Thread: hypnagogic imagery before sleep paralysis

After I see colors and shapes behind my closed eyelids, I just wait for them to evolve into more complex items and then into pictures/movies/dreams. When I see a fully developed movie/dream playing out underneath me ( I usually see it from birds eye view) I pick a spot in the dreamscape and slowly and deliberatly say: 'I...am...there'. Then I'm transported closer and closer to the ground untill I land and I'm in the dream.

I breathe through my nose. If I start some breathing excercises to get relaxed, I usually discontinue them by the time I start seeing swirls and colors and just breathe regularly. In general, you should try falling asleep as you normaly do. So If you breathe through your mouth, you shouldn't change it. You have to be comfortable to fall asleep.

HI also happens just before you fall asleep, so yes they are HI Next time, try focusing on them, then you might enter SP, or not.

Regarding WILD, I don't even know if I'm breathing or not when I WILD What I'm saying is I'm not giving any attention to it. After I wake up 4 hours of sleep, I enter SP easily because I would be on the brick of that thin line btw sleep and awake.

Note: Forgot to tell you, I never breath with my mouth when I sleep, at least not that I'm aware of.

http://www.dreamviews.com/f79/just-s...t-know-128997/
Here is a link to one of my threads. I explain some of those things so take a look at it. My answers here will be short.

1)HIs are generated by a portion of your brain. You can see them in meditation or even when just resting your eyes if you have developed that part of your brain. The moment you start to relax you may start seeing shifting colors long before SP.
2)Here is a link to another thread of mine that talks about what to do when you see them, and how to use them in your training. http://www.dreamviews.com/f12/train-...-wilds-128960/
3)You can do either, but if you breath through your mouth, it will get very dry. That makes me smack my lips or try to swallow, which can be a real distration.

When I see Hypnagogic images (colored blobs and patterns) I just imagine them as something I recognize. Blobs become clouds, cross-hatch paterns become fences. Hypnogogic images are the primordial ooze of dreams.