Most all of my OBEs have been spontaneous, or contained within dreams. Everytime I try to do it, I can get pretty far usually to REM sleep and still totally concious, but I dont know if its after that or before that is when projection is most likely.
Any help?
Please reformulate your question.
Its in my title:
Before, During or After REM
When is the best time to project?
Best time for conscious projection is just before REM.
You can project during REM too, while in a lucid dream.
For me, I have good results after REM.
Right before REM, I usually end up entering REM while im not out yet, and my eyes start moving really fast and I get alot of dream imagery in my head. It all just complicates things.
For me, I naturally wake up after dreams, after each REM cycle. I dont exactly wake up like you'd wake up in the morning, but I gain a small amount of awarness. I have really good dream recall, and have built the habit of recalling all and every dream I can as soon as I wake up in the morning, before I even move a single musle. So at night, all of a sudden I will realize that instead of dreaming, that I am indeed laying on my back with my eyes closed, and going over, or recalling my dream in my head. After I finnish going over the dream I just had, than is when I attempt to project. My body is very relaxed, my mind is refreshed and clear. Sometimes I even get SP at this point which also helps.
However, if I am not getting enough sleep during the week [which always seems like a constant battle for me] than I just end up waking up in the morning tired, with no recolection of the nights events. Unfortuntiety for me, thats how the past few weeks have been =[
-En