Quote Originally Posted by Fractal View Post
I'm not exactly sure what you mean, but I don't think you actually see the hypnagogic imagery with your real eyes. I'm quite certain you see it with something called your mind's eye. It's like a visual thought - if that makes any sense. So trying to stare into the darkness of your eyes for visuals is probably hindering you from seeing any visuals - as those kind of visuals are coming from your brain rather than your eyes. I hope that answered your question.
I know exactly what you mean. I can think of what something looks like. But people say "visualize what you will do in a lucid dream," or, "think of a billboard with 'lucid dream' written on it," that is what I have trouble with. I didn't mean hypnagogic imagery, just visualization.