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Sitat fra Wikipedias artikkel om lucid dreaming, om en teknikk for å oppnå tilstanden:

The wake-initiated lucid dream “occurs when the sleeper enters REM sleep with unbroken self-awareness directly from the waking state”. The key to this technique is recognising the hypnagogic stage, which is within the border of being awake and being asleep. If a person is successful in staying aware while this stage occurs, they will eventually enter the dream state while being fully aware that it is a dream. Because one does not have to recognise a cue in order to induce a lucid dream using this technique, it tends to be more reliable than other techniques. There are key times at which this technique is best used; while success at night after being awake for a long time is very difficult, it is relatively easy after being awake for 15 or so minutes and in the afternoon during a nap. Users of this technique often count, envision themselves climbing or descending stairs, chanting to themselves, exploring elaborate, passive sexual fantasies, controlling their breathing, concentrating on relaxing their body from their toes to their head, allowing images to flow through their “mind’s eye” and envisioning themselves jumping into the image, or any various form of concentration to keep their mind awake, while still being calm enough to let their body sleep. During the actual transition into the dreamstate, one is likely to experience sleep paralysis, including rapid vibrations, a sequence of very loud sounds and a feeling of twirling into another state of body awareness, “to drift off into another dimension”. Also there is frequently a sensation of falling rapidly or dropping through the bed as one enters the dreamstate or the sensation of entering a dark black room from which one can induce any dream scenario of one’s choosing, simply by concentrating on it. The key to being successful is to not panic, especially during the transition which can be quite sudden.

Dette er uvirkelig kult. Jeg skal klare dette.

Det forklarer også noe jeg har lurt veldig på: Jeg har hørt de høye lydene det er snakk om her, flere ganger. Det hørtes ut som noe lignende skrik eller industriell saging. Jeg bråvåknet selvfølgelig av forskrekkelse — jeg trodde det var en advarsel om at jeg var i ferd med å bli gal (det var den perioden).

Jeg har også opplevd flere andre av tingene som står listet på hypnogogia-siden, mest spektakulært er følelsen av at kroppen har “gynget” rundt omkring, som om den ble tatt av vind eller vann. Hodet var stedbundet, som et slags anker. De etterfølgende netter forsøkte jeg å mane frem denne følelsen for lettere å få sove, og det fungerte meget godt. Senere har effekten avtatt, enten fordi minnet har mistet livet i seg eller fordi jeg ikke har forsøkt så grundig.