Thread: Dream or imagination? Also, WILD breath counting

So, i got up at 6, i ate breakfast i went back to bed by 6:45-7:00. I Decided to try a WILD. So i was busy counting my breath. Now, when it comes down counting breaths, sometimes i find myself visualizing numbers flying into me (just like at IMAX 3D!) and sometimes as i breath out i sort of pronounce the number, without really saying it? for example "six" would be one consistent breath, and 7 would be still one breath, but i move my mouth a tad to make it sound like a two syllable breath... This is ridiculously hard to describe and i just hope someone understands what i mean. Is either way right? is there a different way to do it?

So to the imagination question. Where does one draw the line between dream sights and imagination visuals? I visualized a friend of mine while still managing to keep count of my breaths, and he was standing in front of me speaking, when suddenly i heard his voice in my head saying my name, but then it was gone, and i kept on counting. Eventually i fell asleep normally (rats!) But was that some kind of dream scape that i woke up from because the voice startled me, or just some good imagination. Is there some kind of obvious threshold between Dreaming and Visual Imagination?