How to induce Hypnagogia

RigVeda · October 03, 2006, 15:46:33

First, lie in a bed or sit in a comfortable armchair. |o| Then rest your arms on the bed or armrests, and bring your upper arms to point straight up in a right angle, relaxing your hands which should hang limply at the top. Your arms should look like this _| wherein | is your upper arm pointing up. Allow yourself to drift off to sleep, making sure to keep your arms in that position. When you drift into deeper sleep your arms will fall, which will cause you wake up after a hypnagogic experience, making it easy to recall. At this point you should probably right down any ideas you gain during the experience. Meditating on a problem or idea while drifting off will allow you to explore it hypnagogically in your subconscious, thus making it a great way to deal with issues or ideas.

Woah · October 03, 2006, 15:48:40

Wow, sounds amazing, I've never heard this technique.
Thanks a lot, I'll try it sometime soon.

okoklo · October 03, 2006, 16:48:19

Can this also help towards APing or is that the whole idea. lol

RigVeda · October 03, 2006, 16:52:50

Yes astral projection, out of body experiences, lucid dreaming, and hypnagogia are all related. Consciousness during hypnagogia can help you towards astral projection and the other states.

okoklo · October 03, 2006, 17:05:37

Sweet, this sounds like something I ought to try, I'm looking for any technique to get me to my goal of projecting.

RigVeda · October 03, 2006, 17:07:41

I also received a suggestion from someone in a chat that melatonin might help, since I've got some I will see if melatonin causes any noticeable difference and report.

bounda · October 03, 2006, 17:08:21

may sound stupid, but wats hypnogogia

RigVeda · October 03, 2006, 17:16:13

A good explanation of hypnagogia can be found here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnagogia

Basically it is the dreamlike state between sleeping and waking. You experience it often when going to sleep or waking up, although most people aren't conscious of it most of the time.

Synergy · October 04, 2006, 10:05:58

People with Narcolepsy often wake in hypnagogia... and experience hypnagogic hallucinations consciously. In a way, I think they have an advantage as far as OBEs are concerned. Though I do not have narcolepsy and I find myself waking in that stae often.... and also falling asleep I can pretty much determine the exact point at which sleep takes over, though that came with practice.

Great technique though!

okoklo · October 04, 2006, 10:45:14

Wow, I didn't realize that, I have that all the time, I'll have to give APing a try in Hypnagogia. I never tried to AP like that before because everytime I'm in that state I just feel to tired and then go back to sleep. So from now on I'll just force myself to do it.

okoklo · October 07, 2006, 10:13:09

Quote from: RigVeda on October 03, 2006, 15:46:33
First, lie in a bed or sit in a comfortable armchair. |o| Then rest your arms on the bed or armrests, and bring your upper arms to point straight up in a right angle, relaxing your hands which should hang limply at the top. Your arms should look like this _| wherein | is your upper arm pointing up. Allow yourself to drift off to sleep, making sure to keep your arms in that position.

Well I gave this a try a couple of times, the first time I fell asleep and when my arms fell I never woke up, then the second time I tried I fell asleep and when I woke up my arms were still in the same position. lol

So I guess I could keep trying or just wait for the hypnagogia to happen naturally, which happens fairly often.

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