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I've got a big problem with SSILD. I do use the technique sporadically and I'm fairly surely it improves my dream vividness. I'm also sure cosmic has brought so

Originally Posted by Ctharlhie: ... but that would be starting to get egotistical. -------- Oh, how awfully British!

Also - don't forget - many people report difficulties getting back to sleep after performing SSILD then reports LDs once they get back to sleep. In this case, S

Originally Posted by Avalokiteshvara: What reasons' could anybody surmise as to why it has stopped working for me, after being the most powerful method I've at

Seems a pretty accurate assessment, Baron Creepyphoto. One of the problems is, SSILD seems to have some effect, but nobody knows why it works (I've had sporadic

Originally Posted by tofur: maybe, although that doesn't explain the results when you fall asleep really quickly. -------- Yes, I know. That's a different mat

I've always wondered if, when it takes you ages to get back to sleep after SSILD, it's the WBTB that's led to success rather than SSILD technique. Originally

Originally Posted by skywatcher -------- Also, I read some people saying they could only use this method successfully a couple of times then it stopped working

Originally Posted by fogelbise: For me, to keep from waking up too much I tweaked it to where I basically did the three cycles together after doing the first/

Originally Posted by Laurelindo: It also feels quite beautiful to practice ADA and maintain your self-awareness, it makes real life feel a lot more surrealisti

Does ADA work by giving dreams better continuity? NL dreams are often all over the place, just like our thoughts in waking life much of the time.

Originally Posted by CosmicIron: I will not get into details here because I don't want to start a flame war. -------- Hmmm. Are we not on a bit of a slippery

You mean you think the sunglasses man is an integral part of the post?

Stuff you do during the day doesn't really matter, for example, ADA. However, I'm always skeptical of their effectiveness... but that's another subject. -------

Originally Posted by Ctharlhie -------- People whip out the word placebo for every new technique, and it's not worth even mentioning in intelligent discourse.

Question for cosmic iron: If you do SSILD in the night, go to sleep, have an LD then wake up again but want to try for another LD, should you: A: Just go back

Hi CosmicIron. I was wondering if you would consider writing a new SSILD tutorial? Now you have many more people's experiences (including successful and unsucc

Originally Posted by isthisit: Ok, just read the whole thread (phew..) so I am trying this tonight for sure! -------- How did you get on?

Originally Posted by Rubens: But you know that SSILD won't give you a LD just after doing the cycles right ? . -------- Yup. I'll be sure to make a habit of

I tried this last night. I did several cycles. Several times I forgot where I was and either carried on or started again. On my 5th cycle at the 'bodily awarene