Thread: what does your HI look like?

I guess I don't have any true HI. My WILDs are highly unstable, so maybe my actual "WILDs" are only a very strong case of HI but I doubt it. Usually I hear, see, and feel nothing until my wall forms in front of me and I'm in a dream.

When I'm falling asleep unconsciously I get something where I know I'm in bed, yet I'm in a different place at the same time... then I blip out of consciousness and try to move in this new place, and end up moving my real life body and becoming conscious once more. That may also be a form of HI.

I see eyes and faces a lot.

My HI changes from night to night. I usually see:
faces, animals, monsters -- usually still images
blobs, whirls, geometric zooming patterns
solitare cards

That makes me think... lucid dream task: beat your subconscious at a game of poker.
Wonder if the cards would be stable enough for long enough?

How does one go about getting HI?

This somehow seems interesting to me...and I've always wanted to know what it is like to hallucinate.

I don't think I've ver had true HI. Its just weak phospenes. If I'm trying to WILD I can change the blobs and colors, but nothing solid happens. They just look like blobs that are formed into the shape of a building.

Originally Posted by slayer

How does one go about getting HI?

This somehow seems interesting to me...and I've always wanted to know what it is like to hallucinate.

Here is a tutorial on sleep paralysis, which is often when HI happens.

Originally Posted by slayer

How does one go about getting HI?

This somehow seems interesting to me...and I've always wanted to know what it is like to hallucinate.

Everyone gets HI. Just most people don't notice it because they've already lost self-awareness.

Television static. I thought everyone's HI looked like TV static. The more you know.....

*cue cheesy 90s PSA music*

HI...hmm...

Well, mine is incredibly dynamic. Flashes of color and fractal patterns can give way to detailed scenes roughly sketched or intricately woven. A lot of times they'll follow a set artistic style or medium - a couple nights ago everything was very Art Nouveau. It's interesting what my mind comes up with, and I've gotten ideas for art projects that way. Trying to sleep is my kind of homework!

My HI consists more of sounds than images. I hear clips of music or voices mostly. As far as sight, I get pulsing white fractal swirls and discs against blackness mostly. Sometimes it's cooler than that. Reckon I never paid too much attention to it.

It begins with random patterns and colors, and then small, movie-like images come up. Some even stimulated my tactile perceptions.

I'm a bit confused... you all seem to know what yours is, yet, I have no idea what mine is. Is there a way to become more aware and be able to tell what it is for yourself? I don't recall anything like this happening as I go to sleep...

Originally Posted by venusflesh

I'm a bit confused... you all seem to know what yours is, yet, I have no idea what mine is. Is there a way to become more aware and be able to tell what it is for yourself? I don't recall anything like this happening as I go to sleep...

Try WILDing until you start seeing images. Extremely vivid and (in my case it's tactile and animated) very dream-like. They are usually forming around some sort of base.