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Well another failure.
I've never had a real LD so its no big surprise.
So I got in bed imagined the moonlight sonata, and moving my arm up
and down. Many times i'd start to feel tingly, and concentrate on my body.
I think this is from previously trying WILD, where concentrating on your body is the main goal. I would notice feeling tingly, then I get that odd feeling like coming out of water, and the HI's gone.
I'm not sure if this was the right thing to do, but when the HI came (not too vivid) I began to slap all the random things that I saw. I sorta felt and imagined the feeling and sound; Like there was some of that concrete/marble stuff they have on historic buildings, I gave it a slap and I was half imagining and half feeling as well as hearing the distinct sound. I then realised the HI wasn't too vivid, and I wasn't sure if I was supposed to be touching the HI yet, but then I woke up 5hrs later just then realizing I fell asleep.
Was I on the right course? Slapping the things seemed like the wrong thing to do at the time, for some odd reason.[/b]
you are on the right course however dont slap it to extreme instead try to touch it or just move your hand toward it. dont care about vividness of HI if you keep moving and touching it soon it will become realer. when HI appear just touch it straight away. try to remeber that when HI appear all you need to do is imagine the feeling of movement and then trying to touch it dont worry about vivids just imagine moving toward any object that you see.
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Again, I'm not saying you are wrong, I'm just trying to gather info on a seemingly apparent descrepancy in my mind. I'd like to know the answer to this, since you are saying you do have vivid dreams in the early NREM periods. I'm still doing a lot of reading, but if you can get 30-45 minute dreams in your early NREM periods, I am dumbfounded; as this throws what I have been taught to believe around here in the garbage.[/b]
dont worry but yes we do have early vivid dreams and they are continueous throught the night it just a myth like we have a subconscious mind.