Thread: My first lucid sleep, but no dream

Hi, I'm new to this forum, got here by google...

I had some strange experience just last night.

It was my first shot at Lucid dreaming, and I wasn't even trying. As I layed waiting for sleep I was just concentrating on the fact that I would remember my dreams (which I usually never do). Concentrating on this fact I started to turn my focus inwards on what was happening with my body (much like I'm used to do in yoga practice). I felt my body and mind relax, I focused on my breathing, and then I fell asleep but remained conscious. It was very shocking.

I could consciously feel what was happening to my mind, how it fell deeper into sleep, but as I was about to go into dreaming (or t least I think I was, it felt like I was being pulled down into darkness) my heart started to race, and I kindof feared that I would lose my mind completely.

So then i drifted back up into lighter sleep, experienced some REM (I could feel my eyes twitching) almost fell back one more time, but didn't make it. In the end I started to experience some trippy feelings, I felt a dread, from what I couldn't tell but it frightened me to death. That's when I decided it was time to wake up.

So no dreams for me, but I clearly experienced what it was like to sleep...