Quote Originally Posted by Burke View Post
The fact that you got this close is very good considering what you've told me about your past attempts. You just have to allow it to spread/form into the dream and once it's stable you can carry on with whatever you want.
Thanks for the speedy response! It's good to hear that I'm on the right path to having my first lucid dream. I tried again after school today as well, but this time, I managed to take a full two hour power nap. At least I think it was a nap. Didn't feel like it though. Either way, I managed to lay in one solid position for, what the clock says, around two hours.

I started by making sure that my eyes were somewhat covered with a blanket, and I took deep and even breaths. As I took the breaths, I made sure to count them and to tell myself that I was dreaming. So, that went on for a while, then my body felt tingly again, and suddenly, something crazy hit me. I didn't see the white light again, but instead I saw what I think were faces. Well, not exactly faces, but the outlines of faces. From what I could make out, they were faces from characters from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. They were moving by very rapidly from the center of my vision to the bottom. All this time, I also felt my eyes start to move like before, but much more intense. It LITERALLY felt like a train was going over my eyes: they were moving so much that they vibrated and I was kinda scared, so I started to clench my eyes again and when I did, the vibrations got more intense. So THAT kept happening and eventually it went away. This same kinda process happened, from what I remember, around six or so times during this time nap period until my sister came home and woke me up.

Obviously, I'll see what happens tonight when I wake myself up after five or so hours of sleep. Is this another good sign? Am I making progress? And when I'm supposed to see things, do I see them in my physical eyesight? Or in my mind's eye? Is the transition from visions to dream smooth? Thanks again!