The bad side of the brain?

I am a very new aspiring lucid dreamer, but when I was in bed last night, I started to repeat to myself: 1 breath Ime dreaming, 2 breath Ime dreaming etc. etc.

Everything went on fine and I felt the reality “fogging up”, my body going numb, allmost asit disapeared. It seemed really good to me, then suddenly, a lot of voices started to shout like they were right in my ear. For 3 seconds they shouted my name over and over until I opened my eyes and lightet my bed-lamp. It was really traumatic and horrific. Is this normal when thriving for lucidity?

Yep, normal. Those were the “dream voices”. They’re completely safe and normal. You were pretty close. :smile:

the bad side of the brain is the reactive mind
(read Dianetics)

A few nights ago when I was trying to WILD, I began to see all these scary face things… it was pretty frightening. Are those normal too?

They sounded so mad and angry at me. Hard to think it was a dream I wanted to “enter”

Probely a HI, but I only had one of those.(It was a old creepy woman saying: “You whant some pie?”)

Wow I never got that only on my first try I heard wold howling.
P.S. Did you accept the pie? :content:

Well it’s HI. Or something like it. Different for everyone. You want to believe you really heard angry voices who yelled at you, for real? :content:

I find WILD almost impossible (1 WILD in a year)

When I am deeply relaxed and getting close I hear:

  • someone shout my name
  • door to my home openning
  • once I heard a bear growling

Although I know these are part of the experience they always shock me into being more awake.

Everything your describing sounds like HI, meaning you have no need to worry. That happens to many people during WILD; in fact, for most it is simply a part of the WILD process, and means that you’re getting closer to success. Instead of being fearful, just be proud. :grin:

sounds like you have fears you need to work on.

are you exposed to a lot of stories and movies and games where dreaming and astral projection etc are considered “dark arts” or do you think about or see a lot of angry violent things on tv a lot?

your dreams reflect what you choose to put in your brain but its still largely just you talking to yourself, and those voices were largely just you.

what like faces in the dark jsut materializing? cause u just triggered my memory i used to get that as a child, like 5 or 6 random monsterous faces popping up out of the darkness.

I have been seeing those too when I try to WILD. I see these scary faces that I’ve seen lately and make me think if I want to go on with WILD. The important thing to remember though is to know that their are just in your mind and once you get in your LD you can make them disappear or whatever.