Hypnagogic sleep is great. You may still see mostly black, you may feel the bed under you or hear noises in your bedroom, but you begin to see images coming through the black, similar to photograph negatives. These images can differ from dreamer to dreamer. Some people have full-fledged dream snippets and may hear things, too. This is the time when people tend to hallucinate hearing someone call their name.
This is a great time to practice recognizing that you are dreaming. I think it's easier to recognize that you are dreaming during hypnagogic dreams than regular dreams because the images are so dark in comparison to my normal dreams and I can feel the bed under me. The only problem is that once you recognize that you are dreaming, you may wake up. This is okay. Don't worry about it. However, if you are really tired, just relax and get some sleep in whatever phase you can.
Another thing you can practice is manipulating your dreams. You do this as gently as you can, since extreme concentration can wake you up. If you see a blob of light or photo-negative gold in the darkness of your dreams, think about what that blob looks like. A heart? A face? A pentagram? The image may change or morph into what you want it or expect it to turn out to be.
As you get used to playing with the hypnagogic dreams this way, you can try to get more detail. If you see a face, can you make that face look like a specific person? Can you change the face from a man to a woman? The face may change to what you want and then flow back into another. Don't worry about it and don't kick yourself over it. Just that brief flash is good enough.
Sweet dreams.
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