I decided that last night would be my first of many steps towards gaining lucidity. In the morning when I woke I didn’t remember much of my dream last night, only me standing in one spot for a fraction of a second, but I remember something very strange happen whilst drifting off to sleep.
I just felt I needed to relax as much as possible, so that I could try and tell myself to remember my dreams. I did the clenching and releasing muscle technique, then cleared my head. As soon as I started to concentrate on the middle of my head, I felt myself starting to slip.
I felt as if I was falling into myself, that’s the only way I can really describe it. I was suddenly very aware of being surrounded by an inky darkness, around my mind, but as if it was all around my body too. It made me feel very alone and very vulnerable, and it made me quite scared. I could hear a sort of hissing noise as well. I was being pulled downwards (I assume), and my muscles in my upper arms and shoulders felt tense, even though they were very much relaxed. It wasn’t SP because I could still move; as I said, I was quite scared, so I ended up opening my eyes.
I wrote it in my DJ the following morning. I had a song in my head when I awoke so I wrote that in too.
I did some more reading around the guide on the main website, and it seems I accidentally followed the path for WILD, and nearly did an OBE, or something.
Please tell me if I am wrong, but it was a very unpleasant feeling, and it made my heart pound because it scared me. Also perhaps some advice as to what any of it means?
I have that a lot and I came to the conclusion that this is the feeling you get when your body falls asleep while your mind is still awake.
I have no idea how WILD works cause I’m absolutely sure I can feel my body falling asleep sometimes but no dreams or HI follow.
For me it feels like my body goes numb a little and there’s this slight falling or rather sinking feeling you described and then my mind is incredibly focused on the dark and the silence and my own heartbeat. And sometimes that freaks me out, too.
Sorry for writing a book about this! haha
But it’s really fascinating and I’ve been thinking about it a lot
Yup definitely sounds like WILD to me
Not sure about it being an OBE, but does sound like WILD.
As for what it means It means you’ve found a WILD Technique that works for you.
Most people find their first experience with this scary, but if you decide to do it again you’ll know what to expect and won’t be so afraid. From how I understand it you were close to WILD-ing.
I’ve had a similar feeling and it is a very strange experience
Don’t panic when strange stuff starts happening. It’s all part of the natural process, even the increased heart rate. Just let it go and soon you will have a successful WILD.
From what I’ve experienced, this is just what happens when you fall asleep. I have even detected more than one stage of it. I cannot say exactly what it is but when I used to try WILD I Sometimes fell into this state… I was first deeply relaxed. as relaxed as I could get, then suddenly I fell into an even deeper state wich was quite strange and scared me the first time. Then I got used to it. I figured i had fallen asleep, yet I could move if I tried, though trying was harder than normal. I called this the threshold.
But I was used to that state, then, without any warning I fell into an even deeper state. Wich was more like what you described. In this state my breathing gets weird and that freaks me out. Also I can get dizzy, and feel like I am fading away. My heart seems to be racing, probably because I get nervous. The change was so distinct I called this the second threshold.
I would not get to the second threshold often so I have yet to get used to it and I have taken a long break from WILD. But yesterday I decided to pick it up again.
Hopefully this will be more frequent for you so you’ll get used to it. It’s pretty interesting to think about those experiences.
Wow Krakatoa, that was a brilliant way of describing it. It really helped me. I have felt both those sensations but the way you worded it really helped me to realize how they are linked. I have been trying to get to the second threshold before the first, no wonder I’m finding things tricky. I can put myself in the first threshold but was struggling with the second. I bet I can only get to the second threshold after going through the first… I feel silly for not realizing that now
This is very interesting, because I think I have had these kinds of sensations my whole life.
They usually happen as I’m trying to go to sleep (which usually takes about an hour an’ 30 mins) and I’ve never really thought about them as being your mind staying awake as your body falls asleep, I always just assumed it was what happened when you fell asleep.
Well, now that I know what that is, I can perhaps use it to my advantage.
After three nights of absolute nothing, no recalls at all, or even sensations that I had before (I think I was just way too overtired), I had two nights in a row where I vividly remember a dream, and it wasn’t a small fragment, it was quite long, I’ve put them in my DJ.
I find the state slightly terrifying and pretty much just cling on for dear life when I get the falling sensations. I think it’s because I used to get sleep paralysis and anyone who has dealt with that probably understands what a frightening ordeal it can be. Because the Hypnagogic state is so similar to this I associate it with the same oppressive sense of mute terror.
I’m slowly getting used to it, but it doesn’t help when you’re almost there and your subconcious decides to scream as loud as it can in the back of your head, what on earth is that all about?
It can be terrifying if you werent intenting to astral project/have an OBE. But, focusing on the middle of your forehead is known as the third eye or in scientific terms the pineal gland. Focusing on this mysterious part of our brain is the main thing that caused what you experienced. Its like something just comes over you and you cant really figure out what it was at first. Its a strange feeling but it can be really interesting if you try without being scared. There really is nothing that could hurt you, it only brings you amazing experiences, things you wouldnt even imagine.
i had a wierd experience like that i was drifting off to sleep and then it was like i was falling into a portal and then i noticed i was falling asleep and then i immediatly got sucked back into my normal self all in all it was pretty wierd.
It means you’ve found a WILD Technique that works for you.
