English is not my native language, so I would ask you to be understanding when it comes to certain writing errors.
A week ago I woke up after hearing an alarm to practice, but for some reason I couldn't go back to sleep. Since it was early, I was tired and didn't feel like getting out of bed, I kept tossing and turning, maybe for an hour and twenty minutes or so, until I was pretty sleepy again.
This is when something interesting happens, since I was about to fall asleep (I saw fragments of images and heard fragments of sound) but for some reason I said to myself "and what would happen if I try a dream domain now? Meh, surely I'm going to fail, since I'm not psyched to do it, but practice is better than nothing. "
I changed position on my back (I usually sleep on my stomach), all this with my eyes closed, and once comfortable I looked at my brow.
In a matter of maybe two or three seconds, a series of intense vibrations hit my body, adding to a very clear image in front of me, in which I was walking in slow motion on my balcony.
Sadly I was startled and lost the state, since I was not expecting such a situation, and fell asleep.
However, when I woke up, I began to reflect on what the hell had happened, since for the first time I had reached the required state, without having mentalized, without having visualized, without effort of any kind, completely fast and accidental.
That's when I realized what happened. I was falling asleep normally, doing absolutely nothing outside of the routine of any day I try to sleep, but at the exact moment I fell asleep, "I checked if I had fallen asleep."
What does this mean? at the exact moment that I fell asleep, I observed my brow, and both situations occurred simultaneously
Have you ever been occupied with something at night time?. Maybe studying, maybe reading, maybe watching Tv. All of a sudden you realize that you're tired. But when did you become tired? When did wakefulness end and tiredness begin? Was it when you began yawning? was it when you eyes started drooping?
Now here's another great enigma. When did you fall asleep last night? Can you remember the exact moment where tiredness became sleep? when exactly did you go from conscious to unconscious. And the answer there is no exact answer. Going from wakeful to tired, or from tired to sleep is not like an on and off switch. It's more like a continuum that merges with each other. They are all different shades of the same color.
I was seeing some realistic hypnagogic images, but I absolutely cut the state, since I said to myself "what if I try to practice now?", And to top it off, I moved and changed my position. In short, when I was on my back, I was not even close to the state required for a WILD ... and yet, I did it, without making any effort, without seeing any images, without any anchors, nothing ...
I only knew that I was about to fall asleep, and I moved my vision towards my brow at the exact moment I fell asleep, this movement coinciding with the moment in question.
In this way, the only possible explanation for the result of that morning is that I corroborated whether I was (observing my brow) asleep at the exact moment I fell asleep.
Something like this: https://www.wikihow.com/images_en/th...ion-2.jpg.webp
There are several ways to practice.
If you live with family members who may wake up to many alarms, it would be a good idea to buy a bluetooth headset and leave them connected when you go to sleep. In this way, when you wake up to the sound of the alarm, you will only be listening to it without disturbing anyone (in the Alarm Clock Xtreme app there is an option so that if headphones are connected, the phone's speaker does not sound).
After waking up, it's a matter of count and check, count and check, count and check.
Another option is to record some audio on your PC saying things like "lucid dream, count" and then transfer it to your cell phone. At night, you use a timer (say, one hour, fifty-nine minutes, and fifty seconds) and set the alarm to go off at two hours and turn itself off. In this way, the timer would wake you up, and after turning it off, instead of counting, you just wait for the alarm to tell you to visualize, and you will have a good chance that it coincides that you observe the frown at the exact moment you fell asleep.
You can even set a timer, and instead of recording an audio reminder, use a smartwatch that vibrates those ten seconds after turning off the timer (or that vibrates the phone itself if you still have it in hand).
Although the simplest is to place the timer, leave it near the bed, and when it goes off turn it off (if you sleep on your side, or in your stomach, like me, turn around in your back). After turning it off, count a certain number of seconds and check if you fell asleep by looking at your brow and telling yourself "lucid dreaming"
In any case, you will have to experiment whether or not it is convenient for you to get out of bed, stay in bed, a certain amount of seconds, use one system or another, etc.
But it could be a good way to avoid visualizations, images, sounds, mantras, not scratching, not moving, not this and not the other, blah blah. It would only be a matter of having a "good timing".
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In summary...
You have to go to sleep like any other day, doing nothing out of the routine, except setting the timers every ninety minutes (although if you want to force the technique, they can be set every half hour, twenty minutes, or whatever you like).
Once awake, turn off the timer (and if you are one of those who sleep in positions on your stomach or sides, turn over on your back), close your eyes and count ten seconds. Afterwards, just move your eyes and observe your brow.
If you fell asleep before ten seconds, in the next alarm it counts less number of seconds, and if you did the reality check and you are still awake, in the next alarm it counts less number of seconds. Each one will have to know their own times.
If you got the reality check to match the exact moment you fell asleep, I guess you're going to feel like me. Vibrations in the body and a very clear and sharp image.
I would deeply appreciate that all those interested, start practicing as soon as possible and comment on their results.
In this way, we could corroborate whether it really has the potential to be a robust technique, or just a strange circumstance with no real practical value, and not waste anyone's time.
I will be practicing all February, and then at the beginning of March I will comment on results (or maybe before, if they are very good, haha).
I would stay very motivated if other people join, although there are no obligations or commitments haha, everyone is the owner of doing what they want.
I wish you a good day, and a good year.
