| Have you ever observed the fact that certain images | | | | enjoys them. At first, you might find yourself losing |
| flash into your mind during those half-awake, | | | | sleep; but soon you will develop the knack of enjoying |
| half-asleep moments before you go to sleep? You | | | | hypnogogic images. |
| don't put them there consciously, they just flash into | | | | 2. Don't Strain Your Eyes |
| your mind. They are there one minute and gone the | | | | Some people make the mistake of straining their eyes. |
| other! And the minute you come to know of these | | | | You must remember that you don't use your eyes to |
| images, they are gone! These are hypnogogic images. | | | | see these pictures. They simply unfold within your mind. |
| Hypnogogic images start forming in the brain at that | | | | So, keeping your eyes relaxed is of great importance. |
| moment when you start drifting off; yet, you aren't fully | | | | While you are trying to observe hypnogogic images, |
| asleep yet. These images strongly resemble | | | | your imagination might intervene, and you might imagine |
| photographs. You might deny the fact that you get | | | | some of these images, believing them to be |
| them. However, all of us do; we are just not aware of | | | | hypnogogic in nature. |
| them. | | | | Remember that a true hypnogogic image simply |
| In case you feel you have never had a hypnogogic | | | | appears without any effort on your part, and soon you |
| image, remember the time you had a tune stuck in | | | | will be able to distinguish between hypnogogic and |
| your brain. You kept hearing it inside your brain all the | | | | imaginary images. |
| time; yet when you became aware of it, the tune | | | | 3. Don't Control Them |
| vanished into thin air and you stopped "hearing" the | | | | Don't try to control your hypnogogic images. They will |
| song. | | | | immediately disappear, if you do. Don't try to extend |
| 1. Stay Calm | | | | the show time or to cling to it. The images appear and |
| So, how can you enjoy these wonderful images if | | | | vanish; just let them. |
| they disappear the precise moment you come to | | | | Hypnogogic images are uncreated by you. They |
| know of them? There is way! All you have to do is | | | | simply happen to everybody. Many of us just take |
| stay calm and relax. And you can enjoy watching | | | | them for granted. Many of us are hardly aware of |
| these images in full awareness and control. Simply | | | | them. Usually, people fall asleep after consciously or |
| watch them unfold, each picture replacing the other, as | | | | unconsciously watching some of these delightful |
| if you are watching a movie. Just go to sleep as one | | | | "photographs. |
| part of you watches these hypnogogic images and | | | | |