Timer Method Strategy - Triggering Lucidity
Meditationtime Forum Post
Date: Posted 6 years before Oct 28, 2018
Jettins 6 years ago
Omkar wrote:
“What I'll do is count really fast in my mind’s eye, the faster the better, so you get a high refresh rate. You'll see the numbers flickering/changing continuously in your mind's eye. I find it helps me dip/zoom into trance very quickly.
I'll also imagine swaying or contracting/expanding my dream/astral body while doing this. I find that I'll sometimes black out (lose consciousness), and then all of a sudden feel myself actually swaying or moving. Next thing I know I'll roll out of my body and fall down onto my floor next to my bed in the dream/etheric/astral copy of my room. From there I'll sometimes find that I'm blind so I'll either try holding my hands up in front of my face to get vision going, or I'll jump through the nearest wall. The best thing for me to do is make a run for the nearest wall of my house and jump through. Once I jump through the wall my vision resets and I'll be able to see clearly.” - Omkar
Jettins’ reply:
This is the type of strategy everyone should know. If done at the right moment it can allow you to enter trance states consciously aware. The key is the following:
When you wake up in those micro wake-ups or momentary wake-ups that happen in the middle of the night or in the morning DO NOT MOVE YOUR BODY, STAY STILL and do the technique mentioned. Sometimes you will feel very awake, yet the technique will still work.
This is not easily done, it might take longer to get used to not moving the body upon waking up, than to actually have this strategy working. This strategy worked for me 3 times when I first heard about it, I've used it countless of times since then. It helped keep my mind very focus and aware for those mini wake-ups that happen in between sleep. I like it because it’s another little technique I can do in addition to my own to increase chances of lucidity.
It might not be easy to "visualize" these images, instead to try "Imagine" them, to use then as a triggering mechanism for your awareness.
As you immerse yourself in the dream state the imagined thought of the moving images and the counting will produce an actual visible image of the counter in your field of view, in return it will become easier to detect your state thus producing the desired effect.
There are certain things that can be done to increase the chances of it working for you. The key, as I have found out is to create the conditions in your physical body and mind that will allow you to fall back to sleep with in a minute. This could be different among people, for me personally, is to have had a good quality nights rest and be mentally free from stress, concerns and after 4-7 hours of continuous sleep. The absolute best time to try it is when waking up from a non-lucid dream, but it also could be tried at any time during the sleep cycle. Your physical body will be in a meditative state and will naturally want to go back to the astral realms. This strategy can easily be modified with your own visualization and concentration approach.
You might find yourself re-entering the dream you woke up from or feeling the onset of an out of body experience without having lost consciousness. Keep this in mind as another way to become lucid. Be vigilant about any subtle sensations felt as you immerse yourself. Learn to make it the trigger for your conscious awareness that you’re in the correct state.
Good Luck!
Dear Beloved 6 years ago
Great advice...I've never tried counting fast. It's definitely easier to slip into the astral plane and maintain awareness after you've woken up from a few hours of sleep, as you say.
