I've had a few experiences of going directly into a dream from being conscious, although they don't sound too spectacular (actually, I think I prefer it that way, though ). Basically, I have for some reason woken up in the morning in a semi-asleep state where I had a sound in my ears that sounded like being underwater and/or felt a general numbness in my body. I haven't yet had any HI or hallucinations. I've usually been in sleep paralysis in this state, also, though I haven't always checked for it (since I would have to try to move in order to tell if I'm paralyzed, but that might cause me to wake up, so I usually don't).
In one case, I found I was in SP and simply tried to move anyway thinking I could "force" myself into a lucid dream, and it worked--although I still couldn't move properly in that dream. In the other cases, I just lied there visualizing the scene I wanted to appear in, and was amazed at the smooth transition from being an imagined scene to actually seeing it that occurred in seconds. Those dreams were very brief, though.
I've only done this successfully a few times, because it's hard to stay in the partially-asleep state, especially since it tends to make me a little nervous, which brings me back to being awake. I have to remember to relax in order to stay in it. Also, I only do it when I happen to wake up in this state, and I don't purposely try to fall into it, and for some reason, I haven't had any more opportunities to try this in a long time. Instead, I've accidentally been doing it in false awakenings, and apparently this technique doesn't seem to work for me in dreams.
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