Was I even closer to getting my first lucid?

**lovesmusic2** · 12-30-2012 01:21 PM

I ALMOST did it. I woke up at 3am (after 6 hrs of sleep), stayed awake for about half an hour, and kept my mind awake while my body was tired. I remember seeing white flashes and hearing a guy laughing and tried to imagine it being a guy I know. I heard the familiar buzzing noise of SP. I kept telling myself to keep calm and that I was dreaming (even though I wasn't in a dream scene yet). It kept fading out, and then coming back to as if it was trying again. It happened about 4 or 5 times times before it felt like my mind "gave up". I'm going to try this again because something about it seemed to work. Oh and when I was trying to go back to sleep, I used the mantra, "I am going to be lucid dreaming in a few minutes". And during the time I was awake for the 30 min, I was on DV, so my mind was definitely on LDing. Was I getting close? If so, what can I do to just make it happen?

**faceonmars** · 12-30-2012 02:45 PM

You were almost there. A good thing to know is that we visualize in the same area of the brain as when we dream.... the secondary visual cortex. This is not theory but fact. I suggest this is information we lucid dreamers can use to our benefit.

**gab** · 12-30-2012 08:48 PM

You were close. Those sounds were hypnagogic hallucinations. They happen as you moving from NREM to REM. Going in and out of it, even falling asleep for a few seconds and then coming back to is actually very good. That's when you hope that next time you 'dip under' you do so with retaining your awareness and get a lucid.

Try to shorten your mantra, it will be easier to say and it will have bigger impact - I'm lucid dreaming, or just I'm dreaming.

Although you should not pay attention to any of the sensations you get from your body or sounds, they can indicate where in the process you are. Here is more Sensations and types of entry into WILD.

Have you read WILD (sageous)? I highly recommend it.
And Sivason's Guide to visualization

Happy dreams

**lovesmusic2** · 01-02-2013 07:23 PM

I tried again last night with similar results, just no HH. Except this time I woke up at 6am. I kept falling in and out of sleep with the mantra of, "I'm dreaming". There were a couple times where I had the sensation of flying very fast (and I had actually read that sensations thread that night). But I didn't hear anything or get any vibrations like normal.

I have read sageous's tutorial (although I might need to re-read it again) and I will read Sivason's guide to visualization sometime today. I do want to become apart of the classes, though. I will go check those out. I have been trying to lucid dream since last summer. I am determined!