So I was curious about something regarding DEILD. When waking up, you don't move or open your eyes. But how do you fall asleep but stay conscious? I don't get it. Does it feel as if you were awake and a dream suddenly appears?
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So I was curious about something regarding DEILD. When waking up, you don't move or open your eyes. But how do you fall asleep but stay conscious? I don't get it. Does it feel as if you were awake and a dream suddenly appears?
For me, I usually feel an intense pressure in my sinuses, which marks my transition, and when I open my eyes, I'm in the same room, but in a dream! Its not something you can force, you just have to wait for the right opportunity, and play your cards right.
For DEILD, you're not really "waking up." You've just barely entered the waking state, there still straddling the fence separating waking and dreaming, and what you want to do is to lean back over to the dreaming side and fall right back into it. You do this by remaining physically still, and mentally quiet, just lightly considering the dream you just exited. If the conditions are right, you'll gently fall right back to the dreaming side.
Ok, so it's been some time now and I've gotten better at waking up and staying still without opening my eyes my using autosuggestion. I have one question though. When I'm staying still, after a few seconds I can see something like flashing in front of my eyes. I'm not sure if this is something. The thing is that if I concentrate too much on the flashing, it goes away and then it comes back. But every time I focus on it, it goes away. I haven't felt any sensory or auditory hallucinations yet. Am I doing something wrong? When I'm staying still after waking up, should I repeat in my head "I'm dreaming" constantly so I don't fall asleep too fast?
^^ No, you want to fall back asleep instantly, basically. Just keep considering the dream you just woke from, letting yourself drift off back to sleep. How you keep awareness is up to you, maybe a light mantra, but you want to stay in a "dreamy" state of mind.
That's what I actually meant. I didn't know how to put it into words. In your case, how do you keep awareness while falling asleep?
By quietly considering the dream I just left, (with a background subtext of a desire to re-enter the dream, lucidly.).Quote:
Originally Posted by cesararduino