Soon after falling asleep during an afternoon nap I fell into a lucid dream. I slightly recall a numbness in my body then began a barely lucid dream that I can't remember. However, as this dream continued I became even more lucid towards the end.

As I gained more control over my actions I decided to try and meditate. I have always been interested in meditation, but have never really tried it. I was sitting on my bed (In the LD), closed my eyes, sat up straight and concentrated on what I could hear. I became very aware of outside noises such as the rain outside my window, my breathing, and other various and barely audible noises such as the air conditioner. It wasn't easy to tell what each sound was though. I believe these noises I heard were not imagined but in fact real because when I woke up it was raining. And I might note that there was no "Visual input" during the part of my dream I meditated in, only nothingness like the back of my eyelids.

The most convincing part that I was actually hearing outside sounds was when someone made loud noise in the room next to mine and it woke me up. Although this may not have been true meditation I found it very interesting that I was able to be aware of what was going on outside my body in detail while sleeping. Anyone else tried this or had any experiences like it?