Is it usual to be able to see this when you're fully conscious? Frequently when I wake up I can see strange images on the ceiling, or, more usually, apparently floating a few inches below the ceiling. Sometimes it's like a regular pattern of hieroglyphics. This morning it was a Sudoku grid with numbers in it (which isn't surprising, as I've become horribly addicted to online Sudoku recently). I could read the numbers quite easily, and if I looked at a specific number, looked away, then looked back at the same place, the number would have changed.

Sometimes when I try to do WILD, I can see the same imagery whether my eyes are open or closed - often swirly, cloud or mist like patterns, sometimes silhouettes that appear to be backlit - often animals or just abstract shapes.