Oh I forgot to comment about MILD,
well I wanted to say that MILD is not saying mantra. The title of the technique mnemonic induction of lucid dreams is saying that you need to use your mnemonic memory.
Learn about mnemonic memory. LaBerge also provided the technique for developing mnemonic memory. He called it Targets. The point is for each day in a week you have 5 or 6 targets that you need to recognize through the day and do a RC when you recognize the one. The key to this was that (let’s start from monday) you have to memorize 5 targets from monday and only monday. You go through the day and you need to RC whenever you came upon the target. You do the same with tuesday and so on.
It’s usually advised to use targets only for specific day but once you learn all the targets and you develop the habit to recognize them then you can add monday targets to tuesday targets and monday and tuesday targets to wednesday and so on.
That’s one of the techniques to train your mnemonic memory. MILD is about mnemonic memory. Or to say you need to learn to recognize certain signs that will tell you whether you dream or not. You need to develop a habit to remember those task/targets…
Mantra is only a add on to this. It’s something that puts and addition message or alertness into your subconscious mind that you need to do something important. It’s nothing more then like a: “Tomorrow I need to go to store to buy a milk.”
But if your mnemonic memory is week you will probably forgot that you need to buy milk/do targets/ recognize the dream…
How mantra goes is only up to you. If english isn’t your native language I would advise to say mantra on your native language. But if you feel more comfortable with english mantra, by all means do it in english.
At last using only mantra for inducing LD’s can work but it takes much more time and dedication. Then again mantra will work better if your mnemonic memory is better - round and round we go. We always come back to mnemonic memory…
Also meditation and EFT, not to mention LL, ADA are great ways of achieving lucidity!
EDIT:
[spoiler]Targets:
Monday
The next time I see myself in the mirror.
The next time I see a red car.
The next time I see an animal.
The next time I smell food.
The next time I hear music.
Tuesday
The next time I see a beautiful woman.
The next time I hear a man speaking.
The next time I write something on paper.
The next time I take off my shirt.
The next time I turn on a light.
Wednesday
The next time I feel the wind.
The next time I see a dog.
The next time I feel upset.
The next time I hear my name.
The next time I see my reflection in something other than a mirror.
Thursday
The next time I laugh.
The next time I eat lunch.
The next time I eat dinner.
The next time I push a button.
The next time I use the restroom.
Friday
The next time I take socks off.
The next time I lock a door.
The next time I feel fear.
The next time I hear music.
The next time I lay down in bed.[/spoiler]