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yeah I have a hard time with that one and have never managed to do a full 360 turn. I typically can just feel a leaning sensation. And once that's happening images start popping up and then I just transition into the "phase" that way

Wow interesting, so doing the nose pinch reality check actually woke you up. Next time if you're already lucid, instead of doing the nose pinch test or any other reality check, you could try doing a "deepening" technique instead. My general goto technique for that is my Active Staring technique (you can search my channel for a more detailed explanation of it if you don't know what I'm talking about). Another deepening technique that could try though is simply rubbing your hands together or grabbing and inspecting stuff in the dream scene that you're in.

Oh to answer your first question though. Hypnagogic hallucinations are the images/thoughts you're having as you approach and are in stage 1 of sleep, which is a very light stage of sleep. A good way of describing it is when you're lost in thought as you drift off to sleep, and then say someone wakes you up, and you're like "damn why'd you do that, I was just about to fall asleep"... haha if that makes sense.

thanks for the insight man! and mahalos for dropping a comment

Aloha my brotha! Haha I had to google kaikuaʻana... you taught me a new Hawaiian word lol mahalos for that

The mask I had was called Remee Sleep Mask. They use to sell it on Amazon but I just checked now and it looks like it is no longer available. Here's a link to a different website I found that appears to still have it luciditydreammask.com/products/the-lucid-dreaming-mask

Oh and if you happen to mess around will THC it can be really great for hypnagogia... it's super terrible for lucid dreaming though

thanks for the comment! sorry for the late reply though. I like that my channel is small enough that I can still get back to everyone's questions. To answer your question, sounds like you're on the right path. A few things though. Perhaps put less emphasis on trying to have a WILD and just focus on staying in the hypnagogic state as long as possible before you lose conscious awareness. Sometimes simply taking the pressure off of trying to have a WILD is the trick to actually having them. Also I wouldn't pay much mind to trying to have sounds kick in, unless you know you are already audio oriented. I rarely get sounds in my hypnagogic state. Sounds don't normally kick in until I enter REM and start having a straight up lucid dream. When you reach a half an hour of trying do you lose consciousness and fall asleep on accident, do you give up on purpose and fall asleep, or do you fully wake up and go do something else? I sometimes play around in hypnagogia for well over an hour... it can sometimes give you insomnia though, but as much as insomnia sucks, it is great for playing around in the liminal states once you start getting closer to sleep. It is also a great opportunity to have WILDs as well.

Awesome technique! I do pretty much the same thing just minus the counting breaths part. I've also been trying to get to awareness in the void (which believe is being consciousness in deep NREM/sleep stage 3 & 4 stuff) but I've never been able to do it directly from hypnagogia. I've had experiences that seemed like the void before but I've only been able to do it from the REM state so I'm not sure if it was actually in the NREM stages of sleep. If I use the same hypnagogic technique after WBTB, or if I'm sleep deprived or dealing with insomnia and go straight from stage 1 of sleep into REM then the images suck me in and I enter a full on lucid dream.

Oh wow your head and feet sometimes rotate in opposite directions! Did you do that on purpose or did it just start happening on it's own when you were trying to barrel roll?

@@LucidExplorers I think maybe I didnt say it right. I meant to say I either barrel roll or I rotate like I'm floating on my back. Looking up or down for me would be like tumbling off of a diving board. Luckily I think these false body orientation sensations tend to quickly dissipate once other imagery fills in and competes for your attention.

@@ct-hv1uz oh yeah that is how it happens for me too. I very rarely exit my stencil and end up in a dream scene that looks like my bedroom. I think I'm use to entering the "phase" through imagery that I end up defaulting to it all the time

Oh I bet that would be a cool listen! I'll try find it on RUclips. Thanks for bringing it up

I just found this one! ruclips.net/video/vcAXSv5A9iY/видео.html

@LucidExplorers First and foremost, rest in peace, Art Bell. I wish we had a voice like his today. There’s a reason why he is considered the GOAT in his genre, covering UFOs, the paranormal, spiritual, otherworldly, and fringe topics. I highly recommend checking out the Art Bell's Coast to Coast episodes with Dr. Albert Taylor. If I’m not mistaken, there are two or maybe three episodes featuring Dr. Albert Taylor, which focus on astral projection. These episodes are absolute BANGERS. Additionally, look up another guest from Art Bell's Coast to Coast, Preston Dennett. This particular episode aired in 2015, during the later years of Art Bell's career. Initially, Preston Dennett was invited to discuss his UFO research, as he is a well-known UFO researcher. However, early in the episode, Art Bell discovered that Preston was not just a researcher but also a practitioner of astral projection. Consequently, the show shifted focus to astral projection, making it another absolute BANGER of an episode. Believe it or not, Preston Dennett and I have become friends. We talk on the phone and text, which has made him not just a friend but also a mentor. Without question, he has taught me a great deal about astral projection.

@@shanedockter390 Awesome! thanks for the recommendations. I haven't heard of either of those two guys. I found a bunch of episode with Robert (I'm pretty sure they were all from the same interview though just split up into shorter youtube vids) it was a great listen

@LucidExplorers Do you have Spotify?did you see my emails I sent you?

haha that's a trippy ass dream for sure! Especially how it transitioned to you carrying a celebrity after.

@LucidExplorers yeah ikr! I asked ai and it gave me some interesting Insight

@@Itsalanasworld_ I have yet to really use AI. I gotta start playing around with it though... haha if nothing else for work purposes lol

@@LucidExplorers ​oh I just used the ai on Snapchat. But yeah it's pretty cool!

Thanks for the comment man! Mahalo

Thanks! It's been working super well for me

I love it! I do it pretty much the exact same way

no prob! thanks for dropping such an interesting comment

@Carl_Frank yeah that's a good point. I can see how since it's all generated by my mind, they are in a sense just as real as I am in the moment. I think the only real difference is my conscious awareness that isn't normally present there is when I'm lucid so I'm really just saying they're separate from that. I tend to look at lucid dreaming as a teamwork thing tho between your consciousness and your subconscious. You're essentially building a working relationship with it... and even when you're super lucid the Subconscious is still king up there

@EchadLevShtim that is cool!.. haha I wish my dreams worked more like that

@tomislavsamsung haha no worries about the English thing. Your spelling and writing was better written than noat comments I get haha. Shucks tho can't help u much on why it caused your dream to change so much and negative because my dream characters pretty much never care when I tell them it is a dream. Granted I rarely say they're not real exactly. I just tell them, hey this a dream! Wanna go flying lol. Sounds like a kinda neat experience tho even tho it turned negative. It's does sound to me like you were at least semi lucid. Sometimes in my lucid dreams I can't control much but I still know I'm dreaming in the moment

You only set an alarm for first time you wake up (after 6 hours or so of sleep). Every awakening after that should be a natural awakening. When it comes to my Modified WBTB technique though I do set multiple alarms. My MWBTB technique is a little different from what Michael recommends with his Indirect Technique though. For me I just turn it off then as I fall back asleep I start committing to memory dreams from earlier in the night and as I do that I watch for hypnagogic images to start popping up and then try to enter into the Phase that way.

@@LucidExplorers okay thx for spreading all this info!

@@ccordyceps 🤙🏽

@DarkoVarick luckily I haven't been shot in my dreams and noticed a high amount of pain... yet lol. Hope it never happens tho!

@cestmoi914 yeah I do for sure but it's buried somewhere in the sea of my videos. I'll search around and see if I can find some. If I do I'll post em here

@ct-hv1uz yep it's a good technique! I'm so used to entering the Phase through hypnagogic imagery i rarely end up being in a clone of my bedroom. I wish it would happen more often. I always think its so cool when it does. Thanks for sharing 🤙🏼

@fernandomagdaleno5776 damn catching on fire and feeling that pain in a dream sounds totally crazy! Haven't that experience myself yet. I have been cut and stabbed in dreams tho and that shit was plenty painful

@Pair-O-Bulls yeah I agree that they're aspects of my subconscious. I typically don't do it in a negative sense tho which is why I think my dream characters typically don't care when I make statements like that. Plus I normally do it in a way where I want to share the experience with them and take them flying and stuff

@Clash_boy__ that's a cool idea! I wanna give that a try. Thanks for sharing

@SerbianBall87 give it a shot! Lemme know how it works 🤙🏼

@@LucidExplorers Well i did get some awareness in my dreams but right now, i cannot control them but i am close, and considering i evenqke up and i am awake for about 13 minutes bc of my mom, i can co back to sleep

@@SerbianBall87 that sounds like great progress to me! Keep it up

@GamerFreakery thanks for sharing!.. but damn sounds like a pretty dreadful dream and traumatic real life experience. When I was 12 or so my friend and I were throwing rocks at a huge beehive in this abandoned house and they eventually came after us. I didn't get stung too bad but my friend got a bunch stuck in his shirt. He was going crazy

yeah the book really surprised me! it is a great read and full of useful info. No worries about the whole month thing though, that ain't too bad yet. If I'm not paying much attention to my dreamwork practice I get them about once a month on average

ADHD shouldn't mess with it overall. I could see it maybe negatively affecting how long you stay lucid because you might get distracted by stuff though. One thing for sure though is I would stop prioritizing WILDs because they're so much harder to come by. A good place to start would probably be improving your dream recall though because you mostly likely are dreaming as much as everyone else. The 3rd person thing happens to me alot as well. I think it is from playing so many 3rd person video games my whole life lol

Awesome! thanks for giving me a heads up I'll check it out

sorry for the slow reply man! I sent you a reply a little while ago

One thing you could try is to focus on different sensations besides visuals. Like any physical sensations you can notice like vibrations or something. You could try doing phantom wiggling or rotation/leaning as well. I'll be covering both of those techniques and others in upcoming videos pretty soon.

Oh yeah for sure! There's been various studies done on it in the past but I haven't dug into them in years. One way I remember it worked though was through exposure therapy

oh and it can also work as a good motivator to help people prioritize getting more sleep

@@LucidExplorers ohhhh 😯 so exposure therapy as in the person goes into a dream state and reenacts the trauma there? And then imagines the situation going the way they would’ve liked it to?

@@justjuliajay yeah pretty much. You can also just have a straight up conversation with your subconscious interpretation of them and that can lead to some really eye opening revelations because you don't know what they're going to say or how they're going to react. On that note you can even have "conversations" with inanimate objects in the dream space as well. I'm not that knowledgeable about psychology but to me the dream space has an insane amount of potential for it. Like where else could you directly witness and interact with your subconscious. Lucid dreaming is amazing!

haha yeah galantamine is nuts. I wish I could sleep better on it. It tends to keep me awake so I rarely use it. It is definitely powerful tho

First off, a few days ago I sent you a message via email. I'm not sure if you received it. My thoughts on astral projection and lucid dreaming may be right, wrong, or even controversial, but all of my thoughts are built from the foundation of the experiences that I've had during lucid dreams and astral projections. I have had my fair share of astral projection experiences and have been able to consciously induce and transition from a lucid dream into an astral projection. These experiences are profoundly impactful, and I deeply enjoy exploring and learning while on the astral plane. It allows me to visit places, observe events, and connect with loved ones in ways that are not possible in my waking life. , , I find myself on the fence about whether lucid dreaming and astral projection are one and the same, as they share many similarities. For instance, both experiences often involve challenges with total recall and the ability to manifest what you imagine. However, what leads me to believe that they are distinct experiences within separate planes of existence is the heightened level of awareness I experience during astral projection. While my awareness in lucid dreams is still very high, there is a dramatic difference between the two. , , When I am on the astral plane, the vividness of my surroundings is equivalent to how things appear in my waking life. In contrast, my lucid dreams, though vivid, have a peculiar VR ( virtual reality) and or AR augmented reality quality to them. Despite these differences, what truly matters to me is the ability to experience these states, explore these realities, and reflect on my consciousness. These experiences allow me to grow spiritually, develop as a person in the real world, and provide an outlet to alleviate some of my depression and pain when they occur. , , In essence, whether lucid dreaming and astral projection are the same or different, the value lies in the journey and the growth they bring to my life.*

Yup! It's awesome. Helped my son have more lucid dreams too!! Which is amazing

@@cestmoi914 have u tried putting a random alarm generator on your phone to do reality checks? That was SUPER helpful for me when building in the habit 👍🏻

keep it up brotha!

@@LucidExplorers staying awake 'cause I'm attempting the WILD method, since this is the only way I've been lucking enough to briefly OBE those few times - of course to Michael Raduga it's all the same.

@@rykialvis8087 Are you doing your WILD attempts when you're first falling asleep? Or are you going Michael Indirect/Differed Method? I was surprised after telling my son about it one night before bed it worked for him

@@LucidExplorers trying both, i know the issues with that, it's just sleep... always gets me. All kids should really learn this from a young age, i only heard about lucid dreaming less than 2 years ago and I'm 57 now. Will keep trying though, thanks for reaching out.

@@rykialvis8087 Thanks for this thread. I'm 64 and my lucidity/OBE success is low although I have slipped out a couple of times via WBTB. My results and duration are not where I want them to be so I really enjoy this youtube channel. Thank you both for this discussion.

Nice! Does that work for you 100% of the time you try it?

Nice! Lucky lol

Being female auto gets me at least 1 point

@@ap1ml haha yeah I bet we have the same everywhere else!

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shit lol yeah somewhere buried in the sea of my videos 😬I'll look around a bit and see if I can find one. If not I'm always looking for excuses to make videos so I could just make another! haha

thanks for the recommendation! I remember hearing about Saint-Denys before but never read the book. I'll check it out

yeah my curtain smacks me in the face all the time lol. I gotta tie it down a lot

Haha finally someone else who has dream characters that respond like that. I think we're in the minority tho 😅

I think you found the emo kid💀

@@davidbagels 😅

@@davidbagels wdym. I may be weird but I’m not emo