Thread: Hypnagogics - ignore or focus?

I've never understood this "passively view it" advice. I think this relates to the odd hypnogogic image which might pop up behind your eyelids.

But I find the short dream like sequences, which include characters and movement, utterly absorb me. I can't just passively view them.
One second Im happy in my own head, the next I'm lost in them.
Then I realise whats happening, and they're gone.

Not sure about a WILD, but in the case of MILD I find just pushing them away and ignoring them works well. MILD is suppost to be the last thing we think about when we finally fall asleep.

That said, with my first and only WILD do date, I succeded mainly by making a distinct effort to keep my mind clear. Next thing I know, I'm listening to a band playing in my room than had a OBE type exit into a lucid dream.

Depends what technique you are attempting. For HIT I'd highly recommend watching them

Also, don't forget

4: GET OUT OF BED

There will be some sticky resistance to fight against and temporaly blindness/tunnel vision, but still it's the simplest most direct method to get into the dream state consciously.