Greetings all, I'm a new member of the forum, and new to LD. As I explained in a previous posting, I've had SP on and off for many years, though I only recently found out what it was. After reading through the forums and tutorials yesterday, I decided to try and work on remembering my dreams/having an LD/having SP. Basically I just wanted SOMETHING to happen, heh. All day long I did RCs and I constantly told myself that I would realize when I dreaming and remember those dreams. As I was laying in bed trying to remain conscious while chanting my 'mantra' and falling asleep, I started to see things. There were no sounds associated with them at all. I don't know how to fully describe them, since I had already forgotten most of the details by the time I woke up. I'm not sure why, but the words I want to use to describe them are 'interactive scenes'. I remember seeing various people in various places, some of them aware of me, some not. What I found particularly interesting was that I seemed to be in total control. I kept 'dismissing' these 'scenes' so that I could continue to concentrate on my mantra. Different ones would keep appearing, and I would keep dismissing them.

I had gotten that impression that its basically impossible to have LDs right when you go to sleep, since you must be in REM sleep to have them. So my question is: does anyone have any thoughts on what these detailed scenes were that I experienced? How does one identify a HI? I'm almost wondering if my subconscious didn't start feeding me images because I had so badly wanted for SOMETHING to happen. Any thoughts/comments would be greatly appreciated.

Oh, and btw - Nice to meet you all