Thread: Wow...Absolutely amazing experience

Hello everyone!

I just got done with a three hour nap, and I'd like to talk about some things and ask a few questions. So here it goes.

Note: This whole time I was listening to Theta Binaural Beats

At 5pm I drank some apple juice and proceeded to relax, repeat my mantras, and let the WILD process take place. I watched the back of my eyelids and relaxed until I got into the intro to SP, I tried to relax and let it carry out, but it faded away, at this time I was hot and uncomfortable so I shed some layers and changed positions. The theta beats made me extremely relaxed, but were too loud, so I turned them down at this point. I resumed my relaxation technique and waited for SP once again. But, I think about 10+ times I got into SP but faded out. But I finally got into SP, but it was minor, I could still move reasonably easy, but I was more than numb, so I don't know if this would be considered SP. But the amazing this is that once I got into this semi-SP stage, I could feel my eyes REMing. It was very strange. Yet quite interesting, but I could not transition into a LD. I would relax (being in SP/semi-SP) and try to watch the back of my eyelids to have a dream engulf me. It wouldn't work. I had a detailed image of the dream I've incubated, a beach, I can hear the waves, clouds blue skies, a cliff to the right, seaweed on the beach etc. But I couldn't have it engulf me, the back of my eyelids stayed black, (I was lying on my back so I could imagine looking at the sky) even though I was trying to make a blue sky with clouds, I kept going in and out of this semi-SP type thing, but never succeeded. So I switched positions and attempted this again. But this time I went into SP quite heavily, I was sure it was SP this time, I couldn't move at all, I could have if I wanted but I wanted to transition into a LD. As I was in this heavy sleep paralysis, my mind was a big jumple of HI and HH, but I kept trying to imagine my beach dreamscape and transition into it, it just wouldn't work. During this, like the other time, I could feel my eyes REMing aggressively. So I was frustrated I couldn't transition, I can't understand why I can't hahaha. I was in this heavy SP for one hour, with no success. But, I did some type of transition....kind of....It's hard to explain but I'll do my best. You know how when you try to imagine your dreamscape and you keep losing the details of how you want it to look and how you want yourself to play out in it (flying, sex, telekinesis, etc.), but you can't focus on it and you lose track of the thought and you start thinking of something else? Well this didn't happen, I know it wasn't a LD because if I tried to noseplug check it would be my waking arm attempting to move. So I hadn't transitioned completely into the dream. But I had an outline, it was blurry and I just watched what I wanted to play out, I kind of felt like I was in it a little bit, but I know it wasn't a real LD. I'm frustrated because I tried for one hour, while in heavy SP, to transition into a LD, but I just couldn't! I have no idea why, I have great confidence in myself because I know how to get SP going well now, but I just can't transition. Oh and one thing that is really frustrating is when I am going into SP, or trying to transition, my eyes try to force themselves open! It's something that if I prevent it, it makes me focus, and throws me off, and I can't relax because I'm worried about my eyes opening, so I think this is a pretty big problem, it interrupts SP stages because I open my eyes and I lose it! I followed the exact directions of every WILD tutorial I read. But I just didn't succeed. I'm pleased with my advancements in SP induction ease though. Hopefully you guys can help me out with some questions I have:

1) Why did I go into so many SP intros, but fade out of the vast majority of them so quickly even though I was relaxed and not focusing on it at all?

2) Why did I go into these semi-SP stages? What happened was I went into SP, but I didn't feel myself fade out, yet I could move reasonably easily.

3) Is it normal to feel your eyes REM while you're in SP or simply when trying to transition?

4) What in the flipping heck is the reason I can't transition from a heavy SP stage??? You can tell I spent a lot of time trying to transition, and I'm quite dedicated. Which is why I'm frustrated

5) Is it normal/okay to have been in a heavy SP for one hour?

6) Will you guys help me clarify the stages/steps of performing the WILD technique?
Is it, Relax, you go numb, SP, fall asleep, transition?
Relax, go numb, fall asleep, SP, transition?
Relax, go numb, SP, transition, fall asleep?
Or something I don't know about/something I'm missing?

7) Is there something I can do to prevent my eyes from trying to pry themselves open?
I don't understand why this happens, it's also quite frustrating

-If you have any experiences similar to mine, please share.
-Any tips, information, comments, statements, anything you guys can provide me will help with my LDing experience(s) and LDing knowledge

Thank you!