What is this ?

[JSM]

Hey, After a while away from LD I have a question .. Well, when I stopped trying to have a LD in some nights I thought about it.. or if I was tired or just if I start thinking, after I close my eyes I start to see sort of lights ..flashing after focusing on them I start to see things, any thing..(images actually).. just like a dream and as I'm focusing it drew me to it and sometimes the next thing I know that I woke up the next day! And if some times I think that I'll breath and I focus on my breath but also no use .. So now what is this ? And if I focused on my breath and succeeded do I enter a lucid dream then ?

[Abra]

These images are called hypnogogic imagery. If you focus too much on them, you could end up falling asleep, as you described! It doesn't matter what you focus on, as long as you keep the thought of entering a dream in your mind. If the images were to occur for enough time, and under the right circumstances, they'd intensify and you'd successfully enter a dream.

[seeker28]

Abra is exactly right. HI (hypnagogic imagry) is a gateway into dreams. They can be used to have lucid dreams. If you want to know how, check out on of the WILD tutorials in the tutorial section.

[JSM]

Well, thank you very much .. I hope it will help me to have my first LD.. but unfortunately that I alway sleep while looking at them .