^^ Curious that no one responded to this, as it is an interesting phenonemon.
The answer to your first question, I think, is "Yes."
I think what you are experiencing is very similar to what happens during a WILD dive, with one major exception. You experience all the usual noise that accompanies your journey to sleep, and are visited by HI and dreamlets, and your body even begins the process of shutting down your connection to waking life... but then that major exception gets in the way:
Unlike a WILD, you are both not falling asleep, and not interested in falling asleep, This difference is important, because it completely shifts your perspective on what is going on in your head: you are straddling that fence between wake and sleep just like a WILD transition, but in this case you're doing so with your head in a daytime, waking-life consciousness sort of place rather than a sleepy, dreamy, nighttime sort of place. The difference can be confusing, but the sensations are pretty cool.
I've done this bit of para-meditation many many times (I even have a special chaise lounge where it works best) and, though I've never found much real value in it in terms of LD'ing or esoteric exploration, I have found it to be an intesting time, and strangely relaxing.
And yes, if you were to continue with that falling sensation, you will likely find yourself in a simple dream (simple meaning plain and pretty much schema-free, because your dreaming mind never got a chance to spool up); at least that's what happens to me. Your instinct to snap awake is another reflection of that odd fence your straddling, BTW: your body snaps awake because it is in "awake" mode, and not "sleep" mode; you're supposed to be awake, in other words, so your reticular system kicks in to keep you up -- sort of like what happens when you are falling asleep while driving.
Of course, all this is based on experience and not actual knowledge, so I could be wrong...
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