Same here. I felt all the loss of feeling. However, I am never able to view any hypnagogic images. I too get bored of it very quickly. |
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I read about one of the methods mentioned here, that one must lie still, and not move the body at all for twenty minutes or so. This will trick the body into drifting into sleep, while the mind is still awake. I tried this method, but I became extremely bored after 30 mins or so, I quit. |
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Same here. I felt all the loss of feeling. However, I am never able to view any hypnagogic images. I too get bored of it very quickly. |
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Yeah, I understand how you feel. But I still feel this is a very good method, because it makes sense, and it's not as difficult as doing visualizations and all that. Besides, it helps keep you totally aware, that's why I liked it. But unfortunately, I am making no breakthrough. |
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Im not an expert but when i try to WILD I focus more onthe sensations of my body than trying to see HI, and it also helps to do a WBTB. |
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Same thing happened to me when I tried this technique... |
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you should be more patient in your dreaming experiences(i like calling them that. even when u dont end up dreaming.) its not like staying still is THE secret technique that works everytime. you need to work at it, and work with these sensations as your body goes into sleep paralysis. think about deepening your level of relaxation while being a bystander to the sensations you experience as you fall asleep, and just letting nature work its magic sending you into the dream state. |
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when are you trying this technique? if it's before you go to bed I'm not sure if you'll get very good results. The best way to do this technique is to do it after you wake up in the night. You'll have to stay up for a certain amount of time so that you're not so tired that you will fall right back asleep without even doing the technique, but so that you're tired enough that you won't be awake for an hour before anything happens. It's different for everyone, so just try it for a while and figure out how long would be best for you to stay up. |
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yea lagunagirl is correct. if you havent ever completed a WILD, or if you arent really good at telling dream from reality and aren't that experienced, WILDing as you first go to sleep is nearly impossible. it ISNT, trust me, but WBTBing is much simpler to complete and gives you the same experience. if you can, when you wake up in the middle of the night, try not even opening your eyes or moving. this will send you into SP very quickly if you are succesful at not moving. then all you need to concentrate on is not letting your mind fall asleep. =] |
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Thanks 4 the advice. I'll try it tonight. |
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Well in REM your eyes move a hell of a lot. |
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Last edited by DreamChaser; 06-21-2008 at 11:58 AM.
REALITY CHECK
its not about "lying still", its a mind-trip. Master Yourself. |
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I've adapted the technique slightly, and I find it works much better. What I do is use the technique up until the point where I feel tingly and start to see a bit of HI. Then I let go and fall asleep. So really I used just used the technique to get to sleep faster. BUT, what will often happen is I will wake up about a half hour later. At this point, it is very easy to get to SP. |
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if you feel you cant keep your mind awake, when your eyes are closed, before trying to uber-relax, try doing something that stimulates ur mind, and not body. for instance, work out a math problem. or sometimes what i do is remember everything that has happened to me in the past few days going backwards. that relaxes me too.. for example ill think- i just woke up to try to WBTB WILD. before that i was sleeping for about 6 hours. before that i was on dreamviews. before that i was coming home from the girls house. before that i was gettin some head. hahaha just a thought to try... |
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sorry btw. i keep on quoting the post i dont wanna quote... the math problem advice was for u sunkenpirate... loll |
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