WILD during meditation?

**natureofmind** · 08-13-2014 12:04 AM

I'm posting about a meditation experience that I had a while back. I've recently started to experiment with lucid dreaming and I found out about the WILD technique, which brought me back to the meditation experience. So here it goes...

I was doing a sitting meditation focusing on my third eye. I start to feel my body getting really relaxed. At this time, I am trying to clear my mind of all thoughts and I've gotten pretty good at it. I see a purple light going in and out of my field of vision and after a while of just trying to ignore it I see what could be described as a circle window maybe? But on the other side I see a clear vision of bamboo laying on grass with african hands running across the grass. I then see a woman 's face that I do not recognize and I got startled by what was happening so I opened my eyes.

Now my question is, did I have a WILD through meditation?

**MisakaMikoto** · 08-13-2014 12:14 AM

Hi,

It might've been a start of Meditation WILD
You've spotted a Hypnagonic Hallucinations which tend to happen as we are enter our dream world
Here's the process of dream forming:
- A simple shapes appear (Example: Foggy Circle)
- Shapes start to become more complex,
- They eventually become 3d,
- They might start to look like objects
- Out of those objects eventually scene will form
- Scene slowly starts to cover your whole sight
- When your whole sight after few seconds you will be probably fully in dream.
When that happens you should do your choosen 'Stabilization' technique and enjoy the lucid

Thought you shouldn't pay close attention to those hypnagonic stuff
They might be sound, odd sensations, vibrations or images
But they don't need to appear at all.

Sometimes during my WILDs i was just lying in the bed till i suddenly appeared in a dream.

Good Job

It was a close one.

Keep on trying and surely it will pay off with lucids
I suggest reading up this guide aswell: http://www.dreamviews.com/wake-initi...ild-guide.html
It is quite awesome, thought i'il give you a hint about something
When author mentions that anchors need to be minimaly engaging then it's not quite a truth ( It kinda varies?)
For me counting anchor required putting like 70 - 90% of my brainpower to keep consciousness up without falling asleep unconsciously.

And now,
Goodluck with further WILDs fellow dreamer

**natureofmind** · 08-13-2014 12:29 AM

Thank you for taking the time to respond to my thread! I was startled because I was not expecting that to happen, but now that I know what it is, it won't be startling next time it happens. I will go through the thread you linked me now