The Lucid Dreaming Technique That Turns Beginners into Experts

[@one-eyed-king7025]

My mind actually did pretty well. Although sometimes some distraction thoughts came to my mind but i was successful at counting.

[@Paul-Leander]

Ohh I so love the interactive ones! I stayed on focus pretty much throughout, but my mind tried to distract me with the following: "Are your eyes actually closed? Whoops, you got that number wrong. Don't you have dinner now? Got that number wrong again. Oh, the phone rings? Nah, just a distraction." I got to 55, although I'm not sure whether it was actually 65😅 brilliant as always Daniel, thank you!

[@samantharivera820]

I was able to keep counting, but my brain definitely wanted to pay attention to certain parts of the music and a few of the noises, particularly the knocking. It's like swatting a kid's hand away from the oven when I start to get distracted to bring myself back in time. I did find that I would start to repeat the phrase without actually asking the question, like a robot. Trying to make myself actually pay attention to the question "am I dreaming?" helped to keep focus as well. Enjoying the interactive videos. Thank you!

[@flyingdutchman7374]

I really like these interactive videos 😇please keep on making similar ones

[@cristinasala]

I didn’t expect an interactive video! What a nice surprise, it felt good to do something active

[@daisyip8603]

I was counting and taking slow deep breaths in and out while I kept focusing on the question. Love these interactive videos!❤‍🔥

[@Jamatiko]

I was counting, made it to 100 exactly, major distraction was thinking how to make my KZbin channel better, but I was able to focus again quickly

[@BryanChehin-es8vs]

I was counting and actually focused, but I was thinkin "when does this end"

[@AC_Editing]

Congrats on 60k!

[@jimvanhall217]

very difficult. I have tried and I also want to have more focus I sometimes do meditation where I only count to 100 and only focus on that. to keep my mind calm. Unfortunately, ADHD is somewhat counterproductive. but my brain does strengthen my focus with meditation.

[@DanielLoveOrg]

Firstly, thanks for being brilliant Jim! If it helps, remember that the goal isn't to have a mind like everyone else, only to learn to understand and navigate your own unique mental landscape. A practice like this will vary in how challenging it is between individuals, but the core purpose is to gain your own insights.

[@scotane7753]

This was great,,"73 is this a dream"..then final gong,,I managed to stayed focused but my counting slowed down as other distractions tried to grab a hold of my attention.

[@zinsy23]

I like this interactive format, because I am a believer in learning best by doing and then as we do it, getting a description of what can happen and what to do about it. I think that will make things much clearer about what needs to happen and we can learn through a practical walk-through! I'd say keep doing this! For me, I was pretty focused on the counting overall, and I feel like the music and sitting position only reinforced me to keep focusing on it, and I feel like it probably doesn't accurately reflect what my mind does during an actual attempt (would be much harder to focus then). I got to 102 doing a slow, comfortable pace. Strangely enough, I haven't done the counting technique much, and I wasn't sure whether to continuously increment or reset like every 10 or so. One slight distraction I had was a brief moment of rapid paced imagery that kept changing between several things in a short time period, kind of like REM being around the corner, except a fair bit before going to bed tonight. The imagery started about 30 seconds in. After a couple of minutes, I stopped noticing it and focusing more on the counting and music I heard. I was able to say that I was still focused during the checkpoints. I was also thinking about the possibility of repeating the "I am dreaming" becoming mindless and whether anything would need to be done about that during the counting. I'll have to double check the counting technique since I haven't really done it much (probably like 8 years ago when I last did it), but I told myself maybe checking how focused I am at interval numbers, like every 15 or something, would be a potential option to look at. Throughout, I also felt like I should have been letting go more because focus was pretty persistent and I find that generally doesn't bode well with maintained awareness attempts (for me), at least with my level of focus during this video. I'll try to look out for the stuff mentioned during actual attempts if I do try different approaches, like counting during maintained awareness attempts.

[@wwaaaaeekk]

The interactive format is great, I'd love to have more like this!

[@Nena108]

My mind started wandering here and there but I was able to focus most of the time. Thank you for making these videos, I love them.

[@Robogobo3125]

I was counting and thinking about school

[@JohnRiddle-g6u]

@Robogobo3125 mind wandering to upcoming tasks for the day; wandering to other various thoughts; losing count.

[@CeliaP-t3d]

I stayed mostly with the intention and spoke the words picturing I am in a dream and becoming lucid. I'm tired so at times slowed down and just said the line sometimes but stayed conscious for most of the time.

[@georgekester1727]

Every now and again my mind started drifting off, but at the same time I kept on counting....not too bad!

[@AC_Editing]

At first I counted mentally in my head, then silently out loud. And every time there was a sound, my mind would visualize it as I was counting, and move on.

[@Bandit795]

I was actually able to focus on the question and the numbers virtually the entire time.

[@basilriches]

did pretty good the footsteps made me think about what they could be and different noises around the house made my mind wander a lil bit

[@StumpedSlicken]

Commenting to boost! I had an odd dream last night where, in a video, you were using hair dye as an analogy for lucid dreaming.

[@potatoproductionsmovies]

lol

[@ruined_life2671]

At first it was difficult but as it went on it got easier to focus, but also more difficult because I was so relaxed I felt like sleeping. The distractions you put in the video didnt really sway my mind too far, but I still had more than enough distractions from thoughts. Overall it was relaxing. I got to 67.

[@EmmanuelArceo-Hernandez]

my mind kept going to different places. I was in constant anticipation.

[@simplyamethyst9660]

while counting,to make myself pay attention I pretended to draw the number in my mind with my fingers and that made me stay consistent

[@crystallaze3216]

While i imagined the numbers in my head ti focus it would always become something else and distract me then i woulk make it into numbers again and it continued

[@jameszred3062]

When the gong sounds everytime i feel more relaxed

[@SzmidtDaniel]

Great exercise! I always have a hard time concentrating like this, but the video gave me the motivation to keep until the end. As I breathed in, I mentally counted, and as I breathed out, I mentally said "lucidity" (saying "lucidity" instead of "is this a dream?" suited my breathing rhythm better, I think).

[@Martz604]

Hello Daniel. I used to frequent your early live streams around when the whole virus thing was happening and at the time I was very on board with reintegrating lucid dream practices into my life again but it seems life has ways of letting me struggle when trying to get back into this topic which has been fascination for years at this point. I haven't a lucid dream in months, maybe longer but I have been going through your most recent videos and they are definitely helping me reacquaint myself with lucid dreaming and you've always been my go to person making content on this platform. So thank you for what you do, Daniel.

[@pandog1566]

I was surprised to find that the distracting sounds didn't really distract me that much. My mind often tried to wander into the future, I found myself thinking about all the things that I need to to before the day ends, but I was able to gently shift my focus back to the counting. In the end I managed to get all the way to "50, is this a dream?" without losing track, even though I got distracted here and there for a few seconds!

[@James-lb7yd]

At the beginning of the count I wasn't sure if I should keep on counting past 10. Then I realized that was not part of the exercise, so 1- 10 was ehat it was. Even time the gong sounded, I was around the 10 mark. I expected for Daniel to start repeating numbers as a way to distract me, but that didn't happen. I found it to be very relaxing, focusing on nothing but the count and the breath. Thank you for sharing this. Yes, these interactive videos are amazing!!!

[@strivfe8007]

It went pretty well. Some distractions about imagining a dream scape being in front of me when I open my eyes. The biggest distraction was imagining a horrible shadow being in front of me instead of the computer screen. However, I managed to count through all distractions, so I'm happy. Yayyy :)))

[@ofvdev]

Love these types of videos, love the channel too

[@pavelchorda8425]

You are doing a great job here, your book is excellent as well and the book from Thomas yushak it is a masterpiece. Thanks again

[@marcbabin]

My mind did pretty well too. The tricks were subtle, like “Did you hear the wind in this meditation? Oh, you could use that in one of yours.” But I kept counting… even though I feel like I might have missed a count or two along the way, I didn’t care and just went with the number I had in mind. Very interesting exercise. Thanks.

[@AJ-lk6gg]

Distractions included - starting to go over memories (some triggered by the gong sounds), thinking about how well I'm doing with it, remembering something I forgotto do earlier and that I should remeber to do it after the video, philosophical thoughts of seeing my waking life as a dream! Overall was able to keep coming back to the task. Thanks for this video. This is useful as I've been using this technique when I wake up early in the morning.

[@Esztrkllr7]

My mind was wandering off a couple times and random hypnagogic images started to come, but I was able to pull back my focus and keep up the counting. To be honest, I lost track of the numbers a few times, too. 😅 Thank you for this video, it was actually really great as a little relaxation time as well. 🙂

[@fredsfreshbeats]

I got to 147. I was pretty focused on the task and wasn't really distracted by the noises. I noticed that my apartment was slightly warm, and I've had some skin problems lately so I noticed the parts that were itchy. Great video, I'm going to open up a window now.

[@PabloBarzola27]

Hey Daniel congrats on 60k! I counted up to 96, focusing on not losing the rhythm as a personal challenge. Even when I felt my rhythm slipping a bit, I tried to visualize the number and continued counting. I realized that this was much easier for me to concentrate on than when I'm at the gym, aiming to reach 12 repetitions, but I go from 5 to 9 or 3 to 8 🤣 without even noticing because I'm much more focused on the muscle contraction. Im aware that if i let my mind wanders when counting it will be like 1, 2, what i eat tonight, 6 🤣.

[@michaelapichova9026]

After the second gong, when the music changed, I got a little distracted and almost forgot what number I last counted, but I think I did pretty well. I actually tried this technique a few times, but I was saying 1 I'm dreaming, 2 I'm dreaming etc., like Stephen LaBerge's book suggested. Sometimes I counted even to 400, but I always got insomnia and couldn't fall asleep. Any tips on how to not get insomnia and fall asleep, while still remaining focused on the counting? Btw I love these interactive videos. You should make more of them

[@micheledeblasio1562]

I stayed focused for some reason, i hope i will lucid dream tonight, wish me luck 🙏

[@starrylinkys1094]

My mind did great surprisingly. Though I had struggles remembering what number I was on, usually after the gong rang.

[@cestmoi914]

Congrats on 60k!! 🎉 id like to ask a question about an experience I had: I had a dream this morning where I was talking to my mom in the kitchen and I took a wrapped sandwich out of the fridge. As I’m talking to her, I keep touching the wrapper the sandwich is in, knowing something is wrong but at first I wasn’t sure what. Then I realized-the sandwich was HOT even though I had just taken it out of the FRIDGE! I realized this didn’t make logical sense and became lucid 🎉 This never happens to me. My dreams are nonsensical all the time, but I never feel like anything is off until I wake up. I have dream signs that I know to reality check to when I encounter them but how can I make my non lucid dream self more critical overall and actually realize when stuff doesn’t make sense like this incident with the sandwich? I feel like i could unlock so many more lucid dreams if I can stop taking everything for face value in my dreams

[@ricardoandresmorenorubio3408]

My mind went through this pretty concentrate actually, even so over my struggles these days with my yet lame english and its improvement in progress, english is not my mother tongue anyway. However, i forced myself to count in english and, strangely and fortunately at the same time, it helped me to keep focus until 133 steps. Thanks Daniel always for your help and expertise.

[@milorango]

i remained focused throughout pretty much the whole time, until i counted up to 10 by accident from losic focus and then drifted into my imagination a few times

[@magiclife1998]

i actually found this easy enough, as it was a clear task with a set duration that came faster than I expected. being aware all of the time requires more fortitude as there is no expected end, just a continued vigilance

[@Carl_Frank]

Thoughts: "Should I slow down my counting a bit? I should probably relax a bit more to simulate relaxing for sleep. Should I remain sitting up, or lean back in my chair? Have I miscounted or repeated numbers (like jumping from 49 back to 40 rather than moving on to 50)? Hmm. I don't think so. I wonder if I should stand up. I've been sitting much of the day. Funny how I don't think of that as much when I am just going about my day. Am I just repeating the question mechanically, without really meaning it? How can I check it when my eyes are closed and I am not moving? Well, I could see if my body feels right, or if my breathing feels normal, or if anything smells or sounds odd. But I don't want to get too caught up in that an lose my count. I wonder what sounds Daniel has thrown in there to distract us. Oh there's one. It will probably get more distracting yet... I'm still keeping count. I don't think I have messed up. I wonder how long it has been. Is it a gong every minute? How many gongs have I heard? Three? Four? I wonder what number I will get to. I won't worry about it, and just keep going. There haven't been as many distracting noises as I expected. It's over already? That didn't seem like 5 minutes." (I made it to 81, and don't think I messed up, despite all those thoughts flitting about.)

[@Carl_Frank]

Oh yeah, and at one point I found myself mouthing the counting and phrase slightly, but with my lips closed. "Stop that!" I said to myself. 🤐

[@elliotp2486]

@@Carl_Frank Same, I counted out loud to 7 before remembering to count in my head.

[@94joon]

I counted to 131, but there are certain times my mind will interrupt my counting with things I am interested in, lol! This is a great exercise because I get to notice what distracts me. Thanks for this. The first gong surprised me, hahaha 😅

[@gamersold8268]

Curiosity was kinda the main player, i was focused the whole time until my brother asked me something. Now I can’t resist the curiosity of rewatching this and look if you put any secrets in the shut your eyes sequence

[@StumpedSlicken]

One of the first things my mind did was attribute my breathing pattern with each number - out on odds, in on evens. It started pretty early on, probably before I reached 10 (I counted up to 66). It helped me to focus and not loose track of what number I was on if I started to wander off. My brain around the 20s started trying to distract me by what happened today and that was me hyper fixating on my outfit I'm wearing to a Renn Faire. It kept trying to distract me by bringing it up (probably due to the fact that I got a bad headache from that hyper fixation today). Another thing that my brain did was trying to predict if my family was going to call for me to do something, which was a bit annoying. Proud to say I made it through though and it helped slightly with the headache! I've only achieved a WILD/MAD once and that was due to stress and anxiety. It was my first time home alone over the night and I was having anxiety over it, waking up due to it. On one of these wake-ups, I was still very much in the sleep headspace, and ended up falling into a dream immediately after I closed my eyes. While that lucid is something that still gives me the creeps (due to how my anxiety was feeding into it though I knew everything was fine). It's unfortunately something I haven't tried again due to that, but I would be willing to try again! I love these interactive videos. Not only is it nice to see other's experiences but it's also reassuring that there's no right or wrong answer!

[@thedriftins9183]

lol I actually brush my teeth for 5 minutes. Clean teeth equal good lucid dreams 👍 thanks for the video! your channel has really helped me.

[@chewhammer2213]

Apparently this is pretty effective, I actually had a little mini lucid dream the night of watching this and trying it, i tried it twice.

[@ManuGamer4923]

Lots of thoughts about the sounds outside and the things i did today, especially at the start and at the first gong. Even though all of the distracted thoughts, i kept my attention by nodding my head down between each number and "is this a dream". Was also telling the video to "shut up" during the distractions since they worked pretty well :)

[@bjdollcoloredpencil3273]

I was very surprised that I kept focus nearly all the time:) Only very short moments where I wanted to count from 59 to 50 again.

[@EV143]

I did quite well and I'm really surprised because I though I would be much more distracted! But when it comes to distractions I got distracted by the extra sounds and by thinking what I still have to do this evening and also by the light of the candles which I saw behind my closed eyes.

[@candicedrury1021]

At some point i lost count and continued from where I thought I might have left off. I mostly just saw random images in my mind and started to become really relaxed. I thought I might fall asleep

[@MarijnInventor]

I started visualising random things corresponding to my day and it felt like I was driftig away

[@yogiwake]

Great wow! Just expanded light body and gave radiance to all beings. And at end thought of what suffering this life is as old age disease and death set in especially for those who don’t mind the sacred during life…

[@1StopMusic]

I counted to 39, but noticed throughout the distractions and as time went on that my counting was slower and that I had to "force" myself to concentrate on my counting, so as to remind myself of what I'm supposed to be doing. I noticed at night when I try this practice my mind will drift away from counting and think about the day or ideas I have, often I'll have no idea what I'm thinking about when I fall asleep.

[@creativ3thinker]

I got to oddly enough "100 is this a dream?". As the numbers progressed it felt progressively harder to remember the purpose of saying saying "is this a dream" as it started to be just words I was saying rather than meaning behind the words. I also occasionally forgot what number I was up to and maybe had to re-count here and there. Though at about 89 I heard birds and remembered a dream I had about 10 years ago where I was a maybe a sparrow? amongst hundreds, possibly thousands of other sparrows in a forest bursting out of a tree in the morning, blacking out the sky as we went out for our morning hunt, possibly in a time before or after humans or on another planet entirely.

[@tex6924]

THIS! My brain was focused on "doing the task right" rather than actually internalizing the question. It just became the "and" of the count

[@commentatore2560]

I felt relaxed, I saw some shapes

[@rbityello]

I got to 112, my mind wasnt thinking much but until when my mom comes back home

[@DavidBowieFan1990]

The distractions were funny 😆

[@ChefCharlieDreams]

Wooo!

[@indobro11piano]

Epic!

[@Tahres23]

It was easy. I counted to 115 and was able to concentrate completely on counting and the question "is this a dream?". When my thoughts tried to distract me, I just tried to focus more on the actual task at hand.

[@shortylove876]

I lost count a couple of times. My body would get a tingle that needed to be scratched but ignored it each time. I would get images in my head, and I let them come and go. I got a couple of nostalgic feelings, too.

[@Bumbletoast]

This is what happened I started off with no distractions then I was thinking about the dream I had last night. I came back to counting. Then I was thinking about how my cat pretends to bury her food when she’s done eating. Then I was still counting. Then I was thinking about how long it takes to count to ten then I was thinking about the bushes I cut this morning. Then I went back to my thoughts for the rest of the time. A bit of a run on but that’s what happened.

[@trilobite42]

I counted to 150, stayed focused, heard the gongs, voices, knocking, and phone, but paid them little mind and remained focused. I'm on my 15th day of writing down dreams, the first several days the dreams (regular ones) were amazing and clear, but these last 5 days it's been hardly any remembered dreams. Not sure what's changed. Still no lucid dream experience. I think I was close once though with inducing a WILD dream. I was fully conscious and saw (mind's eye) imagery of myself in a field next to a spinning stone windmill. I saw the scene in my mind beginning to solidify and I also saw my foot take a step. It was right about then I felt my actual foot do a slight spasm/jerk. Made it through that while maintaining the image. It was only after the dog jumped off/on the bed and the bed shook a bit that I lost it. Haven't been able to get that close again since.

[@pumpkinspice2048]

I counted to 105 I found myself skipping numbers but I caught myself otherwise I felt completely focused on the task of counting and asking myself if this is a dream

[@whateveryasaypal5022]

I mainly just visualised each number and the words "is this a dream?" In my head up against a night sky/space. I took it a bit slowly but i stayed on topic and counted. Occasionally my mind would think about a concept or like something in my life while i was still counting but after about second i brought my attentiok smoothly back to focusing on the numbers.

[@Vidde-cg1uc]

I remained focused but in the middle of the test i found my self pinching my nose and doing a reality check lol, rest of the test went well

[@idanbarnefy]

My mind just start to making some dream like storys

[@STNuevo]

My consciousness wandered off two or three times, so I had to think for a moment about where I was with the counting and I had to grin when the phone rang, which you recorded. But otherwise it was ok and I was able to keep my consciousness focused.

[@simonfmaskell]

It was harder than I expected. I wanted to go into a meditation and stop all though as a rest😊

[@poppycatscratch8630]

Got through almost perfectly on brute willpower; the only other thought drifting through my head was the thought of how badly I wanted to 100% this first try. Reminds me of the intense focus I get when playing difficult, response time driven games. I got up to 127 before it cut off, without any sort of external indicator as to how long I'd been sitting here I was half-convinced I'd been accurately counting seconds... that five minutes seemed like the longest two minutes of my life.

[@starckmad1779]

I listened for what the coming distractions would be. Noted the addition of piano, noted the ging at the minute mark and assumed that each 1 of my counts equaled about 2 seconds of real time. I found I list track of which number I was on, “was that 27 28 or 29 no I already said 27…”

[@medic2831]

I got to 200, i could feel thoughts behind the counting in the distance

[@kristanik]

I counted and said the phrase in my mind Very Very slowly.... I guess it was REALLY slowly, because I did manage to stick with the task, but only got to "26" by the time you called it, so 5 minutes to get to "26... is this a dream?" is pretty surprising! The time was not "hard" or linear to me... more fluid. I felt pleasure or in-joyment when different sounds and distractions entered my field of Awareness. But my mind did not choose to run after them or even label them much. I feel like my choice to keep the pace of my counting being so measured and slow kept "me" - my ego mind - from getting bored. It was a bit dream-like to hear the sounds because some part of me was aware that the passing of several gongs or other sounds probably meant time was passing more quickly "out there" where the "5 minutes" of Earth Time was being measured. For me in my slow count it felt only like maybe a minute or 2 had passed, when we reached 5-minute mark. I would NOT be shocked if you were to tell me/us (after I un-pause the video) that this was a trick, and that it was only 1-minute, not 5! Because I was so into this counting process, and enjoying it as a focal experience and exercise, my mind did not Wander at all, or really even TRY to steer off to the weeds or down any rabbit-wholes! I had a deep sense of pleasure while counting and saying Is This A Dream (I already know... it ALL is... whether awake IRL, or "dream" memories coming back as "lived experiences" accessed in my internal sense of Present moment).

[@yuan813j]

I can count and i can hear the distractions too, i would say i can be difficult to keep up when i was younger i can count better without distractions.

[@claudiorichichi8751]

Distraction 1: thinking about your video on clickbate titles. Distraction 2: thinking about what to write in the comments. Other distraction: thinking about mi first distraction.

[@OuroborosGD]

I still counted but the back of my mind told me how peaceful the music was.

[@SmooeyGablooey]

So I was able to stay focused up and to about 22, then my mind started wandering a bit. I started worrying about my social life and classes a bit. Then I was able to focus a bit more, every new sound scared me a bit😂 I focused a bit more then my brain wondered to wierd thoughts related to fishing (I enjoy fishing a lot) but these were very interesting and specific situations. Then I continued to about 120 then time ran out.

[@jayvardhankhatri4084]

I think i did well though i thought i skipped some counts cus i forgot where for a moment Loved this video

[@jade.parade]

My mind didn't distract me at all... I was imagining every number I was counting as tall buildings in various landscapes, and it worked just fine. I was pretty surprised by how fast these 5 minutes passed.

[@adityabefi6978]

Was mostly counting, but got distracted at little bits, thinking about-Last night, school, studies etc

[@midaslucky4363]

There was a fly in my room, and I was counting by visualising the numbers in my head. I then changed into a different notation system that I use for my constructed language. All this time I tried hard to not lose count whilst also trying to keep my eyes closed and deal with the fly by jolting my head, my hands, my face etc. It was difficult

[@Charlene-xn8wy]

When I got into my 60s I started messing up the counts but that was the ending!:-) so I did pretty good 😬 and no I didn’t have any other thoughts.

[@elliotp2486]

I mentally visualized a timer counting up in my mind and tried to mentally visualize "Is this a dream" after that, but couldn't, so I just mentally visualized text that was too small to read next to the counter and thought the words inside my head after every time I thought of the number counter going up. I counted up fairly fast at first, but I decided to slow down near the halfway point. Whenever a distracting noise played, my mind took notice and sometimes messed up counting a bit, but didn't get too distracted because I didn't form too many thoughts or feelings about the noises. I got to 109-is-this-a-dream before the session ended.

[@gergelybiro3390]

At some point i switched from counting in english to counting in hungarian, then for some reason i was counting in your voice, then i started stressing about the million things that are going wrong in my life, then i started imagining potential scenarios for other distractions, but surprisingly i managed to count to 86 without any major confusions, which is weird considering i have never managed to do wild

[@SebTheMusician]

Will definitely watch later. But right now, I'm getting out of bed, and my punk rock alarm is going off. So not much space to practice...

[@J-X736]

I was thinking about if my mom would call me that dinner is ready

[@AgarthanResident]

I was doing really well, got upto 60 before i had any distractions then suddenly i was playing a video game i play most days in my minds eye, caught myself and was back to counting, from then i got distracted every 2-3 new repeats of "is this a dream" by trying to explain to myself in my mind why i got distracted as if i was having to justify my actions to you and then didnt get passed 73 as a result.

[@netabolt6546]

it was a fun interactive video but i kept getting distracted the longer i tried the meditation. i have severe neckpain today and it was started two days ago but now its very intense and i was keep thinking that the pain is horrible and also have some trouble reathing regularly. i was counting at first to firtheen but then i was distracted by my neck ache (or was it the stomach part?!) and i gave up and started counting from one again. the distractions become bigger and i was more and more into the painzone so i could'nt concentrate. then the distractionsounds of a doornknob put me off guard immediately. throughout the whole interactive meditation i was telling myself of what i should write and couldn't wait to wrait about my neckpain. but the breathing i tried with the question after counting, ,"Is this a dream?!" now this was actually fun but the Not So fun part was that i couldnt concentrate with the pain i'm now having but i can watch this video again when i'm feeling better again. hopefully some good night sleeps will get my neck to heal again. anyway, these are my honest answers what i was going trough with the five minutes of "One, Is this a dream? Two, Is this a dream? three... etc)

[@TheDuncanater1110]

So I did this with earphones on. And like by count 33-34ish, my dog jumps onto my lap to make himself comfy. By count 79-81 my wife walked past and just stood there for a while ,I could kinda feel her presence in a way like you know when you're being watched. These distractions were perfect for this interactive video. Got to count 89

[@wello8636]

My mind sometimes miscounted, and the bell noises was creepy, but with the phone rings, and knockings, my mind was kinda supporting and said don't listen, it will distract you.

[@thewoodencat5847]

Got to 120, slowed down near the end, breathing sometimes syncs up with counting, I occasionally get the numbers wrong, I often wait for the gongs, music was nice. I already do this occasionally so I had an advantage :p

[@Notveryclever1]

My mind kept picking up sounds in my environment and trying to think about what they were, and then it would occasionally jump back to something that was said earlier in this video or Exploring The World of Lucid Dreaming, them thinking a out how WILD might actually work pretty well for me and I should watch the WILD videos on this channel and give it a try. But I also counted the whole time while that was going on in the background

[@ahmed_almurisi]

We need the same kind of music you gave, but long ?

[@max_the_mantis5173]

91 Is this a dreams? The hardest part is I would occasionally lose my count, which I knew would happen as I’ve done something similar to this before, but I don’t judge it, pick the count back up and keep going. I also felt somewhat tired and relaxed, which is probably a good thing. 5 minutes at least of meditation a day is also recommended in a recent book I read for Wizards. I am a Wizard. I do not meditate every day but I do it most days of the week lately. I went through a period of being addicted to meditation before I found this channel 2 years ago and it got me out of 1 of the cults I’d been in. I’m no longer addicted to meditation and do it more constructively now. I can’t remember the name of the book rn, but I will link the 5 minute meditation song that was at the very end of the recent occult audio book I enjoyed.

[@max_the_mantis5173]

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[@BlueFoxy87]

My mind did good, I did go off a little but I kept counting.

[@stephaniegirardot6305]

I managed to stay focused on counting right to the end. I heard noises but I left them in the background, without concentrating on them (I can't even remember what they were after I opened my eyes: someone knocking on a door, and other noises I can't remember). But I was counting in a very mechanical way, without really asking myself whether it was a dream: my aim was just to stay focused on counting. Another detail: as English is not my mother tongue, I counted and thought out the sentence in French.

[@BATTLEBUDDy.]

i actually am surprised that i didn't have any distraction through out the video.. just pure counting + is this a dream