Thread: My Introduction

Hey Antonia! And no apologies necessary -- I hold you to no timetable.

That's a cool story. While it's always hard to say exactly what's going on, it sounds like an especially cool false awakening. I encountered a bizarre green energy vortex on about my 3rd false awakening or so and the experience was bizarre enough that it led to my 3rd lucid dream.

Anyhow, you may never encounter the whole situation again. It has been exceedingly rare for me (twice in all of my remembered dreams) but if it ever does pop up again you've got lots of options! Always good to be prepared!

Happy dreaming!

Originally Posted by CanisLucidus

Hey Antonia! And no apologies necessary -- I hold you to no timetable.

That's a cool story. While it's always hard to say exactly what's going on, it sounds like an especially cool false awakening. I encountered a bizarre green energy vortex on about my 3rd false awakening or so and the experience was bizarre enough that it led to my 3rd lucid dream.

Anyhow, you may never encounter the whole situation again. It has been exceedingly rare for me (twice in all of my remembered dreams) but if it ever does pop up again you've got lots of options! Always good to be prepared!

Happy dreaming!

CL you're awesome.

Hmmmm a false awakening ... sure that makes sense. Wow you saw a green energy vortex? Do you think you and I were looking at hypnagogics? Here's something I found that might explain the effects of lights and vortexes?

"For the time you're laying still be completely still, including your eyes. Don't move your eyes even to look at hypnagogics."

http://www.dreamviews.com/wake-initi...-tutorial.html

I wonder if you went through the vortex to get to your third dream?

Gawd my mind is starting to itch. lol

Try blinking and not looking at the same time.

Yes, it tis good to be prepared.

It's always difficult to say for sure what we're seeing, but my green energy vortex was something that I encountered after actually getting out of bed. (All within a false awakening, mind you.) So in my case this was definitely a dream.

For you it's tougher to say, particularly since you felt that you were stuck in bed! Like most dream enthusiasts, I've experienced a great deal of hypnagogic imagery, or what you might describe as "half-dreams". When performing a WILD (or Wake-induced Lucid Dream), I passively watch this imagery. It typically begins as the occasional shape or abstract scene, and things gradually grow more realistic and concrete. At some point I find myself looking at a scene that I feel ready to "enter". Usually this involves imagining touching some part of the dream scenery or otherwise moving a dream body.

You may have experienced this transition where hypnagogic imagery gradually becomes a true dream. Tough to ever say for sure, but it's fun to speculate! As you do more dream practices, you'll get to know how your personal dream life is structured and what your sleep transitions are like. It's cool stuff.

Originally Posted by antoniastar

Gawd my mind is starting to itch. lol

LOL. I know that feeling. Don't scratch it!