Hello everyone! I must say I am very intrigued by his whole thing but first things first.I began my lucid experiences quite oddly, at least in contrast with what I've read on this site. See, I loved to listen to my music and enact 'concerts' in which characters from my favorite tv shows would be singing my favorite songs. Needless to say, this took alot of concentration and I eventually got so good at it, that I would enter what I now know to be the beginnings of te W.I.L.D. stages. Being just barely awake enough to still use my imagination, while not being able to feel anything like my hands and such.

Anyhow, eventually, I got very good at controlling this and could stay up for hours listening to music while still remaining conscious. The imagery was very real and yet was subject to my minds thoughts and manipulations. Anyhow, long story short: I eventually started to see wierd things after listening to the music when I decided to call it a night. Mostly water.In fact, it felt as though I would drown in the water and yet I knew I should try to, So I did, and the result was a lucid dream in that I knew I was dreaming and it was extremely real. couldn't manipulate it though although I did decide to have fun by goofing off in the dream because I knew it was a dream.

SO, my questions are: was this method particularily effective? Was the dream and the experiences mere flukes? And, since I now have a harder time reaching this stage of mental alertness, how can I replicate it or is it not worth it as far as lucid dreaming goes. And also, would anyon be familiar with this or am I the only one wh's done this kind of thing?

Thanks in advance!