Hey everyone!
Let me introduce myself briefly. My (nick)name is ElCapuccino and not too long ago, I started reading about lucid dreaming. Although I was aware of this phenomena and from past experiences I had several of these ‘dreams which I controlled’, I was a bit skeptical. I wasn’t sure if all these techniques were truly working. Still, the whole concept of lucid dreaming had grabbed my attention.
So after reading a bunch of stuff, I have become familiar with several techniques, like WILD and MILD. That is, I know what the techniques are, not that I master them. I have also understood how these lucid dreams arise.
So last night, I decided to consciously try to get lucid. At that point, I remembered several dreams of the nights before. I did not expect a lot, I was just throwing myself into it.
I think i tried the MILD technique. While I was falling asleep, I was repeating myself that ‘I am going to dream’ and ‘I am dreaming’. It was hard for me to stay focused, I was thinking about all kinds of different stuff. One thing that was clearly present, was some kind of fear. Fear of the unknown, of what is going to happen, or fear of bad experiences, fear to summon unpleasant things.
I was also trying to visualize my dream. I used a warm summer day from last year’s summer holiday.
Usually, I just fall asleep and don’t quite remember how and when I fell asleep. But now, I tried to stay conscious. But at one point, something strange happened. Something I never experienced before. As I was finally concentrated, I was staring into the blackness and I already felt my body was completely relaxed. Then, in a sudden, the noise in my ears (noise, as in a beep) started to become louder. The visualization started to become more rapid, something was happening I realized. Like I was truly falling into a state of dreaming. But consequently, my heart rate was increasing rapidly. I could feel and hear my heartbeat harder and louder. I don’t know if this is usual or it was a response of my conscious self for it was an unusual experience. Somehow it became too overwhelming and I snapped out of it. When I looked up, it was almost an hour later and I noticed I was sweating heavily.
After that I couldn’t let it go and gave it another try. It took me a while, but then the same thing happened, and as I was trying to get deeper in that state, something freaky happened. My PC, which is in my bedroom, started up by itself! Because of this noise and light, I snapped out of it. I was freaked out of everything, so I turned off my PC and went to sleep as I usually do. I don’t remember anything if dreamed last night.
Some times in the past, I woke up middle in the night to see my PC was on. I could never explain this. But this was the first time I actually hear and see my PC starting up. I still don’t know why this is happening.
Can someone explain this experience to me? What exactly happened and what I should do? Is this normal for a beginner?
Thanks in Advance!
~ElCapuccino
Maybe you were dreaming the whole thing, who knows? I’d say the other “paranormal PC” occasion you reported might have been a false awakening. You know, waking up in a dream.
Maybe you created a new technique that helps with getting to the hypnagogic state faster. 