Hypnopompic Visions

[The Present Moment]

Recently I've had two experiences in the hynopompic (waking from sleep) state that were surprisingly vivid. In both cases I achieved them simply by opening my eyes very slightly, allowing light through but not details.

The first happened on 11/25: I looked across the street from my bedroom window. This was surprising because I had drawn the curtains the night before, and, even stranger, the view was from an angle that would be impossible to see from my bed. When I opened my eyes fully, the curtains were closed and the room was darker than I had expected.

This morning I had another: a mole-like creature emerged from between the books on my bookshelf, crawled across the spines of several perfectly shelved tomes, then returned to hiding; this I knew was a hallucination because my bookshelves are a complete mess in reality. At some point while I was watching this, I heard the distinct noise of someone gently blowing air into my left ear. Shortly after the mole was gone, I saw from what appeared to be the perspective of a shaky video camera.

The scene was of a black iron fence dividing a green lawn and sidewalk. One or two small pedestrian traffic cones were toppled at the base of the fence, and to their right (maybe 10 feet away), two men were standing. I tried unsuccessfully to stop the vision from bouncing by concentrating on steadiness, and then by slightly opening my left eye -- most likely what ended the experience.

The next time this happens, I plan to close my eyes once the visions begin.

Has anyone used a similar technique to enter the astral? This seems almost like scrying in that I am in a very dim room (pre-dawn light), looking through mostly closed eyes, which causes forms to be indistinct and fluid.