Hihi all, THis is my first post, I've been browsing these forums for awhile now picking up lots of good info.
However I have some specific questions.

I have know about LD for 2 months now, The first night I read about them I had a very short moment of lucidity in a dream before I woke up, since then I havent gotten lucid again.

Every night I try to stay concious until I enter a dream, I have questions about Hypnagogic Imagery and Sleep paralysis. After I lay down, I begin seeing what I though was HI(hypnagogic Imagery), swirls of colors(very muted colors) and shapes in the blackness. After awhile I have trouble holding my eyes closed and they seem to open automatically, the darkness of my room disappears as the swirls of dark color and shapes take place of what I really see. A few times, the colors got intense and lighter as my body started to tingle. At this point I have crazy body buzzes and the images get more intense. And a few times a ringing in my ears started, I've never gotten past this point though.

I'm wondering how far into the WILD I am getting, The images never get focused or take on real forms other than what I imagine them to be, Is this really HI I'm seeing or just a precursor to it. How vivid or realistic does the HI become before you are actually dreaming?

I think I'm on the right track but can never seem to stay focused or concious past this point. I always fall asleep within an hour and a half. Can someone please describe the process for them as they induce WILDs, I want to know if I'm getting close to Lucid Dreaming. Thanks