Quote Originally Posted by RooJ View Post
Wow... amazing posts Sythix, Im printing the entire thing out tomorow now that its finished .

A while back i spent time developing my visualization skills too, got to a point where i was getting exactly what you mentioned while fully concious: "flashes of a crystal clear, breathtakingly vivid imagery for a split second", usually in the form of a tropical island which i was aiming for (never exactly as i was trying to imagine it though).
Im wondering what stage you are at? can you hold those vivid images while conciously visualizing? can you move around them? how long does it take you to get them etc, a full description of your capabilities would be really useful for motivational purposes .

Thanks for taking the time to share the tutorials, ill begin them tomorow.

Roo
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For motivational purposes

. I have developed my ability to visualize so far that I can create a vivid image at will even with my eyes open and I'm able to see it as if seeing it with my physical eyes. For example I can imagine an apple in front of me right now and pick it up, feel it, and take a bite out of it and hear the sound of biting into it and taste it as well. Now if I have my eyes closed I can very well see an image after a few seconds of concentrating in the area in which visualizations occur - for example in Dream Yoga it is required for you to be able to visualize the Tibetan letter 'A' before your eyes - with practice the A becomes vivid, stable and clear. Well I can already do that willingly and keep consciousness on the letter 'A' as I drift to sleep and therefore trigger lucidity (in case of falling asleep instead of completing a WILD) due to my consciousness concentrated on the letter 'A'. Read up on dream yoga and you'll see what I mean. I can vividly perceive all other senses as well, move them at will, whatever I like. I can create an inner 'meditation' area in my visualizations - though this isn't no where near close to a Lucid Dream but very very entertaining. I can induce HI in a few seconds due to an NLP anchor I put on the HI state, and many other things. I hope this motivates you all to developing these great abilities because they are really useful in achieving lucidity and many other things.

Quote Originally Posted by RooJ View Post
Hi my name is Kiko and I became interested in this forum after experiencing sleep paralysis..
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Hi Kiko,

Sounds like you experienced a common episode of suddenly waking up in sleep paralysis and experiencing hypnagogia. I've had this many times before and yes they can be controlled if you develop your visualization abilities. For example in times where you're scared you may visualize a white and comforting light or something that reminds you of being safe. I have a meditation specifically tailored to induce the feeling of being safe and/or paranoid according to the person's amygdala, you may experience either or. It's called Sensed Presence meditation and basically it comes from the 'sensed presence' feeling that there is some one or some living thing close to you, but when you turn to look, you don't find anybody there.

This experience only occurs when a person is in an altered state of consciousness. To facilitate the state, it begins with paying attention to the breath. After you have your attention drawn there, you now imagine that you are experiencing a presence, and that the feeling is emanating from a point behind you, and to your left. The sensed presence is an amygdaloid experience. This only means that when a person is having this experience, their amygdalae will be found to be either the most active structure in their brain, or one of the most active. The most common sensation it created was a feeling of being safe and protected. You're also likely to suddenly imagine the presences - such as a guardian angel, or your parents, etc. I've also noticed that Reverse Blinking has led to vivid dreams...not just in me but others as well, this is very interesting. Good luck in developing your abilities and let us know how it's going!

BTW, the bathroom is a perfect dark place to exercise visualization - I've practiced in there too! Haha


Quote Originally Posted by RooJ View Post
ok, i have the method i want to use, but there is still one problem. i can create the dreamscenes but i can not enter them. i think i cannot enter them, because my eyes are STILL OPEN. if i close my eyes, i can get the scene back almost immediately, but then i can't fall asleep.

i can't explain it. you would have to experience it yourself, it is FREAKY. i can see the scene, and it looks almost real. the scene will have color and everything, and i can control it. the only thing is, I AM STILL AWAKE.

there is another weird thing i seem to be able to do. i can take a scene i create, and MORPH IT into a totaly different scene. i can also take a scene i make, and ADD TO the scene if i wish. i made a scene one time, and i added an ENTIRE room to the scene. without even meaning to, i even added an object to the scene.

i wonder if i could add myself to the scene? the only problem is, i am not sure what i look like in my dreams. when i dream, i seem to always be in a first person style view. the only problem i have is getting to a state where i am dreaming. if i could get there, i could enter my created scene i am sure, and almost instantly be lucid.
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I know what you mean, but I think the problem is you're not tired enough to fall asleep. I think you should try doing a WBTB (without getting out of bed) and try to visualize and enter a visualized scene as you drift off back into sleep - you'll have much better chances that way. Try not to see yourself in the 3rd person perspective unless you want a really strange videogame type of dream, instead try to interact with your visualization and 'feel' it so to speak. Reach your hand out into it and eventually you'll find yourself in a dream.