i know just what you mean.
i've been on the 'vibrational threshold' more times than i can count, and often felt disembodied, floating in blackness, but unable to pass into a dream.
the one time i had a successful WILD, it was by allowing the HI to lead me into the dream. actually, at the time, i wasn't even trying to focus on the imagery too intensely, just barely noticing it. after awhile, i suddenly realized it had morphed into a restaurant scene, and i was sitting at a stool, and i was on my way
its a very thin line between concentrating too much, and not concentrating enough. if you try to 'hold onto' the hypnagogic images, or focus on producing or noticing them, you will simply get more and more frustrated, and eventually become fully awake.
if you don't note them enough, you'll simply fall asleep unconsciously.
i find it important that my one successful WILD was on in why i wasn't trying
to focus on the HI, i just allowed them to happen, and barely noticed them.
from "exploring the world of lucid dreaming" (speaking of using HI to enter a LD):
"while delicately observing the mind, lead it gently into the dream state, as though you were leading a child by the hand"
i think even this allows for too much concious effort . perhaps one should not even attempt to lead..but follow instead.
again, it is a very thin line, but it defintely sounds like you are trying too hard, as i did. i've probably had about 40-50 times where i tried too hard, and just woke myself up eventually.
the one time i succeeded, i wasn't really 'trying' at all.
hope this helps.
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