Quote Originally Posted by Sensei View Post
@Ginsan. Yeah, some are born with it. I am actually pretty funny when I am in a conversation. Not so much on the computer. I am not "extremely funny" but I am funnier than average. Mostly from study and graphs and things, and above all else, memorization. I am crazy. Haha. The funniest people seem to be born that way.

Tygar! I feel bad. I was supposed to give you some things to get better at falling asleep.

my method
I have heard many people go with "relaxing your body to sleep" way too much thought energy for me, plus if I think about my breathing for one second, I am up for the rest of the night (I now have to forget about that before I get to bed! :/)!
It is similar to that though. It is a type of meditation. I have seen it before, but I have no idea where.
Meditation is pretty much just getting a reign on your mind and trying to think about one thing. Or nothing(depending on type of meditation).
Going to sleep is forgetting about your body (losing consciousness) seems similar to me.
I start with my whole body. Feel everything that is on my body. My wife's leg, my clothes, the sheet, the weight of the comforter, the air on my face. I start at my foot and start "forgetting". I then move up my leg. Then to my other leg. Then arms(starting at hands). Then body. Ending with head. Now it is just my thoughts. Forget about them as well. Forget everything.


Kind of weird! I change it a bit when trying to WILD or during any WBTB.

After I have completely finished forgetting my body I think "I'm dreaming". Then I get further and further apart. If I think of an image I will stay awake, and if I think of " I'm dreaming" as words, that can also make me stay awake. I normally fall asleep like this and then DILD. Sometimes, after about a minute or two, I will realize that my thoughts are just going around in circles and make no sense. At this point I bring my "I'm dreaming" closer and then try to WILD. Sometimes I can trace my entire thought process from laying down to the dream, but still not realize that it is a dream.

Last use for it.
I wake up from a LD (or wake up from a dream and think that I might be able to DEILD). I can automatically tell if it will work. I instantly imagine my body, the one inbed. And I kick away from it. forget the whole thing instantly. Haha.
I can give this a shot too. I'm going to print this out and review it a few times.