I just discovered this technique called reverse blinking, I found it on dreamviews.com. You keep your eyes closed and then occasionally open them and close them quickly like "reverse blinking!" then after doing this for 15 minutes or so you should hopefully slip into a hypnogogic state.
This technique was developed for wake induced lucid dreaming apparently, by a person named Sythix, i think that i will check out the rest of this website.
Please tell me how you fare. Joe.