thinking when falling asleep

**frost458** · 11-08-2012 04:42 PM

Hi,

I recently read about a technique which consist of thinking "I am no lucid dreaming, I am no lucid dreaming, I am no lucid dreaming, I am no lucid dreaming, ..."

while falling asleep.
Thing is, I have the ability to stop thinking, and when I go to sleep I just stop thinking, this allow me to fall asleep in 5 minutes.

yesterday I thinked "I am no lucid dreaming, I am no lucid dreaming, ..." and 40 minutes later I was still not sleeping.
So I stopped thinking, and I was sleeping.

Can you think while falling asleep? should I have just continued?

thanks =D

**meistersomnius** · 11-08-2012 05:19 PM

Originally Posted by frost458

Hi,

I recently read about a technique which consist of thinking "I am no lucid dreaming, I am no lucid dreaming, I am no lucid dreaming, I am no lucid dreaming, ..."

thanks =D

It's called Mantras. And I think you'd have to say "I'm now lucid dreaming".

**frost458** · 11-08-2012 05:55 PM

lol, I was doing something else while typing :p
Yes, I meant I am now lucid dreaming.

So some people can fall asleep while doing those Mantras?

**gab** · 11-08-2012 07:56 PM

[QUOTE=frost458;1958923So some people can fall asleep while doing those Mantras?[/QUOTE]

If you not too sleepy when going to bed, don't start with mantras, untill you feel like you could fall asleep soon. Otherwise, they will keep you awake. And pick some short and simple mantra, so you don't have to concentrate on it or think about the words. "I'm dreaming" should do.