ok, i know there are heaps of WILD posts, and i've read them. but i still have some questions that may or may not have been answered before, but it still need to hear the answers that are directly related to me. So, i hope i'm not annoying anyone with another WILD thread.

first, i better explain my progess so far.

i have slight sleep paralysis in my hands, and if i lay there for a hour at least, i eventually get some in my elbows... my hands feel like they're not there after a while, but it doesn't spread any further.

last night i lay there for AGES, and eventually i got a cold feeling in my chest/shoulder. it felt like a cold metal rod inside my chest. This was after i tried imagining myself doing lots of movement, and wanting to move lots, but not actually moving.

i've had slight hypnogogic imagery, or hypnologic or whatever you call it. this is really weak, its mainly phisiological stuff, like my eyes just being tired.

i've tried imagining music, and this is where i've had the most success. i've had some vivid experience with this. when i was trying this it was accompanied once by a bright flash of light, which is the only real images i've seen that have been described here. also i had a scary encounter with a flash of a little old lady, she looked really scary. she was pointing her finger shouting at me...

i've had some feeling of gravity going, and vibrations. but its very weak. also my hands felt like they were beneath the surface of the bed once.

all of these symptoms only come after hours of doing nothing. they never come in order or in stages, and i've only listed the strongest symptoms. most of the time i simply feel nothing.

these are my questions

ok, so what i'm not sure about is whether i'm meant to be imagining whatever dream scene i want, and making it vivid with movement, or whether i'm meant to be focusing on my 'dream body' moving out and having gravity loss, or just relaxing as much as possible, or relaxing while focusing on breathing, or doing everything at once.

basically i'm just really confused. I've heard some people say that it took them months of practise to WILD, and i understand that and i'm willing to persist and i'm not expecting any miracle cure. But, i have no real idea what i'm meant to be practising, or what progress i should be expecting.

I'd be grateful if someone could inform me on their own learning process and realisations that helped them to be succesesful, and if someone could point me in the right direction.

Please, can someone help me?