Hi Arqmeister; sorry for the delay in responding -- I managed to let your note slip past me!

So:

Quote Originally Posted by arqmeister View Post
Hi, new to the forum, but wanted to register so i could jump in on this thread. Sageous, your technique has given me all the answers i will ever need for achieving a wild. I have a question though.
I lay down after a wbtb and relaxed focusing on my mantra of choice, "self awareness, focus". This seems to keep my awareness very well focused. However, it seems like Hi does what it can to suck me in to sleep. I can be laying there focusing hard on my expectation of the dream to come while repeating my mantra, and then, a random hypnogogic thought will seem to override my mantra. Is there a reason for this? I should mention, that i am a blind guy so, my hypnogogic thoughts i am refering to are all auditory. Like i said, i feel the mantra is strong enough but i can't seem to hole awareness when powerfull hypnogogic crap starts asulting my waking awareness. Should i just ignore it as strongly as possible, or should i use a different mantra? I did achieve a Dild after lapsing breefly in to sleep once the hypnogogic stuff started so, i don't feel like i screwed up completely.
You probably ought to continue on the course you're on, without changing your mantra, and with more effort allowing the hypnagogia to come and go naturally. Since hypnagogia can be the doorway to your LD, and it clearly wants to make itself heard, you might also consider working with it to form your dreams. Instead of being bothered by the thoughts, try forming them into the things you'd like your dream to be about (per WILD session 4, I think).

All in all it seems like you are on the right path, arqmeister; a little time and patience could be all you need!