I recommend FILD technique when someone asks me how to lucid dream in one night. FILD stands for Finger-Induced Lucid Dream. But you also have to know that success won't be achieved in one night.

And yes, if you do little practice on this technique then this will definitely help you to lucid dream each night.

If you are a beginner, then before learning the FILD Technique, you have to know about the Reality Check Technique.

Because there is an important role of reality checks in FILD technique of lucid dreaming.

There are some basic techniques of Lucid Dreams that you should learn first before learning FILD such as Reality Check, WBTB, WILD, etc.

How to Lucid Dream in One Night

What is FILD Technique?

FILD Technique is related to finger movements of your hand. In this, you have to move your fingers in a certain rhythm so that you can take your awareness into sleep.

Our mind is always connected to our body. Any movement in the body affects a particular part of the brain. When any part of the brain is affected, those parts become alert.

An important part of the brain called the prefrontal cortex is responsible for seeing lucid dreams.

If your prefrontal cortex remains active during sleep, you can easily become aware of your dreams.

FILD technique keeps this part active. In the FILD technique, you have to move any two fingers of your palm up and down. When the fingers of your hand move, this prefrontal cortex remains active.

Gradually our body goes on sinking into sleep, but because you keep moving your fingers, this part of the brain remains alert. It doesn't shut down.

Dreams start coming shortly after the body goes to sleep and because that particular part of our brain remains active, we know in the dream that we are dreaming.

How to become conscious in dreams?

Using FILD Technique

You lie down on your bed in a comfortable position. Release your body and allow it to relax. If there is tension in any part of the body, then relax it.

Now calm your mind. If any thought is going on in your mind, then immediately remove your mind from that thought.

If you find it difficult to calm down, focus your attention on your breath. This will calm your mind and you will be able to relax.

Now leave your palm loose on the bed. Keep the palm on the bed in such a way that all the fingers can touch the bed.

Now you have to move up and down any two fingers of your palm touching the bed.

It will be better if you use your index finger and middle finger.

You have to move your fingers up and down in a rhythm as if you were playing the piano. Not too fast, not too slow.

Sleep has its own system. When you slowly fall asleep, you go on losing consciousness.

There will be many times when you forget to move your fingers up and down in the middle. But when you remember, you have to start moving your fingers immediately.

Try to keep yourself more and more alert and aware.

You don't have to have a heavy meal before sleeping. If you eat a heavy meal before sleeping, your sleep will be uncomfortable, and you will have a lot of difficulties in maintaining consciousness.

Eating a heavy meal takes a lot of energy to digest the food. And it takes energy to be aware & alert. So you have to save as much energy as possible. Because this energy will help you to become conscious during sleep.

How FILD Technique Works

When you move your fingers, there is an exchange of signals between the brain and your fingers.

In this state, the prefrontal cortex of your brain remains active, which maintains the senses.

This part of the brain remains active when one is in a lucid dream. This is the part of the brain that helps in logical reasoning, distinguishing between right and wrong.

If this part is activated during your dreams you will easily know that the scene you are seeing is not real and you will be lucid immediately.

So congratulations to you, if you get success with the help, of this FILD Technique.

Final Thoughts

Field Technique is a very simple technique by which one can become aware in dreams. If you are a beginner, then first you should know about reality checks, then you try this technique.

If you are lucky then on the very first attempt you will be able to become aware of dreams.

If this technique doesn't work on the first day then you have to practice it continuously. Within a few days, you will be able to have conscious dreams with this technique.