I See While I'm Sleeping

Hey guys. I've known about Lucid Dreaming for some quite time. Always wanted to "learn" it but never got to. Anyways, I've been experiencing some things while sleeping and I'm sure this is the best place to get info.

1) There's times where I'm 90% sleeping, 10% awakes. Everything starts dark, but images start to fade in. This is when I actually open my eyes, and what I actually see is similar to what was fading in. Kinda like "the picture shifted." Is there a term for this phenomena? I guess it's like Deja Vu?

2) A few years ago, this would happen alot, I would "hear" sentences that I've heard on that day. It's usually when I'm falling asleep. I would "hear" the same exact sentence, with the "same voice." Sometimes the sentence is said loud, but I "percieve" it normally. Does that make sense?

Thanks.

Wow, I'm jealous! It sounds like you're WILDing without even trying. You could probably go directly into a LD from that. On the first one, when you open your eyes are you in a dream?

These sound like hypnagogic hallucinations :) They are very normal, nothing to be worried about. If you are learning the WILD technique, they can serve as a benchmark in that most people fall asleep before they experience these hallucinations, so it means you're doing a good job of keeping awake. Not everyone gets them, but since you do you maybe be able to use them to your advantage :)