Okay, so nap time is over.

I know that Breathing Concentration is always going to be one of my Indirects because I have done that without even thinking about it for as long as I can remember and while I use Breathing Concentration, this in turn ends up producing images in the black void so once I actually take notice to them I switch to Observing Images (I think this is a useful one for me as I have always been a visual learner and I have a photographic memory), for my third I'm not consistent on this. I'm thinking I am going to use Straining Brain in the future if I have a conscious awakening with vibrations already present, and if not, switch to it if they arise.

I know I know, Directs are frowned upon for beginners... confession, before my nap, due to the degree of fatigue I had, I knew I would be able to reach a state of sleep quicker than prior to bed, so I wanted to give it a shot, just to see how controlled my ability would be to stay focused on popping back into a semi conscious state from a subconscious. (Hah! I was a bit sleepier than I realized) So as I was drifting, using Breathing Concentration first which then automatically brings images to me automatically after a few minutes, I started seeing a computer screen (initially when I began the switch to Observing Images I new I was still on the conscious level) and someone was teaching me how to input numbers. I was sitting off to the side of the screen and this person typed something into the top and this is where I new I was at least in a semi conscious state because I was observing me, I actually leaned towards my right so that I could see the screen from the teacher's POV, and as my body did that in this state it felt more cloudy like my existances do in my dreams. But, as I had shifted in that moment to see the screen, and this is why I say semi conscious, somewhere in my physical mind I was like "oooo I'm close to a dream!" and I could actually feel my body or my aura or my consciousness getting "pulled back" (thats how it felt) into a different more outward state of awareness, one that was more conscious (and was a little disappointed, because I think I may have been close).

So with that result I think the realization of what was happening in my conscious self was too aggressive of a reaction and pulled me back out of it. I was still happy with this little result from the Direct approach, but for now I will still stick to practicing the Indirects, this was just an experiment of my control and it definitely taught me not to be so aggressive in my reactions.

Does anyone have any thoughts or suggestions?

I was also happy that I had recall on this dream from my nap, because it seemed to disappear the past 2 days, probably due in part to stress.