so to have awake initiated lucid
dream you have to make sure your consciousness is intact but the journey from being awake to being
awake within the dream can get a little bit weird it's certainly you're not in Kansas anymore you're
going to go through some very weird experiences potentially and most people expect sleep paralysis
why because we all know that when you enter rem when you enter dreaming sleep that your body goes
into a form of paralysis that's normal that's natural it happens during every single dream
now for some reason in the forums dream views reddit um other YouTube channels on lucid dreaming
people have run with this idea that to fall asleep consciously you need to first go into
sleep paralysis that doesn't happen the reason that myth is so popular is because back in the
day people used to say if you wake up in the night and you experience sleep paralysis that's a good
opportunity to have a wild and it is that's a really good time to attempt to re-enter the dream
but that doesn't mean that you need to have sleep paralysis to induce a wild in fact 95
of wilds you will not notice sleep paralysis well if sleep paralysis isn't a sign that
you're entering the dream what is now this is where it gets very very weird it gets very very
wild because asking the question what does a wild feel like is a bit like asking
what is a conversation with a stranger like now there are certain things you can say will happen
for certain they'll with a conversation there'll be two people they'll be moving their mouths and
noises will be coming out you can't say what the conversation will be about and the same
is true for falling asleep consciously there are certain things that will happen normally
your awareness will become detached from your sensory input and how that happens can be very
very varied sometimes it can be instantaneous your awareness can detach from your sensory
input and you'll be immediately in the dream so the experience of an instant wild is that your
you put your head down on the pillow you focus on your technique and then the next thing you
know wham you're in the middle of a dream scene everything's great you've had an instant lucid
dream and these happen all the time these are a very common form of wake initiated lucid dream
is there any sleep paralysis not that you'll notice um all you'll notice is
one minute you're awake next minute you're in a dream it's amazing it's fantastic but
also the process can be long and drawn out you might notice things like hypnagogia now hypnagogia
are essentially hallucinations the hallucinations that occur as you fall into sleep and these
hallucinations can be multi-sensory they can be swirling geometric patterns they can be flashes of
scenery they can be voices or sounds quite often you'll hear the your name being pulled by someone
else i get this very often it's quite often reminds me of when i'm was very young and being
woken up by my mother in the morning i'll often hear my my mother's voice calling me for breakfast
daniel boy daniel your little [ __ ] wake up it's breakfast time boy daniel but it could equally be
weird bodily distortions maybe you'll feel buzzing in your body or vibrations or your body stretching
in weird ways you may feel your body floating out or you may feel yourself floating out of your body
and this is where people start to get confused as to what's going on because this doesn't seem
like dreaming does it you're in bed and you're feeling vibrations and buzzing and voices and
colors and you're lifting out of your body surely this is some kind of spiritual experience
no it's one of the many ways you can transition into a wake initiated lucid dream
so you have to be prepared for anything because
the process of falling asleep is not very well understood and it varies from each attempt because
sometimes rem will be just around the corner you'll be ready to enter it quickly and then
the transition will be quick sometimes it'll be a little way off you're not quite sleepy enough
and you'll have to ride the waves into the dream rarely though rarely almost never will you feel
the sleep paralysis occurring and if you do it's probably a hallucination of sleep paralysis
as your brain shifts from a sensory input based model to a memory input based model
so if you want to induce a wake initiated lucid dream you have to be ready for the transition
to be many many different things and potentially very weird indeed well in that case what is the
best technique to induce a wild that's impossible to say it's going to vary between each individual
and between each attempt where your mind's at what the conditions are what your personal
strengths with visualization are so you could be using something like dream walker which is a very
in-depth and well-rounded technique or you could be using something very simplistic like Stephen
LaBerge's counting technique where you simply count yourself one i'm dreaming two i'm dreaming
three i'm dreaming or you could use the impossible movement practice where you imagine a body part
moving in a way which would be impossible all of these things have one thing in common all
wild techniques have one thing in common which is trying to maintain awareness just enough
so that you can still fall asleep if you try too hard you will stay awake and if you don't try
enough you will fall into unconscious sleep this is a tight rope with one side being unconscious
dreaming and the other side being insomnia so you have to learn to balance this tightrope into the
dream world and that takes a lot of practice so wilds are frustrating they're a frustrating
entry point into lucid dreaming because they really require this skill set that takes a while
to master but the benefits of wilds are huge because once you enter the dream you're at the
beginning of a rem phase which means you have the whole of the dreaming period to maintain lucidity
and to explore the dream thoroughly so wilds are a really really good approach to lucid dreaming and
something i highly recommend everyone tries but the strengths of wilds are also their weaknesses
because in a dream-initiated lucid dream the classic lucid dream you're becoming aware within
a fully formed dream so awareness has been added to dreaming so dreaming is the stronger element
in a dream-initiated lucid dream and in a dream-initiated lucid dream you have to maintain
awareness you have to put extra effort into into awareness because that's the weaker element that's
been added but in a wake initiated lucid dream awareness is the stronger point and the dreaming
element is the weaker point that's only just occurred so often when you find yourself at
the beginning of a wake initiated lucid dream the dream isn't fully formed you
might be missing certain sensory inputs for me personally i find that my wake initiated
lucid dreams when they're not instant tend to build slowly so i get a tactile input first
followed by auditory then visual and then maybe the sense of smell and taste later on
but the important thing to remember is how you enter the dream how you enter the lucid dream will
require you to put effort into different elements of the dream so if you're having a dream-initiated
lucid dream then you need to focus on awareness techniques so you'll need to stabilize your
awareness if you're having a wake initiated lucid dream your awareness should be very
clear but the dream will be weak so you'll need to stabilize the environment of the dream itself
now one way to do that is to engage all of your senses with the dream so feel your way around the
dreams sing shout look for the most colorful part of the dream scene and head towards it
you need to work with the weaker part of the dream to stabilize that that is vital with wilds
now you might ask yourself when should i try to induce a wake initiated lucid dream and the honest
answer is any time you get the opportunity so if you wake up in the middle of the night that's
a perfect chance to aim for a wild but you can also do the wake back to bed technique and aim
for a wild i wouldn't recommend doing weight back to bed more than twice a week because you will
mess with your sleep cycle but essentially we have to be scavengers when it comes to lucid
dreaming we take every opportunity we get so if you find yourself waking up in the middle of the
night performing the wake back to bear technique or even waking up very early in the morning and
thinking well i could probably sleep some more those are all opportunities to induce a wild
will you be successful every time absolutely not wilds are very very difficult to induce they're
they're hard they're not easy but that doesn't mean you don't keep trying and every time you try
you will notice different points of failure and those are absolutely vital to record in your dream
journals every failure with a wild attempt is new data for you to work with on your next attempt
this is why we keep trying you keep throwing things out to this at this approach and you
see what sticks and then as you build up your unique map of what works for you and
what doesn't work for you you become better and better at inducing a wake initiated lucid dream
but if there is one thing only one thing that you take away from this video and i want you all
to write this in the comments right now you do not need to experience sleep paralysis to have
a wild sleep paralysis is not necessary for a wild write it on your forehead write it on your mirror
write it right now in the comments so it sticks in your mind wilds are an amazing doorway into
lucid dreaming and you should try to induce one at any opportunity whenever you think you might
be about to return to sleep aim for a wild because even if you miss you might still induce a dialed
anyway that's it for today guys if you've enjoyed the video you know what to do
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usual YouTube twaddle i hope this has helped to dispel some of the myths surrounding wilds and
of course if you have any questions about wilds leave them below and i'll do my best to answer
them i'm Daniel Love the lucid guide this has been lucid dream portal and until next time stay lucid