The night before last, I decided to try WILD again. This was at midnight, without any sleep prior to the attempt.

I used my usual technique to stop me drifting, which is counting '1 Lucid, 2 Lucid' up to 10, and then back again. I made sure I didn't drift off and start thinking about anything; I just kept focusing on the vague lights you get at the start of WILD.

This seemed to be working quite well. I started getting HI, and some kind of scenario started to emerge; brief glimpses of myself, walking through a village. These got clearer, until after about 20 minutes of my WILD attempt there came a sudden striking image: it looked like a view across a valley. Immediately after this, though, I became heavily aware of my body again, and started to experience an odd sensation; you'll probably know how difficult it is to put these things into words, but it was a bit like the darkness under my eyelids becoming a vast space.

I think I recognised this as being the beginning of the transition phase, but nothing came of it in the end, and this feeling faded after 10 seconds or so. I think I could've gotten a bit too excited.

What I need to know is if this is a step in the right direction. It seems like my HI was getting pretty realistic, but this transition phase put an end to that. I'm kinda confused about this part of the WILD; is the transition phase necessary? And does HI continue during the transition phase..? Because from what I've heard, it seems to be more of a physical sensation. And what comes after the transition phase; do you suddenly find yourself in a dream? What use is the HI after this point; are you meant to use it to enter a dream, or would that be VILD?

Many thanks for reading this far; all help is greatly appreciated.